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Overview
Hallucigenia (ハルキゲニア) is a Japanese fangame by sabamiso, a contributor to Yume 2kki. It stars two young girls named Aya and Aine. The game was developed in RPG Maker 2000.
Gameplay
The game starts from Aya's perspective in an inescapable, mostly barren room. The dream world is accessed through a black book on her bed, her appearance changing outside of reality. After completing certain tasks in Aya's dream world, Aine becomes a playable character. Aine's dream world is very similar to Aya's dream world, but is grayscale due to her colorblindness.
Unlike most fangames, Hallucigenia lacks background music, and has only a handful of sound effects. You can save by pressing the right key and then Z.
Plot
Aya enters her dream world from the black book on her bed. When in the dreamworld you are still Aya, but her appearance changes. Some theorize that this is her desired appearance. In older versions of the game, Aya's effects were referred to as Colors.
Aine enters her dream world by sleeping on the bed. She lost her right arm, and she is also colorblind that she sees things in grayscale, either in reality or the dream world.
Effects
You can perform actions with certain effects by holding the Z key.
Aya
Holding Z without an effect makes Aya's body distort.
| Name | Image | Description |
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| Switch |
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Aya has a switch on her head. Holding Z pulls the switch, changing her eye color. |
| Slithering / Zuruzuru (ずるずる) |
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Aya has something pink slithering behind her as she walks. |
| Scythe (かま) |
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Aya carries a scythe, allowing her to kill NPCs. |
| Dune / Sand Hill (すなやま) |
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Aya's body wrapped in a dune. Holding Z makes her tuck her head inside it and return to the nexus. |
| Wheel (しゃりん) |
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Aya has a wheel attached to her body, splitting her in half. Holding Z' makes her body split and deploy the wheel, doubling her speed. Holding Z again makes her retract the wheel into her body. |
| Mask (かめん) |
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Aya wears a black mask with an eye on it. Holding Z changes the eye's color. |
| Gun (じゅう) |
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Aya carries a rifle on her back, allowing her to kill NPCs. |
| Half (はんぶん) |
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Half of Aya's body is missing, allowing her to pass through narrow entrances. Holding Z switches the side of her body that is visible. |
| Rocks / Stones (いしころ) |
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Aya turns into a couple of rocks, making her unable to move but hiding her from chasers. |
| Three-legged (さんぼんあし) |
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Aya has three legs. |
| Manhole (マンホール) |
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Aya has a manhole cover on her head. Holding Z makes her dive underground, hiding her from chases but not making her invulnerable; the effect also allows her to pass through low entrances when underground. |
| ASCII Art (アスキーアート) |
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Aya is drawn in ASCII art. Holding Z makes the upper part of the string displace, Aya fixing it afterwards. |
| Sliced (わぎり) |
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Aya is (seemingly harmlessly) sliced horizontally into 5 parts, each moving around as she walks. Holding Z makes her drop the pieces down on top of each other. |
| Bed Hair (てんねんパーマ) |
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Aya's hair becomes messy. Holding Z makes her try to straighten it, but it goes back to its previous form. |
Colors (Original Effects)
- These were Aya's effects before version 0.006. In version 0.004, the effects lacked button actions and the Blue effect looked different. In version 0.005a, there was an effect action button in the Items menu. All of Aya's sprites were missing eyes in these versions, but there was a hidden patch in the GameOver folder giving her sprites eyes.
| Name | Image | Description |
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| Red (あか) |
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Aya wears a red and black coat and her head turns into a Red Spider Lily, making her able to kill NPCs. Using the action item makes the flower shrinks or grow. |
| Orange (オレンジ) |
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Aya becomes a cat-eared brunette with orange clothes. Using the action item makes her dance. |
| Yellow (きいろ) |
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Aya becomes a "human lightbulb". Using the action item toggles the "light" on or off. |
| Yellow-Green (きみどり) |
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Aya becomes a walking green onion, letting her walk into some secret areas. |
| Green (みどり) |
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Aya becomes a green blob. Using the action item lights up the red eyes(?). |
| Blue (あお) |
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0.004: Aya becomes a person with spiky blue hair and blue clothes.
0.005a: Aya becomes a blue popsicle, making her immobile. |
| Aqua (みずいろ) |
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Aya's head becomes a fishbowl with fish inside. Using the action item rots away the fish and sends her to the nexus. |
| Indigo (あいいろ) |
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Aya looks like the doll[1] from the Circus in the Cursed Maze. Using the action item makes it snow, and the effect can also stop chasers in place. |
| Purple (むらさき) |
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Aya gets purple hair and wears a purple trench coat and fedora. She walks backwards, but using the action item switches her movement style from backwards to forwards. |
| Pink (ピンク) |
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Aya wears pink clothes and has pink hair with a ponytail. Using the action item makes her do some hand motions. |
| Black (くろ) |
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Aya becomes a person with a mask. Using the action item summons rain. |
| Ocher (おうどいろ) |
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Aya becomes a drill. This was most likely the predecessor of the Manhole Effect, as there are sprites of her drilling into the ground. |
| Brown (ちゃいろ) |
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Aya becomes a brown beetle, increasing her speed. |
Aine
Holding Z without any effect makes Aine look at her lost right arm.
| Name | Image | Description |
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| Cowboy (カウボーイ) |
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Aine is dressed up as a cowboy. Holding Z warps her back to the nexus. |
| Kappa[2] (かっぱ) |
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Aine wears a raincoat, creating rain as soon as it is equipped. |
| Singer (かしゅ) |
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Aine holds a microphone in her hand. Holding Z plays a chime, showing a music note floating above Aine's head. |
| Mass (かたまり) |
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Aine's head changes into some purple mass. |
| Light (かろやか) |
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Aine floats in the air, increasing her speed. |
| Monster (かいぶつ) |
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Aine turns into a monster. Interacting with NPCs play a strange sound, filling the screen with Aine's blobs, and make the NPC disappear. |
| Mosquito (か) |
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Aine becomes a mosquito, allowing her to access smaller areas. |
| Flower Bed (かだん) |
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Aine's head becomes a flower bed with a single flower in the center. Holding Z makes her body dive underground, making her immobile but hiding her from chasers. |
| Common Cold (かぜ) |
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Aine becomes sick with the common cold. Holding Z makes her swing the thermometer with her mouth. |
| Turtle (かめ) |
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Aine has a turtle's shell on her back, decreasing her speed. |
Gameplay Images (Version 0.008)
Aya's Room
Aya's Nexus
Gameplay Video (Version 0.008)
Download
Original
| Version | Date | Announcement | Download |
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| Ver.0.008 | Pixiv/Twitter | uploader.jp | |
| Ver.0.006 | // | uploader.jp (Bugfix) | |
| Ver.0.005a | // | uploader.jp (Bugfix) | |
| Ver.0.004 | // | uploader.jp |
Translations
| Version | Languages | Translators | Announcements | Downloads |
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| Ver.0.008 |
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