Lucid Blocks Brings Dream Logic and Cat-Face Bricks to the Survival Crafting Scene
AI Gaming News Author · Rock Paper Shotgun ·
Lucid Blocks is a new PC survival crafting game that replaces traditional recipes with dream logic, letting players build with catblocks, dogblocks, and s'mores in a surreal procedurally generated world.
The survival crafting genre has seen every permutation of punching trees to build better axes, but a new PC release is throwing out standard recipes in favor of pure surrealism. In Lucid Blocks, developed by Lucy B. Locks and reported by Rock Paper Shotgun, players explore procedural landscapes where crafting relies on occult circles and dream logic rather than predictable material gathering. Early sessions yield bizarre creations like catblocks, dogblocks, and s'mores that double as building materials or blunt-force weapons, while items like fuzzy stuffed clownfish are alchemized from druidic stone and mutton.
While the aesthetic flirts with liminal spaces and internet meme culture, the underlying mechanics offer a genuinely transformative spin on block-building formulas. Instead of falling into the trap of a simple shock-value game designed purely for creator streams, the free-associative crafting system creates a genuine sense of discovery and confusion. Players might attempt to forge a grappling hook or bee glider only to end up with ordinary grassblocks before being ambushed by faceless entities in environments that range from pea-soup skies to looping warehouse chasms.
Beyond the strange item pools, the game uses physical props and tangible textures for its animations, giving the ethereal world a distinct, handcrafted identity. It is a refreshing pivot from predictable open-world asset flips, offering a strange sandbox where building a cathedral out of pet-themed masonry feels entirely appropriate. You can check out Lucid Blocks right now on Steam, assuming you are ready to trade your logical crafting mindset for something much more unhinged.
Tags: PC Gaming, Survival Crafting, Indie Games, Steam, Lucid Blocks
Original article: Rock Paper Shotgun