About
Interactive Dreams is a mexican game studio dedicated to narrative-driven games. We believe in the power of using the medium of the videogame to communicate deep and personal subjects which matter to people.
Core Team
Luis León
Director / Designer / Writer
Katia Kavanagh
Designer / Writer / Producer
Mario Vázquez
Programmer
Frequent Collaborators
Federico Castillo
Illustrator
Diego Cibrian “DC/Vaddoz”
Graphic Designer / 3D Environments
Past Collaborators
David Zuratzi
Designer / Producer
Linne Pérez
Programmer
Gan Medina Tretmanis
Artist
Miggi Hernández
3D Artist
Interactive Dreams is built around the idea that games are a medium for artistic expression. We look for meaningful experiences that challenge players, make them think and make them feel deep emotions. We stand on the shoulders of game designers, artists and writers who have questioned and thought about what games are and can be.These are some of the inspirations behind the studio's philosophy:
Game Poems - Jordan Magnuson
The Video Game Industry Does Not Exist - Brendan Keogh
Punk Playthings - Chris Lowthorpe, Sean Taylor
Features and Acknowledgements
Our projects have been talked about on a wide variety of mediums! Including articles, podcasts and YouTube videos! Here is a brief selection of features we are proud of.
From minute 25 to 34, the "All Gamers Are Bastards" podcast dedicated some beautiful words to "A Dream About Parking Lots", "Swann's Song" and "Your Very Last Words".Listen
The YouTube Channel "Wavelengths" placed "A Dream About Parking Lots" at number 32 in his Top 50 Best Games of 2025 list!Watch
The channel "Game Thoughts" placed "A Dream About Parking Lots" alongside works such as "Wednesdays" and "Eclipsium" to make a beautiful videoessay about games that feel like reading someone else's diary.Watch
A brief history of our projects, as well as a brief review for "A Dream About Parking Lots" and "Swann's Song" was featured on the "Pages of Play" podcast, a very thoughtful project joining games and literature.Listen
"A Dream About Parking Lots" was an official selection for the "Super FESTival 2025" on the "Experimental" category.See
VICE gave us another amazing headline that really captures what we're all about.Read
We loved that headline so much we featured it on our Steam page.Read
"The Wandering", a pre-Interactive Dreams game from Luis León, was nominated at the AMAZE Awards in 2024 for the "Digital Moment" category. This was a foundational moment for this studio!See
Quick shout-outs as well to:
Analizando Mac
The Outpost
Workforce Gaming
New Media Writing Prize 2024
Games
Let Me Play!
(May 2026)
“Let Me Play!” is a dialogue-driven game about a play that isn’t letting itself be played by the player. After the player shouts “Let me play!”, the fourth wall is shattered, and the actors realize they’re inside a fiction.You may now play, but are you really in control?Steam
Itch.ioPress Kit
A Dream About Parking Lots
(March 2025)
Look for your car in a series of mazes and parking lots, while you talk to your therapist about why do you keep dreaming about them.Based on real dreams!Steam
Itch.io
PlayStation
Xbox
NintendoPress Kit
The Bridge
(August 2024)
You're in a journey. From where? To where? You only get to choose 7 items to keep. But what if they're too heavy to let you go on?Itch.io
This Is Not For You
Endless halls that watch your every step.
Details
After a ghost ship crashes into an isolated lighthouse, Ulysses’ memories come back to trap him in an endless twisting maze full of riddles, blood, and magic. Draw your own map, and find a way to burn it all down."This Is Not For You" is a horror graphic adventure with dungeon crawling elements about a lonely lighthouse keeper that gets trapped in a cursed maze. Players must solve puzzles and draw their own map in order to escape.The game is influenced by "House of Leaves", "Silent Hill", as well as early text adventures.
Team
Luis León — Director, Designer, Writer
Katia Kavanagh — Designer, Writer, Team Manager
Mario Vázquez — Programming Lead
Dree — Programmer
Mónica Acedo — Illustrations
Joaquín — 3D Models, UI & Concept Art
Makki — Concept Art
Federico Castillo — Additional Art
Sebastian Ortiz — Music & SFX
Developer
Interactive Dreams
Platforms
PC, Mac
Release Date
February 21st, 2023 — Itch.io
February 19th, 2026 — Steam
Screenshots
Links
Socials
Your Very Last Words
Ten minutes, an instant.
Details
Live through the last ten minutes of Juan Fuentes, who has been given the chance to choose his very last words. Captured by Victoriano Huerta's army after the Ten Tragic Days, Juan will confront his life, death, family, relationships and existence."Your Very Last Words" was previously published on itch.io in 2023. The 2026 Steam release features new audio, icons and an English translation.
Team
Luis León — Writer, Designer, Programmer, Illustrator
Marina Ayala Estrada — Historical Research
Rafael Jiménez — Audio Design
Diego Cibrian "DC/Vaddoz" — Additional 2D Assets
Katia Kavanagh — Studio Management
Developer
Interactive Dreams
Platforms
PC, Mac
Release Date
14 May 2026 — Steam
Screenshots
Links
Socials
Media
Let Me Play!
A play that you can't play.
Details
After shouting "Let Me Play!" to the cast in a theatre, the fiction comes crashing down as everyone, including you, becomes aware they're only following a script. Will you let the play continue? Or will you write your own ending?"Let Me Play!" is a short text adventure / visual novel about a play that doesn't let itself be played by the player. The project started as a lighthearted poke at very old discourse surrounding player freedom in games. It quickly turned into an overly-meta fiction that was also heavily inspired by "Six Characters in Search of an Author" by Luigi Pirandello, "The Entertainment" interlude in Kentucky Route Zero, as well as by many meditations on the intersections between games, theatre, and play.The game opens with a play-within-a-play called "Two Strangers in an Elevator", in which two characters get stuck in a lift, where they proceed to find a lot about each other. However, the player will quickly find out they can't actually do anything. Getting to interact means breaking everything apart! What follows is a series of quickly-escalating events that find their conclusion in a fiction-shattering event. Nonetheless, the game features a couple of different endings, depending on certain choices.After submitting "Let Me Play!" to If Comp 2025 and receiving polarizing reviews, the game is finally launching on Steam and Itch.io. This release includes a Spanish translation, some QOL fixes, as well as a slightly updated script.
Team
Luis León — Writer, Designer, Programmer
Katia Kavanagh — Team Manager
Mario Vázquez — Programming Lead
Kiren — Programming
Federico Castillo — Original Art
MATHEO.F (Matheo Fco. Glp. Garza Dávila) — Illustrations & Additional Dialogues
Mariana Inclán — Illustrations
Max Vázquez — Additional Support
Developer
Interactive Dreams
Contact
Platforms
PC, Mac
Release Date
30 May 2025
Screenshots
Links
Socials
SWANN'S SONG
A boy and an old man stand in front a pond, waiting for a swan's song. Meanwhile, they talk about life, death, and the passage of time.
Details
Dialogue-based short story about growing up, life expectations and dealing with regret. Art is made by Federico Castillo, nominated for Best Poster at the Rome Prisma Independent Film Awards 2024. Story is written by Luis León, nominated for the Digital Moment Award at AMAZE Festival 2024 and the Opening Up category at the New Media Writing Prize 2025.This is a 45-60 minute-long experience, meant to be played in one sitting with your headphones on."Swann's Song" is the third project published under the "Interactive Dreams" brand, and the second of multiple interactive short stories set to release in 2025.
Team
Luis León — Writer, Designer, Programmer
Federico Castillo — Art & Animation
Katia Kavanagh & Mario Vázquez — Interactive Dreams Producer Team
Developer
Interactive Dreams
Publisher
Interactive Dreams (PC)
Take It! Studio (Consoles)
Contact
Platforms
PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch
Release Date
March 14th, 2025 (PC)
July 31st, 2025 (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch)
Screenshots
A Dream About Parking Lots
Look for your car in a series of mazes and parking lots, while you talk to your therapist about why do you keep dreaming about them.
Details
A walking simulator in which you must go looking for your car by using your car key. Set inside a series of dreams shaped by parking lots, the player will have to confront not only trying to get out of these mazes, but talking to their therapist. The narrative delves into themes such as being lost, existentialism, and surrealism.This is a 30-40 minute-long experience, meant to be played in one sitting and with your headphones on."A Dream About Parking Lots" is the second project published under the "Interactive Dreams" brand, and the first of multiple interactive short stories set to release in 2025.
Team
Luis León - Writer, Designer
Mario Vázquez - Lead Programmer
Katia Kavanagh - Game Producer
Miggi Hernández - 3D Modeler
Diego Cibrian “DC/Vaddoz” - Environment Design
Daniel Mauricio León - Additional 3D models
André Mauricio León - Programming
Sebastián Méndez “Po.io” - Programming
Links
Socials
Services
Interactive Dreams offers the following services:• Videogame Script editing, doctoring & creation
• Narrative Design consultation and freelance work
• We work in English & Spanish