Yume Nikki Dream Diary Announced

Dylan Siegler

Published: Jan 25, 2018 06:36 pm

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A couple of weeks ago, the 2004 indie game Yume Nikki made a sudden re-appearance, unexpectedly showing up on Steam. The game’s new Steam page contained a link that led to a site with a countdown timer. The countdown ended today (January 25) and an announcement has been made about a follow-up to the cult classic indie game.

At the end of the countdown, it was revealed that developer Kadokawa has been working with Active Gaming Media and original Yume Nikki developer Kikiyama to create Yume Nikki Dream Diary, which will essentially serve as an updated, fully 3D version of the original game. The new game’s website states that Dream Diary takes inspiration from the original game, as well as other recent indie games, to re-create the nightmarish world that protagonist Madotsuki travels through. Dream Diary will also utilize designs, concepts and characters created by Kikiyama during the development of the first game, but which went unused at the time.

Yume Nikki Dream Diary will be available on Steam starting on February 23. The game will be available for PC and cost $19.99. In the meantime, you can play the original Yume Nikki, which is also available for PC on Steam and is free.

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Dylan Siegler

Dylan Siegler has a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Redlands. He has copy edited novels and short stories and is the editor of nearly all marketing materials for RoKo Marketing. In addition to his professional work, Dylan is also working on several of his own projects. Some of these projects include a novel that satirizes the very nature of novel writing as an art and a short film that parodies buddy cop movies. His short story “Day 3658,” a look into a future ten years into a zombie apocalypse, is being published in September of 2017 in Microcosm Publishing’s compilation Bikes in Space IV: Biketopia. His political satire "The Devil's Advocates" is currently available for free (the link to this story can be found on his Facebook page).