Sick Mind

Overview
Sick Mind or Sickmind (しっくまいんど) is a Yume Nikki fangame produced by Chocomaguro (ちょこ鮪) aka Maggot (うじ虫) and Marisyan (まりしゃん), the creator of Dream Book and Dream Number (夢数).

It started out as a fangame with only Yamitsuki (やみつき), but later updates introduced two new playable characters: Iratsuki (いらつき) and Kurayami (くらやみ).

On November 2nd, 2012, a remake of the game was released. The remake featured all of the graphics and music from previous versions, but with much of the content stripped, including Iratsuki, Kurayami, and almost all of the effects. The sprites for all removed areas and characters remain in the game's files, though they are all currently unused.

Gameplay
There were three playable main characters and they each had their own stories within the game. With the revision, only Yamitsuki is playable.

Sick Mind plays a bit differently than most Yume Nikki Fangames, as you can enter the nexus right from the door. Additionally, you can save anywhere, besides the desk, while in the character's room. The purpose of the game still is the same, you progress through the game by collecting effects and exploring new areas. Additionally, there are a couple of readable books on her bookshelves.

The Debug Room being accessible directly from the room (by interacting with the upper left part of Yamitsuki's curtained bed) hints us that the revised version is still under development.

Version 0.10 (Original)
You have to choose between three different characters: Kurayami (a younger sister), Yamitsuki (the main heroine) and Iratsuki (a friend).

Save the game when in the protagonist's room (or in certain other locations) through the menu by choosing "Record".

Yamitsuki's Part
Enter her dreams by existing her room through the door. As soon as you do so, you will enter a nexus with 6 doors to different worlds. The objective is to collect all 24 effects to unlock an ending and explore the world outside of her room.. You can go back to Yamitsuki's room to save your game either through the menu or by interacting with her desk. To return to her room, choose Skills in the menu, then choose the option Escape.

In some locations the option to escape will be closed to you. To avoid getting stuck in dead end locations without having the ability to return to your room and/or save the game, It is recommended to save frequently and always have a save of Yamitsuki in her room with all of the latest effects you've managed to collect.

Yamitsuki's  description/status in the menu can be changed through one of the bookshelves in her room. There are 4 available options: Protagonist/Heroine (主人公), Mental Health/Mentally ill (メンヘラ), Chuunibyou (中二病) and Depression/Depressed (鬱).

You can enter a debug room by interacting with Yamitsuki's bed. It contains a depiction of all of her effects, developers' notes and other fun stuff. This place used to contain a version of Gorotsuki carrying a red book.

Iratsuki's Part
Enter her dreams by exiting her room through the door. In Iratsuki's part there is no nexus. Once you go out of her room, you enter a black maze. Iratsuki's dream world goes in a semi-linear path unlike most fangames or Yamitsuki's part. In this part you also cannot wake up/go back instantly to where you started. Instead, you are able to save your progress at any time through the menu.

The objective of this part is to collect effects and explore the world outside of Iratsuki's room, which appears to be mostly Yamitsuki's world. The difference between their worlds are the NPCs being all static, either due to being dead, injured or "frozen" in place, or due to serving as doorways to other worlds. This is instead of being effect givers or just normal walking NPCs that react to some effects like in Yamitsuki's part.

You can enter a debug room by interacting with Iratsuki's rightmost bookshelf in her room. It contains a depiction of all of her effects and a few developers' notes.

Kurayami's Part
Enter her dream through her bed, pinch cheeks through the menu to wake her up. In this part you can save your game when awake either by interacting with her desk or through the menu. The objective of this part is to collect pictures (memories) to unlock an ending and explore Kurayami's dreams.

Bugs/issues
1. (For Yamitsuki) Sometimes at the beginning of the game, the wake up skill is disabled. This problem can be solved by entering and exiting the debug room.

Plot
Each character had their own story, but due to the removal of the other two characters in the update, their stories remain a mystery.

However, it is possible that Yamitsuki was not entirely right in the head, hence the title "Sick Mind", and it is unknown whether she is hallucinating, sleepwalking, or the outside of her room is truly like that.

Revised Version Effects
These were the effects available in the version before the remake. most of them are not obtainable in the remake but one of them can be reached through the debug room.

Version 0.10 Effects
These effects were available in the version before the remake. They are not accessible in the revised version.

Kurayami (くらやみ)
Instead of effects, you collect pictures. (しゃしん 1-5)


 * Photo 1


 * Photo 2


 * Photo 3


 * Photo 4


 *  Photo 5  

Version 0.01 (Remake)
Version 0.10 (Original) 

Development Blog

Version 0.01 (English) - Remake

Version 0.10 (English) - Original (updated on March 10, 2014)
 * Both English versions were translated by HimeNikki

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