Goodnight, Nightmare

Story

You live on a secluded, sunless island where everyday life is trapped in a dreary, monotonous loop. You drag yourself out of bed, walk the quiet streets to school in the perpetual night, joke around with your friend Jerry, and grab whatever cheap dinner the local convenience store owner will give you.

It’s boring. It’s quiet. It’s harmless.

Until you close your eyes.

When you sleep, you plunge into a surreal, sprawling nightmare realm suspended over a bottomless void.

There, you meet an enigmatic stranger named Sal, who claims he's a famous actor just having a strange dream of his own.

But as you navigate the treacherous floating platforms and grotesque creatures lurking in the dark, you watch Sal meet a gruesome end.

The next morning, you wake up in your bedroom, relieved it was only a nightmare.

Then you turn on the TV:

"Breaking News: Famous actor Sal Bocker found dead in his bed of an unknown cause..."

The nightmare isn't just a dream. It's a shared, lethal dimension. And if you fall to the monsters within it, you don't wake up.

Gameplay & Features

 🌓 Dual-World Progression: Balance your mundane daytime routine (attending school, chatting with Jerry, buying snacks) with surviving the unforgiving nightmare realm waiting for you each night.

🥊Fast & Punchy 2D Combat: Deliver hard-hitting melee strikes with satisfying knockback, hit-stop feedback, and screen shake against shadow slimes, flying horrors, and lethal boss encounters.

🏃Precision Mobility & Platforming: Leap across crumbling floating platforms and bottomless pits. Unlock the Dash Technique with luminous ghost trails and master Wall Jumping to conquer treacherous vertical drops.

🏪Island Shop Progression: Collect cash dropped by nightmare beasts to purchase permanent stat upgrades (Health, Damage, Speed) and vital movement abilities at the local corner store.

📺Story-Driven Objectives: Follow the objective tracker closely each day to uncover the dark mystery of the sunless island and its shared nightmare realm.

🎵Atmospheric Audio & Visuals: Dynamic 2D volumetric lighting, retro CRT post-processing, and spatial audio with immersive reverb.

Controls

• A - Move Left
• D - Move Right
• Space - Jump
• E - Interact
• Left Click - Attack

Information

• Genre: 2D Action Platformer / Narrative Adventure / Psychological Horror
• Platform: Windows (PC)
• Input: Keyboard & Mouse, Full Gamepad / Controller Support
• Languages: English (Full Dialogue & Story), Thai (UI & Menus)

"I made this game in 2-3 weeks btw"
- ThastWindy

Credits

Thast Laopattarakasem ( ThastWindy )
Designer, Programmer, Sound Designer, Music Composer, Artist

Tapakorn Cheoiklin ( Nurserie )
Artist, Animation

Assets Used:

Feel by More Mountains
DOTween by Demigiant
Universal UI Soundpack by Nathan Gibson