Yume 2kki (ゆめ2っき)

Yume 2kki is a fanmade “sequel” to the RPG Maker game Yume Nikki, first released in 2007 as a collaborative project by Japanese imageboard users. You play as Urotsuki, a hikikomori girl who explores vast, surreal dream worlds. There is no overarching plot — the goal is to explore and collect the 35 effects (transformations and tools) scattered across hundreds of interconnected worlds. Along the way you can unlock wallpapers, music tracks, menu themes, and multiple endings. The game is still in active development and receives regular updates from a rotating group of volunteer authors, which is why its worlds vary wildly in tone and art style.

Characters & Notable NPCs

Most NPCs are unnamed, but the community-recognized ones include:

• Urotsuki — the playable protagonist, a hikikomori girl exploring dream worlds to collect effects.
• Oni Musume — a demon girl found in the Dark Room; interacting with her pet telephone gives you the Telephone effect.
• Aojiru — a green-haired recurring character tied to one of the game’s original developers; appears in several worlds and events.
• Odorika — a dancer; the Maiko effect lets you view the Odorika event in Red Streetlight World.
• The geisha of Japan Town — with the Maiko effect, Urotsuki can take her place managing the hotel in Japan Town.
• Chaser-type enemies — hostile figures that pursue and trap Urotsuki, often triggered by chainsawing NPCs.

Effects (the main collectibles)

There are 35 effects to collect (plus the Instructions). Each effect alters Urotsuki’s appearance, and some grant special abilities or NPC interactions. Collecting them is instrumental in unlocking the game’s endings.

• Bat, Bike (Motorcycle), Boy, Bunny Ears, Cake, Chainsaw, Child, Crossing, Dice, Drum, Eyeball Bomb, Fairy, Gakuran, Glasses, Grave, Haniwa, Insect, Invisible, Lantern, Maiko, Marginal, Penguin, Plaster Cast, Polygon, Rainbow, Red Riding Hood, Spacesuit, Spring, Stretch, Telephone, Teru Teru Bōzu, Tissue, Trombone, Twintails, Wolf

Combo Effects

A feature unique to Yume 2kki — equipping two effects back-to-back creates a new form. There are currently five:

• Wolf + Bike — Urotsuki rides the motorcycle as a wolf and can howl NPCs out of the way.
• Twintails + Glasses — glasses with twintails; crossing her arms stops some NPCs from moving.
• Haniwa + Cake (“Gingerbread”) — Urotsuki becomes a slow-moving gingerbread cookie.
• Red Riding Hood + Teru Teru Bōzu (“Yellow Raincoat”) — a yellow raincoat; holding the action button kicks a puddle of water.

Notable Locations

The game features hundreds of worlds; some of the well-known ones:

• The Nexus — the central hub connecting the first ring of dream worlds.
• Urotsuki’s Room — the waking-world start point, with her computer and balcony.
• Urotsuki’s Dream Apartments — contains the Trophy Room where effects can be dropped.
• Garden World — home of the Bike effect, found in a circle of six giant buds.
• Marijuana Goddess World — one of the most iconic early worlds.
• Red Streetlight World — noir-style world, home of the Odorika event.
• Japan Town — a Japanese district with a hotel and geisha.
• The Apartments — where the Spring effect is found, past a monochrome creature with a red eye.
• Library / Eyeball Archives — a hidden archive reached with the Glasses effect, guarded by Eyeball NPCs.
• Mushroom World, Bug Maze, Scenic Outlook — the chain of areas leading to the Drum effect.
• Fairy Tale Woods & Apple House — enter the Apple House by interacting with the apple on the stump.
• Dark Room, Shinto Shrine, Sakura Forest, Bottom Garden, Overgrown Gate, Tulip Lamp World, Square-Square World, Subterranean Research Center, White Fern World, Birch Forest — other named worlds referenced across effect routes and events.

Endings & Unlockables

• Endings — the game has four main endings; collecting 500 or more wallpapers unlocks one of them, while the others are tied to effect collection and specific conditions.
• Wallpapers — unlocked by reaching certain areas or activating certain events; viewable on Urotsuki’s real-world computer.
• Music Room — tracks unlock by hearing them in the dream world at least once.
• Menu themes — alternate menu designs that can also be collected.
• 夢 (dream money) — in-game currency used to pay NPCs (like the musician in the Eyeball Archives bar), vending machines, and gacha machines.

Tip: New players are advised to explore as much of the game as possible before consulting the wiki — most of the magic comes from stumbling into things blind, and spoilers are unmarked.

As always, remember to have fun!