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{{infobox video game series
| title = Yumeko’s Castle
| image = 
| caption = 
| platforms = {{plainlist|
* [[Wikipedia:Personal computer|PC]]
* Setako Fold2
* [[Setako Fold3 (Pacifica)|Setako Fold3]]
}}
| developer = Seikokashi Software
| publisher = 
| genre = [[Wikipedia:Dungeon crawl|Dungeon crawler]] [[Wikipedia:Role-playing video game|RPG]]
| creator = 
| first release version = ''Yumeko’s Castle''
| first release date = {{start date|2011|11|4}}
| latest release version = ''Yumeko’s Castle VI: The Garden of Ice''
| latest release date = {{start date|2022|4|18}}
}}

'''Yumeko’s Castle''' (Pelinese: '''夢子の城''', ''Yumeko no Shiro'') is a series of Pelinese [[Wikipedia:Dungeon crawl|dungeon crawler]] [[Wikipedia:Role-playing video game|role-playing video games]] developed by Seikokashi Software for the [[Wikipedia:Personal computer|PC]], Setako ''Fold2'', and [[Setako Fold3 (Pacifica)|''Fold3'']] platforms. Its first game was released as a launch title of the ''Fold2'' handheld console in 2011 to positive reviews, and it has since added five more main series titles and a single spin-off. The series is credited with popularizing the dungeon crawler RPG genre in the Pelinese handheld market after modest commercial successes by spiritual predecessors like ''Super Dungeon Quest'' on the original ''Fold''.

Development work on the original ''Yumeko’s Castle'' game commenced in 2009 after Seikokashi Software was granted early access to the [[Wikipedia:Software development kit|software development kit]] for the then-in-development ''Fold2'' console. The dungeon crawler format, then popular in Pelinai only on PC, was selected early in development due to the modest but promising successes of similar games developed for the original ''Fold'' by both Seikokashi and other developers; game director Akira Ribaki stated in an interview with Hoshikara in 2019 that the development team hoped to better harmonize the genre and portable console platform than predecessors did by making ''Yumeko’s Castle'' more friendly to the usage patterns of handheld systems, particularly by streamlining gameplay and allowing for faster start/stop cycles than preceding titles for PC and the ''Fold''. Another major design goal was to maintain the feasibility of completing a single dungeon run in the game within a timeframe of three to eight minutes.

The ''Yumeko’s Castle'' games are moderately successful in Pelinai. Total sales of all titles in the series number at approximately 2.9 million copies in all regions, with the majority of sales being in the Pelinese domestic market.

==Common elements==
===Gameplay===
The ''Yumeko’s Castle'' series is based on a combination of a dungeon traversal mode and a turn-based RPG combat mode: the primary story goal of each game is to reach the end of the dungeon, which is accomplished by exploring dungeon floors, gaining items and character levels from chests and combat encounters, and reaching deeper floors by defeating minibosses and floor bosses. Side content such as quests, optional bosses, and special floors is also typically included, as well as a post-game sequence featuring new floors and one or more challenge bosses.

Players traverse dungeons in ''Yumeko’s Castle'' with a party of adventurers, which are created by the player and allow for the customization of name, appearance, and character class during character creation. Characters start with a base class that affords them a set of equipment proficiencies as well as a list of active and passive abilities that are activated and enhanced by allocating skill points to them; level ups are attained by winning combat encounters or completing quests, and give both an additional skill point and increases to abilities governing various character stats. Stats are also increased by giving characters equipment, which is obtained from dungeon chests or by purchasing it from the town shop.

The dungeons in ''Yumeko’s Castle'' games are traversed as a grid from a first-person perspective: players move to one tile at a time, rotate the camera to look around, and interact with various dungeon features. Loot chests, one-time events, locked doors, special floor tiles, stairs to upper or lower floors, and other objects are interspersed throughout the dungeon and may be interacted with by the player. Each grouping of five floors in a dungeon has a distinct visual theme and music, while the selection of monsters that may be encountered varies by individual floor or floor section; the beginning of each floor group also contains a fast travel point that allows saving and quick movement to or from town and different levels of the dungeon. Each movement of one tile in the dungeon by the player adds a random value to the random encounter ticker, which begins a random encounter with one or more monsters when it reaches its cap.

Combat encounters between player characters and monsters are resolved using turn-based RPG combat traditional to most Pelinese RPG titles. Monsters and adventurers are both afforded two rows of three slots each, consisting of a front row and a back row: characters in front rows take full damage from attacks and are able to utilize melee attacks, while characters in back rows take less damage but are restricted to casting and ranged attacks only. Both parties select the moves to be performed by their controlled characters before a turn begins, after which each character will perform its assigned action in an order determined by a combination of their base speed modifier and the speed modifier of their chosen action.

===Setting===
The specific town and dungeon that each ''Yumeko’s Castle'' game takes place in varies by entry. 

==Games==
===Main series===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rowspan="2" style="background: #dddddd" | Name
! Colspan="3" style="background: #dddddd" | Date of first release
|-
! Pelinai
! SPE (Bailtem/Bareland)
! SPW (Cordilia/Crabry)
|-
! Colspan="4" style="background: #ff1493" |
|-
!width="250px" style="background: #dddddd" | ''Yumeko’s Castle''
!width="25%" | November 4, 2011
!width="25%" | July 8, 2014
!width="25%" | August 17, 2014
|-
| Colspan="4" style="text-align: left; text-align top; background: #ffffff;" | ''Yumeko’s Castle'' is the first game in the series, with a 2011 release in Pelinai and worldwide releases in the SPE and SPW regions in 2014. It was developed as a launch title for the Setako Fold2 handheld console and a complement to Seikokashi’s home console-based ''Hyper-Radiance'' series.<br>'''Notes:''' {{bulleted list
| Initially released in Pelinese languages only. Versions for the wider SPE region added support for Myriac, Ezervulgish, Sedunnic, Hinomoto, Castonish, Austral, and Alman, while the SPW version included translations in Alman, Austral, Hinomoto, and Karnetvorian.
}}
|-
!width="250px" style="background: #dddddd" | ''Yumeko’s Castle II: Hedges and Hobgoblins''
!width="25%" | April 18, 2013
!width="25%" | February 6, 2015
!width="25%" | February 13, 2015
|-
| Colspan="4" style="text-align: left; text-align top; background: #ffffff;" | ''Yumeko’s Castle II'' released slightly less than two years after the first title, and affirmed the broad gameplay and mechanical pattern of the series. The core game is largely an incremental iteration on the original ''Yumeko’s Castle'' in terms of graphics, basic gameplay loops, and other elements, but implements several major changes to character classes and skill progression while also adding a prestige class system.<br>'''Notes:''' {{bulleted list
| Initially released in Pelinese languages only. Versions for the wider SPE region added support for Myriac, Ezervulgish, Sedunnic, Hinomoto, Castonish, Austral, and Alman, while the SPW version included translations in Alman, Austral, Hinomoto, and Karnetvorian.
}}
|-
!width="250px" style="background: #dddddd" | ''Yumeko’s Castle III: Halls in the Deep''
!width="25%" | June 11, 2015
!width="25%" | January 19, 2016
!width="25%" | February 3, 2016
|-
| Colspan="4" style="text-align: left; text-align top; background: #ffffff;" | ''Yumeko’s Castle III'' retained the standard gameplay pattern of the previous two entries, but replaced all character classes from the previous two games with refreshed versions and extended the size of dungeon floors. It was also the first series entry to use basic 3D models for monsters during combat and to include a full post-game section.<br>'''Notes:''' {{bulleted list
| Initially released in Pelinese languages only. Versions for the wider SPE region added support for Myriac, Ezervulgish, Sedunnic, Hinomoto, Castonish, Austral, and Alman, while the SPW version included translations in Alman, Austral, Hinomoto, and Karnetvorian.
}}
|-
|}
===Remakes===

==See also==
{{plainlist|
* [[Video games in Pelinai (Pacifica)|Video games in Pelinai]]
}}

[[Category:Pelinai (Pacifica)]]