The Looking Glass

The Looking Glass
	; Title screen of ver.0.05
Release
Latest Version	ver.0.05
Creator	Bleet (Blt)
Language	English
Engine	RPG Maker 2003
Release Date	January 21, 2011
Details
Protagonist	Irene
Nexus Doors	8
Effects	14
Endings	0

Game	Walkthrough	Gallery	Theories

Overview

The Looking Glass is a Yume Nikki fangame by Bleet/blt (who also made Fleshchild, the huntress of the hollow and Jasei no In:The Serpent's Lust). It stars a girl named Irene as she explores the newly-opened world behind her mirror.

Like Me and Hell Diary, The Looking Glass features spoken dialogue and flavortext when interacting with objects and characters. The game also features light adventure elements, such as simple puzzles and increased interactivity in the normal world. Unlike most protagonists Irene is also capable of leaving her room, and begins the game in her classroom at her school.

According to the Bleet's blog, a remake of this game is currently in progress. In the remake all of the characters will have new talking and regular sprites. Faceless will be named James Falt and his eyes will be hazel (source).

Gameplay Mechanics

In The Looking Glass, players follow the traditional Yume Nikki fangame exploration scheme. However, in some parts of the game, Irene will make quips when examining items, or cutscenes will play out where the characters are speaking. During these sections, their portraits appear, and they have a variety of expressions. There are no endings in the game yet.

There is a small amount of adventure gameplay in The Looking Glass, in the form of effects required to solve minor problems or puzzles.

Effects

Here are the variety of effects in this game, listed below:

Name	Image	Description
Crowbar		Weapon effect, lets you kill other characters. NPCs will run away from her when this effect is equipped. After killing one character, Irene has blood stains on her until she changes to a different effect.
Flashlight		Irene holds a flashlight. Pressing SHIFT makes the flashlight illuminate darkened areas.
Roller Skates		Irene rides a pair of simple roller skates which speed her up.
Glowstick		Turns Irene into a neon glowstick. Pressing SHIFT causes her to change colors and make the screen flash in different colors. Colors order: light yellow, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, red and pink, then back to yellow.
Spectrum		Irene becomes colorful. Pressing Shift makes colorful dots appear on the screen for a few seconds.
White Queen		Turns Irene into a slow-moving chess piece. The pieces blocking the path to the airship in Chess World will move aside for her.
Octopus		Turns Irene into an octo-girl. Used to walk on water.
Yeti		Irene becomes a yeti. Snow falls while this effect is equipped.
Cybot		A cosmetic effect, turns Irene into a machine girl.
Long Hair		Gives Irene long hair, much like the Long Hair effect from Yume Nikki. Pressing SHIFT makes her sit down.
Witch		Turns Irene into a witch. Pressing SHIFT returns her to the Nexus.
Kinoko		Mushrooms grow from Irene's head. Pressing SHIFT makes Irene scratch at the mushrooms.
Alice		A cosmetic effect, only current way to obtain it is from the debug room.
Bicycle		Irene rides a bicycle. It speeds Irene up like the Roller Skates effect. You can buy more colors for the bicycle - 100$ for each color. After getting at least one color you can toggle them with Shift. Colors order: teal (default), blue, purple, red, green, yellow, orange and pink, then it starts over from teal.

Characters

Name	Image	Description
Irene		Irene is the protagonist of is game. Up until the events of the game she lived a pretty normal life, that was until she discovered that she could enter another world through the mirror in her room.
Ms. Mason		Irene's homeroom teacher, she is the first character you see in the game. She gives an impression of a strict, but solicitous teacher, as she seems to show much concern for Irene's health.
Lisa		The school nurse, when she is away from her office, you can read the notes she has on Irene.
McKaylie		An outgoing tomboy who seems to get along with Irene. She is one of Irene's classmates who is not very good at science classes.
Theresa Winchester		One of Irene's classmates, doesn't appear to get on perfectly well with Irene. She appears to not get along with Melanie either.
Melanie		A rather quiet and timid girl who is one of Irene's classmates, she seems to get along okay with Irene but not so well with Theresa.
Anne		One of Irene's classmates, appears to be a good friend of hers and has a peppy attitude.
Vincent		A boy in Irene's class who seems to be concerned for her. Irene possibly has a crush on him.
Matt		One of Irene's classmates, who is pretty laid back.
John		Another classmate of hers, seems to be quite a nice guy.
Simon		A frank guy in Irene's class.
Faceless		A person from the apartment area in the mirror world who works in the bookstore. He seems to know Irene's name even though she never introduced herself nor mentioned her name in any other way to him.
Adam Sunderland		Aka Mr. Sunderland, a male type of Shade NPC, usually refers to Irene as "Elise". According to the landlord's computer logs, Mr. Sunderland has a fascination for the occult and a strong stomach.
Elise Bennet		A girl from the apartment area in the mirror world who has the same surname as Irene and is very much like her in general. Mr. Sunderland even called Irene "Elise". She loves books and tends to disappear sometimes.
Shadow Girl		A female type of Shade NPC's which vary in names, moods and occupations. These NPC's can also be half-transparent and non interactable.
Shadow Boy		Aka Bike Clerk etc. A male type of Shade NPC's which vary in names, moods and occupations. These NPC's can also be half-transparent and non interactable.