- Dream Catcher 2.0 - 1 March 2026
(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…
- Streaming with Moongaku - 24 February 2026
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 soun…
- Dream Catcher 1.8.2.1 - 7 January 2026
(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 controller…
- Dream Catcher 1.8.2 : Fancy Update (Part 3) - 15 September 2025
(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.…
- Dream Catcher 1.8.1.1 : Fancy Update (Quick Fix) - 21 July 2025
(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 :…
- Dream Catcher 1.8.1 : Fancy Update (Part 2) - 16 July 2025
(July 16th 2025)This update focuses on adding passives and skills to all tulpas to differentiate them more from eachothers. There are still missing features I want to add such as placing mines and walls, but this is a big step forward. To compensate for the lack of new tulpas last update, I added 6 tulpas instead of the usual 3. I hope you enjoy this new version.ADDITIONSTulpa : Added 6 new evolutions.Tulpa : Added 14 new passives.Tulpa : Added a massive amount of new skills.World : Added a ton of new NPCs to fight.World : Added more objects and images to the world to make it feel less empty.World : Added particle effects to certain zones for the atmosphere.UI : Added 2 new elemental backgrounds.UI : Added notifications when you unlock new clothes or new skills.Battle : Added new status effects such as Frostbite, Mark, Snare and more.IMPROVEMENTSUI : Improved the evolution animation.UI…
- Introducing the Monster Taming Bundle - 1 July 2025
Dream Catcher is now part of a larger bundle of games with a permanent price reduction! Thank you for your continued support.The Bundle includes:9th Dawn III9th Dawn RemakeDream CatcherFerromon TogetherIsle of SwapsPiMon
- Dream Catcher 1.8.0.1 : Fancy Update - 18 June 2025
(June 18th 2025)IMPROVEMENTSUI : The game will now ask you before opening another window.UI : Skills now have their range in their tooltips.UI : Added the ability to rename your character.Evolution : The evolution animation now loads faster.Evolution : Slightly improved the evolution animation.Evolution : Added a skip button to the evolution animation.BALANCE CHANGESWorld : Moved around the rewards for finding the blue keys.Element : Toxic is now neutral against Insect.Element : Toxic is now strong against psychic.BUG FIXESFixed a bug where touching enemies would fail to start a battle and you would become an immortal ghost (If this bug still happens, there is now a failsafe where using a door should fix it).Fixed a bug where bosses would sometimes not spawn.Fixed a bug where you would sometimes get stuck on chairs.
- Dream Catcher 1.8 : Fancy Update - 15 June 2025
(June 14th 2025)IMPROVEMENTSUI : Added character customization.UI : Added a popup to see stat changes after an evolution.UI : Re-added the feedback button that brings you to the steam forum.UI : Added skill names to skill icons to differentiate them.UI : Added some characters to text inputs so you can finally name your tulpa "xX_DeathAngel_Xx".UI : Improved the look of the element chart.Overworld : Added several trainer battles.Overworld : Defeating trainers unlock their clothes and stuff.Overworld : Whether or not tulpas join in against you is now based on whether they are chasing you and if you are reachable instead of being distance-based.Overworld : You are now considered "sneaking" while not moving and on controller your detection range is based on how fast you are moving.UX : Clicking on a monster in the formation before battles selects it.Sound : Added an evolution jingle.Animati…
- Dream Catcher 1.7.5 - 11 May 2025
Here is another update just in time for Steam's Creature Collector Fest tomorrow. This update also focuses on improving battles. Specifically, making battles easier to understand. This will probably be the last "Battle Update" but battles will keep improving little by little every update. My plan is to add around 3 evolutions per update on average. BALANCE - Gave Myskit a passive called "Oracle". - Added 3 new evolutions for Beeble, Cubble and Beasel. - Balanced Beeble, Cubble and Beasel's skills (weaker starting skills, stronger skills after evolving). - Added various new skills such as "Wind Slap", "Push" and "After-image". - Reduced dodge chance significantly. - Renamed "Immobile" to "Stubborn". CHANGES - UI : Redesigned the summary and bestiary screens. - UI : Added tooltips to the bank and breeding screens. - UI : Added tooltips to passives and skills so you know what they do. - UI…
- Dream Catcher 1.7.4 - 1 May 2025
On may 12th, Steam's Creature Collector Fest will begin. For this occasion, I've been preparing this version of Dream Catcher which focuses on making combat more fun. I hope you all enjoy it. CHANGES - VISUAL : All tulpa textures have been remade to have a more consistent angles, shadows and outlines. - VISUAL : Greatly improved attack animations (Still pretty rudimentary). - BATTLE : Tulpa will now dodge attacks based on how much agility/precision is involved. - BATTLE : Complete overhaul of the skill system. - BATTLE : Some skills now use mana/health as resource. - BATTLE : Added status effects (Fire, Poison, Bleed) and stat buffs. - BATTLE : Added passive abilities to certain tulpas. - BATTLE : The element chart can be accessed during battle. - BATTLE : Renamed "Give Up" to "Wake Up" to make it clear what will happen if you click. - INTERFACE : Newly gained experience renders as yell…
- Dream Catcher 1.7.3 - 8 April 2025
CHANGES - Changed the name of multiple tulpas. - Changed the texture of multiple tulpas. - Some monsters had their colors tweaked to be less dull and desaturated. - Stats are now smaller for readability. - Stats also increase less per level to priorities strategy over grinding. - Added a new stat called "Precision" that will act as agility (strength for ranged attacks) but also increase the chance of hitting attacks, Agility will now increase dodge chance instead (Dodge is not yet implemented). - the Charisma stat was made invisible because it had no purpose (The stat is not deleted and will be implemented later). - Eggs now take a set amount of victories to hatch instead of experience. - Tulpas now come in 18 sizes instead of the previous 7. IMPROVEMENTS - GRAPHICS : Improved glow on some objects like the sun. - GAMEPLAY : Added buttons to summon and retrieve tulpas during battle. - UI…
- Dream Catcher 1.7.2.1 - 6 March 2025
REBALANCE - Made your starter have a 100% catchrate. - Almost tripled the amount of experience you get. BUG FIXES - Fixed a bug where newly caught monsters said they were caught by "Unknown". - Fixed a bug where catchrate was backward (The lower their health the harder to catch they were).
- Dream Catcher 1.7.2 - 5 March 2025
CHANGES - Trainers can now be attacked (Dying ends the battle). - Trainers can now gain experience and level up. - You can now start a battle with no tulpa equipped (The trainer cannot be unequipped). - Experience is now shared more fairly toward the tulpas who participate the most. - Units can now move 2 tiles per turn (Does not end the turn). - Improved the battle grid. - All skill area of effects are now relative to the caster. - Added an animation for when catching fails. - Drastically improved the enemy AI (They will priorities attacking your trainer and won't heal when full health anymore). BUG FIXES - FIxed a crash that would happen when using a healing skill. - Fixed a bug where beating the tutorial didn't set your skin to the default colors. - Fixed a bug where catching never failed. - Fixed a bug where the window would appear at weird locations on startup (Or at least it happe…
- Dream Catcher 1.7.1 - 13 February 2025
CHANGES - Improved the quality of monster icons. - Changed the name of Bibli to Cherubaby. - Added health and mana bars on battle tooltips. - Added the ability to move to a different tile during battle. BUG FIXES - Fixed Cherubaby's size and offset. - Fixed a crash that would happen when you give up during the starter fight.
- Dream Catcher 1.7 - 3 February 2025
IMPROVEMENTS - Redesigned the battle interface. - You can now click on the timeline portraits to target a tulpa. - Made it more clear that "Capture" happens on the trainer's turn. - Improved the glow effect on tulpas' eyes. - Improved ALL tulpa textures (lineart, colors, shading. Everything is better). - Improved ALL battle animations. - Made controller support in battle slightly less finicky. - Improved the screenshot function (Tulpas appear more as they do in-game when you save to PNG). - Added an insect-type background (Thanks to Gij). - Added a water-type background (Thanks to Gij). - Improved how elemental backgrounds render to be less pixelated at low resolutions. - Made some battle arenas bigger so it doesn't look like the trainer is perpetually balancing on the edge. - Hovering the mouse over a portrait during battle will highlight that tulpa. - The first tulpa you catch in the…
- Dream Catcher 1.6.1 - 20 November 2024
CHANGES - Added full controller support (was previously partial support). - Added a keybind for "sneaking" (shift by default). - Added a keybind for "camera grab" (right click by default). - The camera is no longer paused when the game is paused so you can look around. - Tulpas in battle will no longer overlap even if they are larger than their square. - Added temporary camera movements and battle animations. - Healthbars are now more visible and less finicky. - The new catching animation should make it easier to see how catching works. BUG FIXES - Fixed a bug where saving a tulpa to png before it was done loading would crash the game. - Fixed a graphical glitch that would make some tulpas (beeble) look bad when saved to a png.
- Dream Catcher 1.6.0.2 - 16 October 2024
BUG FIXES - Fixed a bug that allowed you to duplicate or overwrite existing monsters in your monster bank. - Fixed a bug where the girl's changing room floor would be the wrong texture (for real this time). - Fixed a bug where the follower would remain after a battle where it died even though you cannot have a dead tulpa as your follower normally. IMPROVEMENTS - Mildly improved the formation screen before a battle. - Added a small animation and sound effect that plays when a door is unlocked. - Added sparkles to collectibles.
- Dream Catcher 1.6.0.1 - 13 October 2024
BUG FIXES - Fixed the character's colors being white by default despite having completed the tutorial sometimes. - Fixed a bug where the girl's changing room floor would be the wrong texture on some machines. - Fixed a bug where capturing a monster before you open the computer for the first time would create a new unnecessary box. - Fixed a bug where the character enters a new room or wakes up with some built-up momentum. IMPROVEMENTS - The "description" section of the monster summary now has a readable location name instead of nonsense like "W4/TROOM_1".
- Dream Catcher 1.6 - 11 October 2024
This is easily the biggest update to date. Most of the changes are graphical but there are a few quality of life improvements. BIG IMPROVEMENTS - Monsters are now made of proper god-fearing cardboard. - The monster portraits in the bestiary and summary screens are now animated and showcase the real size of monsters. - Added the ability to tilt the camera temporarily by holding right click, Letting go of right click will make the camera gravitate back to the default position. - Added a proper skybox with clouds and asters to go with the new ability to see the sky. - Made a brand new tutorial with much better graphics. - Improved the light effect of some followers. - Added a light effect to more monsters when they follow you (Pupkin and Clunker). SMALL IMPROVEMENTS - Eggs render less pixelated. - Increased the speed at which textures load. - Added an option to turn off shadows (Can increa…
