History VideoGame / DandyDungeon

** When you obtain the Panda Yamada outfit, the background has an image that replicates the were-bear transformation screen in ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast'', only it's not a brown bear but black and white [[CaptainObvious like a panda.]]

** At one point Yamada's monk friend asks directly the player to pray with him, in what could be a reference to ''VideoGame/EarthBound'''s final phase.

The game ended service on December 20, 2018, with one last update that removed the online capability, thus making the item shop, several dungeons and features unavailable, but keeping the core game intact as long as it is still available on online stores. A Switch version has also been released on June 25, 2019 and PC version was released on Steam on November 29 of the same year.

''[[http://www.dandydungeon.com/ Dandy Dungeon]] -- Legend of Brave Yamada'' (that is both the name of the game itself and Yamada's own game) is a humorous, self-referential title by [[http://oniongames.jp/ Onion Games]], available for free (read below) for both iOS and Android. At its core, it is a puzzle game masquerading as an old-school RPG, where you still can find tons of weapons, armor and various items. This game grows more complex the more Yamada (and others) work on it, including a crafting system, randomly generating dungeons, an item shop and much more.

The game ended service on December 20, 2018, with one last update that removed the online capability, thus making the item shop, several dungeons and features unavailable, but keeping the core game intact as long as it is still available on online stores. A Switch version has also been released on June 25, 2019.

-->The world's first {{RPG}}[[note]][[FunWithAcronyms Romance Programming Game]][[/note]]

* InTheHood: Every single enemy in the "Mage" class.

* CuteMonsterGirl: Several examples. The most prominent is the boss of Akihabara, the Blood Daughters: a trio of IdolSinger zombies (or vampires) with several magical powers under their poofy sleeves

The add-on sequel, ''Dandy Dungeon II -- The Phantom Bride'', came out on June 29, 2017. This time the setting is modern-day Tokyo: Yamada will board the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamanote_Line Yamanote line]] to reach several dungeons based on Tokyo's stations, in order to get information on Maria-chan's whereabouts. The new enemy is a bunch of bizarre freaks known as "Duperhumans". Also, [[WeirdCrossover collaborations with several big names also appear.]] Nobuo Uematsu, famed composer for ''Final Fantasy'' games, Zun of ''[[Franchise/{{Touhou}} Project Touhou]]'', the Thelonious Monkeys, composers for ''[[VideoGame/MoonRemixRPGAdventure Moon: Remix RPG Adventure's]]'' soundtrack, and Memori Basic'n of ''MSX Basic'n'' fame.

* DiscOneFinalDungeon: [[spoiler:Tokyo. It's the last spot on the Yamanote map before the other members of Dark Solid's Dark Four appear, and you face Yasu one last time.]]

* EliteFour: Dark Solid's Dark Four.

* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: [[spoiler:Dark Solid Tower. It's 12 floors long, Empire Games comes to help you out on certain floors, and there are no missions hampering your progress.]]

-->''Give it your all!''

'''[[http://www.dandydungeon.com/ Dandy Dungeon]] - Legend of Brave Yamada''' (that is both the name of the game itself and Yamada's own game) is a humorous, self-referential title by [[http://oniongames.jp/ Onion Games]], available for free (read below) for both iOS and Android. At its core, it is a puzzle game masquerading as an old-school RPG, where you still can find tons of weapons, armor and various items. This game grows more complex the more Yamada (and others) work on it, including a crafting system, randomly generating dungeons, an item shop and much more.

The add-on sequel, '''Dandy Dungeon II - The Phantom Bride''', came out on June 29, 2017. This time the setting is modern-day Tokyo: Yamada will board the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamanote_Line Yamanote line]] to reach several dungeons based on Tokyo's stations, in order to get information on Maria-chan's whereabouts. The new enemy is a bunch of bizarre freaks known as "Duperhumans". Also, [[WeirdCrossover collaborations with several big names also appear.]] Nobuo Uematsu, famed composer for ''Final Fantasy'' games, Zun of ''[[Franchise/{{Touhou}} Project Touhou]]'', the Thelonious Monkeys, composers for ''[[VideoGame/MoonRemixRPGAdventure Moon: Remix RPG Adventure's]]'' soundtrack, and Memori Basic'n of ''MSX Basic'n'' fame.

The add-on sequel, '''Dandy Dungeon II - The Phantom Bride''', came out on June 29, 2017. This time the setting is modern-day Tokyo: Yamada will board the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamanote_Line Yamanote line]] to reach several dungeons based on Tokyo's stations, in order to get information on Maria-chan's whereabouts. The new enemy is a bunch of bizarre freaks known as "Duperhumans". Also, [[WeirdCrossover collaborations with several big names also appear.]] Nobuo Uematsu, famed composer for ''Final Fantasy'' games, Zun of ''[[Franchise/Touhou Project Touhou]]'', the Thelonious Monkeys, composers for ''[[VideoGame/MoonRemixRPGAdventure Moon: Remix RPG Adventure's]]'' soundtrack, and Memori Basic'n of ''MSX Basic'n'' fame.

The add-on sequel, '''Dandy Dungeon II - The Phantom Bride''', came out on June 29, 2017. This time the setting is modern-day Tokyo: Yamada will board the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamanote_Line Yamanote line]] to reach several dungeons based on Tokyo's stations, in order to get information on Maria-chan's whereabouts. The new enemy is a bunch of bizarre freaks known as "Duperhumans". Also, [[WeirdCrossover collaborations with several big names also appear.]] Nobuo Uematsu, famed composer for ''Final Fantasy'' games, Zun of ''Project Touhou'', the Thelonious Monkeys, composers for ''Moon: Remix RPG Adventure's'' soundtrack, and Memori Basic'n of ''MSX Basic'n'' fame.

* EvilOldFolks: Tataribabaa, of The Four. She is an old woman, and very definitely an evil one, as she kills many of the agents related to the search of Maria, scatters the Yamanote files, and [[spoiler:is the third Dark Solid boss Yamada fights.]]

* [[invoked]] WriteWhoYouKnow: The main idea of the game. Yamada puts everyone he knows as the human characters in his game: his LoveInterest as the DamselInDistress, his programmer neighbor as the exotic merchant, people who wronged him as bosses...

* MakeWayForTheNewVillain: Dark Solid Games are ''leagues'' above Empire Games in the "evil" department, even absorbing them after the end of the first game [[spoiler:and getting the mastermind behind the first game, Yasu, as one of their EliteFour.]]

* DiscOneFinalDungeon: [[spoiler:Tokyo. It's the last spot on the Yamanote map before the other members of Dark Solid's Four appear, and you face Yasu one last time.]]

* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: [[spoiler:Dark Solid Tower. It's incredibly long, Empire Games comes to help you out on certain floors, and there are no missions hampering you.]]

* SequelDifficultySpike: The new stages, on top of the usual gameplay, have conditions that need to be fulfilled to complete them, or else Yamada will face an immediate Game Over.

The add-on sequel, '''Dandy Dungeon II - The Phantom Bride''', came out on June 29, 2017. This time the setting is modern-day Tokyo: Yamada will board the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamanote_Line Yamanote line]] to reach several dungeons based on Tokyo's stations, in order to get information on Maria-chan's whereabouts. The new enemy is a bunch of bizarre freaks known as "Duperhumans". Also, [[WeirdCrossover collaborations with several big names also appear.]] Nobuo Uematsu, famed composer for ''Final Fantasy'' games, Zun of ''Project Touhou'', the Thelonious Monkeys, composers for ''Moon: Remix RPG Adventure's'' soundtrack, and Basic'n Memoris of ''Famitsu'' fame.

The add-on sequel, '''Dandy Dungeon II - The Phantom Bride''', came out on June 29, 2017. This time the setting is modern-day Tokyo: Yamada will board the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamanote_Line Yamanote line]] to reach several dungeons based on Tokyo's stations, in order to get information on Maria-chan's whereabouts. The new enemy is a bunch of bizarre freaks known as "Duperhumans".

The game ended service on December 20, 2018, with one last update that removed the online capability, thus making the item shop, several dungeons and features unavailable, but keeping the core game intact as long as it is still available on online stores.

** The "Tycoon Yamada" costume makes him look like UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump.

* CuteMonsterGirl: Several examples; the most prominent is the boss of Akihabara, a trio of undead IdolSinger zombies (or vampires) with several magical powers under their poofy sleeves

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: [[Creator/NobuoUematsu Nobiyo Uematsu]]. He comes to Yamada's apartment to chastise him for plagiarizing his music in the "Dandy Dungeon" game, and then Yamada puts him in the game as a space-themed boss, with thinly-veiled ''Final Fantasy'' references.

** [[spoiler:The end sequence is identical to ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins''' intro sequence. Yamada and Maria are together at night in a grassy plain, and Yamada even has only his boxers on, just like Sir Arthur. Maria gets kidnapped by a flying monster and brought to an evil castle.]]

** Principal Gobhachi from the "Heck Yeah High School" dungeon is probably a goblin parody of Principal Edajima Heihachi from ''Manga/SakigakeOtokojuku''.
** A non-game reference is the Barrier scroll that conjures an octagonal barrier very similar to the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion AT Field]].

* AllegedlyFreeGame: A much better example than most. There are no ads and among the in-app purchases there's an item (the duck) that, when bought, basically gives unlimited energy to retry the game dungeons whenever you want.

* HarderThanHard: Every dungeon has a sign before the entrance that says if it's Easy, Normal or Hard. The one before Golden Pyramid, however, just says "Scream".