| Release Date | August 10th Of 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine: | Unity | ||
| Company | Arcane Kids | ||
| Composer: Ben Esposito |
Sonic Dreams Collection is a 2015 art game developed by Arcane Kidsfor OS X and Windows. It is an unofficial game based on Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog franchise that compiles four minigames presented as unfinished Sonic games, but the game as a whole later reveals itself to be a psychological horror game satirizing the then-modern Sonicfandom, known for its peculiarities. They include the character creatorMake My Sonic, the massively multiplayer online role-playing gameEggman Origin, the adventure gameSonic Movie Maker, and the virtual reality (VR) game My Roommate Sonic. They are described in-game as having been developed by a nonexistent Sega studio for the Dreamcast in the late 1990s.
The game originated from concepts several individuals made during a Sonic-themed Valentine's Day event on the game-sharing website Glitch City. It was released as freeware on August 10, 2015, accompanied by a satirical press release claiming the contents were discovered in a Dreamcast software development kit Arcane Kids purchased on eBay in 2013. Sonic Dreams Collectionquickly caught the attention of many video game journalists, who were intrigued by its absurd nature and content. They characterized the game as scary and bizarre, but considered it a work people should be interested in playing and noted its commentary on the series' fandom. Geek.com went on to name Sonic Dreams Collection the best game of 2015.
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