{"id":792,"date":"2025-10-31T10:19:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T02:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.str8jaktjim.com\/?p=792"},"modified":"2025-10-31T10:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T02:19:58","slug":"dream-of-the-star-haven-early-access-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.str8jaktjim.com\/?p=792","title":{"rendered":"Dream Of The Star Haven Early Access Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Originally published on RoundTableCoop.com on 25th January 2024<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

South Australian studio Orchid of Redemption<\/a> are back with their next game Dream Of The Star Haven. This first-person 3D platformer has players journeying through a magical and gravity-defying landscape in search of stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dream Of The Star Haven First Impressions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On first loading into Dream Of The Star Haven, I was loaded into a hub world. Stages are unlocked after the successful completion of the preceding level. Thin blue lines guided me to the next level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entering levels reveals a mysterious grouping of islands in the sky. The main goal is to collect three hidden stars and get to the flagpole, but there are other objectives to find starbursts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was able to move between them using a triple jump. This allowed me to cover great distances. With such open areas, falling off the islands is a risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Dream<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Find All The Things<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is where the game\u2019s difficultly setting comes into play. If I died on normal difficulty, I lost all the collectibles I\u2019d found. Changing it to easy made it less punishing as collectibles remain on death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the collectibles I found are the gems. These powered my scanner, which in turn can be used to find stars, other gems, and to highlight enemies or points of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only one environment is available in Dream Of The Star Haven. Combined with the laid back, chill music, I found it to be a relaxing time to traverse the levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Challenge Awaits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are four main-line levels plus a challenge and an additional level that I\u2019ve been able to find. They start off with simple platforming before introducing gravity puzzles where the \u2018down\u2019 can be altered by a full quarter turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Star<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Offensively, Dream Of The Star Haven provides three attack types: a sword, bombs and throwing stars. All three had to be collected in each level for me to use them. In the case of bombs, they also use energy from collecting gems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One level used the throwing starts to destroy orbs, which was required to collect a starburst. Doing so afflicted me with negative statuses, such as a poison effect or fall damage (a real risk with a triple jump).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dream Of The Star Haven<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Overall, Dream Of A Star Haven is a little bare bones, which is not unheard of in early access titles, but the framework is there and is enjoyable. For the price it\u2019s a bargain. Some things aren\u2019t so obvious and encourages exploration and experimentation. Not so fun if you\u2019re playing in normal mode but switching to easy makes things more palatable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dream Of A Star Haven releases on January 25th<\/sup> to Steam Early Access<\/a> for free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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