Prerelease:Yume Nikki
This page details prerelease information and/or media for Yume Nikki.
Development Timeline
While little official info is available, a limited timeline can be produced based on what is currently known about Kikiyama and Yume Nikki.
2003
- January 30-April 17 - Kikiyama creates (or at least works on) assets that would later be found in Yume Nikki.
- August 2 - Kikiyama joins players.music-eclub.com and starts uploading music.[1][2]
- September 4 - Kikiyama uploads ディス子供 (DisChild) to their music profile, featuring two Eye Palms on the artwork.[3]
2004
- January 13 - Kikiyama uploads KALIMBA to their music profile, featuring the same characters that would later be found in Yume Nikki's "KALMIBA TV Channel" event.[4]
- February 2-June 23 - Kikiyama continues working on assets for Yume Nikki.
- June 26 - Yume Nikki Version 0.00 is released. The game is consistently updated during 2004 and 2005.
- September 27 - Kikiyama uploads Oni Child to their music profile, stating in the description that it is being used in their game. The description and length indicate that it is the FC House music. [5]
2007
- October 1 - Yume Nikki Version 0.10 is released as the final content update to the game. All future releases would be based on this version with the below patch pre-applied.
- October 6 - The Yumesyuusei patch is released. This is also when v0.10a, which has this patch pre-applied, was apparently built.
2012
- February 10 - Yume Nikki Version 0.10a is released on Playism. There are no differences from v0.10 with the Yumesyuusei patch applied other than the title screen now showing "ver. 0.10a".
Kikiyama's Music Profile
As mentioned above, Kikiyama had a profile on the now-defunct website "players.music-eclub.com", which hosted some of the music that they made prior to Yume Nikki's release. While the Internet Archive has several iterations of the page captured, the songs uploaded (see below) were not. The Internet Archive recorded "players.music-eclub.com" under two different URLs for pre- and post-2005 content due to the website being renewed from プレイヤーズ王国 (Player's Kingdom) to MySound.
The artwork made for some of the tracks uses assets that would be found in Yume Nikki later on.
Interestingly, Kikiyama's avatar on this site was a smaller version of Madotsuki's room with no door. It's possible that this version of the room was present in v0.00, as according to Kikiyama's changelog loading a save file from v0.00 into v0.01 would start you in a different position.
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Listed Music
Twelve songs were uploaded to Kikiyama's profile, but since the site is defunct, some of them are currently lost. Despite this, some info is available about each of them.
It's also possible that more songs existed on their profile, but were removed; possibly to free up space on their account to upload other music (also indicated by the bitrate reduction of several songs). Cicada Drums is an example of this, as it is nowhere to be found on later captures of their profile. Where applicable, the dates these were removed by are listed.
| Artwork | Title (Japanese) | Title (Translated) | Date | Description (Japanese) | Description (Translated) | Notes | Audio (If available) |
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BK5 | BK5 | August 4, 2003 | 僕が音楽を作り始めて最初のころに作った曲ですが、気に入っていくつもREMIXしたうちのひとつです。ぜひ聞いてみて下さい。【04/09/18 ビットレート112→64に変更致しました】 | This is a song I made from when I first started making music, but I like it and it's one of several remixes. Please listen to it. [September 18, 2004 - The bitrate was changed from 112 to 64 kbps.] | This is the first song uploaded on their profile, and is probably unrelated to Yume Nikki. It uses a generic image from "players.music-eclub.com" for its artwork.
It has been reuploaded to YouTube by another user. |
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せみドラム | Cicada Drums | August 25, 2003 | ミニマルな感じのテクノ曲です。リバーブがせみの鳴き声のように聞こえます。ループさせてトラックのミュートでつくった曲で、あまり激しい展開はしない曲です。 | It's a minimalist techno song. The reverb sounds like the cry of a cicada. This song was created by looping and muting the tracks, and is a song that doesn't intensify much. | This song can be found on the oldest archived capture of their profile on Internet Archive, and was deleted by October 13, 2007.
It uses a generic image from "players.music-eclub.com" for its artwork. |
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| N/A | WAVE/秋バージョン | WAVE/Autumn Version | September 2, 2003 | テクノポップな感じの優しい雰囲気の曲です。RS7000のマスターエ | It's a gentle techno-pop song. The RS7000's master e | This song can only be found on the oldest archived capture of their profile on Internet Archive, and is absent from all available captures afterward.
This song was deleted by November 15, 2003, but another version was later uploaded on May 11, 2005 (see WAVE below). Only the beginning of the description is archived; the Internet Archive didn't capture the detail page of this song. |
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ディス子供 | DisChild | September 4, 2003 | ディスコミュージックな感じの勢いのある曲です。RS7000のマスターエフェクトをかけながら録音しました。【03/10/10 ビットレート128→64に変更致しました】 | It's a song with the momentum of disco music. I recorded it while applying the RS7000's master effect. [October 10, 2003 - The bitrate was changed from 128 to 64 kbps.] | Two Eye Palms are on the art, long before the release of v0.00. One of them is the unused variant.
The title seems to be a portmanteau of "Disco" and "Kodomo" (for "Child"), sounding like "Disukodomo" when read. This song was re-uploaded into a compilation video on Niconico. |
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| N/A | GUI | GUI | October 16, 2003 | ミニマルな感じのテクノ曲です。最後まで２拍のループの繰り返しです。HPFやLPF、ディレイ、LOFIなどのエフェクトをかけながらアドリブ録音しました。 | It's a minimalist techno song. It repeats a loop of 2 beats until the end. I recorded it while improvising with effects such as HPF, LPF, delay and LOFI. | This song was deleted by January 9, 2005. | N/A |
| N/A | スパイク００１ | Spike 001 | November 4, 2003 | 勢いのある感じのテクノ曲です。トラックのミュートとマスターエ | It's a fast-paced techno song. Track muting and master e | This song was deleted by December 14, 2003.
Only the beginning of the description is archived; the Internet Archive didn't capture the detail page of this song. |
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古シリーズ１ | Old Series 1 | November 18, 2003 | 昔RM1xで作ったポップで優しい感じの曲です。（10分以上ある内の転調後の後半を録音したのでイントロがぶつぎれています）【2005/04/30 ビットレート96→64に変更致しました】 | It's a gentle pop song I made with the RM1x back in the day. (The intro is rushed because I recorded the second half after about 10 minutes of changing key.) [April 30, 2005 - The bitrate was changed from 96 to 64 kbps.] | The text in the image, 古い曲, translates to "Old Song". The RM1x is a groovebox manufactured by Yamaha from 1999-2002.
This song was reuploaded into a compilation video on Niconico. |
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NEON | NEON | December 2, 2003 | 昔作ったパターンを見つけて、気に入ったので1曲の長さに作り直したものです。今回はアドリブやめて全部打ち込みで作りました。【2004/2/13 ビットレート64→40に変更致しました】 | I found a pattern I made before that I liked, so I remade it into song length. This time I stopped doing ad-lib and put my heart into making it. [February 13, 2004 - The bitrate was changed from 64 to 40 kbps.] | Contrary to the name, it doesn't sound anything like Neon World's music.
This song was re-uploaded into a compilation video on Niconico. |
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KALIMBA | KALIMBA | January 13, 2004 | ミニマルな感じのテクノ曲です。カリンバの音がメインの曲です。【2004/2/13 ビットレート96→64に変更致しました】 | It's a minimalist techno song. The sound of kalimba is the main tune. [February 13, 2004 - The bitrate was changed from 96 to 64 kbps.] | This is a long version of the music used during the "KALIMBA TV Channel" event in Yume Nikki, which didn't appear in the game until v0.08.
It has been reuploaded to YouTube and Niconico by other users, with the latter confirming that it came from Kikiyama's profile. |
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| N/A | 鬼の子 | Oni Child | September 27, 2004 | 自作ゲームで使用中の曲です。昔のゲームのようなチープな感じの音の曲です。 | This song is being used in my own game. It has a cheap sound similar to older games. | First song uploaded after Yume Nikki's release (which was up to v0.03 at this point).
It's probably the same as the FC House music because of the total duration (2:55) and chiptune sound. 鬼/おに (Oni) in the title is also the effect found in the basement of the FC House. The genre of this song is listed as "Game Music" rather than "Techno" like nearly all of Kikiyama's other music. It was deleted by July 13, 2007, despite being listed as Kikiyama's "ベスト公開作品" (best published work) on their profile prior to its removal. |
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WAVE | WAVE | May 11, 2005 | ポップな感じの曲です。QY70とRS7000を繋げて作りました。
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It's a song with a pop feel. I made it by connecting the QY70 and RS7000.
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The artwork features lamps from Lamp World, and is another version of WAVE/秋バージョン.
Both manufactured by Yamaha, the QY70 is a MIDI sequencer while the RS7000 is a groovebox. This song was reuploaded into a compilation video on Niconico. |
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青春の影 | Youth's Shadow | October 4, 2007 | N/A | N/A | The final song uploaded on Kikiyama's profile, just three days after v0.10 was released. Like Oni Child, the genre of this one is listed as "Game Music" rather than "Techno".
Unfortunately, its page wasn't archived, so the description can't be seen. The cover art uses a generic image. |
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References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20071211085807/http://players.music-eclub.com/?action=user_detail&user_id=13923 players.music-eclub.com
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20030906072931/http://players.music-eclub.com/players/Player_detail.php3?player_id=13923 players.music-eclub.com
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20071211150803/http://players.music-eclub.com/?action=user_song_detail&song_id=19061 players.music-eclub.com, Kikiyama, Sep. 2003
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20071211145749/http://players.music-eclub.com/?action=user_song_detail&song_id=25225 players.music-eclub.com, Kikiyama, Jan. 2004
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050109200505/http://players.music-eclub.com/players/Song_detail.php3?song_id=42139 players.music-eclub.com, Kikiyama, Sep. 2004
