Dream Catcher

About this game

• Explore an open world.
  
• Platform to secret areas.
  
• Solve puzzles.
  
• Find optional bosses and collectibles.

• Form a team of monsters to fight for you.
  
• Use strategy to beat larger groups of monsters that would overpower you otherwise.

• Tame every monster that can appear in the game.
  
• Some of them have unique traits and colors.

• Choose what your monster will evolve into with multiple choices at every stage.
  
• Unlock rare evolutions previously unseen.

• Pair monsters together to create a new life.
  
• Merge unique traits together and create powerful offsprings.

Latest news

• Announcements·1 Mar 2026Official

  Dream Catcher 2.0

  (March 1st 2026)FINALLY! A NEW UPDATEDream Catcher 2.0 is here. This has been the longest time gap between updates. The good news is that time was well spent rewriting large sections of the game. But I know you guys don't care about the changes that happen under-the-hood. Here are some of the highlights from this update.IMPROVEMENTSAdded particles when walking and jumping.Footstep sounds now change based on the floor material.The hitboxes of enemies is now based on their real size.Wild tulpas now have the same portable light as the follower.The follower's light will now automatically adjust brightness based on nearby light levels to avoid blinding you.Significantly improved the way the sky looks.Changed how the breeding system works to be based on time (Keep in mind that time does not pass while in battle).Breeding now allows for random mutations.Added a large quantity of sound effects at various points in the game.Improved the look of the various light effects the follower can have.Improved the pathfinding of the follower.Improved various attack effects.The time and weather affects battles as well.Units in battle will now have the same light as their follower counterpart.Added a few achievements.BRAND NEW FEATURESAdded a new hat shop where you can buy hats for your tulpas (Every hat comes in 3 colors).Added a summary screen for the trainer.Added a day/night cycle (Purely visual).Added a weather system (Purely visual).Added moon phases (Purely visual).Added a rare eclipse event (Purely visual).Added the ability to headpat the follower.Defeated tulpas now drop money.BUG FIXESReduced RAM usage significantly.Reduced freezing when switching various screens and UI elements.Fixed a bug where some tulpas in a trainer battle would start with more than 100% of their max health.Fixed a bug where the camera could get stuck during the evolution/hatching animation.WHAT'S NEXT?the next few updates will concentrate on changing the map, adding new tulpas and improving battles. Thos...
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• Announcements·24 Feb 2026Official

  Streaming with Moongaku

  First and foremost, thank you for your patience. You've all been very nice and very patient waiting for the new update to come out. And update that I've been working on for almost 6 months now, my longest amount of time spent on a single update so far. You will have to wait a little longer still. The next update rewrites large portions of the code and changes almost all aspects of the game. Because of this, I've decided that the next update would be version 2.0.0. On the 25th of february at 7:30 PM (EST), will be streaming a private (unfinished) version of Dream Catcher that showcases new features from 2.0.0 on twitch. I will be in the chat to answer questions but mostly I will be backseat gaming. Here are some of the features that have already been finished and may or may not appear on stream:Weather system.Day/Night cycle.Hats.Petting.New breeding mechanic.Improved animations and sound effects.Improved lighting system.Improved follower pathfinding.
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• Announcements·7 Jan 2026Official

  Dream Catcher 1.8.2.1

  (January 7th 2026)Well this is embarrassing. After 4 months of working on "the big update", I have to release this small patch to address some security vulnerabilities that were found recently. This update has no new features but a lot of bugfixes, optimizations and a few visual upgrades.CHANGESOptimization : Greatly reduced multiple sources of lag spikes (Talking to a NPC or doing an attack notoriously caused up to a 1 second delay).UX : The game will no longer try to adjust for both mouse-and-keyboard and controller at all times. Instead, the game tries to guess which one you are using and adjusts only based on one (This means a less inconsistent camera).UX : Added a prompt indicator when an interactable object is highlighted. The indicator changes based on whether you are using a controller or not.UX : Reworked the camera to be easier to use on different devices. Specially controllers and trackpads.Visual : All health bars in battle are now made of cardboard.Customization : Trainer eyes now look less vacant.Customization : The colors of your clothes are now limited by the same limitations tulpas have (cannot be pitch black, darker colors are less saturated, etc.).Skill : Slightly improved the logic of how skills are randomized.Physic : NPC hitbox sizes are now based on their real height.BUG FIXESUI : During a trainer's turn, the label said "Trainer" instead of the trainer's name.Visual : The miss percentage indicator was very pixelated during battle.Skill : Sometimes, when making a new save file, your starter tulpa would have invalid equipped skills by default.
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• Patch Notes·15 Sept 2025Official

  Dream Catcher 1.8.2 : Fancy Update (Part 3)

  (September 15th 2025)I've heard you loud and clear. Everybody wants a better world map. The world is too blocky! I get it.This will be the last "Fancy Update". The next update is the big one. Don't expect it for a couple of months but I will make sure the wait is worth it. But that's next update. Here is what I've been working on these past 2 months (Other than playing silksong). The focus of this update was to make skills look and feel more unique from one another by adding sounds and animations. I also reworked breeding to be less of a chore.CHANGESTulpa : Added 8 new evolutions. (Every tulpa evolves now).Tulpa : Most tulpas learn new and improved skills. (Cubble no longer learns a skill that regenerate mana, but no skill that uses mana)Tulpa : Bunibble's new evolution comes in 3 unique forms. (The forms are purely aesthetic)Tulpa : Bunibble was changed to come in 3 colors by default.Tulpa : Some descriptions in the bestiary were improved.Battle : Skills now have different sound effects and a few animations. (punching, throwing, dancing, etc.)Battle : Status effects now have unique visual effects and sounds.Battle : Added the status effects "snare" and "shackle" which prevent the target from moving.Battle : Added the status effect "Elemental shield" which will add temporary health of a certain element, regardless of the tulpa's actual element.Battle : Slightly decreased stutter during battle.Battle : Added a summon/retrieve animation that also plays when you set your follower.Battle : Added the "wake up" and "element chart" buttons from battle to the formation screen. (You can now give up before the battle even starts)Battle : A tulpa's tooltip will now appear when you summon. (So you don't accidentally summon a tulpa with 1 HP)Breeding : Eggs are now items and will hatch based on time, not battles fought.Breeding : Added an animation when eggs hatch.UI : Added an inventory screen. (The only available items are eggs)UI : Added a counter to keep track of elements u...
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• Patch Notes·21 Jul 2025Official

  Dream Catcher 1.8.1.1 : Fancy Update (Quick Fix)

  (July 21th 2025)There were a few bugs that snuck in the last update. This quick fix addresses all the ones that were reported.IMPROVEMENTSBalance : Tulpas in the reserve now get 25% of the experience even if they were not summoned.Balance : Tulpas regenerate 2% of their max mana every turn.Balance : Everytime you fail a catch, the catch chance increases by a small amount (Up to 33%).UI : You can now check the tooltip of monsters in the formation screen.World : Beds are now useable in the dream world and will simply wake you up.World : CDs now give a popup telling you the name of the CD you just collected.World : After some feedback, I removed the green light from the blue room (This sentence makes sense in context).BUG FIXESFixed : Some skills were not checking the correct values when deciding if you could afford them. Sting in particular allowed you to kill yourself by using it.Fixed : Tooltips in the breeding menu would show all stats as 0 if the tulpa had the passive Hivemind.Fixed : The chef's uniform did not render and in some cases made you a floating head.
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