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Nowhere Fast: On the Horizon - Visual Novel Release

Angel, adjusting to her new vampiric tendencies, makes a stop at a gas station and meets an unfortunate and captivating stranger.

This is my first visual novel project and is both an introduction and a stepping stone to a longer ongoing game I have been working on! It is a short, choiceless story that can be played in about 10 to 20 minutes.

My game is out now!

re:curse is a surreal RPGmaker horror game inspired by the likes of OFF, Ib, LISA: The Painful RPG and Yume Nikki.

Play as distraction-prone researcher Linda Langley and explore as your laboratory distorts and degrades around you. Send emails. Grapple with your clown infestation. Face consequences. Maybe even survive!

This is a game about...

doors

screens

bitrot

self-fulfilling loops

computer viruses (not real ones)

trans-temporal communication software

gay subtext

surprises

secrets

re:curse was solo developed as a passion project, mostly between 2020-2021. I've returned to it and added the final touches necessary to make a finished game. Bundled with the game is a trove of bonus content for your perusal, including uncompressed source files, concept art, unreleased original music, 3d files, and more. I hope you enjoy!

SURPRISE!!! In Stars and Time is coming to Nintendo Switch on launch in 2023!!! Check out that cool new launch trailer to celebrate ✨✨✨

Dream Diary Jam 6!

Jam runs from May 15th, 2022 to June 26th, 2022. You can join before or during those dates!

Our beloved Yume Nikki is turning 18 years old this June 26th… And to celebrate, it’s time for our annual Yume Nikki Fangame Jam!

Welcome newcomers and veterans to Dream Diary Jam 6, a game jam all about the creation of fangames for the cult classic RPG Maker 2003 game Yume Nikki. The goal is to create a Yume Nikki fangame, a demo of one, or to even update one of your previous entries. You’ll be given 6 weeks to work on your fangame, starting on May 15th and ending on the June 26th — Yume Nikki’s anniversary.

Submission types:

Traditional Yume Nikki Fangame - The most common type of fangame. Typically follows the same formula/style as the original Yume Nikki, but with an original cast of characters and environments, and sometimes new mechanics. You can get as experimental as you want!

Examples of this type include: .flow, Yume 2kki, Lcd Dem, and Answered Prayers

A Fangame of the Yume Nikki setting - A fangame that uses the characters/settings of the original Yume Nikki, rather than a new original cast. Think something along the lines of fanfiction. This can be any kind of genre, JRPG, dating sim, clicker, etc. You can even make a fangame of YUME NIKKI -DREAM DIARY- if you want to.

Examples of this type include: NASU Plus, Memories of Replica, Dream Kombat, and Yume Nikki Hazard

An update to a previous submission - Didn’t get to make as much as you wanted in a previous jam? Need an excuse to work on your fangame? Don’t want to start anew? This is for you! If you can provide a substantial update to one of your previous entries, then it’s also an acceptable submission, even if you’ve been chipping away at it outside of the jams.

Want to participate? Just sign up on our itch.io page! Feeling social, like working in a community of fellow devs and Yume Nikki fans? Check our our DDJ6 Discord! Late to the party, but still looking to hang with fellow devs? Feel free to become a part of our year-round Dream Diary Development community!

And if you have any questions, feel free to send them to this blog or the itch.io page! And as always, be sure to have fun, dreamers!

my submission for the 2019 yume nikki game jam is late but here! it’s based on a bunch of ideas i’ve had floating around in my head for awhile. i hope you enjoy it! i admittedly ran into some issues near the end, so it only has 3 effects and a total of 7 worlds.

my submission for the 2019 yume nikki game jam is late but here! it’s based on a bunch of ideas i’ve had floating around in my head for awhile. i hope you enjoy it! i admittedly ran into some issues near the end, so it only has 3 effects and a total of 7 worlds.

my submission for the 2019 yume nikki game jam is late but here! it’s based on a bunch of ideas i’ve had floating around in my head for awhile. i hope you enjoy it! i admittedly ran into some issues near the end, so it only has 3 effects and a total of 7 worlds.