Yume nikki fan game. On one hand, Dark story in the game´s background, with art and character´s drawings. On the other flaws and interface problems, weird character development, and incongruency.



That was nice.

Character Background and Development
The relationship between the protagonist and Daniel it´s weird ever since they met at the beginning of the game, since the first one start to trust the latter right away. Out of the blue. Without further proof that he is worth trusting or something like that.





Soundtrack - graphic design and concept of art
Beautiful art, I can tell they spend a lot of time on making it. From the intro to the very end all important characters have their own portrait and scenes. Weird thing to note out that art is incongruent and styles vary from one game space to another.



Here we see our bewitching beauty of a protagonist


The styles also varies a lot according to the emotion emphasized at the moment given.



From simple/absurd ones



Going through funny events



And into bizarre, mysterious pictures with psychological components. (There are more weird things there)



Interface and user interaction


First of all in yume nikki there´s a clear difference between dream and reality; pinching your cheek wakes you up. On this game there is not a clear difference unless you get a certain effect. That bothers me.
The interface follows after the continuous changes in yume nikki, emulating the exploring forest as well (speaking about different game interfaces in the same game)



It´s interesting to explore, yet there are times when it becomes somewhat tiring or confusing.



This stage was exploring different ways, all the time like this. Not being able to go back unless given the choice gave me a monotone feeling.
A conflictive point: there is a particularly important effect you need in order to explore comfortably; the syringe effect. Without it, exploring becomes difficult, even if it´s relatively easy to find.

Still, as a yume nikki fan, I had fun.

Story and general world development

There is a well-made story behind this game, must recognize that I got emotionally invested into it. It´s just that there are faults on the execution. Relationships don´t develop in natural ways, they feel rather forced instead, as pointed out on character development.
There are some side characters as well connected to the main story. Some others don´t really seem to have a purpose, but it may be just part of the dream world as well.

This is rather connected to the art; there is some unclear symbolism, that would be so much better if incorporated into the story



oh, almost forgot to say, careful with a bug on the medical building after finding all the effects, I cannot remember if was on first or second floor. Some door will show you three bizarre scenes and you won´t be able to move or do anything after that, I´ll stay displaying those scenes, so you better save before exploring all the doors in those floors.