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For a summary of Dreamfall's story, see Chapters of Dreamfall.

StoryEdit

Where exactly DF Chapters fits in the scheme of the TLJ "saga" remains to be seen, with some considering it the third part of a TLJ trilogy, while others merely see it as the conclusion of the second part. Ragnar has confirmed that the story will begin where Dreamfall ended as well as rewinding to show some Dreamfall events from a different perspective, and that the story will follow multiple characters, "both old and new, and there will be more overlapping paths and storylines". He also said, however, that it will have a "proper-and-final end to it (sort of)", with the caveat that the full Longest Journey story will not really finish until The Longest Journey gets a sequel.^[1]

According an entry in Ragnar's blog the game will feature all of the main characters of the TLJ "saga". He also hinted that April Ryan's storyline will develop, and he might even include events set at various parts of the timeline, between the events of The Longest Journey and Dreamfall, before, and after, although this may be referring to future games after Dreamfall Chapters.^[2]

A post on Ragnar's blog gave the following hint:^[3]

The following paragraph contains two and a half falsehoods. Make of that what you want: Zoë’s in it. And Crow. Gabriel gets his groove on. There will be puzzles. And an exciting story. You’ll find out more about the Azadi. A Dragon strips down to the ‘bare essentials’ (if you know what I mean). And you’ll learn the true identity of the Prophet.

CharactersEdit

The following characters are confirmed to be in DFC:

Zoe Castillo, a Dreamer
Kian Alvane, an Apostle
Mira, a shady networker
Wit, a technological savant
Falk Friedman, a corporate jaeger
Likho, a Dolmari Rebel
Madame Nyx, madam of a Dream Den

GameplayEdit

The game-play will be very much like Dreamfall's, but with a revamped combat system and a replacement for the focus field. Ragnar has expressed a desire to see the game released on a range of platforms, including Mac, XBL, PSN and the Wii Store if feasible, but since the formation of Red Thread only PC and Mac have been confirmed. ^[4]

Of the three playable characters, only Zoe and Kian have been confirmed. Ragnar has said, however, that the third character will be female^[5] but thus far unknown to us.^[6]

DevelopmentEdit

We will be researching an online-only continuation of the epic 'Longest Journey' saga, and we very much look forward to develop new chapters to the Dreamfall gaming community - Trond Arne Aas, Funcom CEO

On the 1st of March, 2007 Funcom announced that they had received funding from the Norwegian Film Fund (who partly funded the production of Dreamfall) to partially finance research and initial development for the episodic Dreamfall Chapters, a continuation of DF's story. Funcom decided to use this money to investigate online-only delivery methods of episodic content, mostly in an attempt to circumvent illegal copying and distribution.^[7] While this initially proved quite controversial in the TLJ community, expectations gradually faded as production on Age of Conan began in earnest.

Erling Ellingson confirmed that, while AoC was in production, DF Chapters was on hold, but might be taken up again after its release.^[8] When AoC was released development of TSW ramped up to full speed, and fans knew DF Chapters would be delayed until at least after the launch of that. Ragnar estimated the development time for DF Chapters as approximately 18 months.^[9] After the launch of TSW in April 2012 rumours of a return to DF Chapters resurfaced every so often.

It was not until the 1st of November, 2012 that Funcom reported Ragnar had left to form Red Thread Games for the purpose of creating DF Chapters.^[10] Funcom retains the IP for the TLJ series, but Red Thread are licenced to create DF Chapters "and other titles in that universe as well]".^[11] The Norwegian Film Fund have again provided seed funding to create a prototypeKickstarter.^[12], but the team also launched a Kickstarter to raise US$850,000 on the 8th of February, 2013. Ragnar stated that, while the budget for TLJ was ca. US$3million and DF US$5-6million, DFC will be somewhere over US$1million, with Red Thread members investing themselves^[13]. Red Thread have also partnered with Blink Studios, which was itself formed from TLJ and DF veterans^[14].

Ragnar has said that fans will be kept up to date with production, not least because funding will come largely from Kickstarter where investors are regularly updated on progress. Further announcements were promised over late 2012, with work on the prototype beginning before a further reveal in early 2013.^[15]