Dream Chronicles Local Fan Day
As mentioned in the previous post, last Thursday, we invited four local Dream Chronicles fans in San Francisco to celebrate the upcoming launch of Dream Chronicles: The Book of Air! The invitation included time to play the game, a trip to the California Academy of Sciences, a tour around PlayFirst’s office, and time to speak with a panel of the local Dream Chronicles team.
We started the event out by giving them a 1.5 hour preview of the new game, Dream Chronicles: The Book of Air. When asked how the latest Dream Chronicles game compares to the previous three, one of our fans said that The Book of Air "blows [the other games] out of the water!" Another fan mentioned that the story was very "cohesive" throughout the whole saga and that she "really likes the puzzles."
In this new game, players get to play as Lyra (Faye’s daughter), and one fan commented, "Lyra grew up to be pretty kick butt!" They all loved the challenge of the puzzles, the beautiful artwork, and the fact that they could fly around the world of Dream in Lyra's airship. It was hard to pry them away from the laptops when time was up!
The next day, we had a party limo pick them up from the hotel to bring them to the California Academy of Sciences.
The Dream Chronicles games are all about sustainability so we thought the Academy of Sciences would be a great tie-in to the game. We toured around the Academy, taking lots of photos and checking out all the super cool exhibits.
Following a fun-filled afternoon at the Academy, we hopped back into the party limo and headed for the PlayFirst headquarters in San Francisco. Here, the fans got a chance to speak with Kenny Dinkin, our Chief Creative Officer about the inspiration for Dream Chronicles, how we work with Kat Games (the developer), and much more! They even got to see a video tour of Kat Games’ office in Spain.
Kenny also gave them a tour of PlayFirst’s offices, where all the magic of game-making happens.
Finally, we headed out for a lunch with Kenny; Patrick Baggata, our lead designer for Download Games; and Pete Clark, our lead designer on Dream Chronicles: The Book of Air. We all enjoyed great food and great conversation as the fans got a chance to chat one-on-one with our Dream Chronicles designers.
We’re excited about the launch of Dream Chronicles: The Book of Air on June 24th and hope you are too. What are you looking forward to the most in the new game? We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments!
Written by: jboo
Games in this post: Dream Chronicles: The Book of Air
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June 15th, 2010 - 20:34
You guys!!! You all make me feel anxious!! That’s not fair!!! XD
June 15th, 2010 - 20:46
The newly huge center information about Dream Realm in the series is awesome!
Click on the spot in the Interactive Map to travel immediately to those important places in Dream Realm that appear in Dream Chronicles series.
http://www.playfirst.com/dream-chronicles/
Little Dreamers, the game is on!!!
June 17th, 2010 - 09:38
Daughter Jeni, heh! Wonderful pics, wonderful crew. Say hugs to Christine for me! Patty, co-worker (she’ll know)
June 18th, 2010 - 11:29
@ †hinhin_of_you Glad you like the interactive map for Dream Chronicles. Your enthusiasm is great! And don’t worry, the time is almost near. The game is coming out in less than one week
@ Patricia The local fan day definitely was an awesome event, filled with wonderful people and lots of excitement!
June 22nd, 2010 - 21:26
@jboo: Can we “recreate” that event for the next new PlayFirst games? I guess PlayFirst will earn huge praises for moving forward like this!
June 28th, 2010 - 16:06
@ †hinhin_of_you: We definitely want to keep thanking awesome fans like yourself, so we’ll continue thinking of other fun opportunities for our fans to participate in upcoming games!
June 30th, 2010 - 20:41
I’ll love that, I mean everyone will love that!!
Meeting fans isn’t a new idea but it always works.
Like you meet a singer that sings your favorite songs.
Like you meet an artist that draws your thrilling arts.
In not-too-big casual gaming space, we get attention from every single fan gradually, gradually then we’ll be BIG some day!