‘Time to Wake Up’ Turns a Two-Hour Dream Into a Psychological Horror Puzzle
Released October 12th by developer Eye Blink Twice, Time to Wake Up blends dreams and memories into a potent cocktail of fear, offering an atmospheric psychological thriller for players to explore. After drifting off to sleep, Time to Wake Up’s main character , Alan, finds himself trapped in a dream he can’t wake up from. That’s unpleasant enough, except that’s not all. A voice drifts through the air like a sinister breeze, telling the player how much it likes their eyes, and not in a way that feels particularly complimentary. Fortunately, the ocularly-focused voice seems willing to help Alan navigate this perplexing phantasmagorical maze. Although the voice doesn’t seem that happy to be here, it tells Alan that while he can get some shut-eye and pretend everything will be okay, it’s stuck in Alan’s “messed-up head.” Traversing memories through this dream’s twisting pathways exposes what made Alan’s head such a mess. From a playground to a schoo...