Step into a dream...
What is Yume Nikki?
Yume Nikki is an RPGMaker 2000 game published in 2007. Players control the protagonist, Madotsuki, and explore her (very) surreal dreams. There's no objective in the game except to explore and to collect 24 power-ups, called Effects. Yume Nikki has no plot and no dialogue, but it's a fascinating game in its own right --- Madotsuki's dreams are delightfully weird, and the feeling of discovering new worlds or effects has kept me coming back to the game for years.
Yume Nikki Fangames
The concept of Yume Nikki lends itself well to derivatives; thanks to the diversity of dreams, Yume Nikki fangames offer developers a unique to showcase their creativity. There are over six hundred Yume Nikki fangames, each one with a new set of cool worlds to explore! The most famous fangames are Yume 2kki and .flow, followed by Yume Nisshi, LCDDEM, Me, Answered Prayers, Ultra Violet, and Collective Unconscious!
Yume Nikki and Me
I first discovered the game when I was in about sixth or seventh grade (I was really interested in the game OneShot at the time, and I heard about it through the developer's Tumblr). Though I didn't actually end up playing until I was in high school, I learned extensively about the games through the internet. I loved the idea of the dreamers all being friends, lmao. Now I'm a diehard fan!!!
