.flow - Nitro Rad

The most well known and notorious Yume Nikki fangame, .flow brings lol's horrific take of the Dream Diary to life in Sabitsuki's digital subconscious.
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lol's Website - rustlimbo.webcrow.jp/
.flow Download Link - dotflow.wikidot.com/downloads
Latest version (It's in Japanese) - bit.ly/1s1GzYZ
Kaibutsu art by:
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Outtro Music by:
/ pengosolvent

[@spyr0guy]

Blood is a plasma containing iron that transports oxygen throughout your body Rust is formed when iron oxidizes

[@CPL.van7]

@Hippo Pilot Sounds like a great B movie concept. I'm pretty sure our venal structure is built to be air-tight, considering that "air" in the heart would F us up, buuuut I'm just a Phlebotomist, not a heart dr.

[@CPL.van7]

@Hippo Pilot No problem broham

[@sirtra1642]

Sooooo rusty blood?

[@sirtra1642]

Hippo Pilot wasn't expecting this but it's interesting either way.

[@retosius7962]

@Hippo Pilot ... it s rust. that's how it carries the oxygen, by rusting.

[@metachirality]

Yume Nikki : Daydreams and Surrealism .flow : Corrosion and the Web

[@dyvetz]

well said

[@tailsdafox3768]

Tsavorite Prince true

[@sneeznoodle]

It's like discovering the internet for the first time!... ha... ha....

[@UoirLocer]

Yume 2kki: scares and surprises

[@fresh9530]

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[@trollerpilotxiv3079]

The way I see it, Sabitsuki is a patient suffering from a terminal illness. These "dreams" are actually Intensive Care Psychosis, which is essentially a type of fever dream people get while in life-threatening situations. Rust could represent her being on the brink of death, with her deepest memories resurfacing. Edit: Having completed the game, I think I can get more specific and say that Sabitsuki is dying of AIDS. There's a lot of imagery suggesting sexual aspects of her life and perhaps even prostitution - maybe she was having a hard time in life, decided to try making money as a prostitute and got HIV from someone.

[@Jugdjay]

I'm convinced the suggestive stuff at the Love Hotel isn't directly related to Sabitsuki. (Warning: Spoilery theory stuff below) 1. You need to eat 5 cakes at the Sugar Hole to unlock the "Sugar Girls" area at the Love Hotel (the one with the giant girl statues in suggestive poses). Those cakes are bought from the Gas Mask Maid. 2. The Sugar Girls area is randomly accessed by interacting with a faceless maid at the Love Hotel, either suggesting that her face is unknown or Sabitsuki doesn't want to remember it. 3. If you go all the way through the Sugar Girls area up to the Vomit Girl and the following corridor, you'll find an unreachable Sugar Girl. This probably implies that something happened to Sugar Girl and she couldn't ever come back to what she was before. Note that you access that corridor through the Vomit Girl's face, which might refer to the faceless maid from earlier. 4. There's another path in the Sugar Girls area which is an exit. If you go that way, you'll be back at the Love Hotel in the bathroom with a maid lying down on the ground. So far, the way I see it is that the Gas Mask Maid and the Sugar Girl are one and the same person, Sugar Girl being her past self and Gas Mask Maid being her present self. Back when she was younger she was working as a maid at the Love Hotel (or maybe a prostitute roleplaying as a maid?), and one day a client sexually abused her in the toilet. That's when she got pregnant with Sabitsuki. This could give an explanation to "Who is Sabitsuki's dad?", why Sabitsuki was so distant with Sugar Girl ever since her childhood (parental neglect due to Sabitsuki being an unwanted child?) and why Sabitsuki eventually ran away and led a rebellious life. I don't think Sabitsuki ever has been a prostitute, but I think it's highly possible that her mother (Sugar Girl/GMM) used to be and she ended up with a daughter because of what happened at the Love Hotel. I'm still working on my theory, but this is what I think of this part of the game.

[@metachirality]

Silent Hill + Yume Nikki = This monstrosity

[@tailsdafox3768]

Tsavorite Prince actually p.t plus yume 2kki plus yume nikki

[@TheSorrowfulAngel]

Ever wondered how a game like .flow would feel and look with.... actual good graphics and in 3D? This would be... quite terrifying.

[@AdamAnouer]

I'd imagine it'd be something like LSD dream emulator. The game which starts off a little unsettling and gradually descends into pure insanity. A surreal world made up of pure weirdness that you dare try to make sense of. Weirdly enough there is another Combo game very much like Silent Hill + Witches House called Yomawari Night Alone, it's less abstract but still a powerful game.

[@ameliawright6947]

One hell of a great Monstrosity.

[@TheSorrowfulAngel]

@Tayebz Tayebz :3 Man, you get what I mean. I don't appreciate senseless nitpicking.

[@PineappleLiar]

Using Serial Experiments Lain as an example to help explain something is probably one of the most counterintuitive things I've ever come across.

[@platenoise256]

@@cibo889 anime girl internet god

[@Welcometotheslam5424]

@@cibo889 Local girl builds pc, accidentally ascends to godhood

[@celestiavestia7100]

@@cibo889 Close the world, Open the nExt

[@CoolF41lur3]

If you think about it .flow and Lain are quite similar in some aspects.

[@farinfasfarinfinfinhas7903]

Agree. Both pretty interesting. And the intro song is perfect

[@bravojr]

you hit the nail on the head, Japanese study English concepts in psychology all the time. There is very funny interplay in terms between japanese, english, and German of all languages and this is not coincidence.

[@BrokenSwordAlliance]

A Fun Game for Nice Children.

[@prismancy7182]

wrong game

[@stardinastari6776]

H

[@drown613]

A fun game about fun for fun children by fun people.

[@dr.velious5411]

indeed.

[@HDDStrider]

If I ever have children I'll make them play this when they are good

[@Emily-pq6ev]

Did anybody else notice that Sabitsuki goes to sleep with the computer, but wakes up in her bed? O_O

[@animefan10118]

Yes! I found that usually strange.

[@samchahin156]

+Emily Clark Its because the computer is close to the bed, and it probably was an animation error.

[@rustyfisher2081]

I imagine she goes on the internet and dreams about what she saw on it's fucked up side.

[@rustyfisher2081]

its*

[@chemolcalico6792]

Rusty Fisher *you already spelled "it's" correctly, doofus!*

[@auselessmage5347]

I’m sure someone’s pointed this out already, but depending on how you spell Sabitsuki in Japanese, you can get 錆びつき, 錆 meaning Rust, and 錆びつき possibly being R U S T E D

[@ftrwar]

no her name means rust literally R U S T so rust_010's name would translate to Sabitsuki_010

[@auselessmage5347]

@@ftrwar While 錆 does by itself indeed just mean rust, 錆びつき as a whole means “To rust together, to be rust covered, or to be rust eaten”. It could just be my interpretation, but the definition that fit the best was “to be rust eaten” which implies that something was already covered in rust. Hence the past tense in the OG comment. But it’s been a while since that comment, so I can’t say for sure what my interpretation *then* was.

[@onibi2117]

@@auselessmage5347 yo og commenter here i used google translate for that im so sorry

[@JamietheEmperor]

ok.

[@ursidae97]

Her name is Rusty

[@PIMKAMINA2]

i prefer to call .flow "yume nikki's sister game". siblings are often similar in some physical aspects but different in personality. yume nikki was more about psychological twisting of the mind, relating to physical trauma. .flow was more about physical horror, which is derived from psychological damage. tl:dr, some ppl did mado the physical bads so she's mentally scarred and sabi is mentally scarred so she does herself and others the physical bads.

[@BigT.Larrity]

also that Sabi is fucking hot.

[@virii.win32]

Big T. Larrity Dont.

[@deyvantwo5426]

..Everyone is now mentally scarred.

[@sneeznoodle]

@@deyvantwo5426 Well said Ralsei

[@yaboichase147]

Big T. Larrity n o

[@camillehurel765]

Sometimes i found Yume Nikki a pretty dark game, but this... .flow seems a really really disturbing one. Even without any jumpscares or anything like that and that's truly amazing.

[@ougonkyou]

There was one sort of jumpscare I had the misfourtune of running into... :C

[@camillehurel765]

Cyan Tanker Which one?

[@camillehurel765]

Cyan Tanker Wow, I think I haven't heard about it. And haven't seen it by myself but I'm not surprised since I haven't been playing the game a lot. It sounds pretty interesting though.

[@ougonkyou]

Devon Aoki Yes, I think I got lucky and stumbled upon a random event lol...

[@GarryDumblowski]

Yeah, it's random, and very rare to boot. Not only that, but that area (which I call the Alleyway) was only recently added in 0.192, which as Nitro said was the most recent version. Although it's not the most obscure event in the game... That would be an event I like to call the Tea Party, which requires you to eat cake at the Sugar Hole ten consecutive dream sessions. Once you do that, a staircase will be freed up and you can trigger the event. I have NO idea how this would have ever been discovered, except by some guy who just happened to be totally loaded in in- game money and ate at the Sugar Hole way too much as a result.

[@Br0kenMask]

a dot is often used in programming as a type of command just like / for example .save

[@Burn_Angel]

That's only if there's a connection between a variable and a portion of it in a certain action. Like _write recordname.stringname('type here')_ will write "type here" in the variable "stringname", which is on the record "recordname". There is no meaning for a dot to be at the beginning of the sentence. It'd make more sense if it was as Nitro said, or if it was made like that so it looks like a format, like .exe or .dat, etc.

[@victorydance6439]

its called .flow and not flow for a reason then since its about computers

[@Burn_Angel]

fenafeses That's like saying Yume Nikki is in japanese instead of english (Dream Diary) because Madotsuki is japanese. Like, what the heck is that reasoning? Lol.

[@makotoyuki345]

@Sany Suny or... .hack!?...I’ll leave

[@darltrash]

In linux or most unix based systems, files that start with a "." are hidden

[@Eebers]

Haha, I hate the feeling of no one knowing what you're dressed up as on halloween or whatever it may be. "naw man, I'm Scud: the Disposable Assassin, it's like a robot you get out of a vending machine, and he fights Benjamin Franklin and saves god from slavery and.... oh jeez"

[@mellow_mallow]

"hi, my name is Mephistopheles from the Welcome to Hell animated short from KZbin, except my hair is really long so I've got the worst wrap-around beard in the world, and I'm a 14 year old in a maroon suit with massive loafers on." needless to say, my friend was the only one of us that got recognized.

[@Nikku4211]

'I'm my own original character called Deston The BookMaster[sic]. He's this teenage boy who wears book armour and uses a booksword to participate in bookfights which are basically fights but with each person representing a book for the rest of the fight. He has this companion that is basically BMO from Adventure Time but with wheels and COOLER. And-- and-- and-- HEY WAIT! WHY ARE YOU WALKING AWAY FROM ME! I HAVEN'T EVEN TOLD YOU ABOUT DESTON'S BACKSTORY YET! HEY! WAIT! WAIT! pwease dont weave me awone... (´・ω・`)'

[@JackEhttack]

I dressed as Bob Ross one year, the costume was great, the reception was not.

[@ursidae97]

Just got to find evil pleasure in nobody being able to guess ever

[@jackpotter3887]

You’re thinking of it the wrong way: you gotta think of it like Rumpelstilskin, if they can guess who you are that’s a bad thing.

[@DededeFan217]

What a Bright and Happy game!

[@vinnitsuki5797]

You could always just leave Sabi in her bed and let the 'Heaven' track play on forever :3

[@nickybuttons6443]

...he was more than just a hammer

[@milkcan7768]

I play this when i'm depressed

[@LustigelGC]

1:47 Yeah so happy

[@sneeznoodle]

YAY!!!

[@hal2301]

OK. THAT SCENE OF SABI ROTTING HAD ME S H O O K AF

[@chromosoze]

no it-- what are you talking about it made me laugh for one min straight

[@DmmyIA]

@@chromosoze hey dude i dont think thats normal

[@themyofmy]

@@chromosoze hey man i don't think that's a normal thing

[@AlxHotCocoaMan]

@@chromosoze yo bro i dont know if thats normal

[@skyplayz201]

​​​@@chromosoze hey buddy I don't think that's pretty normal

[@DanielA-yg3un]

I'm guessing that Flow (which is the feeling of total immersion in a difficult task) means that Sabitsuki's dream state is just her concentrating on her computer and forgetting the world around her. Also. I think that Smile looks similar to Lol.

[@Moocow2003]

yeah. it makes me think she's fallen into a depression and become obsessed with watching morbid things on the internet, neglecting her own physical wellbeing in the process (represented by her rotting & staining her room with blood, but i wonder if it's representing the physical discomfort of poor hygiene & bed sores). but the more she watches, the more she is confronted by her own past traumas, and the more she delves further into the internet to distract herself from it in a state of 'flow' instead of accepting reality. the recurring imagery of soulless children & faceless people makes me think she's dissociating and becoming physically sick as a response to her mental troubles.

[@vinnitsuki5797]

I wonder, is Sabitsuki really a bad person on her own, or is it all Rust's influence? The Effects you collect do make you think some dubious things about her personality. It's something to think about.

[@metachirality]

She must have gone insane from her suffering from her disease.

[@vinnitsuki5797]

Most certainly, it's especially evident after certain events near the end of the game. But what I mean is, Sabitsuki showcases traits about herself that make you question her personality and morality even before that. The pistol, the black dress, the gun, the hoodie, psychedelic and the lead pipe are all effects she holds onto even before she changes. Even while initially playing .flow I almost began to become disgusted at her. Then there's that one event with Smile and his Sister at their house.... [SPOILERS] But then are hints that Rust has always been there with the Red Body area, albeit weaker or dormant. Then there's that peaceful music that plays when she's sleeping, where she seems the happiest by far. It's hard to hate her for these things when it seems like none of it was ever truly her fault.

[@prismus6520]

I dunno... I think too much gangrene and blodd loss caused her to be isolated thinking she is a kaibutsu, or a cursed child. And this isolation, combined with the nightmares she’s in, be it if she’s awake or in her subconscious, caused her to be so mad.

[@AssaultnVinegar]

As someone who also owns a gasmask for no reason, I have to ask, Is it weird to own a gasmask for no reason?

[@NitroRad]

+Assault&Vinegar Well like I bought them to use as costume at conventions and videos and stuff so idk doooooooood

[@Pinupopinion]

No it makes you cool just having it.

[@SanjiTyloxion]

Hmmm... You should start a crazy puzzle death game in which you kidnap people, strap bracelets with bombs on them to their wrists and force them to complete a bunch of puzzles in groups related to the numbers on their bracelets and random mathematics. All for ambiguous reasons which relate to your backstory and other absurd stuff.

[@getwrecked1852]

SanjiTyloxion slow down there Zero

[@jitespol1795]

SanjiTyloxion Soooooo saw, right?

[@jeremias.diego03]

i think she doesn't enter to a nightmare world . she is in the dark places of the internet and she gets crazy after see a lot of shit . and the ".flow" is a kind of ".com" just like ".onion" (i don't know how to speak on english [thats the reason why my words doesn't make sence])

[@clairebear5201]

Good, toned-down theory. I like it.

[@bmpcrip8243]

I agree. I think she is on some kind of deep web ( hence the .flow) and seeing all the inhumane things is making her scared, lonely and depressed. I think the blood on the floor after nightmare sequences is just her blood from self-mutilation after seeing some sh!t on the deep web.

[@gaminesquegambit1636]

Flow also refers to a psychological term for extreme immersion.

[@AnnieBee43]

"i dont think ive had a music track make me feel this empty before" but your a lisa fan >_>

[@NitroRad]

M.A.G.E GAMING hey man, I made this video before Lisa was even OUT.

[@AnnieBee43]

NitroRad >_> good point, but didnt it come out 4 days later? XD

[@NitroRad]

ye

[@victorydance6439]

alright kinda late for this but lisa barely has any music playing in the start when roaming

[@originaluseername]

*YOU'RE

[@phyllotaxis]

I think one of my favorite changes you get from exploring as Rust instead of Sabitsuki is the event where you get jumpscared by a chaser in an alleyway. Sabitsuki gets teleported to a maze, and her sprite is visibly freaked out when you escape. Rust just pipes the enemy to death the instant it's near you.

[@uxie126]

I should probably mention,In the corrupt school event,the Kaibutsu in the School are...Sabitsuki/Rust Kaibutsus

[@janacore]

This video being created in 2014 but having 2022 quality video makes me so happy

[@botanicalabe]

You're soon becoming one of my favorites to watch. Handsome guy, great quality, doesn't gave an annoying voice, and you're still doing it even if you don't have the greatest fan base

[@jameslawrenson1208]

He's similar to Antdude.

[@nisayx]

erdoganmi kiliçdaroglumu

[@jureigeeksoutoccasionally]

Oh my god this video was eight years ago??? Jeez, it doesn’t feel like it…

[@Imfphas20]

It would make sense that this is one of the only one of the prominent dreamers games that still receives care from its creator, lolrust. Since, y'know, he's not MIA (Nikki), or went mad (LCDDEM), or became completely ass-blasted to the point of abandoning their work (Nisshi).

[@Imfphas20]

Kappadaniel Koronba? He never gave a reason, but he did issue a 'sorry'. It's speculated that something happened that he didn't want to remember and the game served to remind him of it. He completely removed himself from the internet entirely as of this year now too, deleting his twitter and so on. I'd speculate that he was perhaps suffering from depression. Zenmaigahara on the other hand got really butt-hurt that their game kept getting to the West despite their efforts to prevent that, so in an incredibly petty fit, announced they were ceasing any work on Nisshi.

[@hamburgerhelper1828]

how did the creator of lcd dem go mad?

[@Imfphas20]

bad meme Something happened and he wanted the game to cease existing, not just stop working on it, but specifically requested that everyone remove anything related to it and never mention it to him. Then so many years later decided, without notice, to take down every bit of online presence he had, as well as remove all of his music that he uploaded to the internet. Maybe people kept bringing it up, dunno.

[@GarryDumblowski]

That depends on whether or not you count Yume 2kki, which at this very moment is getting world-blasted by this ONE user named Spelude. She already had at least 20 worlds before 0.105c but then added at least _six_ more worlds in the aforementioned update. The good news is that she's not half bad, although a lot of her worlds are rather empty.

[@williamproto6164]

Yume Nikki attracts strange people who see themselves in Madotsuki so this isn't surprising. Not even saying that as an insult, just an unsettling fact.

[@studyman99]

Honestly I love .flow, Lcd Dem, Yume 2kki, and Yume Nisshi, but there is still one other fangame that I love even more. め (Me) its surprisingly not as popular as .flow even though it is very creepy. If you have never heard of it or seen anything from め you should download the game. Its kind of like Lcd Dem because you have to collect orbs. There are only 11 effects but most of them are useful. This game is slightly different then other games because NPC's can talk to you, and it has a backstory which is revealed in different areas in the update 0.05 and 0.04. And one last thing... Eyes...

[@MadmanEpic]

If you're up for it, I'd definitely recommend a very obscure fan game called Someday. It's shockingly good!

[@studyman99]

MadmanEpic Ok I'll check it out X3

[@MadmanEpic]

+StudyMan99 Man So, what is your opinion, if you have one?

[@virii.win32]

Same,. I love that game

[@TheSorrowfulAngel]

I like the game especially because, to me, it feels like the narrative was told very well. I do like the visuals, the atmosphere and how unsettling the game is(Much preferred over most "traditional" horror games)... But such a style of game - no text, no clear information, complex narrative - actually being able to tell such an oddly precise story when it comes to the key-points, is pretty awesome.

[@HeyHiLaterBye]

being very into .flow in elementary is probably one of the reasons im fucked up but i love it nonetheless lmfao

[@elcuy3544]

Naww man where were your parents? 💀

[@resumethyvideo7631]

@@elcuy3544 acting like they would’ve known

[@NovaAeternus]

huh?

[@JamietheEmperor]

Yeah no you're just some young dumb kid that thinks it's quirky

[@rusgames3544]

Я хоть и не весь английский знаю,но боже... Какой же у этого парня шарм. I don't know all English, but God... What charm this guy has.

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

I love his this game really feels like it’s own thing, it’s a Yume Nikki fan game but it has it’s own identity, it’s using the same engine to tell its own story with it’s own personality.

[@lukeskywalker8317]

Am i the only one who wants Nitro Rad to make his own yume nikki fangame?

[@lime8857]

He's in the process of making one himself.

[@elemenopi9239]

Lime Really?

[@lime8857]

He did mention he was making on his twitter, yes.

[@DeezNuts-uk9bd]

​@@lime8857 any progress on it? and what's it called

[@ES21007]

So I gotta ask, with all these RPG Maker games, have you ever played LSD: Dream Emulator on the PS1? It's similar to them: You're given ten-minute dreams, in randomized places where weird and freaky shit happens. The longer you play however, the backgrounds will intentionally become glitchier and glitchier.

[@NitroRad]

+ES21007 Let me put it this way. twitter.com/NitroRad/status/638408531943772160

[@ES21007]

+NitroRad Ahhhhh. Did you like it?

[@williamproto6164]

>Dream I see what you did there

[@richardgibson8403]

Raid Rider also grey man

[@helovescupid]

I really like your reviews. I can't get enough and I'm so happy there's finally a channel that I like that really reviews much more indie games. Would love reviews of IB, OFF, Gray Garden, Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea, The Witches House and more Yume Nikki fan games. I know everyone knows these games but, I really like your reviews so I would totally find them enjoyable. Good work man! You're hilarious.

[@helovescupid]

Oh shit, and I'm a bit of a youngling, so I'd totally love some reviews of The Mother Series. I just never got into them and I'm very easily spooked and just anxious about playing games myself, so maybe this will help me explore for myself. Thanks! ❤

[@eternalnamaste6772]

Can we also just talk about the fact that the broom makes the character look like Kiki from Kiki’s delivery service 🥺

[@Astoratatouille]

Idk but your videos about yume nikki fan games are so pleasant, i have to watch them once a year apparently

[@mike309game]

parado, rust daydream. flow

[@mintycactus9205]

@Antônio M it appears above the elevator Edit: found it at 15:07.

[@williscraft7425]

Yume Nikki: The dark web .flow: Google page 2

[@sparaxisblanc2473]

Maybe switch those, but that's just me.

[@akiradkcn]

​@@sparaxisblanc2473 thats the joke

[@orangejuice782]

your videos on yume nikki and its fangames seriously inspired me to actually start making a video game project! thank you, nitrorad

[@MrSoniK]

Damn this channel is great... I found you at random hehe.

[@soulmechanics7946]

The so-called "flow" state can be engaged and controlled via the activation of the Kundalini impulse. It is a direct negotiation with one's sense of trajectory and will amplify other senses. We call it "dilated perception", or "time warping", as you can also manipulate your perception of passing time, effectively moving faster. There is a great deal what can be accomplished this way that seems a lot like glitching the game in ways. Life can be played much like a video game, most people are completely missing the "effects". These games are representative of reality.

[@ddeaded]

I don't know I stumbled onto your videos, but I sure am glad I did! Been binge watching all your videos like crazy haha. Keep up the good work! I love your videos

[@froufroudeluxe]

5:05 I CAN RELATE TO THAT. I cosplayed Madotsuki last year, but no one recognized me... Well one guy thought I was vomit-chan, but that doesn't count! :(

[@dummybabby2438]

Really liked your rpg game reviews so much!!💛

[@Michirin9801]

I wouldn't find myself playing this game but I was pretty entertained watching you reviewing it ^^ Keep it up!

[@jsin22366322]

How does a rotting heart beat???? Asking for a cardiologist.

[@shiveryao8104]

Your Yume Nikki videos are AMAZING! I'll subscribe to you! But here's a question. Will you ever do Yume 2kki? It's by far the best Yume Nikki fangame I play since this game it's very large and the creators updates it at least about a month. The updates do change the locations though.

[@mike309game]

+Shivery Ao i woul ask this too :/

[@shiveryao8104]

Bruce Dalla Pria I know. It is nice for a change about Yume 2kki being more fun in Urotsuki's dream while there are some serious parts.

[@SelemaTatsuhiko]

Man, I found a video to show off to friends who ask me what my Sabitsuki and Pigtailed Kaibutsu cosplays are from. You went over a lot of good points about the game and why it's such a favorite game of mine. Yume Nikki is the classic that started it all but over time I've come to find I love .Flow more and that's mostly due to aesthetics and "story".

[@rueroxette5985]

Its so nice to see someone mentioning this game. Its one of my favorite games.

[@RRDino]

Bruh you can rewatch nitrorad videos FOR HOURS!! I love rewatching this stuff holy crap

[@gregoireseaman3746]

I knew it ! Nitrorad I KNEW you were a Serial Experiments Lain fan ( even though you never flat out said you were a fan , just simply making a comparison . ) That intro alone got me thinking that , what with the lain vibe the static and that voice that is used in every episode of Lain

[@lukisz217]

It's very sad that your vids are not as popular as they should be :( The quality is just off the charts, amazing work!

[@ladysynapsis9747]

Oddly enough, I found this game from a Tumbr Q&A vid with the characters from the game... It was the opposite of what this game genuinely represents. It was god damn hilarious.

[@SurmenianSoldier]

sauc- i mean link?

[@ladysynapsis9747]

@@SurmenianSoldier It's on youtube actually! dotflow tumbr. There's one vid by JelloApocalypse I believe

[@jojogape]

Yulyeong! Insaneisane! Wow, neat to see their works in a vid!

[@ghostpants7930]

I love your videos about these games, please do more.

[@Zeroantagonist88]

thanks for getting me into these games!

[@larkspurbetulaakahexagonal2902]

at first i actually wanted to play .flow, but after seeing this video, NOPE NOPE NOPE SO MUCH NOPE

[@larkspurbetulaakahexagonal2902]

@Layne Krusz Technical difficulties are common with japanese rpg maker games. good luck on trying to fix it

[@parfaittt9636]

I don't know why, but I keep coming back to this game over and over. I couldn't open the game meaning I couldn't play it, but I still love it. :/

[@bananabrain364]

The sound design in this game is just amazing!

[@whollycowmusic1833]

Who thinks of Nagito Komaeda when they see Sabitsuki?

[@SapphireMidna]

Dude! I remember recommending this one to you on your Yume Nikki video! I absolutely flipped when I saw the thumbnail. Dot flow is one of my favorite fan games and you discussed its themes very well (as always). Have you read the manga by any chance?

[@NitroRad]

The Yume Nikki manga? Yeah, I read each chapter as they came out. Good stuff.

[@SapphireMidna]

Oh no, I meant the one for .flow, but the Yume Nikki one was good too.

[@NitroRad]

I had no idea there was a .flow one.

[@SapphireMidna]

v2012.mangapark.com/manga/flow-1/c1/1

[@NitroRad]

Thanks!

[@diegocastillo4836]

I just stumbled onto your channel. You are doing amazing work, and your video editing is pretty good! Keep at it :D

[@nightlypiano4116]

Why are we playing as nagito?

[@SuperSilverSerpent]

Another great review. I really like your RPG Maker game reviews, NitroRad. They're why I subscribed. I hope to see more great videos like this in the future! Also, are you making a Christmas-related video?

[@NitroRad]

Probably not.

[@pelicanman96]

That intro reminds me of Serial Experiments Lain. Was that intentional?

[@NitroRad]

+you-are-the-pelican-man Yes.

[@moonkingdomify]

I need to watch Serial Experiments Lain. It's been on my list for a while now I've just never gotten around to it.

[@konstantinosmerikakis6206]

I heard many times the name serial experiments lain so i must ask what is it ?

[@konstantinosmerikakis6206]

StaySkeptic thx for the info i might give it a try .

[@jeremias.diego03]

your avatar is from uzumaki ?

[@AddictedToExtremeGam]

Can someone help me? When trying to start up .flow it messes up. The game starts out fine, with static room but whenever I press enter or space my game will crash and this message will pop up: "???,,™??????" Can someone please help me? applocale won't even let me start it up because "im missing a file" or something like that and I can't find any way to start it up on the internet. Please & thank you.

[@lomi4865]

You dont need to switch it back.

[@themadsuika3909]

I think you needed to put your PC on Japanese before extracting the .Flow files 3 Years late man

[@ricko1747]

The diamond dogs patch... I also bought it and put it on my uniform that i use for softair. You have my respect, bro.

[@shilohgrayson]

Just watching the scenes from the game creeped me out. I love it!

[@sherifelsawwaf]

How is this channel not popular? It's amazing!

[@hmuhammad0746]

give it time.

[@KyrstOak]

8:39 You mean not let you in the room at all.

[@rjswonson]

It's holloween baby coming back to this classic

[@deathtone1614]

Good stuff. I haven't played RPG maker games since 05. It wasn't till I saw your reviews that I realized people were still making good games with RPG maker and that it wasn't just a fad. Good stuff. I am enjoying your reviews. Specially games like this as the usually get over looked by the gaming community.

[@swirls5801]

i absolutely would say it's a better game, the smaller and more interconnected world is so much more enjoyable to explore and the story is more detailed and interesting. yume nikki is still great but .flow is more like an /actual game/

[@drawadog]

I swear to god every rpgmaker game has an earthbound reference I SWEAR

[@justthatfluffperson]

Any chance you'll do more ynfg videos in the future? I understand you obviously can't do them all but at least 2kki as well. Since it's special in a lot of ways; First fangame, largest (and a collaborative effort of 2chan users), and the other "arguably best" fangame next to .flow.

[@Leonidash15]

Wow that was a Great video!

[@amunetxo627]

Can you help me? I've been trying to download this game, I can easily play other RPG games I have the RPT downloaded, but every time I open this game I can go to title screen, I see the standing in pitch black and everything but as soon as I try to do anything it immediately closes the game and gives me a text box with question marks... I checked everywhere in case theres something in another folder I need to fix but, idk..

[@moohahuh5119]

+Serena Webb I have the same Problem!!!! i need help!

[@aldodavis4619]

The stories these kinds of games deliver us is wayyy better than movies The feeling you get is unique

[@RarefoilB]

OH GOD WHY HAVE I WATCHED THIS

[@walkinonthebeach]

i don't usually get scared by much, horror is my absolute favorite genre of all media. but for some odd reason this game creeps me out SO much. it gives me so much anxiety and makes me feel like there's something behind me...i love it!

[@MACZ2021]

Where did you find that one wallscroll with the Kaibutsu that's in the background when you have the shots of you talking? I've been looking for it for a long time and I have yet find it anywhere :(

[@NitroRad]

I had it custom made.

[@bruh9639]

I always found nitro cute even when I started watching him around the time this video came out. Still cute despite 5 years passing

[@narefonticelli2861]

if you have time, would you make one of these on yume 2kki when you have played?

[@xXGoldenBeatriceXx]

Ohhh .flow review!! Definitely my fav yume nikki fangame, well my icon is kind of telling :D I wonder, have you seen Dead Hole Rust event? It makes me so sad :

[@KirbyCurbwhy]

just finished this game and i can say this is a very nice review 10/10 go play it now

[@thecheesyboi6400]

I actually cosplayed as smile a few years ago, with the same results you got

[@hay7299]

She does look like nagito tho

[@DerpFox2]

i want to play the game so much but there is a error... (i cri eve tim)

[@Kanudelgruber]

+Bucket Knight Did you try using AppLocale?

[@DerpFox2]

+Bucket Knight app what.

[@DerpFox2]

+Kanudelgruber let me check that and if you could help me i... do nothing but i will thank you and you will feel nice :D

[@DerpFox2]

+Kanudelgruber it says AppLocale is not a thing anymore, and Locale Emulator didnt fix the problem

[@DerpFox2]

+Kanudelgruber the error is: .flow ???? ,, tm ??????

[@TCM464]

KZbin says that the game featured here is Flow... not .flow... Two very different games, I see.

[@WaffleShadows]

I couldn't help but notice over the past few videos of yours I've watched that you have some sectoral heterochromia (the brown in your left eye)! ^^ I also have this and its always exciting to see others that share this trait, seeing as it is kind of uncommon. A while ago I made a video about it, but I made it private because I got embarrassed about the poor quality and how it is so old and how I looked kind of terrible in it... :D

[@kryptomaniaxthehomestuckfan]

SMIELLLLLLLLLLLLS BANABANA IS SEDUCING SAIBIIIIII

[@virii.win32]

MajesticSkyStudios Ah, sweet 2013

[@parfaittt9636]

honestlyAngsty pOTASSIUM BOI

[@James-lb3pe]

OMG the kill la kill poster!!

[@GrandpaShagger69]

I just now noticed that the broom effect is a kiki's delivery service reference

[@Daddy-ue1du]

He narrates this like an episode of the twilight zone

[@tristanpelletier2761]

Has anyone heard of the GHOST song "Oxidation and dream monsters", It's about this game, check it out

[@indigowendigo8165]

As cool as this game was, I wouldn't necessarily call it better than Yume Nikki as some people might, think I've heard of that somewhere anyway... But like, I'd say it's mainly too different to even really compare them. While .flow is kind of dark and disturbing with what seems to be a clearer story, Yume Nikki is arguably the best one at exploring the vast expanses of Madotsuki's mind, and getting lost wandering around in there is like literally getting lost in your mind, your deep subconscious. :p There was also both light moments and dark moments in her dream, and it's not just one big theme, that's what I like about it. :p Sometimes these games make me think less of exploring dreams or memories and more like their soul, going inside their own selves... Also, the original game seems to explore social anxiety (hikikomoriness) and depression really well... When it comes to these themes, the original arguably does this best, but I kind of like that fan games seem to kind of have their own thing too, but if they also use some elements that Yume Nikki had especially just because as a parody, I feel like it doesn't work as well. :p

[@IIIRobIII]

i know this is a massive stretch, but please do an in-depth review of the earthbound franchise. cheers :)

[@moonkingdomify]

There's only one Earthbound game. The Mother trilogy has 3 games though.

[@RetechDragonflame]

I once found OST to .flow on the internet and the weird visuals of it (picture of mouth showing sharp teeth along with the title) made me think it's some sort of cyberpunk vampire game. What this game really is might be even better.

[@pippo17173]

These games sure have great fan art.

[@justapeckneck]

Yume Nikki is the dream. .flow is the nightmare