Sick Mind

Sick Mind
	; Sick Mind's 0.01 Revised Title Screen
Release
Latest Version	0.015 (Revised Version)
Creator	Marisyan (まりしゃん), Chocomaguro (ちょこ鮪)
Language	[[:Category:Japanese Fangames\|Japanese]]
Engine	{{{Engine}}}
Release Date	[[Category:Released in Error: Invalid time.]]"Unknown" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation. [[:Category:Released in Error: Invalid time.\| Error: Invalid time.]]
Details
Protagonist	Yamitsuki / Iratsuki / Kurayami
Nexus Doors	Original: Yamitsuki - 6; Iratsuki - 0 Kurayami - 4 Remake: Yamitsuki - 6
Effects	Original: Yamitsuki - 24; Iratsuki - 6 Kurayami - 0 Remake: Yamitsuki - 8+1 debug room only
Endings	Yamitsuki - 1, Iratsuki - 2, Kurayami - 1

Game	Walkthrough	Gallery	Theories

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 of 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.

Yamitsuki (やみつき)

Name	Image	Description
Redhead (あかげ)		Yamitsuki's hair is red and her ribbons and skirt are black. It is received from an NPC that looks exactly like the effect.
Dog (いぬ)		Yamitsuki has a dog's ears and tail.
Medicine (おくすり)		Yamitsuki's head is replaced with a pill.
Cloud (くも)		Yamitsuki rides a cloud. As of the revised 0.01 version: This effect can only be obtained through the debug room.
Sun (たいよう)		Yamitsuki's head is replaced with a sun.
Machete (なた)		Yamitsuki carries a machete which serves as her weapon.
Panda (パンダ)		Yamitsuki has white hair and black panda ears.
Ponytail (ポニーテール)		Yamitsuki's hair is tied up in a ponytail.
Third Eye (みつめ)		Yamitsuki grows a third eye, and all her eyes open and become red.

Version 0.10 Effects

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

Yamitsuki (やみつき)

Name	Image	Description
Redhead (あかげ)		Yamitsuki's hair becomes red and her ribbons and skirt are black. It is received from an NPC that looks exactly like the effect.
Squid (いか)		Yamitsuki becomes a squid.
Dog (いぬ)		Yamitsuki has a dog's ears and tail.
Medicine (おくすり)		Yamitsuki's head is replaced with a pill.
Flowers (おはな)		Yamitsuki holds flowers. It is received from an NPC that looks exactly like the effect.
Bride (およめさん)		Yamitsuki is dressed like a bride.
Note (おんぷ)		Yamitsuki's head is replaced with a music note.
Candy (キャンディ)		Yamitsuki's head is replaced with a candy.
Cloud (くも)		Yamitsuki rides a cloud. It is received from an NPC that looks exactly like the effect.
Eraser (けしゴム)		Yamitsuki becomes an eraser.
Black Tea (こうちゃ)		Yamitsuki becomes a cup of black tea.
Coat (コート)		Yamitsuki wears a coat. It is received from an NPC that looks exactly like the effect.
Magnet (じしゃく)		Yamitsuki's head becomes a magnet.
Sun (たいよう)		Yamitsuki's head is replaced with a red circle with dots around it, some kind of a sun. It is received from an NPC that looks exactly like the effect except the sun is orange instead of red.
Butterfly (ちょうちょ)		Yamitsuki has butterfly wings and is able to float above the ground.
TV (テレビ)		Yamitsuki becomes a red TV screen.
Drip Infusion (てんてき)		Yamitsuki has a blood drip infusion.
Clock (とけい)		Yamitsuki's head is replaced with a watch.
Machete (なた)		Yamitsuki carries a machete which serves as her weapon.
Mouse (ねずみ)		Yamitsuki has gray hair, and mouse ears and tail.
Panda (パンダ)		Yamitsuki has white hair and black panda ears.
Ponytail (ポニーテール)		Yamitsuki's hair is tied up in a ponytail.
Manga (まんが)		Yamitsuki puts an open manga book on her head.
Third Eye (みつめ)		Yamitsuki grows a third eye, and all her eyes open and become red.

Iratsuki (いらつき)

Name	Image	Description
Dog (いぬ)		Iratsuki has dog ears and tail.
Pants (ずぼん)		Iratsuki wears brown trousers instead of her skirt. Her hair is let down and appears shorter.
Saw (のこぎり)		Iratsuki holds a saw.
Madness (はっきょう)		Iratsuki has one red cyclops eye, red hair and red clothes - she goes mad.
Manga (まんが)		Iratsuki carries an open manga book on her head.
Ribbon (りぼん)		Iratsuki's twintails are tied with two white ribbons, similar to those which Yamitsuki usually wears.