Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child

Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child
Steam header for The Chosen Child
Developer(s)KatGames
Publisher(s)PlayFirst
Director(s)Miguel Tartaj
Producer(s)Christopher Williams
Angel Inokon
Designer(s)Miguel Tartaj
Programmer(s)David Gonzalez
Miguel Angel Linan
Artist(s)Pablo Vietto
3dBrigade
Writer(s)Michelle Woods
Patrick Baggatta
Composer(s)Adam Gubman
SeriesDream Chronicles
EnginePlayground SDK
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
macOS
iOS
Release
April 16, 2009
  • PC/Mac, Standard
    April 16, 2009[1]
    PC/Mac, Bundled with Pt. 1 & 2
    September 3, 2010[2]
    Retail, Standard

    Retail, Bundled with Pt. 4
    July 13, 2011[4]
    iOS, Standard
    August 29, 2012[5]

Genre(s)Adventure, puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player

Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child (often shortened to Dream Chronicles 3 or The Chosen Child) is a 2009 adventure and puzzle casual game developed by KatGames and originally published by PlayFirst. It is the third installment in the Dream Chronicles series, the second sequel to 2007's award-winning game Dream Chronicles and also the last part of the first trilogy called Faye's Journey.

The game is set in a mystical world of realistic fantasy where mortal and fairy realms collide, and picks up where Dream Chronicles 2: The Eternal Maze ended. The Chosen Child tells the story of a mortal woman named Faye waking up from a powerful fairy's dream spell with no recollection of her past or her true identity, except for what she can piece together from her frequent dreams, that she has a husband and a daughter who have both been taken by the Fairy Queen of Dreams. Guided by her Fairy husband, who communicates with her through a crystal ball, Faye sets out to save her child once more.[6]

The Chosen Child was first presented limitedly as a beta version in February 2009. It was officially released worldwide as a digital download two months later on April 16. Similar to its predecessors, The Chosen Child immediately became another Dream Chronicles hit, reaching number-one of eleven casual game charts and peaking inside top ten on many other charts.[1] The game was critically well received by casual game critics, describing it as "another visually stunning Myst-like adventure that transports players into a fantasy world of fairies".[6] In June 2010, The Chosen Child was nominated for two awards, "Top Hidden Object Game" and "Best Story", in the second annual GameHouse Great Game Awards.[7] The Chosen Child was preceded by Dream Chronicles 2: The Eternal Maze (2008) and followed by Dream Chronicles: The Book of Air (2010).

A high-definition version of this game was available via App Store for iPad device in August 2012.[5]

  1. ^ a b CasualCharts.com (2009-04-16). "Dream Chronicles - The Chosen Child Detail". CasualCharts.com. Archived from the original on 2009-04-23. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  2. ^ CasualCharts.com (2010-09-03). "Dream Chronicles Trilogy 1 Bundle Detail". CasualCharts.com. Archived from the original on 2010-09-08. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  3. ^ Cdiscount (2010-11-05). "DREAM CHRONICLES THE CHOSEN CHILD / Jeu PC". Cdiscount. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  4. ^ Amazon.com (2011-07-13). "Dream Chronicles JC 3 and 4". Amazon. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child by PlayFirst, Inc. on PadGadget was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b Gamezebo (2009-04-17). "Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child Review". Gamezebo. Archived from the original on 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  7. ^ GameHouse (2010-06-18). "Nominees Announced for Second Annual GameHouse Great Game Awards". GameHouse. Archived from the original on 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2010-06-18.