See the Guides Index for an easy to browse, alphabetical index of all guides sorted alphabetically by game!
This is a chronological archive of all of my Guides and Walkthroughs, usually for niche/indie games it’s hard to find info for.
If you see something that’s missing or have a question to ask, feel free to reach out in the comments or over email! I read all comments and do my best to update any guide no matter how old any time there’s new information or improvements to be made.
These can be of the form of direct walkthroughs, general how-tos with relevant information, or more specific like trophy conditions, lists of unlisted secrets/cheats/unlocks, or just any info I wish I had known when I started playing.
Yume Nikki Dream Diary is here, now with a Version 2.0 update that brings it closer to what most of us expected! Here I’ve documented a walkthrough of (most) of what you need to do, what effects do, the endings, and other information.
Feel free to comment to ask any questions or share info! I’ve provided links to some key terms in the Yume Nikki Wiki, feel free to get lost in the wiki as well, it’s quite enjoyable. I’m trying to link all the references to the original game, as they’re a rather significant amount of the enjoyment to be had in the game, so point out any I’ve missed as well!
For purpose of clarity, the full name Yume Nikki Dream Diary will be used when referring to this game, and Yume Nikki alone will be used to refer to the original game by Kikiyama.
2018-06-10: Adding info for Version 2.0! Thanks a lot to this reddit thread for help with The Wilderness updates.
2018-05-31: Version 2.0 is out and it sounds great! I don’t have the guide updated yet for the new worlds/changes but feel free to ask questions in the comments.
2018-03-09: Expanded walkthrough, The Wilderness info completed and added The Nexus info. The only major stuff missing is a complete list of Concept Art locations (arg)
2018-03-07: Added an interesting theory from Reddit to the Theories section.
2018-03-02: A number of bug patches have been applied to the game lately, including the infamous jumping issues when the framerate is low. Minor guide corrections.
2018-02-28: Added much more Walkthrough info and listed the general location of each Effect.
2018-02-27: Explained (spoiler)’s music puzzle in the secret ending. Added The Mall to the walkthrough.
The Sewers, Block World, and Snow World, which are all connected
The Sewers is mostly a connection to existing worlds, plus a new puzzle/jellyfish is in it
Block World is accessed via The Sewers and is a puzzle blocking access to Snow World
Snow World has the Hat and Scarf effect, and access to Pink Sea/Poniko/Uboa
Most existing worlds are untouched beyond The Sewers connections
Two new effects, Hat and Scarf and Uboa Mask
Interact with Poniko’s desk while using the Lantern after triggering the Uboa Event (lights out) in Poniko’s room, then chase Uboa to get the Uboa Mask
Get Hat and Scarf in Snow World from Mafurako
Uboa’s Trap room added per above, it looks amazing
Four new subsections of The Wilderness added via a Lost Woods/looping maze puzzle including the Aztec Rave Monkey, some purple pylons, the hot springs room, and a lake you freeze to get some concept art
A new NES minigame added, Witch Adventure, referencing the Flight of the Witch event
This is found by finding the cat in The Sewers, then meeting it again at the roof of The Mall
The strangest addition, Madotsuki’s apartment now has a bathroom in the bottom corner, accessible only in the dream world. It has no apparent function.
All in all, 2.0 is a fantastic update that brings the game a fair bit more in line with the original and addresses several concerns of fans!
What is Yume Nikki -Dream Diary-?
As a heads-up in case you haven’t purchased the game yet (or haven’t started it), Yume Nikki is something closer to a “reimagining” of the original than typical remake or sequel.
Many are disappointed by what they find (as, well, was I) so it’s best to be aware of what you’re going in for. That said, if you’re a big enough fan of Yume Nikki, you’ll probably dive right in and play it like I did so I figured I would make a guide to help those who have already committed to it.
This is a guide for Tap Tap Fish – AbyssRium, with only the June Pirate Event (2018) information. See the main guide for a more comprehensive set of information. Feel free to add any of my guides to your homescreen for easy access, and offline loading of guides you’ve used (on supported devices)!
Update 2018-06-03: This event/guide’s been so popular I had to pay to upgrade my server! As always contributing to my Patreon can help me make even more, higher-quality guides & articles, and it keeps the lights on of course!
I streamed the event earlier with my thoughts, and you can see a video guide instead below if you prefer:
2018-05-29: The event’s almost over, but a method was discovered to get ankhs super fast from the crab without limit! Also I posted a video about the encouraging direction the game’s taken lately.
This is a “mini guide” for Tap Tap Fish – AbyssRium, with only the Ancient Egypt Event (2018) information, split out to be faster & easier to load on mobile devices. Feel free to add to your homescreen for easy access!
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All hidden fish already found! Thanks a lot to the /r/AbyssRium community for helping get info so early!
See what the new fish designs look like here (design spoilers)
Thanks to /u/ btbtiu13041 on Reddit for compiling the images!
This is a “mini guide” for Tap Tap Fish – AbyssRium, with only the Spring Event (2018) information, split out to be faster & easier to load on mobile devices. Feel free to add to your homescreen for easy access!
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Event ended April 30th 2018.
I livestreamed the event earlier, watch the archive if you want to see what it’s all about! The event’s costs are really unfair so I highly recommend an auto-tapper, see how to use an auto tapper here. The events aren’t fair, and here’s why in my opinion; it’s a systemic issue. As players we deserve better. I’d recommend messaging the devs on Facebook and telling them you want more community interaction. They need a Community Manager.
Makai Wars (魔界ウォーズ ) released on Android and iOS (in Japan only) in February and as a huge fan of Disgaea I started a guide to both get you started quickly despite the language barrier and also detail the more intricate details that are harder to understand without knowing Japanese. The guide will be expanded over time as new info comes in. As always, you can donate to my Patreon to support my guides!
Makai Wars is a simplified Strategy Roleplaying Game much like Disgaea (and half of NIS’ other games), and it’s Asagi’s very own game! For real this time! No really, stop laughing!
2018-06-08: Green banner (I spent 15000 rubies and didn’t get Beryl…), character rebalancing. List of buffs thanks to Sad Yilx in Discord:
Asagi 1. Skill 2 CT reduced by 1 2. Skill 2 Knockback from 1 to 3 3. Skill 3 CT from 6 to 5 4. Chance to survive fatal hit from 25% to 30% when maxed
Unut 1. 3-space knockback added to her Skill 2
Adell 1. Base MV from 2 to 3 2. Passive 1 chance for Wait down max increased from 40% to 50% 3. Max HP from 8100 to 9100 4. CT for both Skills reduced by 1
Usalia 1. CT for Skill 3 reduced by 1 2. DEF Boost max increased from 25% to 50%
2018-05-31: Rota, zeroken and verdanti added to the game (they are NOT rate boosted, the banner with no timer is the normal gacha with even rates for all units)
Zerken/Hilde event (drops some rubies, lots of Hell/Mana), Beauty Contest event (raid event, repeat the stage of the character you want to vote for to get rewards/raise their ranking).
2018-05-21: New Dark Asagi Episode Quest, max of 20 Dark Asagi Stones Blue Orb Event: 2 Blue Orbs, 1 Red Orb, ???. Final quest is ridiculously hard (3 100k HP prinnies, then a super powered Etna and Laharl)
2018-05-09: Explained all the status effects, good and bad.
2018-05-02: App version update, fixes some bug with SP quest bosses? and updated terms/policies.
2018-05-01: Beryl event! My phone won’t load the game ATM so I don’t have many details. She was added to the gacha pool too.
2018-04-23: Flonne and Odin episodes added
2018-04-20: Lots of updates to the character spreadsheet. Added Achievements section to the guide.
2018-04-14: Pram, Petta, and Zetta from Makai Kingdom (Phantom Kingdom in Japan) are coming to the game with an event/gacha on the 16th.
2018-04-10: Completed the skeleton of the Character Spreadsheet, with names and icons for all characters. The document is open so anyone can add skill translations and strategy notes! Started translating the in app purchase packs for Makai Wars. Found a better japanese wiki that’s more up to date than Gamy.
2018-04-09: Bit of important info I haven’t found a place to work into the guide yet: At Defense >1600 it seems one can start grinding for 6 star gear in SP9-1 quests.
2018-04-02: April fool’s was a success, rewards will be sent on the 6th. Expanded Equipment section, turns out Boots can have +Mov as an Enhancement!
2018-03-31: April Fool’s Day event! Just lasts 24 hours so be sure to play the levels. They’re very easy and all players are rewarded based on total points. Looks like we’ll easily hit the last milestone. Here’s the song.
2018-03-30: New event, see the section below for details! Gives one-time premium items. Also started a spreadsheet for character/etc translation since it’s a bit too much data entry for me to do all by myself. Feel free to add the passives/etc for characters you have to the sheet and I’ll work them into the guide soon!
2018-03-26: Made a Makai Wars channel in my discord server specifically for Makai Wars chatter. Ask for tips or just talk about the game with other players!
2018-03-23: Etna and Freya SP Quest Episodes were added to the game! More info on Episode Quests added to the SP Quest section.
2018-03-22: Added more clarity on what SP quests can give (they’re the only way to get six star/seven star equipment). Added info on resetting the CloverlabID cloud save’s password.
2018-03-20: Added General Strategy section to Gameplay
2018-03-19: New Prinny event and weekly XP vial SP quests were added to make leveling new characters a bit easier. Updated the Current Timed Events and Characters headings.
2018-03-16: Makai Wars updated and won’t run without the latest Makai Wars APK. The good news is it brings Valvatorez to the normal gachapon and comes with a new story chapter!
2018-03-08: Added more info on upgrading Formations, and a Game Updates section just below this one.
2018-03-07: Added Current Events section.
2018-03-06: Version 01.03.01: Fixes Timezone issue (players of any timezone will regain AP over time as usual, goodbye Japan time!). Added main screen icons for tutorial (bulletin board) and Items. Added “repeat” option along side the Auto Battle and 2x speed options, allowing players to repeat SP quests quickly for farming.
2018-03-06: Geo Symbol info added, and some misc fixes from the last couple days I forgot to mention.
2018-03-02: Restructuring, more Gameplay and Grinding info added. Added info about Gem set bonuses to new Equipment section
2018-03-01: Team Attack info added.
2018-02-28: Added links to new translations of the 4koma comics to the translations section. Game update: Usalia and Surt added to the Gachapon, and an Usalia SP quest was added.
2018-02-26: New Gameplay and Gachapon info added.
2018-02-23: The new update requires your device to be on JST to earn AP/use the gachapon. More info in the FAQ. Makai Wars updated with the episode quests for Laharl and Valkyrie, which will allow players to get Awakening Stones for those two characters. Added info on the different types of missions/SP Quests. Added link to a github project for fan translations.
2018-02-21: Method added for re-rolling the 2 post-tutorial gachapons for the obsessive types.
2018-02-20: Made a First Impressions Video of Makai Wars on Youtube. Added some major differences from Disgaea gameplay-wise. Translated Daily Quests. Character list (3 star only) and some more menu translations.
2018-02-19: Added Elements and other gameplay info
Vote for your favorite character by completing their quest. Pretty easy, can repeat quests with your “vote” points increasing each clear. If all you care about is the rewards, you need to get 13,000 points total, but it doesn’t matter who you vote for and you don’t need to do anyone’s quest but the one you “vote” for.
The characters’ quests are, in order, starting from the second quest:
Banners: Laharl/Sutr/Unut, Kilia/Rozalin/Sapphire Banners are boosted gachapon rates when selecting a certain ad banner on the gacha screen. The gacha without a timer is the “normal” one and never has boosted rates. Instead, the normal one shows the characters most recently added to the normal pool.
What The Heck Is Makai Wars?
Makai Wars is a long-running gag in the Disgaea/NIS community. Originally it was announced as a PSP game for E3 2004 and Asagi was to be the protagonist. It was a no-show. It was later re-announced as a PS3 game, which also never materialized.
Since then Asagi has shown up in a majority of NIS tactical games making cameo appearances, usually searching for her game, Makai Wars. She even got a full “Asagi Mode” side story in Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood (yes that’s a real title).
Finally, in the fateful year of our Overlord 2018, Makai Wars is a real thing and Asagi didn’t lie about it being her game; though it’s basically a Disgaea spinoff title featuring her. It’s a mini-SRPG playing like a simplified version of many of NIS’s other titles, specifically Disgaea.
Game Info
Title: 魔界ウォーズ (Makai Wars)
Platform: Android & iOS Language: Japanese
Release date: 2018-02-15 (Android)
Developer: Nippon Ichi Software and Clover Lab
Price: Free with IAP/Gachapon
Genre: SRPG Filesize: 520MB (installed and updated) Always Online: Yes, persistent internet connection required
Gambling element: Yes (standard character Gachapon a la FateGO etc) Battery Drain: High
If you’re just curious and not curious enough to download a Japanese app, you can see some standard gameplay of the game here:
Timed Events
Banner Gachapon: Valvatorez, Artina, Fuka
Ends: 2018-05-16
Banners have a roughly 50% chance for a 3* pulled in the gacha to be one of the listed characters. Odds of getting a 3* are still 8%, and the more characters in a banner the less likely getting any specific character is. Remember 10 pulls have no benefits in Makai Wars, so there’s no need to “save up” 3,000 rubies before doing a banner/any gacha in the game.
Also note the “banner” without a time limit is the normal gachapon. New characters are listed on the normal gachapon’s banner image, but these characters do not have a raised occurrence chance.
Total Score Rewards: 30,000 Hell, 30,000 Mana, 1 Evo Vial (M), 300 Rubies, 1 Red Orb
Earn score by beating levels, repeat the final level to get ever-increasing amounts of points.
To beat the raid just auto fight the last level on repeat and it should come pretty quickly (it’s pretty easy, low level teams welcome). You get the items immediately upon reaching the threshold unlike the April Fool’s event.
Mao Event
Level completion rewards: 50 Rubies, 3 Evo Vial (S), 50 Rubies, 2 Evo Vial (M), 100 Rubies, 100 Rubies, 1 Blue Orb
Past Events
Makai Kingdom Event
Ends: May 1st
There’s a lot of stuff for the Makai Kingdom Event! A 15 day long “grind” event where you can get Zetta (Book), a free normal Gachapon pull a day (10 times), a new Background for the duration of the event, and a Banner Gachapon for Zetta (Overlord), Petta, and Pram.
Event SP Quest Rewards: 5x Dark Vial (M), 10 Zetta (Book) stones, 3 Evo Vials (M), 10 Zetta (Book) stones, 300 Rubies, 10 Zetta (Book) stones Last two SP Quest missions drop Zetta (Book) stones randomly, 4 for second to last.
The final level of the event is even harder than Usalia’s, so work hard! It’s best to grind the second to last (15 AP) stage for Stones instead due to the extreme difficulty of the last one.
Valvatorez Event
There’s an event with Valvatorez and some Ragna Quest character, but don’t get too excited as it doesn’t give summon stones/tickets for either character. It just gives some “premium” items when certain levels are cleared the first time. So just play every level once to get all the rewards (repeats give nothing) and move on.
Rewards: 3 S Evo potions, 2 M Evo potions, 50 Rubies, 100 Rubies, 1 L Evo potion, 50 Rubies, 1 Passive Skill orb
This is a “mini-guide” for Tap Tap Fish – AbyssRium, with only the Valentine’s Day Event (2018) information, split out to be faster & easier to load on mobile devices. Feel free to Add To Homescreen for easy access! See the complete guide for a more comprehensive set of information or to post a comment, or visit the Addendum below for other relevant posts.
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If you have complaints about this event, email wanglei1@cmcm.com, the Cheetah Mobile PR person responsible for abyssrium
A Valentine’s Warning
So this event is basically the shark-jumping moment for AbyssRium. This event is exploitative beyond anything AbyssRium fans have seen before. This seems to be the point where Cheetah Mobile has completely consumed the original dev team’s intent and wants to milk us for every single penny by destroying the core game unless you pay.
I posted a comprehensive list outlining 19 problems with this event on reddit. I am not in the mood to repeat it here, but suffice it to say, the devs think you are both an idiot and gullible. Song of the Moon was disabled for candy gaining, wait times and an illegal (in Japan and China anyway) gachapon were introduced, they wanted to delete all of our stored candies at the end of the event too. And that’s just half of it at most. It’s all garbo.
Has Youtube marked your seemingly squeaky-clean video as “Not suitable for most advertisers“? What’s that even mean? Well, here’s how to appeal your Demonetized YouTube videos and how to best avoid getting them flagged in the first place.
If you’re here, you’re probably already aware, but YouTube recently started flagging certain videos as “Not Suitable For Most Advertisers”. This process is entirely automatic and is a process run on all YouTube videos automatically akin to Content ID. Here I’ll share the best information I’ve found on how this process works and how to work with it.
Note that YouTube’s process for this is highly variable and opaque; I meant to publish this weeks ago but only recently am I confident that the methods outlined here actually seem to work. Expect variation in your specific circumstances.
Tap Into YouTube is a series of articles from the perspective of a gaming YouTuber, covering both the use of YouTube and how to effectively work with YouTubers to promote your game.
What Does “Not Suitable For Most Advertisers” Mean?
When you get the yellow dollar sign symbol a video is “demonetized” or in youtube’s vernacular “Not Suitable For Most Advertisers”. Despite some conspiracy theories this does not mean YouTube is “skimming” your ad money; when demonetizing videos no ads are shown, meaning YouTube gets no ad money either. YouTube gets no inherent benefit from a demonetized video.
Despite the “limited or no” advertising, as far as I can tell no or effectively no advertisers actually put videos on “unsuitable” videos. You should consider a flagged video effectively demonetized entirely. It’s possible this will change in the future if advertisers choose to opt in to this class of video.
Find Demonetized Videos
If you had a backlog of videos before the “Not suitable for most advertisers” stuff started, you might have videos demonetized without knowing. There is a search filter you can use to find them immediately; this is where you’ll want to start your quest to re-monetize as many as you can.
However, I’ve noticed that in some rare cases videos (unlisted ones in my case) did not show in that search filter, and recently re-monetized videos may still show in that view until monetization is turned off then back on for that video.
The infamous Yellow Dollar Sign icon is the telltale sign you’ve been Demonetized
Lutie RPG Clicker is an extremely cute but rather byzantine RPG Clicker game with very high quality art. It’s a bit hard to keep track of which Guardians have which skills in the game itself, so I decided to make a guide starting with a searchable table of Guardians so you know which ones have the Skills you’d like to upgrade.
As always with my guides, feel free to post in the comments if you have any questions or info to give. I’ll expand this guide if I get more important information of if lots of people want more. I’m a fair ways into Lutie RPG Clicker myself (stage 1,000) so ask anything you like.
Lutie RPG Clicker is the story of an angel in the middle of a great war after Ragnarok. The story is unlocked as you progress the game, though the latest bits of the story are still only in Korean. It plays a fair deal like Politicats and Star Tap, a bit more complicated twist on the usual prestige-focused Idle Game template.
Game Info
Title: Lutie RPG Clicker
Platform: Android, iOS
Release date: November 2016
Developer: BlueSkyGames
Price: Free with IAP and optional Ads
Genre: RPG Idle/Clicker
Length: Long (Months)
Gambling element: Yes (Minor-Moderate invasiveness random elements)
This is a “mini guide” for Tap Tap Fish – AbyssRium, with only the New Year’s Gift Event (2018) information, split out to be faster & easier to load on mobile devices. Feel free to add to your homescreen for easy access!
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Almost A Hero is an RPG style Clicker/Idle game that’s a lot heavier on the RPG than most idle games. You lead a team of up to 5 (almost) heroes who have major flaws but interesting gameplay mechanics as you try to raise them from an unruly crowd of useless idiots to the real heroes every game needs.
I’ve had a ton of fun with this one so I wanted to start a guide even though Almost A Hero is quite complex, so it’s definitely a work in progress! If you have any questions or info to share please post them in the comments. There will be major updates to this guide in the coming days/weeks, see the Updates section to keep track of significant changes.
You can help me prioritize my updates by letting me know which sections/info you want to see first!
Game Info
Platform: Android, iOS
Developer: Bee Square Games
Price: Free with IAP and optional Ads
Genre: RPG Idle/Clicker
Length: Long (Months)
Gambling element: Yes (Gachapon with free/ad supported pull option. Moderate invasiveness.)
