This week’s #WeeklyGameMusic, to be honest, leaves me more baffled than I can ever describe. Here’s Mamazon‘s theme, composed by Hirofumi Taniguchi from the very meta mobile game, Dandy Dungeon: Legend of Brave Yamada. And yes, for those listening to it now, I, too, have no idea what’s going on. But it sure sounds special!
True to the Onion Games brand, Dandy Dungeon is a bizarre and at moments, creepy game featuring a 30-something programmer developing a game in only his underwear. In a prior life of just-yesterday, Yamada skipped over going to work to instead delve into his own pet project just a bit longer. The very next day, he’s fired. He takes his self-fulfilling prophecy newfound freedom to go right on ahead to finish his dungeon crawler game, and asks you, the player, to beta test it.
Dandy Dungeon is a rogue-like, touch-based RPG where the player traces a path for the hero (who else?), Yamada, to defeat monsters, collect treasure, and exit the floor. While the gameplay itself is nothing to write home about, it’s the bizarre nature of real life and fantasy slowly blending into each other that defines this game’s quirkiness. For example, the “princess” virtual Yamada is rescuing in-game is none other than Yamada prime’s next door neighbor. The great evil boss is none other than the same manager who fired Yamada prime. And despite the virtual game’s fantasy, the very-final-dungeon looks eerily similar to Yamada’s old office.
Dandy Dungeon: Legend of Brave Yamada was originally released for iOS. It’s now available for Nintendo Switch, PC, and Mac via Steam.
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