Console: | PC |
TV Standard: | Other |
Developer(s): | Self-Published |
Publisher(s): | Self-Published |
Release Date: | 2009-02-15 |
Players: | 1 |
Co-op: | No |
ESRB: | Not Rated |
Type: | Horror |
.flow is one of the earliest and most iconic Yume Nikki fangames, created by lol (or lolrust) only two years after Yume Nikki's 0.10. Known for elements of mass body horror, dynamic storytelling and dreadiness previously untouched by the fangame genre, .flow stars Sabitsuki, a white-haired girl refusing to leave her room. Instead, she uses her computer to explore a world inside her mind, potentially representing a dark past, and collect effects.
The title of the game seems to reference both the psychological term of Flow and the prevalent theme of technology. This suggests that what Sabitsuki and, indeed, the player experience is not a dreamlike state at all, but rather an immersive reality.