Dream Weavers

This is a sub-page of Proto:Spyro the Dragon (PlayStation)/July 11th, 1998 build.

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Differences#

From Beast Makers onwards, all dragons are lacking their cutscenes and have no text dialogue either.

A platform at the start of the level which is usually joined to the initial platform with a bridge is instead totally separate here.
The level includes some extra geometry around one of the buildings that you can platform across to collect a few more gems. This leads to a gem that drops a gem spawner (thus spawning several more gems) upon collection - this is quite unusual, and there's nothing like it in any other known build of any of the original Spyro trilogy.
Many of the flowing water textures are not animated yet.
All of the roof tops are green in this version, instead of each being a different colour.
The barber pole platforms use a simpler, flatter texture.
The cannon doesn't have its usual textures, and instead seems to have rainbow coloured vertex colouring. Instead of firing instantly, there's a delay when using it much like the cannons in the Peace Keepers Home. It uses the same sound effect as the latter's, too.
All of the whirlwinds use blue particles. In the final, many of these whirlwinds are unique in that they use green particles instead.
This level includes a red spring chest, whereas red spring chests are only present in Lofty Castle in the final game.
Some enemies seem to disappear when viewed from certain angles.

There are some notable seams and large holes in the geometry in some of the later parts of this level. At certain points, holes can appear in the skybox, too.
The tiled flooring textures are missing from a lot of this level - the rocky wall texture is used everywhere instead.
The hanging lamps have a different, much pointier design, and they are placed quite differently throughout the level.
The level contains a key and locked chest, whereas the final level doesn't.

The level features a few more platforms than the final level.
Some fodder placement is different.
The room with the balloon gnorcs has an extra, unusually placed gnorc.
There are a few noticeable seams in the geometry.
The walls around the circular track reached via the supercharge track are missing.
Some platforms with whirlwinds on them are further from the nearby island than usual.
Some enemies seem to disappear when viewed from certain angles.

One of the rooms near the beginning of the level has a differently shaped roof and some differently shaped and textured entranceways.
There is a large hole in the wall of the room with the super fairy. The super fairy also appears the same as other fairies in this level.
There are some occlusion issues with the skybox, which cause parts of it to disappear when viewed from certain places.
The green wizards use a pink and blue gradient instead.

The level is missing its usual fodder.
The balcony reached via a whirlwind in the secret area would usually hold a collection of loose gems and some baskets. Here, there's only a single firework crate.
Jacques seems much more aggressive, throwing many more boxes at the player than he usually would.

The level's texture work is very incomplete and its lighting is very dull and flat. The lighthouses have red and white stripes instead of a grey brick texture.
A sound effect which sounds like a train can be heard constantly throughout the level and is even played instead of the "ding" sound that the icons make as they cascade towards the bottom of the screen.
The timer starts at 20 seconds instead of 28.
The copters are called "hueys" and use a blue ring icon instead of a blue copter icon.
Chests give 3 extra seconds instead of 2.
Copters give 2 extra seconds instead of 3.
Copters have a brown hat instead of a white one. They disappear instantly when destroyed instead of splitting in two.
There's an extra tower in the section with the lighthouses.