If you’ve been following Yandere Simulator for a long time, you may have noticed the completely indestructible girl that has been standing underneath a cherry tree for over a year now. This girl – Rival-chan – was added to the game so that I could test out one specific feature. She doesn’t have a routine, she doesn’t interact with Senpai, and she doesn’t react to anything that happens in front of her.
She’s also completely indestructible.
Many YouTubers have tried to destroy her, but all of them have failed. This inspired me to create a short humorous skit about the subject!
On the topic of rivals, a lot of people have asked me why Rival-chan doesn’t move, and why I haven’t implemented a true rival yet. I’ll explain why:
First, I need to explain the significance of the rival. Yandere Simulator revolves entirely around the rival; stalking her, gossiping about her, embarrassing her, stealing from her, kidnapping her, framing her, outright killing her – and so on. In terms of game mechanics, the rival is an impending game over; a walking, talking time bomb. The very objective of the game is to eliminate her.
Because the rival is not implemented yet, you cannot “win” the game. Yandere Simulator doesn’t even qualify as a “game” yet, since the main objective can’t even be completed. As soon as I implement the rival, it will actually be possible to complete the main objective. It will be possible to “win”. In other words, Yandere Sim will finally become an actual game.
At this point in time, you can’t really “judge” Yandere Simulator, or determine whether or not it’s “fun”, because it’s not a game yet. As soon as a true rival is added to the game, Yandere Simulator can be fairly judged, and people will finally be able to determine whether or not it’s actually any fun, or worth playing.
At this point in time, you can’t critique Yandere Simulator’s gameplay, because there is none. As soon as the first official rival is added to the game, the gloves come off – it will be time to analyze, criticize, and scrutinize. Before that time comes, I have to make sure that Yandere Simulator’s game design and gameplay are solid.
Besides, I can’t just add a new student to the game, designate her as “the rival” and be done with it. No; a rival needs to be something much more than that:
- The rival needs a very carefully-designed daily routine. Her routine needs to put her in close proximity to Senpai – or numerous witnesses – at nearly all times, so that it is not possible to just run right up to her and stab her and complete the game’s main objective within 60 seconds.
- The rival needs to interact with Senpai. These events will not only demonstrate the two characters’ closeness, but also provide the player with opportunities to sabotage their interactions.
- The rival needs to react to Yandere-chan’s presence in ways that the other NPCs do not. The rival should be able to realize that Yandere-chan is stalking her, and react accordingly.
- Each one of the game’s 10 planned rival girls needs to have a district personality that is demonstrated through unique animations that other NPCs don’t possess.
- The rival needs a “love confession under the cherry tree” cut-scene – and also a “rejected” cut-scene, as well.
In other words, adding a new student with a specific name and hairstyle is simply not good enough.
In short, I’m not going to implement a “true” rival unless she meets all of my standards and fulfills all of the criteria I want her to fulfill. I don’t want to half-ass the rival; the rivals are the focus of the game, and when I implement the first official rival, she needs to make people say “WOW! I finally understand what type of game Yandere Simulator is! I get it now!” and make people even more excited for the final product.
Ten rival girls are planned for Yandere Simulator, so the first rival has to make people say “That was awesome! I want to do that nine more times!”
Yeah, okay, whatever. Where’s the next update?
I’ve been very satisfied with my progress recently! I’m really happy with what I’ve been able to add to the game over the past 11 days. I feel confident that the next build will probably be ready on May 1st. After that, there are really only one or two other elimination methods I can implement without a rival present at school…in other words, I won’t be able to continue adding new elimination methods without adding a rival. So, within the next few months, it will become necessary to add the first official rival in order to continue development! She’s coming soon!
As always, thank you for following the development of Yandere Simulator!
Caaan’t waiit *-*
When the first rival comes out…what will happen to Kokona?
she will be the drama club leader and will become a side rival but the constenpated-dating and all that will go to Osana-Chan
No,Kokona Might Not Be The Drama Club Leader. She might be removed from the game,entirely,and it wasn’t confirmed that Osana Najimi would engaging in compensated dating.
that is not true she will not be the the rivel she is a debug rivel meaning she not a true rivel. YandereDev made it clear that non of the true rivels are in the game. she will also not be a cooking club president ether.
YOU WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!
There are no side rivals. There will be ten weeks with ten rivals.
Pretty sure Kokona will be the same and all 10 other rivals will have their own conflict.
Vocé e Muito Legal Yandere Dev Se Vocé entende Portugues
ele iria apreciar isso.
why don’t u add in the leaders and make them the crush noun. ( the rivels club leaders i am talking about) so that way those rivels are in the game but not conting as rivels
Adding new students is hard.
WHAT THE HECK IS A RIVEL? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY NOUN? WHAT DO YOU MEAN AS CONTING?(Im sorry for caps im just wondering please ignore that)
A rival – how can I put this? Yandere chan loves Senpai and girls who love him are her rival which basically means the main target she needs to eliminate. If she doesn’t eliminate her rival, Yandere chan will be heartbroken but in the future when the snap button works, the promo concept animation could be used (if that ever is his choice) If Yandere – Chan kills all of her rivals before friday, she will be able to confess her love to Senpai.
lol she just misspelled the words
When you will add the option of a girl Senpai ?
That is amazing!!!Keep working YandereDev! ;*
I wonder if the type of elimination that you choose will affect the way you win?
For example, if you resolve your rivals in the peaceful way, Senpai will be able to love you genuinely
But if you kill all the rivals including his own sister, one way or another he’ll understand that something’s wrong and you have to capture him(as it was with Ayano’s mother)
I think YandereDev said if you ill his sister, or if he sees his sister’s corpse, he will be scarred for life, and if he sees enough corpses he will essentially be a vegetable.
a true rival would be another Yandere-chan
ahh yes would they be so crazy in love yet somehow willing to share and kill off all others?
was there an old Tales from the Crypt yanedre twins, they cut the guy in half who was pretending to be a pair of twin brothers who traveled a lot because of the job?
dunno if that would count but having someone actually understand who you are as a yandere, a true friendship may form.
well a planned dlc rival is another yandere girl
I’m excited to see the designs of the rivals and the leaders and the other students! Take your time Yanderedev 🙂
YA NO PUEDO ESPERAR POR LA NUEVA ACTUALIZACION DEL 1 DE MAYO :V
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now all we gotta do is add “Fixed Bug that girl under the tree didn\t die
Wow! The pictures are so cute!
Rival-chan is secretly a Nokia and that’s why you cannot kill her.
Wait is your picture emilia the hero?(or however its spelled emelia i dont care xD)
xD
XD RIVAL_CHAN’S HAIR ON THAT PHONE THING
I am curious about that tanned skin, loose socks girl. I wonder what her name will be..
what girl?
While all those truly applies for rivals, the same has to apply to senpai as the goal also (somewhat). YanDev might not be making 10 senpais but I expect him to give Taro Yamada an actual personality soon. He only shows character when he reacts to a murder. He can stay a mysterious loner but I expect Taro-senpai to actually do SOMETHING other than stand or sit by the fountain during lunchtime. Make him try to pick his nose when he thinks no one is looking or squeeze out a tiny fart. Anything! What made him become a goal to begin with? What exactly makes Ayano-chan so obsessed with Taro other than seeing him in a dream and having a psychopathic mental illness that runs in her blood? What are his interests & hobbies? What makes the rivals fall for him? In an outdated intro, Info-chan says that he’s the type of person who could never turn down a love confession, why is that?
Wait….What….? This CAN’T BE HAPPENING…
HOW CAN’T I KILL HER? ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!
U CANT KILL HER CUZ SHES A BAKA XD