Dreamscape (chat)

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Dreamscape is a graphical online chat environment owned by Stratagem Corporation.^[1] Once you become a member and download the software, you enter the world and choose an avatar, which is a physical representation of yourself. Your avatar can talk (text-chat), move, gesture, use facial expressions, and is customizable in a virtually unlimited number of ways. Avatars earn money called tokens; own possessions; rent apartments called turfs; and, most importantly, make friends. The environment itself is composed of hundreds of "locales", or screens, in which you move about. It is a virtual city called Phantasus on a virtual island called Kymer that is rich in history and mysticism.

The Dreamscape was originally created in 1994 by a team of world designers for Fujitsu America, headed by the virtual communities gurus Randy Farmer and Chip Morningstar, who created the first graphical virtual world for George Lucas in 1987 called Club Caribe. The world's history and mythology were created by dark fantasy writer Maria Alexander (then Maria Douglas), and the world was run by "Oracles" — that is, keepers of the world under the guidance of Morpheus, the God of Dreams. The first two Oracles were named Vaserius and Terisias. The world history was developed in response to business requirements from Fujitsu management for a world based on a well-known Western mythology with some variation. (For example, "Kymer" was a corruption of the word "chimera".) Today, the original mythology has evolved and continues to grow to meet the demands of the members.

The world celebrated its 10th anniversary on November 15, 2005. Celebrations were held "in-world" and many hundreds of current and past members attended.

As with all online communities, Dreamscape and its counterpart New Horizone are a mixture of many different peoples and personalities. This mixture is what makes these online communities so exciting and viable! While some personalities may clash, just as they would in the “real world”, most people find Dreamscape to be an open, welcoming and fun place to be!

The key difference that seems to set these worlds apart from others you find online is the active participation of the management teams, designers and creators who strive to provide special activates and happenings based on “real world” events or “in world” storylines. In Dreamscape recent events have included the addition of Atlantis, The Lost World of the dinosaurs, Medieval Fairs and special locales or areas to help members learn about and celebrate the Solstice and Equinox!