The Dream Machine

The Dream Machine
The Dream Machine	2010
The Dream Machine - The Definitive Edition	TBA

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com		Includes all 6 chapters.
Humble Store
itch.io		Includes all 6 chapters.
Steam		Chapters 1-2, rest of the chapters as DLC. Can be played without Steam running.^[1]

The version from the developer's site is no longer sold. Those who have bought the games can still access them, but no Steam keys are issued.

Type	Notes
DLC	Chapters 3-6 in Steam.

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\saveGames\settings.txt^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/94300/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\saveGames\^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/94300/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		3:2 aspect ratio only. Fullscreen uses desktop's resolution and adds black bars.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Non-resizeable unmoveable borderless 900x600 window. Toggle with `F`.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Applied in high quality preset.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 24 FPS.^[2]
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration		OS cursor used.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound and Music, on or off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles		All speech is text.
Closed captions		Enable Hearing Aid in settings.
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9	^[3]
OpenGL		OS X only

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/94300/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (94300) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2020-11-29
↑ Post 30fps locked games here :: The Framerate Police - last accessed on 17 May 2023
↑ Verified by User:Eddman on 2025-02-01
It loads d3d9.dll, however, this is a Flash game.

Developers

	Cockroach
Publishers
	The Sleeping Machine
Engines
	Flash
Release dates
Windows	December 14, 2010
macOS (OS X)	December 14, 2010
Reception
Metacritic	75
OpenCritic	77
Taxonomy
Monetization	DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Relaxed
Perspectives	Cinematic camera, Flip screen
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure, Puzzle
Art styles	Digitized
Themes	Contemporary, Fantasy
Series	The Dream Machine