Butterfly Dream is a compact retro-style Souls-like game. While returning to classic boxed-level exploration and combat, it weaves in the Daoist parable of Zhuang Zhou’s butterfly dream and elements from the Buddhist Diamond Sūtra.
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The realm of Fargodia, a time long from now.
The ancient ritual of Butterfly Summoning has awakened the once-dormant providence.
King Verlenbair, now fully transformed into a spectral figure, stands poised at the crossroads of fate.
Is the encounter between Velenbair and Butterfly a shackle of destiny? A cycle of sin? Or an exploration of the meaning of existence?
You will become Butterfly in this dream, and uncover the whole story.
[Retro-style box level]
"All appearances are illusory"
Go into strange dreams, explore dark medieval castles, and immerse yourself in the mysterious atmosphere.
Step into a dangerous world and crack the intricate map of the courtyards.
Find a variety of weapons and props to overcome the powerful monsters that hinder you.
[classic fragmented narrative]
"There was once a man who dreamed that he had become a butterfly"
Take the dialogue of characters and the collection of props as clues to piece together the truth of dreams in confusion.
Experience the amplification and distortion of desire, and feel the struggle of people to become monsters.
[High-degree-of-freedom combat]
"Wash us with your precious blood and forgive us all our sins"
Confront the enemy of darkness and corrosion, and awaken the power of silence.
Unique weapons and equipment, a variety of fighting methods derived from "butterfly blade", choose the fighting style you are good at.
Combining the mechanism of traditional souls-like fighting, such as gun-parry, and changing coping strategies, it will bring you a hearty fighting experience.
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Details for the recommended graphic settings(all at 1920*1080p):
For NVIDIA GTX1650/RTX2050 or equivalent: Low graphics is recommended.
For RTX3060/RTX3070(which we write as recommended) or equivalent: The Mid(Our default setting) graphics is recommended.
For 3080 or higher: High graphics is recommended.
Please notice:
1.Our Mid graphics is customized for the purpose that it will not lose much experience than the experience of high graphics, but ensure the FPS.
2. For higher GPUs, our own data shows that on 3090ti, it currently run average 50fps, at 2K Ultra graphics. Please take it as reference. We are still working hard to increase this to 60FPS in future.
Notice:
If you encounter any of the following bugs in-game, simply save and reload to restore normal play. Because they’re extremely hard for us to reproduce, the team is still working to track them down and fix them:
The Valenbair Boss room lantern disappears.
Find Any bugs, issues? welcome to contact us by email:
We promise we spare no effort to solve it.
About AI Usage:
Some In-Game audio and 3D modeling are generated by AI.
