ONEIRO(PHOBIA/PHRENIA)
A downloadable manifestation for Windows
ONEIRO(PHOBIA/PHRENIA) is a game about my fear of dreaming and my occasional inability to separate my dreams from reality.
In this experience the player zaps between the channels of a collective unconscious; the dreams of me and my loved ones, moulded to fit into the confines of a grainy CRT TV screen.
Trigger Warnings
certain channels touch on topics such as sexual violence, homophobia, transphobia, and self-harm.
These channels will start with a trigger warning, giving the player a moment to opt out of the channel's experience. This will return the player to the channel they were previously on.
Controls
Enter a channel with 1-9 and ENTER
Move with WASD
Jump with SPACE
Crouch with LCTRL
Interact with LEFTMOUSECLICK
Credits and Attributions
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Development log
Comments
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oh, to be forklift certified in my CRT dreams.
This was a really interesting horror game about walking around in different settings based on the channels that you switched to. The game was really good at providing an unsettling and creepy mood and atmosphere where the retro graphics played a huge role in distortion. I liked how each channel has its own unique map and setting where for instance, channel 1 consists of narrow tunnels and suffering from a long fall while another channel has a bright and happy-looking cartoon Sun, smiling at the player as the player moves around a beautiful forested area. I don't really understand the barcode phrases and numbers provided by some of the levels and was wondering if I missed something important in the respective channels. I am curious as to what the game is about and whether there is more than it seems to be.
I assume that the dream-like channel idea is about exploring various phobias/phrenias as mentioned in the title but I have no clue as to what am I supposed to do with the clues provided in the game and what is the storyline about.
Thank you for reading my comment and I wish you good luck in your future endeavours.
Thanks for playing! Oneiro is currently still in development, this is a snippet of the full intended experience. With future updates, channels will be added and those will (hopefully) answer your questions in full!