*quietly walks off after dropping the image*

/me wants to press 2nd, but his left-shift key is doing nothing.

You'll have to wait until after the end of the Cemetech DoorsCS 7 Contest to see more

Awww, that's no fair. Can you at least give hints about the storyline, or would that be too many spoilers for Yumé 1?

Okay, fine, you can have some hints

Yumé 2, as its name implies, centers around Nanami's friend Rika and her adventures in the Dream World. Yumé 2 will be a lot bigger and a lot darker and will answer questions left unanswered at the end of the first game.

How does its name imply that?

Will there be a Merth?

Well, the full name of the game as shown in the screencap and in my signature is Yumé 2: Rika's Story. So obviously, the game has SOMETHING to do with Rika

And yes, there will be a Merth

Oooh, I didn't look at your sig... My bad, I feel dumb

I was similarly confused. Now I get it.

I could maybe understand Merth's confusion but you saw the screencap Kerm...

ANYwho, I'm in the process of figuring out the sprites for the second game. Again, still uncertain if I want to stick to 8x8 or go bigger.

Interesting, I'll look forward to see what you come up with as far as possible different sprite sizes, KeithJohansen. Apparently I didn't read the screenshot carefully enough; are you sure you didn't edit it? I could have sworn it just said Yumé 2: Press 2nd?

Nope, I didn't edit it. It always said Yumé 2 Rika's Story.

I have some ideas for sprites of differing sizes. I'll work on hashing together some stuff tonight because I also had an epic idea for a trailer

I definitely look forward to seeing a trailer! That reminds me that I need to finish my own trailer at some point.

One of many trailers for the sequel


Say, I might have to start another thread

Well, it's certainly very dramatic, to be sure! Do I catch elements of the DCS7 teaser and the Lies trailer in there?

Maybe I did so subconsciously but I was going straight up for an Evangelion feel

Hey Kerm, I can has subforumz plzkthxbai?
I suggest splitting all the Yumé 2 posts into a separate Yumé 2 thread `-`

Ah, I'm not familiar with that particular game (movie? show?); I'll have to look it up. On a more substantive note, do you have any timeframe in mind for Rika's Story?

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a Japanese theo-tech anime. It's well-renowned for being somewhat mind-f***ish and creepy.

The quick flash of words in Yumé 2's trailer is analogous to the quick flashing of images and words in the opening to the Evangelion series. The song used (Ode to Joy) is also plot-centric in Evangelion.

The point I'm trying to emphasize in the trailer is that Yumé 2 will be creepy. Even more so than the first Yumé was intended to be.

also, time frame as in game development or time frame as in plot?

That makes sense. Also, time frame as in the development time frame; what kind of deadlines you're looking at, if any.

I totally missed it too.