Freeware Gameclub #1, Yume Nikki Options

[Darth-Paper-Boy]

The game that showed the most interest in the initial (five replies long or so) discussion for the Freeware Gameclub was Yume Nikki and I feel I wanna go ahead and make this topic before I do something dumb and forget about it.

The game:

The first game will be Yume Nikki, an RPG Maker game. Translated as "Dream Diary" the game is a fairly straightforward one. There is very little text, and a simple to follow plot. You play as a shut-in who refuses to leave their apartment. The only things to do are play a simple video game, or sleep and dream. Inside the dreamworld is where the core of the game lies, as you explore the mental world of the character with little to nothing indicating what each environment means as well as finding particular objects in these areas called "effects" that allow you to do various useful/unuseful things. The most enjoyable part of the game to the fanbase seems to be the interpretation possible as to what these areas, items, and events represent as you explore.

The final note is that some of the areas and things in the game are fairly un-kid friendly. Areas can transition from more light dreams to nightmares fairly quickly, and at times, through completely random events. The download can be found here:

http://rapidshare.com/#!download|46cg|...sh_v3.rar|56448

Since it's a rapidshare link, and I do not trust those fiends, I'd like to say to keep your internet shields up regarding the link. Not necessarily because of the file, but rapidshare themselves. It's the only one I can find, so it'll have to do for now.

General Gameclub practice:

The general idea of the gameclub is to play through free games we can all find and play easily and for anyone to jump in and discuss them. The games should typically take about a month to play and afterwards we will move on to another game someone has found/knows about or if the game is particularly short (or uninteresting) the change could happen sooner. This not only encourages people to play games, but to also go out and find them. Hopefully this works out.

[Darth-Paper-Boy]

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Today I played Nasu. After getting 160 points I gave up and went to sleep.

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I found a bike. And watched TV.

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The TV in the dreamworld was some Aztec thing.

[Ichigo]

I'm downloading it now, and I can't wait to play it. It sounds (and looks , from what you posted) pretty dang awesome. All psychological and what-not. owo

[Darth-Paper-Boy]

Two of those are fanarts. I can't be bothered to copy and paste screenshots too often except for random events. Like the aztec TV thing.

[Oscar]

Psychological...oh, does sound fun.

The Aztec people look like they're throwing up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalaexdee.gif)

Anyways, I can't participate in this one and who knows about the rest. I don't want to download a PC program reader to my Mac, really. Maybe I'll find another way....

[Noviwan]

downloaded aint tryied it yet though

[Darth-Paper-Boy]

No Nasu today. Just went straight to sleep. A bit longer this time.

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First, I went to a snow-y place. I found a snow spirit there, and now I can make it snow.

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After that, I wandered off to a place with lots of cubes. There I found someone with a scarf and hat without a body. It took me to a place that was all white. Not like snow. Just white.

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In the pure white place, I found a girl in a tunnel. I made it snow for her.

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After that, I sorta biked around to see if I could find anything else until this thing suddenly flew by. After that I woke up.

[Hasfusel]

Darth, apparently the balloon thingy that flew past you is like the rarest event in the game. According to all the stuff I can find there's like a 1/3600 chance of that happening.

Anyway. Fell asleep, then went to bed while dreaming. Woke up at the top of some stairs, with crazy hands reaching all around everywhere. Wandered my way down, then through some shopping mall apparently filled with zombies. Ran around for a bit, and eventually found my way into some wooded area, where I made friends with a frog and learnt how to transform into one.
It proved handy later, as I found some weird pastel-coloured lake place, where interacting with a balloon dropped me into the water. Being a frog let me swim around at a decent speed, but I couldn't find anything and eventually woke up.

[EBWonder]

I got the bike, the frog, the hand, the neon, the cat, the hat and scarf, the snowy shawl, and the midget. it's a long process.

[Noviwan]

I got the game I have no idea as of what todo I went to sleep walked around woke up then played video games. no event so far.

[Darth-Paper-Boy]

It's all pretty much just exploring. Thinking about the environments you wander in.

[Noviwan]

Oh I see will play whne idling on PC

[Hasfusel]

Returned to the pink lake area. This time, swimming along I found a green balloon, which teleported me onto an island with little colourful ring cones. A cluster of them made a house in the middle, and I went in.
Girl in green sweater walking around. Flicked light switch. Room went dark. Left room. Came back in. Flicked switch again. Repeated process about five more times. And then this

Interacting with the thing, which I am informed is known as Uboa, made its face melt and stuck me in some sort of nightmare wading through white goo, with some giant monstrosity in the background. I have no idea what this is supposed to signify but it probably isn't pleasant.

(IMG:http://images.wikia.com/yumenikki/images/3/38/Uboaspace.jpg)

[Noviwan]

I wish I could get stuff to happen on the game

[Charmy]

I feel like playing.... Maybe I'l join in in some but if the downloads could be dangerous my dad wouldn't allow. My brother's already stuffed up his computer and it would just tick him off if I started.

But might I say, the game looks heckalotofinteresting.

[Hasfusel]

This did not happen :(

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[Darth-Paper-Boy]

Reminds me I was supposed to A: Extend Yume Nikki into May so more people may be able to get events and B: Start looking for stuff for this month. Whoops.

edit: Alright, here're the random fanarts wrapping up my general playthrough more or less.

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and then the end. Sorta spoiler-y for those who didn't finish, but if you didn't see it coming you weren't paying much attention.

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Anyway. Gameclub #2 soon probably. Thinking Cave Story.

[Hasfusel]

ahh why must I love this game so much why



p.s. some of the fan sequels (.flow and LcdDem) are also awesome and I love them too and you should play them

[Noviwan]

are there links to those fan ones?

[Hasfusel]

Latest english version of .flow

It says you need RPG Maker 2000 but I managed without somehow, I only needed to get that for LcdDem (which I am playing right now and I love it, but .flow is cooler).