Träumendes Mädchen is an indie development studio whose goal is mainly to tell stories: We like them to be unusual, in all sort of genres, and we like to tell them in unusual ways. Despite the German name, we’re actually French.
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Surprise! I thought I wouldn’t leave you without one last spotlight. In Chronotopia’s framing device, you incarnate a lost soul who visits the fairytales...
bonus spotlight – memory fragments
After so many years, so much waiting, Chronotopia: Second Skin is now officially released on Steam and itchio!
chronotopia: second skin is now out!
That’s almost a wrap on Chronotopia’s universe and characters. I’d just like to explore one more thing…which would be the game’s prologue...
[spotlight] the 'purgatory'
After many years of troubled development, health issues and general bad luck, Chronotopia: Second Skin will finally be released on October 13th!
chronotopia releasing on october 13th, 2023
Last time I introduced prince Thalie and his cool cape, so let’s move on to the last candidate: Genèse!
[spotlight] prince genèse (d route)
Last time we talked about dynamic shots, let’s backtrack a bit to bring up polishing in general…and background animations in particular!
[spotlight] background animations
Last time I introduced prince Griselde and his subliminal dagger, so let’s move on to the next candidate: prince Thalie!
[spotlight] prince thalie (c1-c2 routes)
At first I did not plan to write about programming at all, but then it struck me during the Kickstarter campaign that it was actually a much needed talk...
[spotlight] dynamic shots (+renpy 3d camera)
As I mentioned last time, Chronotopia: Second Skin is divided in several routes, each corresponding to a different strategy to escape the castle. What...
[spotlight] prince griselde (b2 route)
By now I have introduced most important characters in Chronotopia: Second Skin so let’s talk about a less obvious subject: game structure.
[spotlight] game structure & fleur the farmer (b1 route)
Now that all of Chronotopia's main characters are introduced, I’d like to talk a bit about the king but, more importantly, about the three dresses from...
[spotlight] the king & the magical dresses
Last time, I talked in more detail about Nahima’s character so it would only be right to finally address her counterpart and the second romance option...
[spotlight] the fairy
Now that we introduced two of Chronotopia's main characters, we can take a look at where they live: the castle!
[spotlight] the castle
By now, you should be more familiar with Nahima, who is Kionna’s trusted companion in Chronotopia: Second Skin and is featured quite a lot in the demo.
[spotlight] nahima
In the previous article I talked about fairytales, now it’s high time to introduce the main heroine: Princess Kionna.
[spotlight] princess kionna
Wanna know what Chronotopia: Second Skin is about? This series of posts is for you! Throughout the following months I’m going to spotlight various elements...
[spotlight] donkeyskin & forgotten fairytales
Chronotopia: Second Skin, a dark rewriting of the forgotten fairytale Donkeyskin with many twists, is now back on Kickstarter! The princess can either...
chronotopia: second skin - kickstarter relaunch!
Garden of Oblivion is now available on Steam for free! Experience a short horror point & click / visual novel about a teenager trapped in a dream-like...
garden of oblivion now on steam!
We're making a remake of Ambre, help us get it released on Steam for free!
ambre is now on steam greenlight!
At long last, the visual novel Chronotopia is now live on Kickstarter. Watch our trailer, try our demo and tell us what you think!
chronotopia's kickstarter is live!
Chronotopia's Kickstarter campaign will be up the 28th of September! Take a look at our 3D camera preview in the meantime.
upcoming kickstarter campaign!
In Chronotopia, you have to visit a forgotten fairytale proving to be Donkeyskin. And you can explore its castle freely!
overview of chronotopia exploration’s system
Hey folks, it's been a while! I'm very proud to announce that we've been working on our first commercial project: Chronotopia.
announcing chronotopia!
Wounded by Words is a visual novel originally made for the Ludum Dare 32 contest with Unconventional Weapon as a theme. Any feedback is welcome !
wounded by words release (with trailer)
Have you ever wondered what the other side of the curtain was like? How an aspiring indie team manage to find inspiration, create things and work hard...
hvncml : a gamedev story
Träumendes Mädchen is proud to show you the remake of our very first work, originally done in less an a week back in 2012. It’s a short kinetic novel...
being beauteous remake release (with trailer)
Garden of Oblivion is an adventure game originally made for the Ludum Dare 30 contest with Connected Worlds as a theme. Due to the lack of time, the present...
garden of oblivion release (with trailer)
Ambre Remake is finally out and available for free ! As promised, Ambre has now a new title screen, enhanced backgrounds, some animated bits and some...
ambre remake release (with trailer)
We’re Träumendes Mädchen, a strange indie team with a strange name and we’re officially landing on IndieDB for now with the upcoming remake of Ambre...
upcomig ambre remake !
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