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June 26, 2004
On June 26, 2004 was the release date. A dark, sinister game that makes the user think. -
Kikiyama the creator of the game suddenly disappears
After his creation was part of a cult work, Kikiyama suddenly disappears -
All updates
Kikiyama continued to update the game on his website with new versions until October 1, 2007, the day 0.10 was released. -
The last update of his game
One year later, on June 30, 2008, the last update takes place in which the record of the date is modified.
After this and despite the fact that the game was not completed, the website was left in a state of apparent abandonment. -
Derek Yu, creator of the praised Spelunky and who led to a blog post in reference to Kikiyama's game.
“It lacks dialogue or any kind of action or interaction, but Yume Nikki fills me with a strange feeling and feeling of dread and emptiness. Visually it reminds me a lot of Earthbound (game published for SNES). It's a terrifying and impressive mix ”; Derek emphasized. -
In early 2011 was the first official Yume Nikki merchandise
A rubber mobile phone strap with three optional designs of the Madotsuki figure, which was featured on the retail line of the merchandising site Surpara Store.35 The merchandising line would be expanded later, including labels, key rings, pins, personalized pens, pencil cases, school supplies, bags and t-shirts, among other merchandise with the official Yume Nikki brand sponsored by Kikiyama. -
In 2013 Yume Nikki had an adaptation to a manga and light novel
The manga was titled with the same name of the game, having been written by Kikiyama with the collaboration of Machigerita (Daisuke Kuchiki) and illustrated by Hitoshi Tomizawa, it was serialized in the Japanese online magazine Manga Life Win + of the publishing house Takeshobo, from 20 from May 2013 to March 13, 2014 with a total of 10 chapters, which would actually correspond to 9 since the last one is divided into 2 parts. -
On January 10, 2018, Yume Nikki was released to Steam
On January 10, 2018, Yume Nikki was released to Steam along with a 15-day countdown after which a new project would be revealed. -
A new Yume Nikki game was made
After Yume Nikki was released on Steam a new project was made and this was Yume Nikki: Dream Diary, a 3D video game developed by Active Gaming Media Inc, Playism and KADOKAWA. According to these sources, this video game has the supervision and cooperation of kikiyama. -
Yume Nikki in 2020
These days yume nikki continues to be one of the most mysterious games due to its abstract, dark and sinister history, which is based on lucid dreams, although its history is so confusing, that the community has been in charge of making theories by analyzing every little, detail one of those is a youtuber named Yoan Dark who was in charge of giving the most famous theories and at the same time more accepted by the community, although the theories are still very sinister
