Making Sonic "Feel More Dreamy Than [It] Already Does" - Sonic Dream Team Interview

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will take players through imaginative new dreamscapes as they work to take down Dr. Eggman. Releasing today, the title comes from Sega HARDlight, a Sega-founded developer with a focus on mobile games which has previously produced other titles with the IP like and. An Apple Arcade exclusive, the new title centers around the Reverie, an ancient device capable of making dreams come true.

From the most recent side-scrolling to last year's open-world , the franchise has touched on several different styles over the past few years. has some of the most creative potential yet due to its narrative, which offers the boundless landscape of dreams, as well as its 3D gameplay style. Players will be able to utilize six classic characters — Sonic, Amy, Cream, Knuckles, Miles, and Tails — as they work to thwart Eggman's plans for world domination. The game alsointroduces the new character Ariem, a sheep-like character who guards the Reverie.

interviewed the studio creative director at Sega HARDlight Dan Rossati to discuss introducing new lore to the series, the challenges of level design, and tapping into the potential of dreams.

Screen Rant: First I would love to hear a little bit about how the new lore that's being introduced in this title came about.

Dan Rossati: So I suppose we were given largely free rein to sort of pitch, propose and just come up with what we wanted. And the lure for this one sort of went backwards in a way. We knew we wanted to put Cream in the game, but at the same time I wanted to come up with a narrative that made sense that you've got the little kid there.

And so we wrote it to have a plot that would require Eggman to need Cream for a reason, and then the team has to go in and save her, so that the lure