======================================================= .flow Walkthrough and Guide by NeitherSparky Version 2.0 Last revised June 2015 Current game version: 0.19 ======================================================= ================= Table O' Contents ================= Introduction About .flow Installing the game Controls Effects Endgame Recommended effects order Events and things to try ============ Introduction ============ My name is Sparky (aka NeitherSparky) and this is my first walkthrough, so I apologise if it is lacking. You may send me corrections and suggestions for content at sparky@theneitherworld.com. My website can be found at http://www.theneitherworld.com/yumenikki You should by all means watch YouTube walkthoughs as well, but I for one like to have a printed text walkthough when I play games, which is why I made this. =========== About .flow =========== The name of this game is .flow (yes, pronounced dot-flow). In it you play a girl named Sabitsuki (translation: covered in rust). It was made by a Japanese person only credited as "lol" with RPG Maker 2000 and it is free to download and distribute. It is a fangame of another RPG Maker game called Yume Nikki by Kikiyama. The point of the game is to have Sabitsuki gather all of the available effects while within a computer environment known as .flow. Once you gather all of the effects you can either end the game one of two ways or re-enter .flow to learn the truth about Sabitsuki and her horriffic visions. You save by making Sabitsuki sleep. The enemies in the .flow world are Kaibutsu, monsters in school uniforms. Ocasionally you will run into one that will not chase you, but most will. You will know the dangerous ones by the way they giggle creepily and run or walk in your direction. If you are touched by one you will be transported to an isolated spot where the only escape is by waking up from the .flow world or teleporting to the Crossroads using the Arm effect (if you have it). Also note that after you have become Rust at the end, the Kaibutsu will be replaced with red demons that will run into you and cause you to gain lesions on your face. It is okay to let several demons run into you but if you get hit by too many you will dissolve into a puddle of blood and wake up. (You will see these demons before becoming Rust but only in a couple of places.) =================== Installing the game =================== You can find my instructions on downloading the game, with all necessary links, on my Yume Nikki site at http://www.theneitherworld.com/yumenikki/links.htm Be aware that even translated games, unless its specifically said otherwise, contain Japanese characters in their programming files so you must teach your computer to understand Japanese characters. Once that's done you then right-click the game file and select "Japanese locale" to run the game. Again, this is explained on my site. (If you try to run a game and get an error box with a bunch of question marks in it, you need Japanese locale.) ======== Controls ======== Basically use the arrow keys to move, Z to interact with things in the game, X to cancel or open the game menu, and shift to use an effect's ability. ======= Effects ======= You must gather all 24 effects in the game in order to complete it - although you must gather three additional items to access the full, "true" ending, more on this in the Endgame section. (There is actually a 25th effect, the game's instructions. For all intents and purposes it is not really an "effect" though.) Some worlds loop on themselves and therefore the way given won't be the only direction that will work; pick your favorite. It is highly recommended to get the Broom effect first as it will allow you to travel much faster than just walking everywhere. You should also grab the Iron Pipe right away (easy enough) and then the Ghost as soon as possible, as that one allows you to pass by enemies undetected. The Arm effect is also good for teleporting back to the Crossroads without having to wake up and then re-enter .flow and travel there. Arms Sabitsuki has extra arms; pressing Shift will teleport you back to the Crossroads Head east in the Crossroads to the Music World and walk southwest until you find a lot of synthesizer objects with two small red things next to eachother in the middle of them. Walk between the red things to teleport to a red and blue path. Go north to the next screen and follow the path around to go between another pair of red things to the Hospital World. Go north on the white path to the next screen and go through the grey doorway. Take the left or right path with the least bloodspatters, you may have to do this more than once. When you reach the hospital room interact with the heart monitor to teleport to a blue area; interact with the large monitor here and you will teleport to the Geometry World. Walk southwest. Go into the middle of cluster of cylinders and walk north into the empty square and you will teleport to an empty black hallway lined in green. Go north to the next screen. It will be an identical hallway but shrouded in white; walk north to the next screen. Walk up to the flashing round thing and interact with it. Now walk northwest, mostly north, until you find a cross-shaped chamber with an arm sticking out of the ground. Interact with it to get the Arms effect. Black Hood Sabitsuki is wearing a black hoodie; pressing shift will raise the hood Go west in the Crossroads to the Telephone Pole World. Go southeast until you find a block with a door on it. Go down all the stairs then east through the hallway to the next screen. Go up the stairs, then up the next stairs. Touch the moving box on the roof, and you will be transported to the Tile World. Head northeast, avoiding the Kaibutsu, and touch another moving block to be transported to another rooftop. Enter the door and go down the stairs. Go east through the hallway and use the elevator. Go east and through the east door. Go east and through the double doors in the white building, and north through the dark doorway. Go through the door on the right and interact with the body on the table to get the Black Hood effect. Broom Sabitsuki is riding a flying broom at double walking speed; pressing Shift will cause Sabi to dismount and walk Go west in the Crossroads to the Telephone Pole World. Go southeast until you find a block with a door on it. Go down all the stairs then east through the hallway to the next screen. Go up the stairs, then up the next stairs. Touch the moving box on the roof, and you will be transported to the Tile World. Head north, bearing west. Enter the next screen, keep going north bearing west, and go through the trapdoor. Go directly north through the trapdoor to the 8-Bit World. Head north on the path and enter the house. Interact with the witch to get the Broom effect. Cat Sabi is a cat-person; pressing Shift will transform her into an actual cat Head east in the Crossroads to the Music World and walk southwest until you find a lot of synthesizer objects with two small red things next to eachother in the middle of them. Walk between the red things to teleport to a red and blue path. Go north to the next screen and follow the path around to go between another pair of red things to the Hospital World. Go north on the white path to the next screen and go through the grey doorway. Choose the bloodiest path then through the dark doorway. Go northwest and through a tall door with teeth at the top. Go down the ladder into the sewer. Head west and then west again and through the white doorway into the bar. Walk west back to the sewer (you are now on the other side of a waterfall); head west and up the ladder. Go west between the cones and take the rainbow door. Go west and take another rainbow door, then west through another rainbow door to the main Rainbow Maze. Go southwest through the rainbow door that's kind of in the middle of the area you're in now, then head west as far as you can go and through the rainbow door. Wandering around in this area is a cat, interact with it to get the Cat effect. Corpse Sabitsuki is a corpse; pressing Shift does nothing Go west in the Crossroads to the Telephone Pole World. Go southeast until you find a block with a door on it. Go down all the stairs then take the elevator then south to a dark area. Walk east, following the path, then north between two lights and north through a lighted patch to the Bloody Ruins. Go through the door at the northeast-most corner. In this area you need to find a small doorway between two large barred gates (its basically north then east past the guillotine). When you go through that just walk north through pitch black until you come to a zombie; interact with him to get the Corpse effect. Dharma (Tumbling Doll) Sabitsuki has no limbs and moves at half speed; pressing Shift causes her to fall over and move at one quarter speed Go west in the Crossroads to the Telephone Pole World. Go southeast until you find a block with a door on it. Go down all the stairs then east through the hallway to the next screen. Go up the stairs, then up the next stairs. Touch the moving box on the roof, and you will be transported to the Tile World. Head northeast, avoiding the Kaibutsu, and touch another moving block to be transported to another rooftop. Enter the door and go down the stairs. Go east in this hallway and take the elevator. Go east to a room with several tables in it. Go through the north door, then interact with the north door. You will be in a new area; beware of Kaibitsu here. To the southwest you'll find a sort of dead-end hallway with a maid and an IV unit at the end of it. Interact with the IV unit to get the Dharma effect. Diving Helmet Sabitsuki is wearing a diving helmet; pressing Shift blows some bubbles Head south in the Crossroads to Ghost World and walk northeast until you find two tall tan pillars; pass between them and go east. You will be in the Undersea World, head south off the screen. Now you're looking for a square building, just to the southwest. Interact with the diver wandering around here to get the Diving Helmet effect. Note: the diver may be sitting on a machine inside the square building instead of walking around outside. Enter and leave the building repeatedly and the diver will eventually be standing on the ground, at which point you can interact with her to get the effect. Dress Sabitsuki is wearing a classy ensemble; pressing Shift makes her curtsey Go west in the Crossroads to the Telephone Pole World. Go southeast until you find a block with a door on it. Go down all the stairs then east through the hallway to the next screen. Head east, then go through the first door on the right, then the right-hand door to the snowy world. South of you are some pillars, enter the middle one. Interact with the dressmaker's dummy to get the Dress effect. Gas Mask Sabitsuki is wearing a gas mask; pressing Shift does nothing Head east in the Crossroads to the Music World and walk southwest until you find a lot of synthesizer objects with two small red things next to eachother in the middle of them. Walk between the red things to teleport to a red and blue path. Go north to the next screen and follow the path around to go between another pair of red things to the Hospital World. Go north on the white path to the next screen and go through the grey doorway. Choose the bloodiest path then through the dark doorway. Go northwest and through a tall door with teeth at the top. Go down the ladder into the sewer. Head west and you will see a round thing on the wall; interact with this to teleport to 8-Bit World. Go south and you will see some stairs; don't take these, instead go east and take the next set of stairs you see, then north to another set of stairs. Go south over the bridge and interact with the flower on the island; go south and interact with another flower. North and then interact with the flower right next to the purple tree, south and interact with the flower at the south end of the island, and north through the door. Go directly north and interact with the flower right in front of you to make everything brighten up a bit then go back south. Interact with the same flower from before and you will go to Ghost World. Walk west to a lot of plants surrounding a doorway and enter that. Go north through the only door. Basically you need to go as northwest as you can and go through the door there. If you're in the right place you should see a peaceful Kaibutsu here; pass him going west and through the next door. Go all the way to the west and through the door to the north. To the north of you in this area is a plant emitting a cloud of gas; interact with the gas to get the Gas Mask effect. Gas Mask alternate route Go west in the Crossroads to the Telephone Pole World. Go southeast until you find a block with a door on it. Go down all the stairs then take the elevator then south to a dark area. Walk east, following the path, then north between two lights and north through a lighted patch to the Bloody Ruins. Head to the northmost part of this room and through the large doorway to an 8-Bit World. Take the stairs just to the east of you, then north to another set of stairs. Go south over the bridge and interact with the flower on the island; go south and interacts with another flower. North and then interact with the flower right next to the purple tree, south and interact with the flower at the south end of the island, and north through the door. Go directly north and interact with the flower right in front of you to make everything brighten up a bit then go back south. Interact with the same flower from before and you will go to Ghost World. Walk west to a lot of plants surrounding a doorway and enter that. Go north through the only door. Basically you need to go as northwest as you can and go through the door there. If you're in the right place you should see a peaceful Kaibutsu here; pass him going west and through the next door. Go all the way to the west and through the door to the north. To the north of you in this area is a plant emitting a cloud of gas; interact with the gas to get the Gas Mask effect. Ghost Sabitsuki is a ghost; pressing Shift makes you transparent and invisible to (most) enemies Head east in the Crossroads to the Music World and walk southwest until you find a lot of synthesizer objects with two small red things next to eachother in the middle of them. Walk between the red things to teleport to a red and blue path. Go north to the next screen and follow the path around to go between another pair of red things to the Hospital World. Go north on the white path to the next screen and go through the grey doorway. Choose the bloodiest path then through the dark doorway. Go northwest and through a tall door with teeth at the top. Go down the ladder into the sewer. Head west and you will see a round thing on the wall; interact with this to teleport to 8-Bit World. Go south and you will see some stairs; don't take these, instead go east and take the next set of stairs you see, then north to another set of stairs. Go south over the bridge and interact with the flower on the island; go south and interact with another flower. North and then interact with the flower right next to the purple tree, south and interact with the flower at the south end of the island, and north through the door. Go directly north and interact with the flower right in front of you to make everything brighten up a bit then go back south. Interact with the same flower from before and you will go to Ghost World. Walk northwest and you will see a little ghost girl surrounded by regular ghosts. Interact with her to get the Ghost effect. Ghost Alternate Route Go west in the Crossroads to the Telephone Pole World. Go southeast until you find a block with a door on it. Go down all the stairs then take the elevator then south to a dark area. Walk east, following the path, then north between two lights and north through a lighted patch to the Bloody Ruins. Head to the northmost part of this room and through the large doorway to an 8-Bit World. Take the stairs just to the east of you, then north to another set of stairs. Go south over the bridge and interact with the flower on the island; go south and interact with another flower. North and then interact with the flower right next to the purple tree, south and interact with the flower at the south end of the island, and north through the door. Go directly north and interact with the flower right in front of you to make everything brighten up a bit then go back south. Interact with the same flower from before and you will go to Ghost World. Walk northwest and you will see a little ghost girl surrounded by regular ghosts. Interact with her to get the Ghost effect. Handgun Sabitsuki wields a handgun; pressing Shift fires it into the air (Cannot actually be used as a weapon) Go west in the Crossroads to the Telephone Pole World. Go southeast until you find a block with a door on it. Go down all the stairs then east through the hallway to the next screen. Go up the stairs, then up the next stairs. Touch the moving box on the roof, and you will be transported to the Tile World. Head northeast, avoiding the Kaibutsu, and touch another moving block to be transported to another rooftop. Enter the door and go down the stairs. Go east through the hallway and use the elevator. Go east and through the east door. This small area is a loop; go either direction and head up through the large unobstructed opening. Go west to the next screen. Go west and north at the first intersection. West and north at first intersection again. Follow hallway north and east and you will reach a dumpster next to a fence outside a building. Interact with the dumpster to get the Handgun effect. Headphones Sabitsuki is wearing headphones; pressing Shift makes some music notes float up Go east in the Crossroads to the Music World and head southeast, more south, until you find a DJ made of white outlines. Interact with him from below to get the Headphones effect. Iron Pipe Sabitsuki ields a pipe; pressing Shift causes her to swing it (can be used as a weapon) Head west in the Crossroads to the Telephone Pole World, and walk southeast to a steep pipe sticking out of the ground. Interact with it to get the Iron Pipe effect. Machine Sabitsuki is part machine; pressing Shift does nothing Go west in the Crossroads to the Telephone Pole World. Go southeast until you find a block with a door on it. Go down all the stairs then take the elevator then south to a dark area. Walk east, following the path, then north between two lights and north through a lighted patch to the Bloody Ruins. Go through the door at the northeast-most corner. In this area you need to find a guillotine flanked by Grim Reaper-like characters (its basically north). Interact with the guillotine and you'll go to Hell (congratulations). Here you need to find what looks like a reclining blue stickfigure with a flaming head (go south a little then east a bit). Interact with him to teleport to his counterpart, fishing over a precipice. Go up the stairs and through the white doorway. Go southeast to a little table and interact with it to get the Machine effect. Mono Eye Sabitsuki is a cyclops; pressing Shift will make her blink Head north in the Crossroads to Maw World and walk southwest until you find three different creatures gathered around an eyeball laying on the floor. Interact with the eyeball to get the Mono Eye effect. Plant Sabitsuki is part plant; pressing Shift does nothing Go west in the Crossroads to the Telephone Pole World. Go southeast until you find a block with a door on it. Go down all the stairs then east through the hallway to the next screen. Head east, then go through the first door on the right, then the right-hand door to the snowy world. Just northwest of you is a pillar; go inside and interact with the flower. Exit, go east and enter a tunnel. Go down the stairs and through the doorway. Through another doorway and interact with the plant at the end of the path. Go back through the doorway and now you can go east. Through another doorway. Manueuver around the plants to the other doorway you can reach and interact with the large flower to get the Plant effect. Psychadelic Sabitsuki is a walking rave; pressing Shift will change her color scheme Head east in the Crossroads to the Music World and walk southwest until you find a lot of synthesizer objects with two small red things next to eachother in the middle of them. Walk between the red things to teleport to a red and blue path. Go north to the next screen and follow the path around to go between another pair of red things to the Hospital World. Go north on the white path to the next screen and go through the grey doorway. Choose the bloodiest path then through the dark doorway. Go northwest and through a tall door with teeth at the top. Go down the ladder into the sewer. Head west and then west again and through the white doorway into the bar. Walk west back to the sewer (you are now on the other side of a waterfall); head west and up the ladder. Go west between the cones, west again, and take the rainbow door. Go back through the same door you just used and you will be in a new area. One part of the wall resembles a zipper; interact with it and it will open up, taking you to a rooftop with a rainbow door and a turquoise alien. Interacting with aliens teleports you from rooftop to rooftop, so interact with them in this order: first the turquoise one on the roof with the rainbow door; then pink; turquoise; the top pink one; the left turquoise one, the bottom turquoise one; then interact with the multicolored alien on top to get the Psychadelic effect. School Uniform Sabitsuki is wearing a school uniform; pressing Shift does nothing Head east in the Crossroads to the Music World and walk southwest until you find a lot of synthesizer objects with two small red things next to eachother in the middle of them. Walk between the red things to teleport to a red and blue path. Go north to the next screen and follow the path around to go between another pair of red things to the Hospital World. Go north on the white path to the next screen and go through the grey doorway. Choose the bloodiest path then through the dark doorway. Go northwest and through a tall door with teeth at the top. Go down the ladder into the sewer. Head west to the next screen, then go down and climb the ramp at the bottom so you can head east. Follow the path east down a ramp into the water. Just walk east. Enter the large tube and head east to the next area. Just try to get as far northeast as you can in this area, then interact with the streetlight. Go through the tunnel on the left side of the screen, go east through this area and then north into the School. North through the doorway, west, then through the south door. Enter the RIGHT side of the double-wide doorway. Take the door to the east. This floor is slightly darker than the others, and you should see a pair of students standing to the north of you. Go through the door that's between them and to the south. Pass through this classroom through the east door and interact with the person here to get the Uniform effect. Slime Sabitsuki is made of slime; pressing Shift makes her melt and resolidify Head east in the Crossroads to the Music World and walk southwest until you find a lot of synthesizer objects with two small red things next to eachother in the middle of them. Walk between the red things to teleport to a red and blue path. Go north to the next screen and follow the path around to go between another pair of red things to the Hospital World. Go north on the white path to the next screen and go through the grey doorway. Choose the bloodiest path then through the dark doorway. Go northwest and through a tall door with teeth at the top. Go down the ladder into the sewer. Head west to the next screen, then go down and climb the ramp at the bottom so you can head east. Follow the path east down a ramp into the water. Just walk east. Enter the large tube and head east to the next area. Go east then north then east as far as you can go, as south as far as you can go, and as west as far as you can go until you find a puddle of green slime on the path. Interact with it to get the Slime effect. Tattoo Sabitsuki has crosses tattooed over her eyelids; pressing Shift does nothing Head east in the Crossroads to the Music World and walk southwest until you find a lot of synthesizer objects with two small red things next to eachother in the middle of them. Walk between the red things to teleport to a red and blue path. Go north to the next screen and follow the path around to go between another pair of red things to the Hospital World. Go north on the white path to the next screen and go through the grey doorway. Choose the bloodiest path then through the dark doorway. Go northwest and through a tall door with teeth at the top. Go down the ladder into the sewer. Head west to the next screen, then go down and climb the ramp at the bottom so you can head east. Follow the path east down a ramp into the water. Just walk east. Enter the large tube and head east to the next area. Go south then east as far as you can go then north to the first crosspath and then east past the swollen eye, a bit north then east again and then north (just try to get as far northeast as you can in this area). Interact with the streetlight. Go through the tunnel on the left side of the screen, go east through this area and then north into the School. North through the doorway then through the southwest door (on the south wall). Use the stairs in the center of the hallway (that's the LEFT side of the double-wide doorway). Take the door to the east. Go to the center of this hallway and again use the left side of the double-wide doorway. Go through the door and interact with the tall man on the balcony to get the Tattoo effect. Television Sabitsuki's head is a television; pressing Shift does nothing Go west in the Crossroads to the Telephone Pole World. Go southeast until you find a block with a door on it. Go down all the stairs then east through the hallway to the next screen. Go up the stairs, then up the next stairs. Touch the moving box on the roof, and you will be transported to the Tile World. Head north, bearing west. Enter the next screen, keep going north bearing west, and go through the trapdoor. Go directly north through the trapdoor to the 8-Bit World. Make your way east through the trees to the next screen, and east again. Head east on the island and look for a brown area with a single block protruding north of it. Go into that block, the head to the northwest corner and go through the door. Down the stairs here, then up the stairs in the northwest corner, then down the next stairs, and down the next stairs to the west, and down the next stairs to the southeast. Interact with the television to get the Television effect. Viscera Sabitsuki's guts spill out; pressing Shift causes her to try and stuff them back into place Head east in the Crossroads to the Music World and walk southwest until you find a lot of synthesizer objects with two small red things next to eachother in the middle of them. Walk between the red things to teleport to a red and blue path. Go north to the next screen and follow the path around to go between another pair of red things to the Hospital World. Go north on the white path to the next screen and go through the grey doorway. Choose the bloodiest path then through the dark doorway. Go northwest and through a tall door with teeth at the top. Go up through the open red path on the right and into the mouth into the Womb. Head southwest past the longhaired girl standing in front of a door and then north through a very narrow tunnel, going through the door at the end. North, west, and through the door. South through a narrow tunnel then bear west and through a pair of upside down face things to an area with the open mouth background. Search around here, you're looking for a pair of lumpy things with three mouths each. Pass between them back to the Womb. Go east nearing northeast and then southeast when the path splits. Go through the door on the north wall there. Go west and through the door. Work your way west and then northwest; keep going west and when you reach the westmost wall of the area you will see two red blocks in front of a doorway. You have to go through these blocks, which will teleport you to another area with the mouth background, but you want to eventually make it to that door the blocks are in front of. To do this just walk around UNDER the red blocks here and move UP between them. Now go through the door and north through a pulsing tunnel through another doorway. To the north of you is a dead longhair girl; interact with it to get the Viscera effect. Watering Can Sabitsuki is holding a watering can; pressing Shift causes it to rain lightly; pressing it again nakes it rain harder; pressing it again makes it rain torrents Head south in the Crossroads to Ghost World and walk west to some Ghosts and then south to an arc-shaped formation of flowers with a ghost in the middle and a ghost girl floating south of it. Interact with the ghost girl to get the Watering Can effect. Whistle Sabitsuki has a whistle; pressing Shift causes her to blow it (which makes NPCs move in the direction Sabi is facing) Head east in the Crossroads to the Music World and walk southwest until you find a lot of synthesizer objects with two small red things next to eachother in the middle of them. Walk between the red things to teleport to a red and blue path. Go north to the next screen and follow the path around to go between another pair of red things to the Hospital World. Go north on the white path to the next screen and go through the grey doorway. Choose the bloodiest path then through the dark doorway. Go northwest and through a tall door with teeth at the top. Go up through the open red path on the right and into the mouth into the Womb. Head southwest to the longhaired girl standing in front of a door. Go around her through the door, and find a ring-like object on the floor. Interact with this to get the Whistle effect. ======= Endgame ======= There are three different ways to end .flow. 1) Once you have collected all 24 effects, wake up to the real world and leave your apartment. 2) Once you have collected all 24 effects, wake up to the real world, then re-enter the .flow world. On the loading screen you will be able to walk over to the box with all the stars that represent the effects; interact with the middle star and choose to drop all effects. You will then wake up; exit the apartment. 3) Once you have collected all 24 effects, wake up to the real world, then re-enter the .flow world. On the loading screen you will be able to walk over to the box with all the stars that represent the effects; interact with the middle star and choose to drop all effects. You will then wake up. Re-enter the .flow world with no effects and collect three "empty" get boxes (see below). Once you have done this wake up to the real world and exit the apartment. Empty Box #1 Go west in the Crossroads to the Telephone Pole World. Go southeast until you find a block with a door on it. Go down all the stairs then east through the hallway to the next screen. Go up the stairs, then up the next stairs. Touch the moving box on the roof, and you will be transported to the Tile World. Head northeast, avoiding the Kaibutsu, and touch another moving block to be transported to another rooftop. Enter the door and go down the stairs. Go east through the hallway and use the elevator. Go east and through the east door. Enter the Hospital and go north to the next room. Head left and up through the dark doorway. Pass through the meat hook room. Follow the hallway and go north at the intersection. Follow this hallway around and through the dark doorway. Go through the next dark doorway. Take the first door to the east and take the elevator to the north. Exit the elevator after it crashes. Go east through this room and pass through the bloody gash at the end. Take the one door here. The next room is full of longhaired girls who will dissolve into blood; when the room is clear take the door at the end. There will be a giant longhaired girl chained to the wall here; interact with her to get the empty box. Empty Box #2 Head east in the Crossroads to the Music World and walk southwest until you find a lot of synthesizer objects with two small red things next to eachother in the middle of them. Walk between the red things to teleport to a red and blue path. Go north to the next screen and follow the path around to go between another pair of red things to the Hospital World. Go north on the white path to the next screen and go through the grey doorway. Choose the bloodiest path then through the dark doorway. Go northwest and through a tall door with teeth at the top. Go down the ladder into the sewer. Walk west and interact with the orange thing on the wall. Head northeast through 8-Bit World and you will come across a glass tube with the diver, Oreko, floating in it. From here head south, then east, then north up a long path and tough the orange thing. This will take you to a landing on a gloomy staircase with a door on it. These landings basically loop on themselves both upwards and downwards; by heading up and down randomly eventually glowing orange rings will appear on either side of the door (really, this appears to be random, just keep going up and down the stairs). Now take the door, and go down three times. Enter the large machine. Go north through the door here. Go north and you will find a giant Sabitsuki floating in a glass tube. Interact with the tube to get the empty box. Empty Box #3 Head east in the Crossroads to the Music World and walk southwest until you find a lot of synthesizer objects with two small red things next to eachother in the middle of them. Walk between the red things to teleport to a red and blue path. Go north to the next screen and follow the path around to go between another pair of red things to the Hospital World. Go north on the white path to the next screen and go through the grey doorway. Choose the bloodiest path then through the dark doorway. Go northwest and through a tall door with teeth at the top. Go down the ladder into the sewer. Head west to the next screen, then go down and climb the ramp at the bottom so you can head east. Follow the path east down a ramp into the water. Just walk east. Enter the large tube and head east to the next area. Just try to get as far northeast as you can in this area, then interact with the streetlight. Go through the tunnel on the left side of the screen, go east through this area and then north into the School. North through the doorway then through the southwest door (on the south wall). Enter the RIGHT side of the double-wide doorway. Take the door to the east. This floor is slightly darker than the others, and you should see a pair of students standing to the north of you. Take the left side of the double-wide doorway, then the door on the east wall. Go through the door on the north wall. Interact with the open mouth on the north wall to get the empty box. ========================= Recommended effects order ========================= It makes sense to pick up multiple effects during the same trip if they are near eachother/on the way to eachother. Following is several groupings of effects; you may gather the groups themselves in any order (although as mentioned earlier there are some effects you should try to get right away), but the effects that make up each group are offered in the order given to make things easiest. Some effects are not on the way to others so are grouped alone. After picking up the last effect in a group you may either wake up or use the Arms if you have it to return to the Crossroads. Or do whatever you like, really. :) That would be a good time to explore! - Iron Pipe Broom Television - Arms - Mono Eye - Headphones Ghost Gas Mask - Watering Can Diving Helmet - Dharma Black Hood - Handgun - Corpse Machine - Dress Plant - Psychadelic Cat - Whistle Viscera - Slime Tattoo School Uniform ======================== Events and things to try ======================== This section is incomplete! I mostly just wanted to get down the important things you need to know to play and finish the game and therefore have not gotten around to detailing all the other things you can do while playing. So here's just a few things to get you started. Money When you kill things with the Iron pipe you get 100 yen. This can be used to buy food/drinks in the Sugar Hole bar, which can cause other things to happen. Change Menu Style (random event) Head north in the Crossroads to Maw World then walk south bearing east until you find two Maws; if there is a third, larger Maw there between them (it appears randomly), interact with the bottom of it. You'll want to equip the Ghost effect here to avoid the enemies and head west, then interact with a large Maw at the end of the path, then north through the double doors. Interact with the spirit on the other side of the counter to randomly switch your menu style. You may do this as many times as you like. Bar Fight Event Head east in the Crossroads to the Music World and walk southwest until you find a lot of synthesizer objects with two small red things next to eachother in the middle of them. Walk between the red things to teleport to a red and blue path. Go north to the next screen and follow the path around to go between another pair of red things to the Hospital World. Go north on the white path to the next screen and go through the grey doorway. Choose the bloodiest path then through the dark doorway. Go northwest and through a tall door with teeth at the top. Go down the ladder into the sewer. Head west and then west again then through the white doorway. In this area is a bar with a peaceful Kaibutsu having a drink. If you hit him with the iron pipe he will kill you and you will be forced out of the .flow world. Bloody Girl Event (random event) Go west in the Crossroads to the Telephone Pole World. Go southeast until you find a block with a door on it. Go down all the stairs then east through the hallway to the next screen. Go up the stairs, then up the next stairs. Touch the moving box on the roof, and you will be transported to the Tile World. Head northeast, avoiding the Kaibutsu, and touch another moving block to be transported to another rooftop. Enter the door and go down the stairs. Go east in this hallway and you will see a puddle of blood. Randomly a yellow marking will be above the puddle; if it is hit it with the iron pipe to make a door and enter into the Womb. Go east through a door and you will be in a room full of longhaired girls. Kill your way through them with the iron pipe to get to the door on the east. In this room is a giant longhair girl chained to the wall and a few normal ones standing around. They will one by one die bloodily, then the giant girl's entrails will spill out. If you walk up to her you will be forced out of the .flow world. Disturbing Vision Event (aka "Spaghetti Death" - thanks Sakuranolzzy) Head east in the Crossroads to the Music World and walk southwest until you find a lot of synthesizer objects with two small red things next to eachother in the middle of them. Walk between the red things to teleport to a red and blue path. Go north to the next screen and follow the path around to go between another pair of red things to the Hospital World. Go north on the white path to the next screen and go through the grey doorway. Choose the bloodiest path then through the dark doorway. Go northwest and through a tall door with teeth at the top. Go down the ladder into the sewer. Head west to the next screen, then go down and climb the ramp at the bottom so you can head east. Follow the path east down a ramp into the water. Just walk east. At the end of the sewer there will be a big blob thing on the wall; if it is solid bluegreen you need to trigger the random event. Go through the big pipe next to the blob. To the north of you will be either one or two small round grates. If there's one keep going back and forth between the rooms until there is two. When there are two walk up to the bottom one and interact with it to make it spray a bit of water. Now when you go back the blob will be translucent. Walk around in front of the blob and a hole will open up at your feet and you will fall through. At the end of the path to the east here is a door, go through it to a bloody chamber. Try to go through the single door here and Sabitsuki will refuse; try now to walk away and she will die bloodily. When she regains conciousness in the real world, there is blood on her computer. Smile Event Head east in the Crossroads to the Music World and walk southwest until you find a lot of synthesizer objects with two small red things next to eachother in the middle of them. Walk between the red things to teleport to a red and blue path. Go north to the next screen and follow the path around to go between another pair of red things to the Hospital World. Go north on the white path to the next screen and go through the grey doorway. Choose the bloodiest path then through the dark doorway. Go northwest and through a tall door with teeth at the top. Go down the ladder into the sewer. Head west to the next screen, then go down and climb the ramp at the bottom so you can head east. Follow the path east down a ramp into the water. Just walk east. Enter the large tube and head east to the next area. Go south then east as far as you can go then north to the first crosspath and then east past the swollen eye, a bit north then east again and then north (just try to get as far northeast as you can in this area). Interact with the streetlight. Go up the ladder and through the door. You can hit Smile with your iron pipe to see him "smile". Menu Type "flower" Go west in the Crossroads to the Telephone Pole World. Go southeast until you find a block with a door on it. Go down all the stairs then east through the hallway to the next screen. Go through the middle door then the right-hand door to the snowy world. Just northwest of you is a pillar; go inside and interact with the flower. Exit, go south and enter a tunnel. Go down the stairs and through the doorway. Through another doorway and through the doorway covered in vines here. Go through the southeast-most door then through a door here you will find a person wearing a hat surrounded by plants, interact with them to get menu type "flower".