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Hey r/dreams,
I'm starting a long-term project and I need your help. I plan to build a game (likely a text-based or visual novel) that is all about the discovery of dreams themselves, touching on everything from psychoanalysis to raw neurology.

My plan is to use real dreams as the "scaffolding" or the "stage" for the game. Your dream reports won't be used as a plot, but rather as the literal environments a protagonist explores.

I've already been collecting my own data (I'm at 188 dreams recorded so far!) and I've already found some interesting patterns. (An analysis of my own logs showed a weirdly specific, recurring theme of "jurisdiction and questioning authority" or black skies.)

This is where you come in. I'm looking for people to send me their dreams in detail, ideally every time they wake up.

What I'm Looking For

My primary focus is on the events, environments, and characters rather than the interpretation or meaning of the dream. Think of it like a movie script—just the facts of what happened

When you write down your dream, I'd like you to focus on the "Wh-" questions for every scene:

• Who was there?
• What happened?
• Where were you?
• When did it take place (day, night, weird time)?
• Why did things happen (if the dream provided any logic)?
• Whence (From where) did people or things appear?
• Whither (To where) did people or things go?
• How did the scene transition or unfold?

Please, do not withhold any information. The more bizarre, mundane, or nonsensical the detail, the better.

Privacy & Anonymity

Your submissions will be 100% anonymised and kept private.

Censor all the names and personal details you want—I don't care about them. I am interested in the structure of your dream, not your personal life.

Instead of personal info, I need you to focus on the details of the dream-world itself, especially the "out of the norm" things. The more data, the merrier (but absolutely no pressure). For example:

• Did a person suddenly change their appearance (like turning from pale to dark-skinned, or changing genders)?
• Did you see your car, but it was a color that doesn't exist in reality?
• Did you have a lucid dream?
• Whatever the bizarre detail, I want it.

My goal is to get a text so clear that I can mentally see the dream myself, despite not being there.

As a rule, any identifying information I do receive will be generalized. (Example: If your dream features "my father, Y," it would be converted into a generic "a character's family member" if i use it.)

How to Contribute

If you're interested in being a part of this and sharing your dream logs, the best way to reach me is on Discord. You can send me a friend request and DM me your dreams directly, or join the server I've set up for this project.

• My Discord Handle: v_______________________________
• My Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Pc3eEENxvu

Thank you for reading! I'm excited to build a library of dream structures.

P.S. :— Here is a quick example from one of my own dreams (Dream #74) to show the simple, factual report I'm looking for.

Please note: This is not a form for you to fill out. This list is just an example to show you the kind of details I'm interested in. I just need your dream written out as a story, focusing on the facts. My goal is to be able to answer these types of "script-like" questions from your narrative:

• Who: I was there, along with my school club members and one specific blonde-haired member.
• What: I got distracted translating manga, the club got lost in a forest, and they blamed me. The blonde member chased me in a van. I found a portal, said the wrong password, "died," and "respawned" with a new plan.
• Where: The locations transitioned from a school, to a bridge, to a forest, then to roads (during the chase), and finally to a video game-like "map border" with a portal.
• When: My dream log says 6-9 PM, so the dream's setting felt like the evening.
• Why (Dream Logic): The club got lost because I wasn't there to guide them. I "died" because I used the wrong portal password.
• Whence (From where): The chaser appeared from the forest (I saw him on a GPS). The "new plan" appeared directly in my brain after I respawned.
• Whither (To where): The club went into the forest. I was fleeing towards the map border to escape.
• How: The scene transitioned from a normal club meeting to a high-speed chase after I received an angry phone call.

Example of a DM (from my Dream #74):
I was at a school club meeting, but got distracted translating a manga on my phone while the group walked into a forest. They got lost and called to blame me. Then, a blonde member started chasing me in a van. I escaped by reaching a video game-like "map border" and found a portal. I said the wrong password, "died," and "respawned" with a new plan to steal a police car.

P.P.‑s. :— A quick note on formatting (For those who are serious):

If you are serious about contributing... I personally use a much more complex logging system.

You do not have to do this. I will take your dream in any format, as long as it has the story.

However, this is the level of detail I'm working with on my end. As you'll see, even in this complex log, the most valuable part is the "Events & appendix" section—the raw narrative, stripped of its emotion. That is the core data I need.

You can see a full, uncensored example of my personal log (Dream #155) in the #exempli-gratia channel on my Discord server. This will give you a perfect idea of the raw data I'm working with. You are absolutely not required to do this, but it shows the level of structural detail I'm hoping to extract from your narratives.