When I was younger – in my late teens and early twenties – I did a lot of stupid and embarrassing things. I wrote a lot of whiny posts about feeling lonely, having no self-confidence, and worrying that I’d never have a girlfriend. When I streamed video games, I would often yell at my viewers and throw temper tantrums at games. I was immature, cringey, and embarrassing in just about every way imaginable.
As I entered my mid-twenties, I realized that I wasn’t proud of any of my behavior, and did my best to change myself and turn my life around. I got a job at a video game company, I made friends, I stopped basing my self-worth on my relationship status, and I did my best to drop all of the habits that I was ashamed of. I became a much happier person. In 2013, I realized that I had acquired the skills necessary to independently develop video games, so I left my job to become an indie dev.
Around 2014, I pitched the idea for Yandere Simulator on 4chan’s “/v/”, a message board about video games. Everyone who posted in the thread loved the idea of the game, so I began working on it. For a few months, everything was wonderful – we were having fantastic threads and having a great time planning out every aspect of the game. But eventually, people realized that “YandereDev” was actually that cringey guy from back in 2009 who was always either whining or raging.
Slowly, the focus of the threads stopped being about my current project, and started being about my former self. Instead of discussing game design, game mechanics, and gameplay, the threads became exclusively about ridiculing me for who I was in the past. /v/ no longer wished to support me or my project, even though I had spent months building a game for them. It was incredibly disheartening, especially when I had put so much effort into improving and rebuilding myself.
Around that point in time, Yandere Simulator was discovered by big YouTubers like Jacksepticeye, Markiplier, and PewDiePie. The game got a new audience, and I got a fresh start. I continued developing Yandere Simulator, but the entire time, I was fearful that the past would repeat itself. I was worried that one day, my new audience would learn about all the stupid cringey things I did in my youth, and turn on me just as the 4chan audience had.
There are people in this world whose hobby is shaming and ridiculing other people. Digging for dirt in other peoples’ lives is their favorite past-time. Humiliating their victims is like a recreational activity for them. They’ll go as deep as they possibly can into your personal life and look for absolutely any quote, screenshot, or chat log that can be used against you. They’re not doing it for any noble reason; they just enjoy the cruelty of it.
These people heard about me, and decided that I seemed like the type of person who would provide them with lots of entertainment. They get amusement from shaming and ridiculing people, so they choose to perceive me as a shameful, ridiculous person. They judge me based on things that I said over a decade ago, and use ancient chat logs and out-of-context screenshots to convince themselves that I’m a cartoonish caricature of who I actually am.
I’m a human being with emotions, I’m frequently put into very unpleasant and stressful situations, and sometimes my judgement is clouded by frustration and anger. As a result, there have been times when I was be short-tempered and rude; these moments account for less than 1% of my interactions with other people. These people judge me exclusively on those 1% of regretful moments; it validates what they want to believe. They’re not interested in truth or reality; just shame and ridicule.
They want to maintain a mental image of me as a pathetic, whiny, cringey loser, because it facilitates their hobby of mocking and humiliating other people. They want to cling to a warped and twisted perception of me, because an exaggerated caricature is much more fun than a boring person with normal flaws. They grasp at straws, make mountains out of molehills, jump to conclusions, believe people without evidence, and convince themselves of things that never happened.
Imagine that there was a time in your life when you weighed 500 pounds, but then you went on a diet and achieved a reasonable weight. Now, you only eat a candy bar once a month. However, some weird people stalk you and take photos of you whenever you eat a candy bar, and try to spread a narrative that you’re a fat pig who is constantly stuffing your face with junk food. That’s the situation that I’m in, except instead of portraying me eating candy, they portray me as my old self from the past.
It wouldn’t be a big deal if some weirdos wanted to gossip about me quietly in their little corner of the Internet…but instead, they sought to colonize as many sites as possible. They created blogs about me on Tumblr, threads about me on Reddit, videos about me on YouTube, etc. They’re committed to spreading Anti-YandereDev propaganda as far as possible, and convincing my fans that I’m a lazy slacker, or a scam artist, or a pedophile, or whatever other fantasies they believe in.
For the past couple of years, I’ve been constantly worried that one day, their propaganda would spill out into the mainstream and begin to change the hearts and minds of my followers. I knew that some of my fans were aware of the propaganda, but I didn’t know how many, or if it was the sort of thing that people actually cared about. I didn’t know if the propaganda was going to spread slowly over time, or if it was going to spread rapidly as the result of some controversial event.
On June 1st, I uploaded a video about the Photography Club. I saw the usual comments – jokes, memes, constructive criticism, etc – but I also observed that a significant number of the comments were insults coming from people who had been brainwashed by Anti-YandereDev propaganda. I realized that this nonsense was starting to poison peoples’ minds, and that I would have to start addressing the issue. I decided that my next video would be about Osana.
When I uploaded the Osana video, the comment section was invaded by the Anti-YandereDev crowd, determined to turn fans into haters by bashing me and describing me as a twisted caricature of who I actually am. There were also lots of people asking about tinyBuild and spreading ridiculous theories about why the partnership had ended. Every other comment was either an insult, ludicrous misinformation, or questions about tinyBuild that I was afraid to answer for legal reasons.
I didn’t want the Yandere Sim fanbase to see all of that nonsense, so I started deleting abusive comments, and removing comments about tinyBuild. When fans noticed that comments were vanishing, they accused me of “censorship” and “not being able to handle criticism” – even though I was only deleting insults and misinformation. I realized that I was in a lose-lose situation; I didn’t want propaganda and misinformation to poison anyone’s mind, so I simply disabled the comments altogether.
Stupid.
This turned out to be one of the biggest mistakes I’ve ever made. A lot of fans were absolutely pissed about comments being disabled; it was interpreted as an attempt to “silence criticism”, rather than shut down abuse and misinformation. Rather than protecting my audience from propaganda designed to make them doubt me, I unintentionally gave my audience a good reason to doubt me. I’d never been in such a situation before, and I was at a complete loss for what to do.
When YouTube comments were no longer available, the conversation continued on my blog, now with more accusations of censorship. I panicked and closed comments on my blog. This left the fanbase with two choices for where to discuss Yandere Simulator: in the comment sections of videos that are bashing me, or in subreddits/Discord channels operated by people who explicitly dislike me and are delighted to see people talking trash about me.
As a result, a huge portion of my audience has now been exposed to content from people who think I’m a villain, who are trying their best to convert fans into haters. At the risk of sounding melodramatic, it’s probably the worst thing that possibly could have happened. I’ve had a few days to think everything over, but the next course of action still isn’t clear. This is primarily because…there’s no easy way to confirm how many people actually care about any of this.
My most recent video has 68k likes and 8.5k dislikes. If we attempt to use these numbers to determine how the Yandere Simulator fanbase feels right now, then approximately 12.5% of the audience has turned against me, and the remaining 87.5% of the fanbase is still on my side. (We also have to consider the fact that many of the people leaving dislikes on the video were never fans to begin with; those dislikes are just coming from the crowd of people that ridicule others for fun.)
Over the past few days, I’ve received a countless number of supportive and encouraging messages from fans, assuring me that they don’t care about any of this dumb drama and that they’re still on my side. (I’m extremely grateful to everyone who e-mailed me with kind words!) The ratio of fanmail to hatemail has been 95% / 5%. Perhaps this means that all of the hate and ridicule is only coming from a very vocal minority; perhaps only 5% of fans are susceptible to being converted by propaganda.
Of course, if you check subreddits or Discord servers operated by people who strongly dislike me, then you will see a lot of people shredding me to pieces, because the people operating the subreddits/servers love seeing it. However, that wouldn’t be a very accurate way to gauge the overall sentiment of the entire fanbase; it’s obvious that you’d see a lot of hate and ridicule in places that encourage it, operated by people who want to see me torn down.
Some people are immune to drama, gossip, and rumors; it bounces off of them like bullets bounce off Superman. They simply don’t care. There are fans who think it’s absolutely absurd to judge me based on cringey things I did a decade ago. There are fans who would never judge me based on an out-of-context screenshot from a previous phase of my life. There are fans who can be understanding and forgiving with me for losing my temper during times of intense stress. There are fans who don’t have any interest in stupid rumors and character assassination propaganda.
Let’s say that there are two types of fans: “Type A” and “Type B”. (This time, I’m staying away from biased terminology like “Chill” and Heated”.) Type A would be the crowd that doesn’t care about drama, doesn’t care about gossip, doesn’t care about rumors, doesn’t care about ANY of this, and just wants me to get back to work on the game. They simply want to see me make progress, and aren’t going to give a second thought to any stupid propaganda. Type B would be…the opposite.
“YandereDev streams video games for 3 hours a day!”
Type A: So? There are 24 hours in the day. Even if you play video games for 3 hours, there is still plenty of time to be productive and get lots of work done.
Type B: Wow, what a lazy piece of shit!
“Development is taking a long time!”
Type A: That’s to be expected. Most ambitious indie games made by small teams take around 5 years to be completed.
Type B: Wow, he must be a scam artist who is intentionally dragging development out for as long as possible because he’s trying to milk his Patreon!
The question is: what percentage of the population is Type A, and what percentage is Type B? Is it 95%? 87.5%? 50%? If the people who care about stupid rumors are the majority, then I may actually have to go through the trouble of publicly debunking every stupid accusation that has been leveled at me. But if they are actually just a very tiny minority, then I can simply ignore it all and get back to work on the game. Right now, I’m not actually sure about the best way to determine this.
Instead of focusing on what I don’t know, all I can do is focus on what I do know. First, I know that this entire situation could have been avoided if I had simply been more transparent about tinyBuild much sooner. So, the first lesson to be learned here is that I should do a better job of communicating important facts like this to the fanbase, to avoid situations where rumors and misinformation are flying around.
Second, it has become apparent that if there is not an official place to discuss the game, then people will go to unofficial subreddits and unofficial Discords that might be operated by spiteful people who hate me, where they will be unable to have meaningful or productive discussions. I need to create an official place to discuss the game; an environment where people can talk to one another with civility, respect, and dignity, instead of having drama and trash-talk dominate every thread.
With this blog post, I hope that I’ve clarified the situation for a lot of people – people within the fanbase, and people outside of the fanbase who are wondering what all the controversy is about. My next course of action will probably be to set up an official subreddit for the game, followed by getting back to work on Yandere Simulator. I apologize for everything I’ve done that made this situation turn out as badly as it has.
If you’re still interested in the game after everything that’s happened, then I’d like to thank you for following the development of Yandere Simulator.
EDIT: I regret suggesting that there are only two categories of people, “A” or “B”. I acknowledge that there is an entire spectrum between the two opposite extremes. It wasn’t my goal to portray this as a purely black-and-white situation, but that’s definitely how it came off. Another mistake made, another lesson learned. I’m sorry.
Yandere Simulator Development Blog 
Gosh, I’m so sorry that you’ve been going through all this lately, YandereDev. I’ve seen so much hatred out of nowhere over the past few days, and honestly I’m saddened by the outright horrible attitude that some people hold without regret. I’ve even seen some awful comments made by mutual friends, and while I tried my best to keep supporting you and letting those people know they were wrong, it ultimately didn’t matter because they had been taken in by the misinformation and hate. I know it’s hard, but hang in there! 🙂 There are so many people who still support you and will never be dragged in by the hatred. It’s like some people just expect you to be 100% perfect and never make mistakes – as if those haters have never had an awkward/cringey/embarrassing phase in their entire life. Everyone makes mistakes. The thing that sets you apart from those people, is the fact that you acknowledged that and bettered yourself. Thank you for everything you do!
I think it’s weird that you panicked so much over this. Yeah, hate comments stuck, but everyone has to deal with them. The more hate you get just shows that the game is getting more popular. Are you going to stop making the game just because you have haters? Were the last few years wasted? Are you going to give up on the rest of your fanbase who supports you? No, of course not. Just keep pushing through and we’ll get to the finish line in the end, no matter what people say. We believe in you!
Look yandere dev I don’t really care about fake rumours or the drama. I will always be your fan and be on your side no matter what! 💚
It’s like common knowledge to ignore hate comments on the Internet. That’s why I was a bit confused as well? He should learn by now that there’s always gonna be shit people.
He will get depressed by all the cyber bullying and wouldn’t have the motivation to continue the game.
Hey man just wanted to say that I never really believed the rumors. Even if they were true I couldn’t really give less of a crap. You are making a game that I enjoy playing and that’s that. I do admire your dedication in the face of all of this adversity, which says a lot about your character to me. Keep going strong!
I support you no matter what. I don’t care what kind of person you were back then, good or bad. I only care about how you act now.
I made an account just to say this, but I’ll still keep it short. Yan-Dev have gotten my unequalled attention about something I barely knew existed. I didn’t realize it was this bad until I watched one of the anti-Yan videos, and honestly, they’re completely revolting (I strongly recommend against watching them). It is now more than ever that support and encouragement will stand as a wall against the brainwashed masses and the instigators that control them. The Development of Yandere Simulator has just gotten personal.
I’ve dealt with a lot of criticism over the years, whether it was bullying, trolling, or just stupidity. I hate to see someone I admire go down that same path too. You just have to know that even if the anti-YandereDev stuff gets out on the mainstream, there will be people who won’t believe in that crap, because we support you and what you do. We know it’s a ruse, and that these people are attention-seeking trolls. There will always be people willing to help you YandereDev, remember that.
Nah, don’t worry about that, even IF people actually start disliking you because of others it means that they aren’t the audience for you, because if they acftually listen other’s opinion it means that they are empty headed OR doesn’t like a thing that they liked before. Anyway, it would be better if those people just go away, and you still have followers that will never stop viewing you because of others. Don’t feel dismotivated, feel free from a bag of dead-weight.
Dev, I’m one of those Type A fans who doesn’t care about your past or what you used to be, who only wants what’s best for both you and this game, who sees absolutely no reason to doubt that you want this game to be finished and, more importantly, as great as it can be. Was I also one of those fans who found it suspicious that you were deleting/ignoring comments about tinyBuild? Of course, but now that you’ve cleared it up and understood your mistake, of course I’ll forgive you. I have high hopes for Yandere Simulator, and I beg you to try not to let those scummy losers who get off on ruining others affect you; it’s easier said than done, and I could go on about other things you could be doing differently/better, but you know what? At the end of the day, Yandere Simulator is one giant learning experience for you in more ways than you could ever imagine, and you seem to acknowledge what works and what doesn’t, even if you figured it out the hard way.
I wish you the best of luck on the rest of Yandere Simulator, Dev. I’ll be following you every step of the way.
Listen Alex. I don’t care how long this game takes. I don’t care that your not focusing on Osana. I don’t care about what you may have done in the past. And I especially don’t care about all those ass-holes spreading false rumours about you! I will support through and through! And so will many others! Though I do want to comment on some points that you’ve been bringing up recently.
1. You saying that it was a terrible idea to put such a huge emphasis on Osana
Couldn’t agree more! I know that you have tons of other stuff to work on! I think it’s a good idea to do what you’re doing. Get everything else ready and then implement her so it will be fun and challenging! If you put in Osana now, some people would see how boring it currently is to kill her and assume that that’s how it would stay (when, obviously, it would be a lot more fun in the future). Keep working on whatever you want to, Alex!
2. You streaming for 3 hours a day.
It’s called a break! You literally have a 3 hour break every day and people complaining?! Why?! You spend all of your other time, either, working on the game or doing other stuff to contribute to the game (talking with volunteers, writing backstories for character, designing new characters, etc) Having a 3 hour break from all that is nothing! So keep streaming Alex! If anything I think that you should take more time off! I’d be perfectly happy with the game’s development slowing down if it means that you’re happy. It’s least we can do for everything you’ve done for us!
3. Disabling the comments section
I think that this was a bad idea. By disabling comment, all the ass-holes have now gone from spreading false rumours in the comments to creating entire sub reddits, YouTube videos and a f*cking documentary, spreading false rumours about you! And we all know which is worse. You can’t get rid of these bugs! And disabling the comments, you just the wrong bug repellent! But unfortunately for you, in this situation, there is no right bug repellent. You’ve just gotta move on. It sucks but so does life sometimes.
And one last point. When you disabled the comments, nobody could say nice things or give constructive criticism! Both are which are essential to, not only the game, but, by the sound of it, your mental health!
Despite all this, I understand that your not ready to turn on YT comments again, yet. Take your time, Alex!
4. The whole tinyBuild situtation
You summed it up pretty well, yourself, in your last post! What the hell were you thinking?!
But, hey, everyone makes mistakes! Or as I like to call them, happy little accidents!
…Will anyone get that reference in 2018? Probably not. Oh well!
5. Easter Eggs
This one isn’t as common but I’ve still seen a lot of people get really pissed that your spending 0.1% of your time making Easter Eggs instead of focusing on ‘more important’ things! I think that Easter Eggs are a fun little addition to play around with while we wait for the next big feature. And you said yourself that they’re really easy to implement!
6. Bug fixes
Apparently, some people are now getting mad because your releasing tons of bug fix builds to ‘make it seem like your working on the game!’
Yeah, I think these idiots are running out of ways to mock you…
7. In conclusion…
Keep doing what you’re doing and try to have fun doing it!
Thanks for reading this random 12 year old’s attempt to make you feel better! I hope it worked!
And, of course…
Thank you for being the developer of Yandere Simulator.
I got that Bob Ross reference lol
Yanderedev hater:Bug fixes are dumb!
Me:(gives it a yandere simulator game with no bug fixes)
Him/Her:I knew this game was bad!It’s so terrible!
Me:Thats why he does bug fixes!
I still support you no matter what! Those people may not know how hard it is to make a video game. I also watched an anti-Yanderedev video, and I didn’t believe any of it. Good luck on the game!
Hey yandere-dev, I totally agree with you. My view and opinion on all this ‘Drama” is that people should try and hear the real and full story before posting random shit online. You are a great developer and I will always stay with yandere simulator(AKA Lovesick) I love this game and I have been following it for almost 3 years–I remember saying, “2019?? That’s so far away…” and now I’m sitting here saying “Wow, 2019 is in a few months.” That was kind of random<— But what I am trying to say Yandere-Dev, is that all the hate you're getting from false stories is shitty. Maybe if you tried telling everyone the true REAL stories on youtube and more. I wish you luck senpai ❤
Woah, guys. Please just take a step back and look at this situation from YanDev’s perspective. I just saw these last two posts and the edit on this post. This guy has obviously been through a lot. Sure, he’s made some mistakes in his past, but those are FAR into his past. He’s clearly become more mature now and he has the courage to OPENLY admit that his actions were wrong and capricious. He is admitting on his own dev page about something he’s been ashamed of and scared about anyone finding out and having a repeat of the past on 4chan. Apparently after seeing all that, someone had the audacity to further criticize him for some semantic of his metaphorical spectrum. Look, this guy is working as hard as he can for something he believes in and something most (if not all) people here want. He is doing his best, and god dammit- it’s pretty amazing.
Take your time YD, a good game requires a lot of time for keeping it’s developers in good health
yandere dev you have no idea how proud i am for you, yeah you’re right everyone makes mistakes, take a break if you need it, don’t stress yourself and thank you for addressing the drama
ps. please stay determined for the game
Wait, what? People are still being mad about the Type A/B thing? This means that Yandere Dev needs to think about every single word he writes? Oh god, people, let the man build his game. If you like the idea of YandereSim, just support it with constructive criticism, Bill Gates was an awful person if you think of how much he threatened other people for trying to do things like Android, for example, and people still love his creations even after his death, so stop being jerks, ok? Games take a long time, coding is complicated and sometimes weird to do, and we only learn to make better products after we did the first one, even big companies like Square Enix or Atlus took more than five years to make games like Final Fantasy XV or Persona 5. Anyway, just stop making the man feeling guilty about everything he writes, this is extremely bad for someone who does an entire game alone, and people only demand more and more and start to be a toxic type of people. Be happy someone is doing a game you think is good, and try to show this happiness, because in the worst case scenario, YandereSim will not happen at all because of it. And the only ones who will lose are the gamers that every day need more quality content and the big companies only care about money and how to make you pay for more receiving less.
For me, it doesn’t mind if the creator of the game is or was a bad person, he did kill someone? No, he did something really bad? Maybe, I’m sure you did it too. For talking bad about someone when you were young to play with a friend and breaking his teeth in the process by an accident. I heard a lot of him, good and bad stuff, and I don’t care. He is doing a game, not the people who are saying he’s a piece of shit, and he’s making a pretty good game. With a disturbing theme, of course, but I like when a game gives you ways too do your things both being good and bad as a player, that makes me really happy, so really guys, be a better person. Go hate trump or someone who deserves the hate.
I’m going to be brutally honest, I don’t care about your personal life. The past or the present, the good or the bad. It’s simply none of my business. The same is true for any game developer, Youtuber, or celebrities I keep up with. I don’t care about their private life, I only care about their work. I like watching people succeed and do what they love as their job. I find it ironic how you are called creepy, when the same people who call you that went back 8+ years into your past to find out everything about you, basically stalked you. I disagree with social media witch hunts and digging up dirt on people for the purpose of publicly humiliating someone. I’m not shocked or surprised that you have cringey posts from back in the day. Most of us do.That’s all I have to say about the Yandere Dev debacle.
I’m so sorry to hear that the TinyBuild partnership fell through. And I hate seeing this kind of behavior from supposed adults. Everyone’s been a dumb kid/young adult at some point in their life. A few never grow out that. You clearly have. You getting on your blog and coming clean about your mistakes proves that. And I’d kill to have your work ethic and dedication. Don’t let these petty morons bring you down. Keep doing what you love and us fans will support you all the way to the end. You’re a good man, Yandere-Dev.
yanderedev, your dream is ambitious and so very beautiful. the immense amount progress you have made to this point has been painstakingly seen through entirely by you, yourself. you should be very proud, despite the people who may claim to dislike you for whatever reason or another. your dream is something unique in a market that is quite frankly, fresh out of ideas. my favorite part is watching all the little things come together, you have my support all the way. Thank you brother ❤
I’m sorry that trolls exist. I’m sorry that people that aim to dox you exist. I’m sorry that some of the people that support you the most also don’t understand you fully. I’m sorry for all the mistakes you’ve made in the past. I’m sorry for all the mistakes you will make in the future. I’m sorry that people will inevitably capitalize on being the ones “who are right”, and portraying others as the ones “who are wrong.” I’m sorry for all the lapses in understanding from my side.
Please keep trying. I hope you will still have fun with the development of Yandere Simulator.
P.S. Since this seems necessary (Poe’s Law), this was sincere.
It’s okay Yandere Dev, I honestly don’t really care about all the drama and I get frustrated actually seeing it because you do a pretty good job with what your doing now. I just enjoy playing the game and I only care about you continuing on with your work- and your mental health >-> but anyways, I hope you felt better after finally getting all these posts off your chest.
soy español y no se ingles asi que puede que nadie lea esto pero comento igual,
Me entristece que la actualización se retrase por todo esto, es incluso irónico que el club de ciencias solo podría tardar de 2 a 3 días en implementarse y por todo esto han pasado 15 días desde el Photography club y no se pudo implementar
Barely anyone is proud of their teen years. Just keep on taking care of yourself and stay awesome! Those guys and gals that are hating on you are just bored. Hopefully theyll move on sooner rather than later.
Eh, at first I was scared of watching the videos about your past, and after I watched them, I felt a pang of both regret and pity well up inside me. Sure you did some pretty dumb stuff in the past, but what teenager or young adult didn’t? Even though some of the things you did may have followed you into the present (though not as obvious, and you have changed), that gave people no real reason to keep attacking you.
At first, this whole thing caught my attention, but now? Now I just see a some people kicking a dog while their down. Or beating a somewhat dead horse. There is no reason to continue these accusations, nor reopening old wounds. What was done was done, Nothing can change that. But you can however, change for the better. You have obviously learned from your past, so don’t give up because of the attacks, stay determined.
I was kinda mad at the whole comments being disabled thing and how you weren’t being clear with the whole TinyBuild thing, but I appreciate how you addressed it. Thanks for doing that, though you’re still probably gonna get trolls even after this (like heck, I bet some of them are busy reading through this right now to try and find ways to pick you apart), but just know that I’ll always follow this game, and I’m happy you swallowed your pride and made this thing to address the elephant in the room, which was all of the discourse. Your voice is very soothing by the way, just saying. I can’t wait to see Osana one day, though you should probably make a video as well, but then again, this IS targeted at the portion of the fanbase that’s mad at you, so people will find it anyways.
I love Osana’s hair. Also, I can’t believe it’s already been 2 years since I’ve been a fan.
Don’t worry Yandere dev. I’m still on your side. I actually like what you are doing with the game. And I’ve gotten a lot of hate online too. Even recently I got messages from people telling me to die or disappear. And I don’t have a cute girlfriend which I really wished I had. Everything can be crafted to be seen as one way or the other. So it’s best not to listen to them. Let them do as they please it doesn’t matter. I still get hate online from people.
You know I’ve been following development basically ever since you first started yandere simulator and I don’t feel that the rumors were true I have and always will be 100% supportive sure you have your stuff going on with your life that is stressful and sad but don’t we all That’s why we get through it the best we can and why I hope you will be able to get through it the best you can Your amazing Yan Dev I just wanna let you know that
I would like to believe people who didn’t know about hate comments are the ones who don’t care; the ones who will always support you.
I believe in you Yandere Dev, i have followed this game since 2015 and wont look back now, my opinion on this is just dont givr into a little hate whrn you have alot of love to kill it i have went on mostly every youtube channel and shut there bullshit
Down why can they wait on a huge game when they cant even wait on this hugr game it dosent make sense, yea osana isnt out but so what there are mods to keep people busy, just make the game fun and challenging just the way alot of people like it love ya Yan dev ❤
Yandere Dev is the best! I read the whole “article” I guess you would call it, and I never knew that people were doing this! It is really really sad. Also, of course it will take a little it to finish the game, there is only one person working on it. For only one person, there has been a lot of progress made. I will always support you, and I will NEVER do anything to run down your reputation like other people. We should thank Yandere Dev for putting is life into this game for us. He is doing all of this for us. So thank you, Yandere Dev!
The people spreading all the hateful propaganda about you are seriously acting like children. I’m sure most of them probably are children. I actually saw one girl who posted a propaganda video claim that ‘she has experience working on games on RPG Maker that don’t take nearly as long…’ she seriously compared RPG Maker to the Unity engine… that hurts my brain.
With that said, its now like these people are kicking a puppy thats already laying on the ground. Oh my god people! Give the poor man a break! I see so many of these ridiculous propaganda videos recommended to me on youtube. I try deleting them from my feed to change my recommendations but it never works. I’m fed up with it. They’re digging up evidence from years and years in his past and using it against him. And they’re calling HIM creepy. Wow, what hipocrites.
Take a break if you need to. Because unlike what many other people seem to think, a three hour break is hardly anything.
I didn’t even know there were rumors about you ^^ I’m just following your blog and your youtube channel, I first thought it was weird that the comments section was disabled but I thought you must had your reasons, and I was right ! You shouldn’t listen to the haters, me and your fanbase will always support you ^^ !
I actually feel that the game is going to be too hard cause with the first rival already having the mysterious obstacle, 80+ students all over the place etc…. So we’ll probably take the pacifist route… Which is super long… So I think we’ll get bored easily..
The first rival in the demo build will probably be more difficult than the first rival of the final game, since I want the demo to make the game seem interesting and challenging. However, in the final game, the difficulty will be balanced so that it starts out simple and ramps up with each rival.
YandereDev, I think we can all safely say that we’ve been young and stupid before and many of us are aware of this. It’s a part of growing up and unfortunately there are many others that exploit this to try to ruin you. Just do the best that you can with the game but don’t wear yourself out. I’ve been following all of your progression videos since the number of them was very few and I commend you for getting this far already to produce a solid and entertaining game. I’m amazed at how far you have come over the years!
Most “hate” videos I watched are really misinformed, it actually sucks so much. I had a conversation with some schmuck in the comments who said he “knows a little bit about game design” and said that developers have to focus on the core mechanics. He’s right, except he thinks the “core mechanics” is implementing Osana. I have no professional game design knowledge but by playing Paradox strategy and 2K games I know for a fact these games would be NOTHING without having multiple interwebbed and interlaced mechanics that will lead you to the final goal. I was super excited to see you taking the correct approach and building up the school with various clubs, student interactions, the school government, student day schedules. Keep it up man.
Well said.
Well Yan-Dev, I’m a fan of your pupil I do not speak English at all, but I want to tell you that no matter what comments you try to make this game you have not left it aside, all those disgusting comments do not show who you are, they what do they know? Perhaps they would have the guts to make an Indi game? Not clear, no, your game has also come to people from other countries, other languages or those who love this game and wait for Osana to arrive! I believe in you Yandere-Dev! I will continue to support you until the day you can see the end of the game.
PD: If you keep asking about Osana, tell them it’s a secret, it’s faster and worry-free.
Stupid haters! Don’t worry, just care about the ones who do support you and NOT the ones that don’t, everyone has haters, don’t let them worry you, ’cause a lot of people still have you back.
I have never gone against Yandere Dev at all. I have made comments on videos explaining how I and most of the fan base feel. Yandere Dev is a good guy, and he doesn’t deserve all this hate for what he has done, the game is already fun and amazing even though there isn’t an official rival yet. And there even more stuff to come BEFORE Osana (Like the Guidance counselor). If Yandere Dev wanted to do such horrible things like milking money, he would have just replace Kokona with Osana’s appearance and make the game expensive without any challenge at all. I have always be with you Yandere Dev and I always will.
There will always be people willing to exploit stupid things for attention. But don’t let it grab YOUR attention. It really isn’t important. A lot of people like you and think you’re really cool and that you’re an awesome game dev! I hope if this reaches you it makes you feel a bit better. If you ever feel upset just take a break, get some coffee or hot drink or something, and relax a bit. I’m excited for the game and can’t wait for what is to come! But I would hate that it would come at the expense of terrible feelings and stress. Do what makes you happy, don’t let anyone bother you about that. Everyone makes mistakes in the past. I’m pretty sure the majority of your fanbase forgives you for those. We want you to get better! So don’t worry!
I know, everyone is making this harder for you. I know how much weight must be on your chest now because of these people pressuring you. I also have a goal, but my goal was set at a very young age and I fear that soon I’ll be as stressed as you must be now. Please continue taking time on the game and take breaks when you need to. No one is stopping you. This is your life and no one is controlling it except you.
Yandere dev I know things are hard now but I believe that you can definitely overcome this. Just take your time on it you’re only human so it’s natural being in the gaming or anime industries can be stressful and have lots of back lash, but it takes a lot of confidence and strength to overcome these things and I believe you have a lot of confidence so no matter what I’ll definitely look forward to Yandere Simulator I have for awhile and I still do!
It’s unfortunate but even I keep seeing this horrible videos on YouTube about all this and it sucks that those people who are making these videos don’t understand that you’re doing your best.
Me @ the people who hate on Yandere Dev for being a “scam artist” for taking so long with the game (VIDEO!!! GAMES!!! TAKE!!! A LONG TIME!!!! TO MAKE!!!), being sexist and creepy with the game’s content (have these people ever seen anime??? he’s making the characters and gameplay based on existing cliches and archetypes. That’s the POINT), being a bad game developer (“ooooo he’s using models from the unity store!!!” he’s made like 3 videos addressing this and that he will use different models and art styles in the final game guys), being mean to his fans (Midori represents a person who asks unnecessary questions and gives obvious suggestions to an already very busy developer, not the fan base as a whole. And he kills her in his videos bc this is a game with LOTS OF MURDER. IT’S A JOKE), for offering dark and morbid options in game (again……we all signed up for a game about murdering fellow high school students, what did you expect?), or now for DEFENDING HIMSELF AGAINST ALL THE HATE: (ᓄಠ_ಠ)ᓄ
Last time I saw a whole post with lot of comments about you, that you were just doing this for money, you were lazy (they don’t even notice how much you are working on this game…), and about your past and all… And the worst part was that most of the comments were “woaw i didn’t knew!!! Thanks for telling me, I’ll stop supporting him”. I was really angry at them, seriously i hate these kind of people…
Yandere dev, I honestly think that you should ignore all of the hate.You are a great person, pouring hours of your time to develop a game and you’ve probably missed alot of events in your personal life because so.And yet there are still patheitc human beings out there who like to try and make you feel miserable, something wich you shouldn’t at all.So, ignore them.Continue with the game developing as normal, true fans wont care about the hate, and those are the only fans you need.
I don’t care about the rumors and the thing that happened. I understand how stressful criticism can be. it sucks. I’m still going to follow the game and I’m still going to watch all your videos. I have those bad videos that people are putting up against you on you YouTube recommendations but I don’t want to watch it. Its annoying and stupid. I tried to watch one of them and only stayed for about 5 seconds before watching something else. I hate it. Despite those rumors i’m still sticking with you
And then people wonder why I absolutely loathe the human race -_- people are so low sometimes. Be patient, all good things come to those who wait, those of you that are too impatient and are very selfish and rude can just leave. Yandere-Dev doesn’t need people who are going to chastise him for the mistakes he’s made, leave the poor man alone.
Don’t worry about those haters, I always say “haters gonna hate” but don’t let them discourage you. Even though I’m a total stranger and it’s unlikely you’ll even read this among the thousands of others, I want you to know that I think you’re a wonderful person and I know you can and will achieve great things! I mean, look at YandereSim, I and thousands upon thousands of people in the world adore this masterpiece, and it continues to grow each and every day! So, don’t let the Type Bs get you down, because they’re not worth the effort
Hm, let me begin with I am one of these people who got convinced by so-called haters. Or TYPE B I GUESS >_>
But before you jump at me with negativity let me tell you something.
There must be something to it. I think some of them *haters* are trying to get popularity at the expense of YandereDev. Of course, I dislike what he did in the past, but to make videos, blogs and other nasty, obsessive stuff about one single person, or to the public their old photographs, private conversations etc. Who does that, really? It is not like he is some sort of criminal and it is not justified to torment him like that.
There was a point in time when a certain youtuber wanted to prove that he can make a game faster but guess what? Its been months, no updates on the topics and all development videos removed.
I too, in my life have been tormented by one single mistake and an entire school knew about it. Although what I’ve done was nothing of a serious matter they kept calling me names, attacking me, even physically abusing me. That’s why, at this point, I must agree with YandereDev maybe not out of special enlightenment but the consideration that, perhaps, all these hating groups aren’t 100% honest and arguably with pure intentions.
In fact, I somehow regret even meeting them *these groups* because there was a point in time I stopped enjoying Yandere Simulator development the way I used to.
Truth be told, I don’t even think that these hating groups are necessary whatsoever. Nobody forces you to follow the development nor to pay money, nor to support on patreon. People do not require special enlightenment and nobody should feel obliged NOR PRIVILEGED to dictate to others what to think.
So as an advice from GROUP B person – just don’t go there, don’t trash your lives and enjoy what you love to enjoy. If you love YandereDev and Yandere Simulator development just stick to it. Perhaps, one day, your waiting will be gratified with a beautifully made game. Do not bother with drama because it only sucks out life from you. Even if you dislike somebody, it is not fair to ruin someone’s life and work.
That being said, whoever read my comment, thank you for your time and please do not follow TYPE B groups because they clearly enjoy the chaos they make. If you dislike something just quit, and don’t cause unnecessary discord.
Have a nice day.
It is very cool! When I first began to follow the game, I never expected that I would be interested by the history of the characters. But now I’m more and more interested in lore of yandere! You are doing an amazing job! For the first time I saw Yandere Simulator, it was just funny content. But when I saw this the second time it became interesting for me.
This is a very complex project and it looks amazing. Do not listen to evil and uncomprehending comments. You make a game that looks better than most indie games (im not really sure how to say it in English). It’s a hard work. And you are doing everything very cool! Thank you!
I hope this text is possible to read. My English is really baad..
Yandere Dev you gonna get hate from all sides and meme on like hell is after you. All you need to know that don’t bother with the past, past is past. Look beyond that and continue your development. I’m looking forward on gett8ng the game when full release. Be calm and get some help.
I wanted to send you an email but I didn’t want to annoy you with ungame related stuff. Instead I created this account just to leave a comment I’m not even sure you’ll read.
I just want you to know that I support you and the game 100%.
We all do stupid things and I think you’re incredibly brave. I wish I could have the drive to better myself and follow my passion like you have. Hopefully you read these comments and know how much of your fanbase doesn’t care about this drama.
Stay Strong 💛