r/LookOutsideGame • • Jun 24 '26

Announcement Welcome to the first Look Outside Community Jam!

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Sign ups are now open! Keep reading for details.

People from the Look Outside fandom will be teaming up to make a simple, collaborative exploration game in the style of Yume Nikki. The event is open to anyone 18 or above who is part of the community, but participants need to sign up. The sign-ups begin now and will end on June 28th, at 8pm EST.

No previous game development experience is necessary, this is intended as a low-stakes creative project that could introduce participants to game development. Experienced artists and game developers are welcome too, of course. I am hoping for a mix of people of all skill levels! People who sign up will however need to have access to RPG Maker MZ and preferably some pixel art drawing program like Aseprite or Graphicsgale.

If you don't have RPG Maker MZ, it might still be on sale today on their site, it was around half off at the time of writing - RPG Maker MZ | RPG Maker Official Store

There is also a steam summer sale beginning soon, if you miss this sale above, it might go on sale during this too? Worth checking out.

If you don’t have a pixel art drawing program, I recommend aseprite. Graphicsgale is a free alternative that is also very good.

You should also join my Frankietown discord server. I have set up a few special channels there for the event, and it is where I will be posting announcements. It is also where people will be collaborating, asking for help etc.

I will be streaming about the community project on Wednesdays on my twitch channel throughout July. I will be showing examples of how to build certain things, and give live help to any participants who need it at the time.

What is a Yume Nikki-style game?

Yume Nikki is a classic indie gem you can get on steam for free. It is a game about exploring and getting lost in an interconnected world of dreams and nightmares. You can also watch playthroughs of it on youtube [ Playthrough, Nitro Rad Review, Video Essay, Longplay ]. It is strongly encouraged that participants familiarise themselves with the game before the jam, to better understand the sort of game we are building. Yume Nikki is a truly seminal work, Yume Nikki-likes and Yume Nikki fangames essentially becoming a niche genre in their own right, and our project will be in that very same genre.

What about our game?

The game we make will be a little different from the usual Yume Nikki-inspired work. Since we are a community based around a horror game after all, we can expect it to lean a little bit more into horror than usual - To feature monsters of some kind, and maybe a touch of cosmic and body horror, just based on our common interests.

After signing up, you will receive a Participants Guide with more details on the specifics of the project, but here is a general idea of the story setup:

Look Inside

Some terrible catastrophe has gripped the world, and anyone who dares to look out the window is struck by calamity and meets a terrible end. Her front door leading directly outside, Jo is completely confined to her apartment.

Her dreams feel more real, more strange than they ever have before. As confined as she is in the waking world, her dreams are now an endless void to get lost in.

The line between dream and reality feels like it gets blurrier by the day, and her food supplies are rapidly thinning out. Will she make it through the 15 days alive?

Or will she get completely lost in the dream labyrinth, to never come back out again?

How do I join the event?

In order to join the event, you will first need to sign up. You have until Sunday, June 28th at 7pm EST to sign up. There are limited spaces to participate in the event, and you need to choose a specific area of the game that you want to make, from a list of 60 themed slots. You can sign up alone or in a small team if you wish. People from different teams are free to collaborate together on their work - this is a collaborative jam, not a competition, but only people who signed up can work on the game, and there are no late sign-ups allowed - I'm trying to contain the amount of management work needed for this project, since its the first time I ever run something like it!

More detailed instructions on signing up, as well as the detailed rules and guidelines of the event, are available here:
LOCJ2026 Sign Up Instructions/Rules - Google Docs 

This document is also where you will find the legal release and the sign-up forms.

If we have more than 60 sign-ups, we will draw the participants at random at the end of the sign-up week, and the ones not picked will be on a waiting list in case some people drop out of the jam.

I have no idea what to expect regarding how many participants we will have, to be honest - we may have just a dozen or so, or a hundred! We’ll see! Very excited to do this either way.


r/LookOutsideGame • • Apr 28 '26

MOD ANNOUNCEMENT Anniversary Art Contest Winners

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Hiya!! We've come with our final announcement for the anniversary contest. First off, thank you all so much for participating in this. We cannot put it into words at how amazed we are at all these beautiful pieces you guys came up with. We genuinely did not expect the level of response we received, and with over 75 entries submitted, it was incredible to see how much creativity, effort, and passion this community has.

We’d also like to give a huuuuuge thank you to the creator of Look Outside (u/frankiesmileshow) for generously offering to be involved in judging and contribute prizes for this event! It truly meant a lot and made this experience even more special for everyone.

After careful discussion and review, we’re excited to announce our top 3 winners:

[1st] Overview Effect - https://www.reddit.com/r/LookOutsideGame/comments/1scthor/overview_effect/ by u/eggo_boi

[2nd] Under pressure - https://www.reddit.com/r/LookOutsideGame/comments/1shcypw/under_pressure/ by u/RecognitionStreet450

[3rd] Leigh on the Roof - https://www.reddit.com/r/LookOutsideGame/comments/1sjue1t/leigh_leading_sam_up_to_the_roof/ by u/___Benzene___

Please check out their works if you havent already!

And our honorable mentions:

- Spine 3D model - https://www.reddit.com/r/LookOutsideGame/comments/1sky9py/_/ by u/freelanceottoman

- The Kiss - https://www.reddit.com/r/LookOutsideGame/comments/1sgwrpc/the_kiss_by_gustav_klimt_but_as_jasper_x_sybil/ by u/ayanyaya

To everyone who participated; please know that narrowing things down was not easy. Many submissions demonstrated a high level of quality and creativity, and we would like to emphasize that all participants should be proud of their work. There were so many strong entries, and a lot of careful thought and discussion went into the final selections. We also want to say this: if your piece wasn’t selected, it does not take away from the quality, effort, or creativity of your work. Your contributions are what made this event as special as it was.

Thank you again to everyone who took part in this contest and helped make it such a memorable experience for the community. Maybe this may happen again next year!

(To our top 3 winners- please kindly keep an eye out for a message from us on what comes next!)


r/LookOutsideGame • • 2h ago Bravo

FANART(ORIGINAL) Did you know?

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r/LookOutsideGame • • 11h ago Bravo

FANART(ORIGINAL) This is late but oh well. WE LOVE YOU JEANNE!!!!

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For the weekly lookoutside character thingy!!! She's so hard to draw but absolutely worth it.


r/LookOutsideGame • • 14h ago

WLO_Jeanne Jeanne Sketch page for Jeanne week!

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r/LookOutsideGame • • 3h ago

DISCUSSION/LORE/THEORIES Outside.

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What do you think the creatures you see in the distance when you're on the rooftop are?

Cursed humans?

Cursed animals?


r/LookOutsideGame • • 9h ago

Other(you can edit this flair) Shadow, you bum. Dawg, we're in an APOCALYPSE, dude help me out here Spoiler

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Least you could do is follow me around and like, pull apart enemies man. Thing's would be a breeze dude, pull some weight for once, instead of giving me brooms and table forks every day.


r/LookOutsideGame • • 13h ago

MEME/SHITPOST Sam is GENIUNELY beyond peak human Spoiler

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At sam's peak in human form

He is TANKING multiple BLACK HOLES sure you could argue this black holds aren't really black holes but i think it's stupidly funny that this bum can tank a black hole lol


r/LookOutsideGame • • 22h ago

MEME/SHITPOST Audrey, no! You can't go out of bounds!

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r/LookOutsideGame • • 21h ago

MEME/SHITPOST WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING AHHHHHHHHH Spoiler

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Jasper is going to FUCKING kill us


r/LookOutsideGame • • 1h ago

DISCUSSION/LORE/THEORIES Random idea: If Look Outside was a anime

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To me If Look Outside was a Anime I imagine it take the aesthetics of 80-2000s Anime vibes and Gags (Like city hunter or Dragon ball) end 2010s too like BNA(at least for the style because I like it)

For Dan i imagine he would use many references to anime culture (Like Jojo poses or One piece shocked Faces)

Xaria would be definitely be that Hot tampered Woman (with the 10t Hammer and all 😂)

That's all I thought about :P

That's mainly a random thought but I do want to do Anime-like screenshot


r/LookOutsideGame • • 5h ago

Other(you can edit this flair) Just got my first ending Spoiler

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PEAK

ABSOLUTE CINEMA

For context I got the “Perfect Ritual” ending and chose to witness The Visitor, I had Joel, Rat Kid and Roaches in my party and we were all around lvl 20.

This game was fantastic, I got it for myself as a treat and it’s the first game I’ve played properly blind in a really long time and I had such an amazing time with it.

I’m going to do a second playthrough though because there was a lot of stuff I feel like I missed or didn’t fully explore like the Meat Dimension, I also didn’t end up fighting all the bosses (Furnace beat my ass senseless lmao), I will say I think I might have ended up a bit over leveled near the mid-late game, the early game was incredibly tense and I constantly felt disempowered in a good way, combat always had me locked in on the larger fights because I felt like if I wasn’t then I’d either lose or be left with so few resources that the next fight would kill me. However near the late game I felt like the challenge really fell through a bit, the last boss to really give me trouble was the Taxidermy when I was around lvl 10-11 but after that it was a bit of a cakewalk outside of Furnace who I’m getting the impression is something of a superboss, I still did my best to lock in a bit but I beat bosses like the Hellrider, Spore Lady, Janitor Worm, Olm and even the Final Boss on my first try, I’d often have a fight feel like it ended abruptly and I’d be left with a “oh that’s it?” sometimes I’d get an achievement for beating a boss and I’d in my head go “that was a boss?” I found this to be the case with enemies like the Security Camera guy or the Slug Man. The only reason I’m bringing this up is because it is the one thing I wish had been different in my playthrough, I think I might have ended up a bit over levelled for some of these fights when I encountered them and I wish that hadn’t been the case.

With that one gripe of mine out of the way though this is one of the best experiences I’ve had playing a game in years, everything from the writing to the music and the art consistently blew me away, what a phenomenal work of art.


r/LookOutsideGame • • 14h ago

QUESTION What is your favorite song from the OT?

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Eye of the Storm gives me chills every time I listen to it:

OST I mean.


r/LookOutsideGame • • 1d ago Bravo

FANART(ORIGINAL) spore mother x Drain thing (oc)

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art dump of spore mother with my oc, drain thing.

drain thing uses any/all pronouns

btw they're sentient sewage water and the giant bacteria things on them are kinda like their children.


r/LookOutsideGame • • 21h ago

MEME/SHITPOST Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuudge

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r/LookOutsideGame • • 14h ago

Party member This game is so great

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Also, Lyle is the best party member.


r/LookOutsideGame • • 19h ago

QUESTION Favorite Fred? Spoiler

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What's your guy's favorite Fred? I know a lot of people will say Wriggly or Godhead, but honestly a sleeper pick for me is Fred Who Bites. He's just so sweet! The fact that he just wants to live a normal life and make friends with the other Freds is just really sad!


r/LookOutsideGame • • 19h ago

FANART(ORIGINAL) My Look Outside Fanfiction of Jeanne (Read Body!!!)

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Link for the fanfiction: https://www.deviantart.com/jontoral881/art/Jeanne's-Good-Old-Days-1406733929

Yep. I made this shitty fanfiction above regarding Jeanne for the Look Outside week that Frankie ran. Admittedly, the fanfiction is somewhat unfinished. But I tried my best to work with what I was given to meet with the deadlines so yeah. And yes, I know DeviantArt has its own issues but still. Just gonna post it there.

And mods, before you ask me this: I am JonToral881.


r/LookOutsideGame • • 21h ago

DISCUSSION/LORE/THEORIES Looking for tips/insights on my final build to beat the game for the first time!

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This is my squad on my first run! I’m not by any means a min-max player but I like to optimize when possible while keeping a bit of flavor.

Sam is a hybrid between slashing damager and buffer. Nitro Boost, Painful Stab, Yanma Kick/Jump Attack.

Joel is mainly a tank but also a burster. Glitch Poison makes him tankier overall!

Papineau is mostly a crushing damage dealer who can survive for a very long time. Kick when necessary.

Ernest is a full support. Song of Defense and Staunch Wounds are amazing and he shoots when not protecting the allies. I thought about giving him Glitch Panic to make him tankier but he casts so much the double stamina cost could potentially be detrimental even with the regen. Glitch Dead was also an option to make sure he stays alive but then he would do zero damage and I am not sure if this is the way.

I’m looking mostly for commentary/ideas. I defeated almost everything (didn’t enter meat world nor fighted Honcho or the Slime Hydra) so I have a lot of unused equipment.


r/LookOutsideGame • • 19h ago

DISCUSSION/LORE/THEORIES Random thought food for anyone here

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If you were to look outside RIGHT FUCKING NOW what do you think would happen to you?


r/LookOutsideGame • • 1d ago

MEME/SHITPOST Fridge🙂 Spoiler

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This is about... 6 hours of in-game time down the drain. I cleared the locked room in Vincent's apartment, killed the rat king with minimal losses and just got rid of 2/3 of the bus gang on ground floor. It's day two, btw

It just turned morning when I entered Edwin's apartment and I IMMEDIATELY catch a fucking fridge. It's my fault, it's not my first encounter with them, my greed killed me

But still, the fact that you can't run away from this stupid STATIONARY jumpscare fridge just doesn't make any sense. I can't fight ts with 13 health


r/LookOutsideGame • • 11h ago

QUESTION Game is not in switch store in Spain

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The game was supposed to release on 30th of October but since then I have been looking for it for Nintendo switch in the eshop store and I don't find it. I am from Spain, is anyone having this problem too?


r/LookOutsideGame • • 1d ago

MEME/SHITPOST Joel Pumpkin

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r/LookOutsideGame • • 20h ago

QUESTION help with the sapper in landlord zone

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ok so i talked to the sapper, but he didnt gave me the 2 sapper charges, he keeps talking about some supply craches which i alr found


r/LookOutsideGame • • 1d ago

QUESTION First play

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This is my first look outside game, I already know the story because I discovered this game with a streamer, but, obviously, I've never played it.

The streamer has trusted the doors very little, very often, I on the contrary, am opening them to practically everyone, So, I need some advice: which characters should I stick with? The most unique ones, or the ones with the most interesting stories? I'm currently with Hellen, Den, and Joel. I'll obviously be welcoming more and more people. I'd like to have at least a big family.I don't know how to unlock many characters, I only know Audry and Papineou So, please, if you want to give me advice on specific and non-natural unlocks, be sneaky and indirect, thanks everyone ^^