YJ Project

0.5.X -> 0.6.X -> 0.7.X

Well, that concludes the big series of atmospheric updates numbered 6! Over the course of 4 updates, we have significantly changed the perception of the game: from launch and interface to world map...

Nine Lives of Yoki v.0.6.9

Maximum atmosphere!

📣 What's new?

Map update

• New decorative layers for the foreground and background

• Stalagnates

• ...
  2025-06-11 03:00:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Sticky snowman ^^

Art by kyrkyma

Yoki by Varulll

Artwork from one of the winners of the fan art contest ❤️

Particles

Previously, in the graphics settings, you could see an inactive element called “Particles.”

In update 0.6.9, we will add several initial particles, one of which will be snowflakes. Partic...

About the book

For quite some time now, we've been doing an English translation of our book. We are happy to announce that “The Dance of Nine Flames” is almost finished and we have a few finishing touches to ...

Triggers

In the next update, we plan to add triggers to change the exposure and volume of the wind. Depending on the player's position on the map, the sound of the wind will be turned down and the eyes will...

World Update

We are slowly getting closer to standardization in level building in Nine Lives of Yoki.

We've added 2 new layers to the foreground and background to create more of a depth effect. The new la...

Yoki J by Ogonek

Incredibly atmospheric Yoki art by artist Ogonek ❤️

New items

Now from time to time you will encounter strange objects that warn you about a hostile mob nearby.

We try to fill the map with interesting objects to diversify the world and also to use all t...

STUFF YJ!

❤️ STUFF YJ! Limited edition merch by YJ is a good reason to support authors and get nice souvenirs!

First drop:

Stickerpack with Yoki - $15

12 self-...

Yoki by kyrkyma

We are always excited to see the work of talented authors who draw Yoki! Thank you kyrkyma for the great work!

Final visual touches

Version 0.6.7 has greatly improved the quality of the interface and refreshed the feel of the game. We are left to release the last atmospheric update in the 6 series. The next version 0.6.9 will a...

Nine Lives of Yoki v.0.6.7

More freshness!

📣 What's new?

Mana mechanics

Mana is now used instead of fire, which can be spent on either a magic attack or blocking an attack with a shield....

Detection Indicator

Some mobs jump up when they notice Yoki. Now, in addition to this, a special indicator "!" will appear near them.

In process

While we are working on updating the interface, we are creating concepts of new elements for future updates. We will talk about all elements individually and in detail closer to the versions where ...

First level icon

As new levels become available, we will be creating a new icon for each island. The first level and its new icon in the menu are available now!

Tailscript

We've created our own alphabet for our universe!

Tailscript is the symbolic language of the anthropomorphic beings of the YJ universe. Its symbols were formed from light and ash, carrying anc...

Legend of Frostpaw

In old menu concepts you may have met the "Frostpaw" button. The functionality of this button will only appear in the 3rd phase of the game development, when the open world with quests and npcs wil...

Yoki UI

New interface inside the game. In addition to updating the design, we will slightly improve the game logic:

- Instead of fire there will be mana, which is spent when using a magic attack or w...

Parallax effect

From the very beginning of creating the background for the menu we wanted to make a parallax effect, but we had to give up this idea because of the difficulties in adapting to different screen reso...

0.6.6 -> 0.6.7

What's next for us? After we finish the series of atmospheric updates, we will be updating the gameplay. Earlier we planned to allocate 2 months for UI improvement, but we decided to include UI imp...

YJ pin

We post game updates on the 10th of every month!

The newest version of the game: 2025-04-12 07:07:48 +0000 UTC View Post

Nine Lives of Yoki v.0.6.6

More atmosphere!

📣 What's New?

New UI

• Most of the interface has been updated. New style and improved logic UI Kit.

2025-04-10 23:32:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Graphics Settings

In the 0.6.6 update we will add the ability to customize graphics, which was added at the beginning of the sixth series of the atmospheric update (0.6.3).

On the screenshot you can see the se...

Improvements

In the upcoming version 0.6.6 we will slightly improve all NSFW scenes (wolf, snowman, green slime).

Right now we are working on updated UI and graphics settings, and preparing materials for ...

Fire

Yoki's magic now emits light too!

The glow of fireballs and shields spreads to other objects and entities.

Under Snow and Stars - soundtrack

This track was born at an altitude of a thousand meters, when our sound designer 88wonda was returning to his hometown after many years.

This track was born at an altitude of a thousand meter...

Looking ahead

We are preparing files for future updates, which are expected very soon. We decided to share with you a sketch of the menu for character improvement. With the help of special currency you will be a...

UI update

We have drawn new textures for the interface a long time ago. Instead of simply changing the visual part of the UI, in the future we want to highlight a separate update for adding a large number of...