Dream Within The Vessel

◉ Dream Within the Vessel is a narrative-driven psychological suspense visual novel.

Over the course of six days, you will follow the protagonist, Ze, as he moves through the town's warm yet unsettling daily life—talking with friends, exploring corners both familiar and strange, and searching for the truth within a gradually collapsing memory.

Every conversation you experience, every choice you make, every detail that is gazed upon will affect Ze's judgment of what is "real," and will determine the ending he ultimately reaches.

If you've noticed something is off—then look closer.

After all, this town's tenderness may be more worthy of caution than its horror.

 ◉Features

Daily Life Within the Crack—
Amid a sunlit life, catch those fleeting moments of wrongness.

Your Doubt Changes Everything—
Question too much, and you push those you care about further away; stay silent too long, and you begin to doubt even yourself. There is no right or wrong—only cost.

Three People, Three Truths—
They sit at the same table, but look in different directions.

Reunderstanding "Tenderness"—
This is not a story about escaping hell.

Light Cthulhu Elements—
Something writhes behind the everyday. Beneath the surface of the world, something living and intentional has been operating all along.

 ◉Content

Approximately 80,000 words of text, a six-day storyline;

Approximately five endings;

200+ CG and comic panel sequences;

2+ original soundtrack pieces;

Psychological horror × suspense × dystopia

 ◉Main Characters

【Ze】

You feel everything here is fine.

So fine—

You're not sure you should be here.

【aoi】

Your good friend. She is gentle, and lovely.

She smiles at everyone.

You hope that's real.

【Linji】

Your good friend. A calm, sharp-tongued person.

He chooses to stand at the edge of the crack.

  ◉Before You Play

• This work contains character death and corpse descriptions, violent scenes, and self-harm scenes;

  Contains depictions of psychological horror, cognitive anomalies, and emotional manipulation;

  Certain plot elements may involve traumatic experiences, a sense of confinement in intimate relationships, and controlling forms of care, which may cause psychological discomfort;

  The themes of psychological abnormality and cognitive disorder depicted in this work are fictional creations for narrative purposes and do not constitute any medical diagnosis or advice. If you are experiencing mental health difficulties, please seek professional help promptly.

 ◉Progress Updates

• All currently public content (including images) is work-in-progress and does not represent final quality;

  Development logs are updated on Xiaohongshu under 蜕壳场Molt Field—we welcome your attention!