TLiaD_Kristofer Paul Schreiner

~Salt Lake Stargazette~
May 20,1996

Bio-Witch Corp. Attempts Fire Control Among Controversy & Conundrum

"A ground shaking explosion and  still burning fire consumes the east wing of Bio-Witch Corp. Oneiric Laboratories & Technologies Impl.. In the early hours of dawn when the sun barely shone above the summit of  Ensign Peak neighbors living up and down the mouth of The Canyon woke up to the sound of a loud boom and many of their window shattering as an explosion took place at the infamous and ominous Bio-Witch-Tech Laboratories. Dozens of injuries but no deaths as of writing caused by the inferno and pandemonium that followed. No cause has been found by Local PD or Emergency Services nor has much info been released, but this is not unexpected as secretive as Bio-WitchTech Corp. is with their own  omnipresent  and controversy strewn private security force and seemingly capable emergency services. Recall last years Christmas Eve chemical leak that turned the canyon's river silver (still claimed by Bio-WitchTech (and miraculously independently test proven) to be non-toxic and supposedly "beneficial" to the water supply) and caused a slithering blizzard (The first "snow" of the year) to wind down the canyon and leave over 4 feet of snow in it's wake. Bio-WitchTech's chemical hazard team, famously known as AcidicRainbowSixtySix managed to contain the leak before it  reached and contaminated the lake or it's surrounding wetlands. Dozens of streams of FireProof (tm) "extra dousing" water attempt to squelch the green and orange flames that still twist and twirl above the ruined castle like rubble of one of the many arms that stretch from the main hub of the labs. Our own low atmosphere Aurora Borealis can be seen from across the valley. Take a peek (but don't get too close) and listen for the beep of the Emergency Broadcast System in case there are any updates about the evacuations of this hazardous situation."

Shirly A. Pontoon, Salt Lake Stargazette, Salt Lake City, Ut.  May 20, 1996, 7:47am

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This Life is a Dream is a high-bit pixel art point-and-click adventure that blurs the line between waking life and ever more becoming lucid dreams. Set in a 1990s alternate reality Salt Lake City, UT you return home after years away in school deciding to spend the summer piecing together a life you barely recognize before committing to an already offered and decent career. Nostalgia lingers like an unfinished sentence, but something is… off.

Every night, you drift into lucid dreams—some serene, others unsettling, all shifting in visual style and logic. Each dream leaves an imprint, bleeding into reality as the world begins to unravel. Strange symbols, lost memories, and fractured timelines guide you toward a truth buried beneath layers of perception.

Explore, investigate, and navigate a surreal journey through post-coming-of-age self-discovery, forgotten places, and eerie synchronicities. Some puzzles are meant to be solved, others must be understood. As dreams and reality collide, will you find meaning—or lose yourself in the neon colored static?

-RedMooN-

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