when i first saw these characters in screenshots i was honestly expecting a super serious story, the 3d is pretty cool, verticality in dream worlds is nice
if I had to describe this game's moods with one word, the word would be despairing, the constant reminders that the player is doomed, the extremely large open areas that you can easily get lost in,
This game also does not hold back with surrealness, constantly finding new ways to present a limited set of ideas in each world.
Really good usage of the yume nikki style, i was genuinely fooled into thinking this was a rpg maker 2003 game as opposed to mv at some parts of my playthrough.
Also the math theme really stuck with me, i'd love to see where it was going.
Episodic sequel to DREAMGAME, the game plays out like a surreal walking simulator 90% of it's runtime, its just the 1st game and I never ended up going further with it sadly.
. The "yandere" is GW from DREAMGAME.
. Many themes of an otherworldly tech company.
. Messy aesthetic clashing art.
I hope to someday return to this game and at least fix some of the dialog.
This is one of the most polished YN games I have ever played, im shocked that this isnt more popular, the animation is smooth, the game itself is full of novel ideas, even the menu has a new twist on it.
Yes that is intentional, however I realize now that it was a bad idea and im now going to make changes to the stun puzzle segment to make it more obvious that the player passes it by staying still for an extended period of time
The detailed art is definitely a big strength for this game, i couldn't get very far sadly because the game started a new game automatically when i played it instead of loading my save
This game absolutely flew past every single expectation I had for it, the art clearly had a lot of thought put into it especially in the colour department, the sound perfectly reinforced the moods I was being shown which the game had a good mix of including darker moods, and I did not expect crafting in a yume nikki game.
When I remake this game, I intend to make the endings more serious, believe it or not, I did try to make these endings serious, evidently I wasn't very good at writing serious dialogue. I will be keeping the aesthetic clashing / sloppy graphics and even making them even more sloppy, as I believe it is essential for the mood.
other than the odd amount of people finding the secret code by coincidence, it also seems that the painting code is easily missed. Players try and interact with the paintings using touch / mouse controls and miss the collision spot, leading them to think there is nothing to the paintings. I really want to update this but cant right now.
