In Yume Nikki (Dream Diary), you're cast as a young girl living in a small apartment. There is very little to do in your room, but fall asleep and an entire dream world is yours to explore. Go to sleep, dream freaky-ass dreams, collect 'effects', see uboa. While the main 'aim' of the game is to collect all the various effects, the real meat of the experience comes from the huge maps to explore. Many of the wide-open areas loop around on themselves so searching everywhere can often feel a little daunting, but keep an eye on the odd landmark here and there and you should be alright.
Press Z to intereact with the creatures or to pick up effects. Press x to open your menu and activate an effect. Press 1 to 'use' certain effects. If you get very lost (or attacked by a Toriningen) press the 9 key to wake up.
Since its release (in its current state) in 2004, Yume Nikki has built up a significant cult following from all corners of the Internet. Download it here.
Uboa is a fansite of sorts, running on a 4chan-style imageboard. It's similar to a regular internet forum, with higher emphasis on images and no registration. Anyone can post and while everyone has the option to remain anonymous, they can always post with a name and/or email address to make themselves more immediately recognisable.
There are separate boards for discussion of each of the main characters
(though a little overlap will be forgiven) along with a creatures board,
a general discussion board and a dreams board. There are also several
low-traffic off-topic boards. Last of all, we have an IRC channel on the
IRCHighway network, accessible from the menu on the left.
Uboachan uses the latest version of the Tinyboard Imageboard Software.
The administration staff can be contacted on IRC, or through the Suggestions board. The owner may be contacted via email at seisatsu@uboachan.net.
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Yes. While on any board, you can change the theme using the small switcher panel at the bottom right of the page, or the smaller panel near the top of the sidebar.
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Uboachan has moved several times, but currently it is hosted on a Linode virtual private server in the United States. The server is running Debian 6.0 x64.
Uboachan costs about $40/month, plus $10 per year for the domain name. You can donate toward our hosting costs by clicking the "donate" link in the sidebar or the topbar.
The database is backed up every Monday at 6:00am PST, and the site itself is backed up every Monday at 6:45am PST. All backups are automated, and stored offsite in an Amazon S3 account.
The latest revision of the moderator guide is available for viewing here. It contains moderator rules and guidelines, a description of moderator responsibilities, and a moderation panel guide.
