Slumber Realm Trailer

A trailer for Slumber Realm

Transcript

00:00My name is Brian and I'm the developer of Slumber Realm, a dreamy dice roguelike.

00:06The year is 1997 and you're just entering high school, so naturally your enemies are overactive acne, puberty, social anxiety, and homework.

00:15But you have a secret. When you fall asleep at night, you escape to another place called the Slumber Realm.

00:21Let's skip ahead and check out one of my favorite enemies, the Bureau Cat.

00:31As a teenager, I hated homework and paperwork more than anything. This paper-pushing feline embodies the soul-crushing monotony of schoolwork.

00:39So let's violently assault our homework with improvised weaponry.

00:43The way Slumber Realm works is I roll a die and I try and trigger my equipment using that die.

00:48It'll give me resources and I can use my abilities to attack the enemy, but let's roll and see what happens.

00:53Here I rolled a three. That'll trigger my drumsticks and my slap bracelets.

00:58This will do damage to the enemy and also give myself a little bit of defense.

01:05The enemy also gets a die roll. Oh, this was bad for me. In this case, the enemy has given me some paperwork to do,

01:11which is going to sap my joy and damages me with a hairball.

01:18Let's take a quick catnap and skip ahead to the PE class.

01:24Everyone had that weirdly intense coach growing up.

01:27You're on lap seven or eight of a mild run and they're screaming at you,

01:30Hustle! Hustle! Like it's the Olympics.

01:32In Slumber Realm, the coach has transformed into a werewolf.

01:35Or were-coach. This enemy has a countdown mechanic.

01:38When the combined dice rolls are greater than ten, the were-coach stops inflicting exercise upon you

01:44and instead greatly encourages you to run for your life.

01:47Don't fool around in this battle. Hustle! Hustle!

01:50Here the player rolled two. They're going to apply some vulnerable to the enemy and then stack up a bunch of damage on top of that.

01:58Vulnerable increases the amount of damage the enemy takes.

02:04Let's see what the enemy rolls. The enemy rolled two, so that'll decrease the howl a couple points.

02:12I've saved the best worst nightmare for last.

02:16The Spelling Bee is a boss you'll encounter on your journey through the subconscious.

02:21She's a simple bee dressed as a witch who curses you with dark magic taking the form of spelling puzzles.

02:26Here, we'll spend some of our limited resources to try to solve her puzzle.

02:40Okay, we're out of resources. Let's roll the dice.

02:46That's all I have for today. Be sure to join our Discord to learn more and wishless on Steam. Sweet dreams.