User:LaytonLoztew

Creator of Manda no Yume

Yume Nikki
My first exposure to Yume Nikki was a Youtube video series by Trask Nari years ago. My favorite part of Yume Nikki are the effects. In attempting to speedrun the game I routed and performed about half but never uploaded a video, instead choosing to run Crypt Worlds.

RPG Maker
In 2014 I bought RPG Maker VX Ace for a dollar from Humble Bundle. I worked on an unreleased comedy RPG titled Ddong Quest, which is referenced in previous MnY versions as ''Dustonia Online. ''I planned most of the game but only completed early versions of the prologue and first chapter, consisting of default assets and excessively long cutscenes. In a later chapter I planned a section similar to Yume Nikki, where a party member would briefly explore dream-like worlds. I made two worlds, a music themed world and a game world (pictured).

Dream Diary Jam


In 2017 a post on the Yume Nikki subreddit led me to enter the first Dream Diary Jam. I was inactive on the subreddit, subbed only so the navbar wouldn't display default subs in the empty space. I had always desired participating in a game jam, and my prior experience in RPG Maker made it a great fit. I waited for 10 people to sign up before I did, so I was #11. Before this I had never played a Yume Nikki fangame.

Very little planning went into the game prior to June. Most thought went into the effects and effect menu.

Manda no Yume
Manda's name has no real significant meaning past being just a name. It is not pronounced as a shortening of 'Amanda', but the pronunciation was an afterthought. I was aware of the shared name with a snake creature from Naruto, so it may have had influence. I had originally planned for the game to have a theme of mandala imagery, reflected in the original nexus design.

Dream Diary Jam 2
In 2018 for the second Dream Diary Jam I accepted a position on the discord chat mod team. I attempted to make another fangame titled Setimun, but was unable to decide on game play aspects. My goal was to make a more 'basic' fangame than MnY.

Manda no Yume 0.02
In November 2018 I released the first major update to Manda no Yume. Beta builds were released on my discord server.

Dream Diary Jam 3 / Manda no Yume 0.03
In April 2019 I stepped down as a mod of Dream Diary Jam discord servers. I participated in Dream Diary Jam 3, updating Manda no Yume to 0.03.

Manda no Yume 0.04
In July 2021 I released another overhaul update, with the intention of adding content on top of it in future releases. This version introduced GameJolt integration, replaced reference hairstyles, and added autosaving.

Dream Diary Jam 6 / Everlast Reverie
In May 2022 I began working on an entry for Dream Diary Jam 6. I decided halfway through to continue the project outside the jam to release later in a more complete state, under the name Everlast Reverie.

Manda no Yume 0.04+
I plan to continue adding content to Manda no Yume.