I’ve got a new build with some bug fixes and some new content! Scroll down below this chilling illustration by TheJennyPill to read a list of everything that is new in this build.
- Attempted to fix bug that would cause black lines to come out of Yandere-chan’s head at school, depending on what hairstyle she was using.
- Fixed bug that would cause any kidnapped mind-broken student brought to school to spawn as a flaming Musume-chan.
- Attempted to fix bug that would cause a mind-slave to return to normal after being splashed with liquid.
- Optimized some code on Yandere-chan and female students in an attempt to improve the framerate a little.
- Reduced the game’s file size by about 60 megabytes by compressing certain needlessly-large files.
- Added a placeholder sound effect for the katana.
- Added three new accessories for Yandere-chan.
- Added three new hairstyles for Senpai-kun.
- Added two new hairstyles for Yandere-chan.
- Added a new weapon to the game – an axe.
Additional Thoughts Regarding Yesterday’s Proposal
Yesterday, I proposed the idea of a grid-based inventory system that is presented to the player as the protagonist opening up her skirt to expose weapons and items hidden inside of her skirt – and also expose her panties. I was not certain whether or not this kind of presentation would be considered distasteful, so I decided to poll the fanbase about it. Here are the results of that poll:
About half of the fanbase would be fine with the skirt concept if the panties were tastefully covered up. About a third of the fanbase thinks that the skirt concept is a bad idea. About a fifth of the fanbase is perfectly okay with the skirt concept.
I’ve been reading all of the feedback that people have been sharing regarding this feature. After thinking about it all day long, I’ve developed a rather firm opinion about the subject…
At this point in time, it’s probably not too presumptuous to say that Yandere Simulator has gotten a lot of attention. But, why? What caused so many people to notice Yandere Simulator? I’ll tell you what causes a game to not be noticed: being bland, and being safe.
A “bland” game is a game that doesn’t do anything unique to set it apart from other video games. A “safe” game is a game that avoids doing anything that might offend or alienate anyone.
An example of a bland game would be “You are a soldier, and you must shoot other soldiers.” An example of a weird game would be “You are a Japanese high school student, and you must murder other high school students.” An example of a safe inventory system would be “a grid inside of a backpack”. An example of a risky inventory system would be “a grid inside of a girl’s skirt.”
When you try to play it safe – when you try to avoid offending people – when you avoid taking risks – you wind up with something flavorless, colorless, odorless…something bland. Yandere Simulator would never have gotten anywhere near the amount of attention it has currently received if I always went with the least-risky, least-weird, least-offensive options. Instead, my game design philosophy has basically been to always do risky, weird, and even offensive things.
If I had allowed you to vote on whether or not I should include panty shots – or bullying – or suicide – or torture – or the implication of domestic abuse – I wonder if those features would have been rejected? Instead of staying away from weird and risky material, I implemented everything that seemed appropriate for a psychopath to do, regardless of how “offensive” it might be. As a result, Yandere Simulator’s unique identity – and popularity – come from the fact that it has a bunch of weird, risky, borderline-offensive things in it.
Yandere Simulator’s popularity is due to the fact that it doesn’t do the “sensible” thing for a video game to do; it doesn’t do the “normal” thing for a video game to do. Boost your stats by wearing different panties! Become seductive by reading erotic manga! Take off your clothing in the locker room and run around naked! If Yandere Simulator didn’t have features like this, it would be bland, and that means it would be boring.
You’re not interested in Yandere Simulator because it’s a bland, boring, inoffensive, derivative, safe game. You’re interested in Yandere Simulator because – in most ways – it’s unlike other games out there. Am I right? And it’s unlike other games out there because, instead of doing normal things – like putting an inventory in a backpack – I do weird things – like putting an inventory in a girl’s skirt.
Here’s what I’m getting at: Yandere Simulator isn’t the type of game that would have a bland, boring, uninspired inventory system that looks like it could be found in any other game. Yandere Sim is the type of game that would have a unique inventory system you’d never find anywhere else; an inventory system that, yeah, might offend or alienate someone, but that’s exactly what gives the game its personality.
If you haven’t figure it out yet, I’m strongly advocating for the skirt-based inventory system that I proposed yesterday. It’s the sort of game design decision that only an insane person would make – and that’s exactly what got Yandere Simulator this far in the first place. As you can tell by scrolling up and looking at TheJennyPill’s artwork at the top of this blog post, Yandere Simulator really isn’t a soft, fluffy, family-friendly game in the first place.
With that said, I can’t deny the fact that 33% the game’s fanbase rejects the concept. So, I’d like to make a compromise:
Within the game’s Settings menu, I’ll give you the option to display the protagonist as a silhouette on the inventory screen:
This way, anyone who thinks it’s distasteful won’t ever have to see it. I’ll also give the player the option of censoring panties, increasing the size of the steam clouds around nude girls, etc. I’ll let the player customize their experience so that they don’t have to experience the horror of seeing something offensive.
With this new information in mind, please vote on this poll to let me know how you feel about the idea:
EDIT: Here is a screenshot of the results of the poll on June 24th 2016:
YandereDev, YandereDev! Wouldn’t it be weird if Yandere-chan was constantly opening up her skirt everywhere?
Midori, you baka! Obviously, Yandere-chan wouldn’t actually be opening up her skirt in reality. The inventory view would be for the player only.
But, YandereDev, YandereDev! What happens when Yandere-chan is wearing pants? What happens when Yandere-chan is naked? What happens if the player chooses to make the protagonist a male?
…uh…enough questions, Midori! I need to get back to writing code for the game!
…aw…oooookaaaaay…
Yandere Simulator Development Blog 
I’ll admit, this is the first time I’ve been kind of disappointed. I felt like a lot of our concerns were just glossed over.
At least, I’m not part of the crowd that insists Yandere simulator should “play it safe,” more so that it doesn’t need a full frontal panty shot every time the player accesses the menu (which will be very very often, because it is a menu). Other aspects like the panty shots and panty-power ups I don’t have much problem with, because they’re a small part of the players time, or you have to be specifically performing the related tasks in game. This blog post just seems tone deaf.
That being said, I do think the compromise presented here is fine. I believe it should be the default option, but that is your call.
I agree
Couldn’t have said it better myself. I also didn’t like how the Dev was so completely arrogent in his final line either; ”the horrors of seeing something offensive.” Psh. I didn’t dislike the skirt inventory because it ”offended” me, I disliked it because it was too silly of a concept and having to see the player’s panties is not something i’d really care for.
With that said, the solution he came up with is a pretty good one. And yes, it should have been the default option for the silouette, but whatever. I guess you can’t get in the way of the Dev’s love for lewdness apparently.
Agreed.
I agree as well
I totally agree. What was the point of yanderedev opening the floor to concerns over this inventory system if he was just gonna gloss over all of them?
I can live with the idea to just show the silhouette of the Player, but I still don’t like it… đŸ˜¶đŸ˜Ÿ
You’re right YandereDev. If someone wants non-offensive, normal game, s/he should play Nintendo games instead. By the way Midori Gurin’s so cute I strongly hope she appears in the final game.
Where can I find the axe?
By the gardening shed next to the shovel.
To hell with the people. I’m sick of this fluffy kid-friendly bs. Make the game how it should be, that is, weird and extravagant and if someone feels offended then they’ll have to deal with it.
I really like the idea of skirt inventory. It’s original.
Wow yandere dev. You really found a great solution in a tough situation. I can now safely say that you were meant to create this game. The amount of creativity and critical thinking that would be needed is insane.
Ahahaha! I was right about the skirt thing not being literal, thus, I think it’ll be fine even when yan-chan is out of uniform. However, if you decide to make a yan-kun, he should get a seperate menu. Maybe he opens his shirt ~.~
Also glad to hear you’re sticking your ground, but still being flexible. Good move Dev-sama.
Aww darn… i missed the poll…. i got absolutely no problem with panties. i mean, its just a piece of cloth? Good on ya for the interesting idea. An option to hide/censor any “offensive” material is a good addition too. (Though i don’t really think necessary…)
This is YandereDev’s decision. Everyone brought him down because of the “Yakuza – style gameplay” he suggested a few weeks ago. Let him try something out. Plus , everyone that says ” I don’t wanna see the panties – It’s not an ecchi game! ” First of all , if you don’t want to see the panties, why are you playing Yandere Sim? Where you need panty shots to get cigarettes , clean uniforms and such? Second of all – That’s why he’s putting in the silhouette , so people don’t need to see the panties, if it makes them feel uncomfortable. Let YandereDev make his own decisions. This is the game you are all supporting – and helping him make.
Also , a couple of random things.
1 – A bag would be boring, and if you murdered someone, a teacher would obviously take your bag and check it – but if you threw it away , like in the incinerator , then you would have less weapons. And if you hid it somewhere, the police would most likely find it. Plus, not many japnese students carry a bag, they mostly store their items in their lockers, or under their desks.
2 – Although , he should try to design this very carefully, in case it gets banned elsewhere. Especially if he is going to have a ” Yandere – Kun. ”
3 – This is an anime game. You see plenty of stuff more inappropriate in other anime games – and some of those aren’t ecchi. This game isn’t really supposed to be realistic, because it’s mostly following anime tropes. Also, you can summon demons in this game, and that certainty isn’t realistic.
4 – So, it’s not okay for the players to take panty shots – mind you – you can kidnap people, torture them , gossip about them enough to drive them to suicide , yet people go ” Oh shit! Panties! My eyes!” This game isn’t even for children , although they still play it.
You are the king! Great comment. It makes perfect sense and it’s unfortunate others aren’t thinking about this like you are.
I agree with you !
THANK YOU GOOD SIR LADY
Precisely. And to add to the last part you said there, I have a little sister who is eight years of age. And… She does play Yandere Simulator as well, although I’m not really sure what to do about it :’) I’ve also seen quite a few videos on YouTube where children slightly older or even younger than her play Yandere Simulator, or parody it through other games (Club Penguin, Animal Jam, etc.). What I’d like to know is: How the hell did they even find out about this game? The majority of them don’t even know what anime and manga is, so I’m assuming they discovered it through YouTubers because careless parents allowed them to browse the internet without taking any precautions.
I’m playing Yandere Sim to kill people, because it will one day have a great stealth technique embedded in it. I am not playing Yandere Sim to ogle Yan-chan’s panties and get up close and personal with the female students pantsu, lol. Some people are completely desensitized to things like murder and torture, whereas sexual or pervy tones can really ruin a game for you. Everyone has different tastes, you just gotta accept it and move along~
Also, I’d like to mention your points! For 1, a skirt inventory would still get searched by the police. Pat downs and strips, y’know. I’m doubting the Dev will add this logic though, since you would lose everything in your inventory.
3 – Unfortunately that is true. I watch a lot of anime, and certain tropes are enough to make me drop dead lmao. But there’s some awesome anime out there that takes its own path; I’ve been watching Kiznaiver this summer and it’s one of my new favorite anime now, I love it. I wish the Dev would take from an anime style but not be afraid to be creative and dark…unfortunately but expected, his view of whats creative is entirely different from mine. B)
4 – Taking panty shots is optional, so that anyone who is uncomfortable doing so (or afraid of their family walking in) doesn’t have to take risks or get upset. Which I like C: We live in an age where 6 year olds are comfortable playing Call of Duty and GTA, so I doubt that many young people are even disturbed by Yan Sim’s content~
The problem isn’t that it seems like an ecchi game, it’s that it doesn’t make sense. Also, he said he wanted the game to be taken seriously, but that’s hard to do when every time you open the inventory you have to see a collection of pixels open up their skirt.
if she’s naked, it’d make sense that she wouldn’t be able to access her inventory. if she has pants – who fucking cares, she’s an anime schoolgirl : OBVIOUSLY she’s always wearing a mini-skirt.
male yandere… ? ummmm…
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm……………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………..jacket ?
yea and add a sleeveless vest that matches her skirt and use that instead for yandere chan because even if you censor it someone is watching.
Excellent decision, IMHO. More options is usually better, although it has the downside of taking more time.
Also and especially thanks for your dedication to your vision and this game. Looking forward to the future versions!
Had a feeling this would happen. It’s your game, bro but remember that if you decide to ignore fans too often you’re going to lose credibility, fast. This was a decent compromise, but it would have been helped greatly by you not being an ass to a third of your fanbase. I’m not even an offended party, I thought it was a bad idea for other reasons, but whatever. If we disagree clearly we’re boring, whiny children.
Well said, my man! I agree fully with everything you said.
Agreed. He ignored the realism argument.
He just focused entirely on how “filthy fucking SJW’s” are offended by it rather than the utter ridiculousness of her carrying weapons in her skirt.
Yeah, I mean I wasn’t too bothered about the idea either way, but I’d prefer something different not because I’m “offended” by panties, I just think it’s unrealistic and a bit silly
Sorry if this had already been said or if this is bad idea.
My idea for Yandere Chan storing her items without anything on that can hide them in with, is something like a small pocket dimension with the grid design from resident evil 4. It could go something like this, press a button, then a portal appears in mid-air. Then after selecting your item Yandere Chan will then stick her hand in it and pull out that item out.
You get this small pocket dimension by making a contract with a demon in the demon realm. The contract would probably say something like, or Yandere Dev can decide what it could say or be about. “In exchange for your soul, you will be able to access this small pocket dimension whenever you want, BUT if you are to be discovered to have such a power by any mortal you will (something happens to Yandere Chan followed by a immediate game over screen to appeared, like Yandere Chan dying or having her heartbroken forever) do you accept these conditions?”. If you do not accept the demon conditions that you will be stuck with having one item at a time until you accept the conditions.
Sorry if this was a waste of time to read this was just a random thought I just came up with. If not then she could probably just wear a backpack or something big to store everything with I guess.
It’s honestly bad.
So, yay team skirt-is-fine, go us. Thinking about it more, the weight issue people brought up is mostly mitigated with the items shown. Syringes? Really light. Small screwdrivers? Pretty darn light. Boxcutter? Pretty light. Scissors? Yeah, they don’t weight much at all honestly. The knife would certainly have some weight behind it, that probably would go better on a thigh holster kind of idea than the skirt itself, but I’ve already been head-canoning this a bit to include those, it’s not like the inventory actually shows all the straps and loops that you would need to pull this off anyway. Really, the knife and the poison, due to liquid weight, are the only things that really seem like they’d have particular heft to it, at least with what’s shown.
So, secondary idea to support this that I came up with last night: Maybe this is one of the reasons why getting too high of popularity could be bad. Because we do know one thing about this school canonically, the boys pay Info-chan for panty shots… and if Yan-chan is the most popular girl in school… surely there’s a market for panty shots of her. However, if she’s got knives strapped to her thigh along with all kinds of other paraphernalia? Oh those pictures could be so much more damaging to Yan-chan than any mere panty shot could ever be. I always thought that being constantly followed by and harassed by fans would make the game too difficult, this feels like a way to make being popular have positive and negative consequences. Really, as with all my comments, everything in the game should interweave, everything should be related to each other. Doing things this way makes Yan-chan not operate in a vacuum as the sole-purveyor of panty shots in the school, despite it being an established market canonically, it ties the inventory system into the rest of the world, and it has potential future uses for other mechanics like reputation. This, to me, feels like the best way to make this not just a stupid gimmick, is to just be consistent with it by asking the question “if Yan-chan was hiding weapons in her skirt, what would the pros and cons be?”
Actually, even if she attached something as light as syringe or screwdriver, it would be visible, unless her skirt was made of really stiff, thick material. If I’m not mistaken, Japanese uniform skirts are not made of something like this, and attaching stuff like screwdrivers to it would make it move differently in rather obvious way. Also, with how short Yan-chan skirt is, a knife strapped to her thigh would be visible half of the time.
I’m happy Yandere Dev is doing what he wants but I’m a little mad at his response….it seems like he assumed there were a lot more offended people than there might be. The latest poll proves that. Most of the comments yesterday were people concerned that those who’ve been unfair to Yan-Sim already *COUGHTWITCHCOUGH* would take this opportunity to slander him more. The second most common complaint was realism. WE LOVE SOCIAL SABOTAGE and stealth and pretending to be cute and innocent are a part of that which is why the backpack thing came up in the first place…could you imagine decorating it so look cute and cuddly and the inside is filled with bloody knives and pictures of your dismembered rivals…I think that’d be boss….
But he does make a few good points. Yan-Sim didn’t get anywhere playing it safe and this isn’t close to being as offensive as burning alive teenage girls who are engaging in compensated dating! I just wish Yandere-Dev didn’t get so mad at us for essentially being worried about him potentially getting into trouble…..
Did anyone realize that YandereDev acutally gave a small spoiler? Midori said “What happens if the player chooses to make the protagonist a male?” Soooo It is a possibility in future for Yandere-chan to end up a Yandere-kun as well, witch is a AMAZING idea I ADORE!
I will pray to Shrek every single night if it means my wish to play as Yandere-kun gets granted ;w;
Bruh he had talked about it way before. And the option to change Senpai’s and Yandere-chan’s genders has always been there, it’s just not implemented yet.
It’s a possibility. Not confirmed.
uh, if you’re still up for suggestions dude? Maybe have her wear a waist jacket around her waist and store weapons inside it instead of her skirt? It just seems somewhat more realistic and easily eliminates the issues with lewdness, having to silhouette her model, and stuff.
quick illustration: http://averpid.tumblr.com/post/146261071301/quick-illustration-of-my-suggestion-for-an
I don’t think that the skirt inventory is distasteful or offensive, it’s just highly impractical. Yeah, you can hide small items in the waistband where they are accessible, but it’s still going to be quite difficult to work around it.
And the whole idea that other students wouldn’t see and only the player makes no sense, it’s just like a cop-out. That’s her inventory, that’s what she needs to get weapons and other items out, how would no one notice? And how would she get them out quickly enough? It’s kinda ridiculous that he assumed everyone opposed to the idea just doesn’t want to see panties.
I didn’t care about the censoring of the panties or not.
What I really care about is that grid inventory that I really don’t want because it’s obviously too small. Even if the inventory has to be limited it should be bigger than this, thus another inventory system should be better.
I’m completely satisfied with this decision. It’s great to know that you won’t bend easily to what you want your game to be. If people really don’t agree, then they could just find another game or, as suggested, change settings to meet their own personal needs.
Everyone has their own moral standards but to infringe on the style, uniqueness of this game would be wrong. I’m not surprised that almost no one decries torture or violence.
The problem isn’t that the panties are offensive, it’s that it makes no fucking sense whatsoever and is just there to make the game “edgy” and lewd.
True.
I was on your side until that last line before the pole, at which point all my respect for you disappeared.
Yes, Yandere Simulator is meant to be pushing the boundries of everything — that’s why I didn’t think the skirt inventory was a bad idea, just that your suggestions for it weren’t quite enough the first time when considering the players’ needs. The silhouette is a WONDERFUL compromise and I was immediately pleased with it, but you absolutely didn’t need to be a gigantic asshat to the people who voiced their opinions. Not only by saying that, but by linking an image insulting them?
If you’re THIS kind of developer, who literally insults the people who give their opinion — WHEN YOU ASKED FOR THAT OPINION, MIND YOU — I’m actually not sure if I want to support this game or not! You seemed like a genuinely nice person up until now, and my friends and I liked this game; it was absolutely unique. But if you’re going to be rude to people for actually answering what you wanted them to answer…
Well. I’m just going to watch what goes on the next while and see if you are someone I want to support. And you should probably rethink asking the community for things if you’re just gonna be snide at them when they actually tell you what they think.
Just because someones/your ideas were not accepted dose not mean they were given no regard then quickly dismissed.Yan-Dev cant please everyone. Props to Yan-Dev for taking a stand to make his vision of the game without losing sight of what the fans want. I don’t see what was so insulting about the image. Cry me a river Midori.
You seriously don’t see anything condescending about the image he linked to? YDev is allowed to do whatever he wants to his game and if he likes the skirt idea, that’s fine and fully I respect that, but is it really necessary to brush off 3076 people’s opinions so patronisingly?
To be honest, I’m tired of people being easily offended as well. Yet I too can be offended sometimes. I think he just wanted to make a reference to a recent example of over-censorship. It’s funny. Yeah Yanderedev can be a jerk sometimes and it makes me sad, but as long as he doesn’t become someone like Phil Fish then it’s good right?
Well, like I said on the previous post, I’m perfectly fine with the inventory system system. It is original and wouldn’t be boring, like carrying a bag or something. Since there are some people who can get offended or think it “makes no sense” (I disagree with that), I think it’s a great idea to make the player see a silhouette if the player wants it to be like that, so people can choose whether they want to see the panties (or don’t care about seeing them) or not. I’m fine with this new feature.
What if Yan-Chan cuts herself with the weapons?
And skirts don’t work like that.
I think Yandere Dev misunderstood the fan-base’s thoughts with the poll. It was merely that the poll was too general. I voted with half of the fanbase, saying that it should be censored. But really, I just though there should just be an option to censor it, instead of having to choose between ONLY one or the other. You can’t get that kind of specific feedback with a poll as general as that one.
I agree. And I just wanted the option too.
People forget that when you’re too safe, you make games like Desert Bus.
You all want a game that’s unoffensive? Play Desert Bus. You drive safely. Nobody suffers. Oh, but the risks so real! You may run out of gas on the road! Or, you’ll run off the road, and need road side assistance!! Now, doesn’t that sound FUN?
God, that was fun to write lol
I’m just excited for the next build. Also, an axe? Now that sounds fun to use.
It’s dev’s game after all, his word is the last one. Also people don’t always know what they want. But optional censoring is a really nice solution.
I still don’t agree with the skirt idea. I mean, even if Yandere-chan turns into a black silhouette, she still has the shape that makes the inventory just… awkward in my opinion. I think, a jacket would fit this idea so much better.
-Yandere-chan wouldn’t be considered suspicious if she took off her jacket in public. Students would just think it’s too warm.
-More space
-In some uniforms, Yandere-chan wears a shirt under her jacket, so there won’t be any problems with that.
-Well, carrying something around naked would be impossible. If you have no pockets to put your items in, then you are unable to carry much stuff around. This would also make an obstacle for players who just dispose of the bloody uniform after comitting murder, and then walk around naked until the police arrives. Since students don’t react to Yandere-chan being naked, they still would react to her carrying a bloody weapon around that she’s unable to hide.
-There are also uniforms that don’t have jackets, like the default one. But this could get easily out of the way if Yandere Dev would implement Druelbozo’s sweater model: http://druelbozo.deviantart.com/art/Yandere-Commission-Lucciola-Crown-593978160
Since he made that big break-through last month and officially stated that the sweater works perfectly well, it’s not such a big problem anymore.
-Boys also wear jackets or sweaters, so it wouldn’t be a problem.
Hope I was able to get some people to the jacket-inventory-team :3
You got me in the team.
This is definitely a better solution than the skirt thing, because it doesn’t come off as a comedic device and break immersion like the skirt thing would, but I’m still partial to sewing extra pockets onto all your clothes over time. Actually, both of these ideas could work in tangent, and the jacket might be available to buy at a pep rally or just at a local store if there’s a small town implemented.
Apparently it’s fashionable and stylish to wear jackets and hoodies over your uniform in Japan, so it seems like a pretty cool and possible idea! I’m in the team.
I really really like this idea, but you should censor it.
I would say the silhouette is “ok” but the item description being the censor almost made me spit out my beer it was so funny. It transformed the repulsive idea of the full frontal center of the screen pantie close up into one of my favorite inventories.
then it means that in the future we can play with a male character?
Maybe.
In my opinion the idea is good but the real problem is the size I would suggest put an internal belt also to increase capacity. About censorship I think it should be optional, I have no problem with panties but to avoid problems, you should put automatically censored and then the player choose what is best for him, I liked the idea it reminds of a murder film.
I’ll download to see if I have more ideas…
Besides that, the people always complains of censorship in games like TERA, now they complain that system?
Sono contento che continuerai con la tua idea. Secondo me hai sbagliato a chiedere al tuo pubblico se mettere o no l’aggiunta, dovevi annunciarla e basta. Si sa che gli occidentali sono bigotti, desensibilizzati dalla violenza ma musulmani sul sesso, salvo poi andare quotidianamente su youp*rn quando hanno i pruriti.
Ritengo sbagliato aggiungere un Yandere-kun, sicuramente toglierebbe attenzione a Yandere-chan, ma non ti biasimo se lo aggiungerai, ormai con questa lotta dei sessi è inevitabile.
Buona fortuna con l sviluppo!
I think assuming that the reason people didn’t like the idea is because they were “offended” by panties or “too sensitive” or whatever is quite ignorant. Did he even read the comments? 90% of them were people disagreeing with it for other reasons. I don’t mind too much whether it’s implemented or not, I just thought it was unrealistic, I mean carrying sharp knives and tranquilizers in a skirt? Also what about if she was wearing a different outfit? You didn’t actually answer that. And how can it only be for the player to see and not other students, when she’s literally opening her damn skirt?
I’m fine with whatever Dev wants, it’s his vision after all, but I just think that her opening up her skirt would conflict with the tone of the game, especially on low atmosphere. It’s a little too silly, in my opinion, to open up your skirt like a drug dealer’s trench coat as you stalk an unsuspecting victim, in preparation for their brutal murder. It seems like something out of a joke game, which Dev has repeatedly stated it is not.
Just my way of seeing it.
It’s not that we find this offensive in any way! It’s that with a feature like this, it reminds people more of an anime fetish type game, other than a homicide stealth game
I’m honestly not offended, it just takes the seriousness out of what you were aiming for. Like you said before you didn’t want it to be like the other simulator games, all silly and that. I like the grid concept but how are you able to hold all that up your skirt and have the same mobility without all of that just falling out? If you used other methods such as a book bag or jacket it could also use the same grid concept and make it more challenging with teachers checking your bag/jacket. After all “Murder should not be easy.”
I myself can’t keep a straight face. It just seems so out of place. As if it was added just to make it more lewd. It would make sense if she might have had a small thing on her thigh to maybe hold a knife. I wouldn’t make a fuss about the other options that you had added before ( such as the suicide or bullying systems ) because that fits a Yandere. I wouldn’t be typing this much if I didn’t care. It’s still your call though, if that’s what you think needs to happen then go for it. I get the fact that you really want this to be unique, I do too. Thanks for reading anyways though, I still support you either way :D.
“Obviously, Yandere-chan wouldn’t actually be opening up her skirt in reality. The inventory view would be for the player only.”
This is one of the reasons for wanting her panties to be censored, by the way. Since it’s for the player only, having to see her underwear feels like fanservice directed at the player. Without a secondary purpose for it, it falls flat for people who aren’t interested in that kind of service(i.e. half of your playerbase, according to an old poll that put it at over 50% female), which can break immersion if it catches their attention for long enough. If you’re confident that enough of your players are desensitized to panty shots for it to work smoothly, alright, but I dunno if the small payoff is worth the risk plus the effort needed to program in the player’s choice of panties for the day.
I like the item window better than the silhouette option, by the by, mostly because I like item descriptions and there’s a lot of potential for humorous tidbits there. The white outlines make the current silhouette look kind of janky, but I assume it’ll be improved on if you decide to go with it.
10/10 saying no girls are lesbian/bi/pan, etc.
good job m8.
now run before the tumblr feminists get here. they’re actually going to be mad.
*snicker* nice.
Yeah I’m a girl and I’m not a lesbian but I’m totally rooting for this inventory! I think it suits the game!
Also, showing the panties can be benificial to look up the boost it has in case you forget! đŸ˜€
bravo well said mate!
I had assumed that lesbians and bi/pan girls would be balanced out by an equal number of gay dudes and asexuals who only came for the gameplay. But there could be fewer gay/asexual guys than girls in the player base right now, since not being able to play as a male character might put some of them off…
I guess the only way to find out the exact figures would be with a poll.
Taking into consideration fact that around 30% voted against this in the poll, and all of those people obviously already like this game enough to check out development blog and probably are more lenient because of this, I think reception among new players could be negative in majority. I mean, if I heard that some game I never heard about before has inventory inside high school girl skirt, I would think of it as a cheap fanservice and nothing more and wouldn’t probably think highly of such game.
Though the silhouette is a better idea, why not instead have Yandere-chan carry a school bag or satchel? Wouldn’t this be more convenient especially since you pointed it out yourself that the skirt idea wouldn’t work if she was wearing trousers or anything that wasn’t a skirt. I think a school associated bag would be a better proposal.
He didn’t say it wouldn’t work, he just doesn’t know how to make it work in those cases yet.
YandereDev, I’m happy that you’re willing to compromise on an idea you feel strongly about. You took the opinions of your fanbase into account and suggested a way to please a variety of people. The way you expressed your standpoint was obnoxious in my eyes. You’re talking to the fanbase who gives you almost $5000 dollars monthly. You’re talking to the fanbase who you claim to love dearly and appreciate. You couldn’t bother to take a third of your fanbase’s opinion seriously without talking about how we see your suggestion as “offensive” and shoot them down before getting to your main point? Maybe some people do view it as offensive, and they may have their reasons for that. Panty shots are one thing, they are a valid game-play mechanic designed to receive drops from Info-chan. The idea of having Yan-chan opening up her skirt to look at her inventory is unnecessary. Do I find it offensive? No, but I see absolutely no reason for this feature to be in place. At least you’ll have an option to censor it.
You claim that this feature takes a step away from the “bland” and “safe” take on video games and then turn right back around and say that it’s unfair that Yandere Simulator has received negative attention (being banned on Twitch, and you have to be cautious on YouTube with panties.) The reason more games choose to stay on the safe side is because then the game can be broadcast on numerous different sites and refrain from being banned in different countries. Some games have no reason to stray away from the safe side. Could you imagine if every time you lost a game of Tetris, you had to watch a cutscene of a kitten die? No, because that’s outrageous. Some games do want to stray away from being safe, and that’s fine, but you’ll have no leg to stand on when people bash your game because it takes things “too far”. You’re already in a gray area because of a minor being depicted in such a violent manner, so when you have the ability to open up Yan-chan’s skirt for no other reason than “Edgy inventory no SJW’s lol” then you’re going to get your game banned in a bunch of countries. I can already see it being not allowed in other countries when it’s released.
As funny I think this concept is, it’s a tad bit unrealistic. I mean, the skirts are thin material, so you’d be able to very plainly see that Yandere-Chan is hiding something. Also, considering the fact that many of the objects are metal, they’d all make noise when she moves. Also, if Yandere-Chan is wearing something other than her skirt, then the inventory screen makes no sense. Maybe there could be an option between the panty screen and a normal satchel?
Since when does video games have to be 100% realistic to even exist? none of that is going to matter in the end, its not like yanderedev is going to program those thing anyways.
THANK YOU YANDEREDEV FOR KEEPING THE INVENTORY IT LOOKS AWESOME! I love the ideas for censoring too. Sure I wouldn’t use it but I know some who would feel more at ease about it, espically if they are playing it around people or online. (I like to play censored eroge games sometimes which is stupid I know but most i only care for the story).
Love the overwatch pic btw. Hilarious.
Haha! I like how you included the green-haired girl and her questions in the blog too.
Great job YandereDev you stood your ground and didn’t let your idea get shot down by does meddling kid.
Eh, I don’t have a problem with panty shots. I don’t have a problem with the skirt opening – the ridiculousness keeps the keep lighthearted and it’s little touches like this that keeps it out of the ‘edgy’ zone. The only real objection I had to this screen was that I thought it looked… well… ugly. Something about a non-functional, non-UI related thing surrounded by the UI itself didn’t quite jam with me – which I felt was perfectly balanced by the ‘censor’ option, as well as the fact that it made the panty shot an implication made it kind of subtler and more amusing to me. But eh, that’s just my two cents – YandereDev is the one making the game, after all.
Going through the comments, I feel like Yanderedev misinterpreted everyone’s concerns. Or maybe I’m just seeing it in my own way. Anyway, I don’t think anyone here was actually offended by the concept; as a high school age female myself, I saw no problem with it. But it seems that everyone wanted it “bland” and “safe” so they wouldn’t have to worry about issues concerning the broadcasting of the game. Yandere-chan is already a minor, so showing her panties could be considered pedophilia and could easily get it banned from plenty of sites, and possibly even Steam, depending on their verdict. Nobody wants it to be a child’s game: we only want to be able to play it in the first place.
I may not be in my place, but I have to mention that I think Yanderedev was acting childish in his reply. To me, it seemed more disrespectful of another’s opinion, even when he asked for it. BUT, we DO need to cut Yanderedev some slack, as I’m almost 100% sure that he still receives unnecessary emails every day, and not to mention how hard the Yakuza-style idea was shot down. I’m not excusing this because of his stress, but I do think his brash outburst deserves forgiveness.
Looking at the comments on previous posts, it seems people were more concerned about the fact that it was silly and unrealistic for Yan-chan to be hauling around weapons in her skirt…not that the panties were offensive.
That sounds really damn great actually. That way people can change that if they want to record and YouTube flips their shit.
I know this wasn’t the point of the blog but…..
……he definitely said something about a male protagonist right? At the bottom? I’m not seeing things?
Yup.