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Dream:ON allows you to select what you want to dream about before you go to bed, monitors your movement during the night, then plays a themed soundscape at the optimum moment in your sleep cycle.

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"We have created a new way of carrying out mass participation experiments. We still know relatively little about the science of dreaming and this app may provide a real breakthrough in changing how we dream, and record and track those dreams."
Professor Richard Wiseman

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Basic internal cheats have been updated to allow for easier scene replaying without needing to restart the week. Relationship Logic: Developers often use these mid-stage updates to flesh

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If this project is story-driven, 056 likely introduces new character arcs or branching paths. Developers often use these mid-stage updates to flesh out the "middle act" of a story, providing more context to the world-building established in the early versions. Technical Optimization

In Straitened Times , you navigate a life of financial hardship after the "Holy Father" of your commune is arrested for thievery. The story shifts from a comfortable life to surviving in two rooms of a shady motel. Version 0.56 continues to explore this struggle, focusing on resource management and building complex relationships with the women of the commune—specifically the "Holy Mother" Lisa Gardner and two novice sisters. What’s New in Version 0.56?

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"We launched Dream:ON at the 2012 Edinburgh International Science Festival. Over the past two years, over half a million people from around the globe have downloaded the app and we have amassed more than 13 million dream reports. We have just analysed the first batch of this data and the results are fascinating.

Our data does show that peoples' dreams are indeed influenced by them choosing different soundscapes. If someone chooses a nature landscape (e.g. 'Peaceful Garden' or 'Relaxing Rainforest') they tend to experience dreams that involve greenery and flowers. In contrast, when they select a beach-type soundscape (e.g. 'Ocean View' or 'Pool Party') they are more likely to dream about the sun beating down on their skin."

Word cloud based on the dream diary reports filed by males

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The final dream of the night influences people's morning mood, and so making that dream more positive may well help thousands face the day with a smile on their face.

In addition, sleep scientists have long known that the dreams of those diagnosed with depression are especially long, frequent, and negative. It's possible that dream influence will become a radically new therapeutic tool in the fight against depression. It's early days, but we're very excited about the potential power of dream control.

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"Another aspect of our results suggests something rather strange. A few years ago, neuroscientists from the University of Basel discovered that people experience more disturbed sleeping patterns around the time of a full Moon...

Our Dream:ON data most definitely contains a similar pattern when the lunar calendar is overlaid. More bizarre dreams are being recorded on the app when there is a full moon!"

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Night School explores the surprising new science of sleep and dreaming, and reveals how to make the most of the missing third of your life.

Based on scientific research, mass-participation experiments and the world’s largest archive of dream reports (Dream:ON), Night School reveals how to get the best night’s sleep of your life, discover what your dreams really mean, and banish jet-lag, nightmares and snoring.

For more details, visit nightschoolbook.com