<s>
Yume	B-Application
Nikki	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dream	I-Application
Diary	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2018	O
adventure	O
horror	B-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Kadokawa	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Playism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reboot	O
of	O
Yume	B-Application
Nikki	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
girl	O
named	O
Madotsuki	B-Application
and	O
explores	O
six	O
worlds	O
inside	O
her	O
dreams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dream	O
Diary	O
is	O
a	O
reboot	O
of	O
the	O
2004	O
game	O
Yume	B-Application
Nikki	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
produced	O
under	O
supervision	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
's	O
creator	O
Kikiyama	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	O
on	O
February	O
23	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
on	O
February	O
21	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Yume	B-Application
Nikki	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dream	I-Application
Diary	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
hikikomori	O
named	O
Madotsuki	B-Application
( 窓付き	O
,	O
lit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Madotsuki	B-Application
falls	O
to	O
sleep	O
,	O
she	O
begins	O
to	O
dream	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
is	O
then	O
presented	O
with	O
a	O
dream	O
world	O
which	O
resembles	O
the	O
same	O
room	O
Madotsuki	B-Application
lives	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
choose	O
to	O
wake	O
from	O
the	O
dream	O
world	O
at	O
any	O
time	O
,	O
by	O
causing	O
Madotsuki	B-Application
to	O
pinch	O
her	O
cheek	O
and	O
awaken	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
way	O
to	O
encounter	O
a	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
though	O
enemies	O
do	O
exist	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
NPCs	O
that	O
can	O
teleport	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
previous	O
checkpoints	O
,	O
forcing	O
them	O
to	O
redo	O
sections	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
NPCs	O
include	O
bird-like	O
humanoid	O
girls	O
with	O
beaks	O
for	O
mouths	O
,	O
called	O
"	O
Toriningen	O
"	O
,	O
who	O
will	O
chase	O
after	O
Madotsuki	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dream	O
Diary	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Yume	B-Application
Nikki	I-Application
,	O
was	O
created	O
independently	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
in	O
June	O
2004	O
by	O
a	O
Japanese	O
developer	O
using	O
the	O
pseudonym	O
Kikiyama	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
2011	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
update	O
from	O
Kikiyama	B-Application
until	O
Yume	B-Application
Nikki	I-Application
was	O
published	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
in	O
January	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coincident	O
with	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
release	O
,	O
a	O
two-week	O
countdown	O
began	O
on	O
the	O
Kadokawa	O
Corporation	O
website	O
,	O
accompanied	O
by	O
a	O
message	O
indicating	O
an	O
unspecified	O
Yume	B-Application
Nikki	I-Application
project	O
was	O
being	O
produced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
publisher	O
,	O
Playism	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
produced	O
with	O
supervision	O
and	O
cooperation	O
from	O
Kikiyama	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dream	O
Diary	O
incorporated	O
influences	O
from	O
contemporary	O
indie	O
games	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
characters	O
from	O
Yume	B-Application
Nikki	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
before	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
Playism	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
feature	O
a	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Ao	B-Application
Oni	I-Application
,	O
another	O
freeware	B-License
horror	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dream	O
Diary	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	O
on	O
February	O
23	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
on	O
February	O
21	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yume	B-Application
Nikki	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dream	I-Application
Diary	I-Application
received	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
51/100	O
on	O
review	B-Application
aggregate	I-Application
site	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
indicating	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
discarded	O
the	O
distinct	O
open-ended	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Yume	B-Application
Nikki	I-Application
,	O
opting	O
instead	O
for	O
adventure	O
platformer	O
tropes	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
it	O
did	O
a	O
good	O
job	O
of	O
updating	O
the	O
original	O
2D	O
visuals	O
.	O
</s>
