Game Details:

Welcome to the “Yume Nikki” for Mac game page. This page contains information + tools how to port this game so you can play it on your Mac just like a normal application.

This game is not available in the Porting Kit yet. Porting Kit is the new application which “ports” the game to your Mac. The video and download links in the slider are outdated and won’t work on OS X 10.11+. Fortunately there is way to fix/update it, install the game with the Porting Kit using this video instruction. Or when you use the Crossover application the Crosstie below (when available).

Game description:
In Yume Nikki (Dream Diary), you’re cast as a young girl living in a small apartment. There is very little to do in your room, but fall asleep and an entire dream world is yours to explore. The Z key can be used to interact or gain new effects. Certain locations beyond each door may yield more than one effect for the player to discover. Press 9 to wake yourself up. Use the desk in the room to save your progress, and hold the escape key for more than two seconds to exit the NASU console game. Acquiring the bicycle, lamp and knife should be at the top of your list, as these items will double your character’s speed, light up dark areas and allow basic attack moves to be executed. Nearly all locations are wrapped around, hence walking in one direction endlessly will always bring you back to the starting point.

Additional Port Information:
Graphical Cards Tested: NVIDIA 9400M graphics card, AMD Radeon 6770M
OSX 10.7.5 and 10.8.2+ compatible?: yes
Whats tested: Playing a while
Does Multiplayer work?: Not available
Known Issues: None that i know of
Whats not tested: ATI en Intel graphical cards
Technical Support:Crossover game forum

Screenshots:

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Yume Nikki
Developer(s)	Kikiyama
Publisher(s)	Playism
Engine	RPG Maker 2003
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	June 26, 2004
Genre(s)	Adventure, psychological horror
Mode(s)	Single-player

Yume Nikki (ゆめにっき, lit. Dream Diary) is a surrealadventure game by pseudonymous Japanese developer Kikiyama. In the game, players explore the dreams of the protagonist, named Madotsuki, where they encounter a number of surrealistic horror creatures and locations. The game was created using RPG Maker 2003, but lacks most elements commonly associated with role-playing games, such as battle, leveling up, and quests. The game's primary objective is to collect items known as 'effects' that grant Madotsuki new abilities and allow players to progress to new areas, with the game ending after 24 of them have been collected.

The initial version was released for free in June 2004 with subsequent updates over time, the last occurring in 2007. While initially receiving minimal attention, it has garnered a cult following since its release and has been cited as an influence on other games. The game was later released on Steam by publisher Playism in January 2018. A 3D reboot, Yume Nikki: Dream Diary, was released the following month. In addition, a manga adaptation and various fangames inspired by it have also been released.

Gameplay[edit]

Madotsuki with the bike effect equipped, showcasing the game's surrealist nature

Players control a girl named Madotsuki (窓付き, lit. windowed) at home in her apartment, the only area she can explore when awake, as Madotsuki shakes her head in refusal if the player guides her to leave.^[1]^[2]

After Madotsuki falls asleep, she begins to dream. Madotsuki's dream resembles the room she's in, except she is able to leave the room. This takes Madotsuki to a nexus of 12 doors, with each leading to a different world. These 12 worlds, in turn, connect to a number of other worlds, forming a large and expansive area for the player to explore. The purpose of the game is for the player to navigate these dream worlds to obtain 24 items known as 'effects'.^[2] There is no way to encounter a game over in the game, though enemies do exist in the form of NPCs that can teleport the player to inescapable areas, forcing them to wake up or use an effect to return to the nexus.^[2]

Release and reception[edit]

Originally a little-known game that became popular on the Japanese forum 2channel, the game gained a following outside Japan after an unofficial English translation was released. After gaining a cult following on 2channel, popularity of the game quickly increased by viral means among Japanese players. The first public release of the game took place on June 26, 2004, as a demonstration preview of an incomplete game.^[2] With each following version from 0.01 to 0.09, new features and content were progressively introduced, along with various bug fixes.^[3] The latest version, 0.10, featured general bug fixes and became available on October 1, 2007.^[2] The game was later released on Steam by publisher Playism on January 10, 2018.^[4]^[2]

Independent game designer Derek Yu enjoyed the game, comparing its visual theme to EarthBound and stating 'The lack of dialogue or any 'action' fills me with this strange sense of dread'.^[5] Gamertell's Jenni Lada scored the game 85 out of 100.^[6] She praised the unique premise, distinct art style and abstract gameplay which evokes a 'dream world experience'. Lada noted the geometry of the dream areas, which allows for loops and exitless rooms, and found that it could be 'winding and confusing'. Whilst she warned that it won't be to everyone's tastes due to 'dark or graphic imagery' and found the ending to be disappointing, she concluded that Yume Nikki was worth experiencing. Kotaku's John Jackson praised the game for its ethereal dream-like setting and its non-linear gameplay mechanic, stating, 'Out of every games [sic] about dreams, this is the one that probably comes closest to actually resembling one'.^[7] He goes on to argue the game's limitations and vast, undefinable architecture forces the player to question their surroundings and the significance of the smallest actions and events that confront them.

The game inspired a large number of fangames with a similar style of gameplay, such as Yume 2kki and .flow.^[8] The game's structure was also a major influence on Lisa the First, the predecessor of Lisa: The Painful, OneShot, as well as Undertale.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Other media and merchandise[edit]

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Various merchandise based on the game has been released under the 'Project Yume Nikki' brand.^[12] The game was adapted into both a manga and a light novel. The light novel is titled Yume Nikki: Anata no Yume ni Watashi wa Inai,^[13] and was written by Akira.^[14] The title was licensed for digital distribution in the English language by J-Novel Club.^[15] The manga was illustrated by Hitoshi Tomizawa, and was serialized in Takeshobo's web manga magazine Manga Life Win+ from May 2013 until March 2014.<