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Preview of Upcoming Video

To be completely honest, I actually forget how this began...

I think it began with an artist reaching out to me, expressing that they were a huge fan of Yandere Simulator, and asking if I had...

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Upcoming Feature: Info-Chan Portraits

One of the earliest additions to the game was the cutscene where Info-chan introduces herself to Ayano. For over 10 years, this cutscene has been extremely basic - a static image of a smartphone ag...

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Behind-the-Scenes Development Trivia

During each rival's week, I want the school environment to change in various ways. For example, during Amai's week, there is a bake sale in the center plaza, and some placards around school adverti...

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Potential Game Design Change

I'm considering a change to one aspect of Yandere Simulator's game design.

Currently, the "Gossip" feature works like this: To damage your rival's reputation, speak to a student and say negat...

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Seeking Patron Input

Hey, Patrons!

First, please read this blog post that I just wrote: https:...

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Preview of Upcoming Content - Animation for the Ryoba-Meets-Yakuza Cutscene

Amai's voice actress isn't available to record during the month of June, and will not be available again until the month of July. Until then, I'm having my animator create animations for various ot...

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Behind-the-Scenes Development Trivia: Reference for Voice Actors

I've discussed this before in a previous Patreon post, but I'll go over it again:

Sometimes I have a very specific "mental image" of exactly how a line of dialogue is meant to be delivered. I...

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Preview of Upcoming Content: Character Silhouettes

Over the past month, an artist has been illustrating tons of characters for the official website!

I often use the Characters page of the official website as a way to communicate important asp...

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Preview of Upcoming Content

Hey, you know the 8-bit minigame that you can play while using the "Pass Time" feature?

It was suggested that this feature should have its own background music and sound effects. In the next ...

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Preview of Upcoming Content: Rhythm Minigame Sprites

For over a year, the sprites in the Light Music Club Rhythm Minigame were just black silhouettes. Eventually, they were updated with actual artwork - but an entirely new set of sprites is in the wo...

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New Amai Bake Sale Animations

The current "Amai Bake Sale" event is pretty bare bones. Amai and the other members of the Cooking Club stand perfectly still, and customers interact with the bake sale by performing an animation t...

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Patreon Post Frequency

Howdy! A few people have reached out to ask, "When will you post to Patreon again?" and I wanted to share some insight into my thought process.

As you're doubtlessly already aware, Yandere Si...

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Preview of Upcoming Content

There are a few events in Yandere Simulator that are currently depicted without visuals, existing only as text on a black screen. This bothers me tremendously, and I plan to gradually update most o...

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Preview of Upcoming Content: Chainsaw Animations

Last year, I gave the player the ability to purchase a chainsaw from a store in town. However, I didn't give the player the ability to bring the chainsaw to school, because I didn't have animations...

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Preview of Upcoming Content

A new cutscene is coming to the game! One of the camera shots in this cutscene focuses on some food ingredients in a pot of boiling water. The animator in charge of this cutscene really went above ...

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If Yandere Simulator had a small town...

Since 2015, there is a topic that I've periodically returned to: Would Yandere Simulator be improved if it had a small town?

Will the game feel small and clastrophobic if the player is limite...

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Kataba Concept Art

Hello!

By now, you've had time to go check out Kataba Aishi, the latest character to be added to the Characters pa...

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Preview of Upcoming Content: Anime Eyebrow Effect

I'm sure that you've noticed it before - in anime, a character's eyebrows are often visible through their hair. You know what I'm talking about, right?

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Preview of upcoming murder method

Here's a preview of an animation that is currently being created for the game!

Obviously, it's not finished yet, so don't judge it too harshly, but I wanted to share a quick preview of someth...

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Upcoming Model Rival Previews

Here are 14 videos demonstrating what each of the rivals will look like with the new models! The first 10 videos are Osana through Megami, the next 2 videos demonstrate how eyes with drastically di...

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Upcoming Model Preview Videos

Here are 8 videos demonstrating various aspects of the upcoming character models!

A turnaround of Ayano, a turnaround of the base model with no hair, two demonstrations of animated "anime eff...

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Upcoming Model Preview Images

Here are 19 images that each demonstrate something that the upcoming character model is capable of.

The first image shows off the new face texture - you'll notice that there is no longer a li...

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News about the Upcoming Character Models

Yandere Simulator's current character models are store-bought assets that have numerous flaws and limitations; I've wanted to replace them for many years now. 2025-02-01 09:19:13 +0000 UTC View Post

2024 Transparency

Well, looks like it's that time of year again!

In January of each year, I write a post describing how I spent the money that I received through Patreon throughout the previous year, and my pl...

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Yanvania Spinoff Concept Art

Ever since I created the Yanvania minigame way back in 2015, I've been imagining what it would be like if that minigame was ever turned into a full-sized game. Because I have my hands full with Yan...

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Original 1980s Mode Student Concept Art

Usually, when designing a character, I start off by deciding the character's personality traits, and then giving them an appearance that suits those traits. "This character will be obsessed with re...

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1980s Revamp Concept Art

Hello! I apologize for not posting to Patreon very much recently; throughout the month of October, I was very focused on preparing the big Halloween update, and while I was working on it, Patreon d...

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Never-Before-Seen Artwork

In 1980s Mode, the player can snoop through a rival's bookbag to find magazines containing pictures of hot male fashion models. The rivals have drawn little hearts next to the traits they find attr...

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Adding "Leave Protagonist's Room" Functionality to 1980s Mode

In theory, it should be easy to simply let Ryoba - the protagonist of 1980s Mode - exit her room and walk around her house, right? After all, she lives in the same house as her daughter, and "open ...

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Preview of Upcoming Content - Kizana's Befriend/Betray Stealth Mission Environment

The environment for Amai's "Befriend/Betray Stealth Mission" involved three fully-modeled buildings - a bakery, an office building, and a building that was under construction.

The environment...

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