Memories of Replica (メモリーズオブレプリカ)

Overview
Memories of Replica (メモリーズオブレプリカ, Memorīzuoburepurika) is a sequel to Houchou Shoujo Gensoukyoku (包丁少女幻窓曲), although it is different in both art style and gameplay. The game borrows only the characters and the stage styles from the original Yume Nikki, all characters can have actions and positions different to their original counterparts.

The game once had a story before ver 1.5.0.0 update, with characters totally not related to Yume Nikki. After the removal of the story, the characters are either removed or replaced with original characters composed of Yume Nikki things.

Gameplay
This game takes Yume Nikki characters and puts them in a platformer world with Castlevania-style action and Metroid-like exploration. Poniko, as the main protagonist of this game, uses a shadowy scythe from nowhere as her main weapon. There are replicas of the "Effects" in the word to be found, some of them acts as passive power-ups once picked up. Poniko can equip a replica at a time, which affects her stats and special moves, some even give her additional enhancements. As the story goes forward, she can buy a pistol from Seccom Masada, which allows her deal damage from a distance. When an enemy gets killed, it will drop a sphere of DP (Dream Points), which acts as the currency in this game. Poniko can use DP to purchase heal items, parts of pistols, and HP/MP max-ups.

Controls

 * Z: Attack
 * X: Jump
 * C: Special attack (depends on equipped Replica)
 * A, Shift, Ctrl: Dodge
 * D, V: Shot (may change depending on equipped Replica)
 * S, Enter: Pause/inventory menu

Plot

 * All stories removed in ver 1.5.0.0 update. The following content introduces the plot of ver 1.0.0.5 or earlier.
 * None of the characters is called by name in the story, including Madotsuki, Monoko, and Monoe, ones with official names. All area names are referred as "temporary code names". 

Story begins from Poniko in the woods in fromt of Madotsuki's "mansion" in the dream world. When Poniko enters Madotsuki's room, she doesn't see Madotsuki there. Poniko mentions that she heard the inhabitants of the dream world go mad, where she speculates that something unusual happened to Madotsuki. Then, Poniko decides to find Madotsuki.

Poniko passes through the Wilderness ("荒野", kouya) area with hostile dream-world beings, then finally arrives the Shelter ("シェルター"). In the Shelter, there are many dream-world beings who still keep their sanity: Seccom Masada, who sells a pistol-shaped relic and its upgrade parts; KyuuKyuu-kun, who sells heal items; a monk bear the resemblance of Jellyfish, who teachs dodge techniques ("回避術", Kaihi-jutsu) in exchange of DP; Onsen-san, who manages a hotspring room which acts as heal spot; Monoe, Monoko, Cube Guru, and Mafura-ko, who don't have duties but will give Poniko something or advice as the story progress goes; a crowd of Pirori, who can't really help but show the concern for the world. In the centeral room, Mars-san, displayed on a square screen-like thing, tells Poniko the next destination.

[WIP]