Yandere Simulator

Yandere Simulator
Logo of working title 'Yandere Simulator'
Developer(s)	YandereDev
Publisher(s)	YandereDev
Engine	Unity
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Genre(s)	Stealth, action
Mode(s)	Single-player

Yandere Simulator (working title) is a stealth action video game in development and to be published by YandereDev (working name). Early development builds of the game were made available via its official website. The game's premise centers upon a jealous schoolgirl, Ayano Aishi, nicknamed Yandere-chan after the Japanese term "yandere", who has decided to eliminate anyone she believes is monopolizing her crush's attention.

Gameplay

Players will control Ayano Aishi (working name) (also known as "Yandere-chan"), a psychotic Japanese schoolgirl who has developed a crush on a fellow student currently named Taro Yamada (working name), nicknamed "Senpai". They are given 10 weeks. Currently, Senpai is an NPC which cannot be interacted with, since if Yandere-chan gets too close to Senpai, then the screen will be painted over with a pink light, Yandere-chan's heartbeat will be heard, she will drop any items, and she will be unable to perform any actions other than walking. If Senpai is killed with any of the game's Easter Eggs, then he will spawn again the next day.

Every week, a new rival will appear and will develop a crush on Senpai. (Note: currently, the player is only given 5 days, as this game is still being developed, therefore, winning is impossible. 10 weeks will be in the final version of the game.) Yandere-chan will have to eliminate her before she confesses her love to him. This can be accomplished by the player via several methods, such as: murdering the rival, or making her fall in love with another student by playing as Cupid.

If a player chooses to murder someone, they must clean up any evidence (such as the murder weapon and Yandere-chan's bloody clothes) and/or dispose of the body via an incinerator or dumpster on the school's grounds, and mop up the blood. Otherwise, the crimes can be linked back to Yandere-chan and result in her being arrested. Players must also ensure that their crimes are not witnessed by Senpai, which will result in the loss of the game. The only way the player can commit crimes in front of Senpai is by wearing a mask. Masks become available by joining the Drama Club. In the future, Senpai might be able to rip off the mask if Yandere-chan takes too long or has a low sanity level. The gameplay takes place only on the school's campus, a town, and the character's house, and players must ensure that they monitor several factors such as Yandere-chan's sanity level and reputation. If either becomes too low this can affect gameplay.

The police will be called if anybody witnesses Yandere-chan murdering another student, and they will perform an investigation. The time from the original police call to when the police arrive is 5 in-game minutes. Depending on how well the player has disposed of the evidence, returned sanity back to normal, and cleaned up the crime scene, they will either be unable to convict Yandere-chan of any crimes and she will go home, or she will be arrested and will never have Senpai, prompting a Game Over.

There are several buffs to make the game easier to play/easier to get away with murder. The player has the ability to change Yandere-chan's panties; each pair of panties will give them different abilities, such as bonuses when complimenting other students, or bonuses when gossiping about other students. The player has the option to pick up different manga books from around school grounds that give the player different buffs, such as decreasing the sanity rate at a slower rate than usual and being able to convince both boys and girls to do them favors.

The player also has the option to join different clubs that might not give buffs, but might allow Yandere-chan to do something that might seem suspicious to NPCs walking around the school otherwise, and consequently decrease her reputation. Several buffs of both already-implemented and planned clubs include being able to attack teachers, being able to carry a music case in which body parts of dismembered students can be carried around, and having access to infinite clean uniforms, instead of being limited to the gym uniform and the swimsuit (and nude, but had been said by YandereDev that in later builds it will be implemented when Yandere-Chan may no longer walk nude and will face a reputation penalty if caught doing so. Walking nude may even trigger a Game Over with a teacher.)

Yandere-chan can carry around only one item at a time in her hand; however, she has an inventory where sufficiently small weapons can be stored, such as knives or box cutters. Some weapons are too large (or too implausible) for storage in the player's inventory, like a katana or a circular saw. Certain weapons will not be seen as "suspicious" by the NPCs, due to the school setting in which the game takes place, such as screwdrivers and scissors. When a weapon that is considered "suspicious" by an NPC is held by Yandere-chan, the NPCs around Yandere-chan in a certain radius will react and Yandere-chan's reputation will drop.

Yandere-chan has the choice to skip school for the day to torture kidnapped students in her basement. She arrives to school at 7:00 AM normally, but if she tortures a student at home, she can arrive late instead. Once at school, she has the choice to walk around the school and talk to different NPCS. She can choose to go to class at 8:30 AM, with a lunch break from 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM, and end school at 3:30 PM. She can go home from 3:30 - 6:00. At 6:00, she is forced to go home. Clubs practice from 5:00 to 6:00, where the player can gain the club buffs.

Yandere-chan can choose to go to class to increase her Study Points, which give her skills in different areas. There are currently only five: Biology, Chemistry, Language, Psychology, and Physical Education. A skill in biology gives the player the ability to tranquilise other students; a skill in Language gives the player the ability to write convincing suicide notes if the player chooses to push certain NPCs off of the roof; a skill in Chemistry gives the player the ability to poison an NPC and kill them; a skill in Physical Education gives the player the ability to run faster and carry a corpse in their arms. Being late to class will earn the student a reprimand from the teacher and less points than if the student had been on time. The student can wear certain panties to be able to earn more Study Points than the normal amount.

Main characters

Info-chan

In the current game, not much is known about Info-chan so far, except that she has a bad reputation for selling dark secrets and panty shots, and wants Osana to suffer. It can be inferred that she is a mischievous character, and given her willingness to incite murder, voyeurism, gossip, and bullying, and her apparent indifference to the effects of her actions on others, she probably has really low moral standards, and one could even go as far as to say she is sociopathic and/or sadistic. She has the persona of "Evil," which would mean, as an NPC, she would encourage crime. She is very crafty. In both intros, Info-chan is shown to be uncaring towards other people. Info-chan doesn't feel guilt or remorse when harming others for her own personal gain. Info-chan is also extremely intelligent and resourceful. She could probably learn anything if she really wanted.

In the first intro, Info-chan seems outwardly confident and very curious (probably super nosy, too), as finding out secrets about other students is a hobby of hers, not just a job. She's very ambitious, as she wants her newspaper to become popular badly enough that she goes to the trouble of asking Yandere-chan to stir up turmoil. Info-chan seemed dedicated to her work and apparently poured her heart and soul into running the school newspaper. Her desire that Yandere-chan NOT kill off the entire school wasn't out of sympathy or humanity but due to the fact that the newspaper would die if no one was alive to read it.

In the second intro, violence is a bigger staple of her character. She specifically wants Osana to get hurt in some awful way, but the reason for it is unknown. She's willing to set Yandere-chan, an obsessed sociopath, against a rival who simply has a crush on Senpai.

Yandere-chan

Ayano Aishi, better known as Yandere-chan, is the protagonist of Yandere Simulator. She is an emotionless high school girl who never knew how to love someone until she met an upperclassman, whom she calls "Senpai". She will do anything to get him. Even after declaring this, however, in the very first intro, it was seen that Yandere-chan was actually influenced by Info-chan for eliminating rivals. Her birthday is April 1 and is stated to be 17 years old. Yandere-chan has fair skin and black hair in a pony-tail. She seems to have lots of energy, since when running, she can run faster than any other student. In her normal, default uniform, she is seen wearing a white and navy blue uniform shirt with a red mini scarf, a navy blue skirt, black stockings with black shoes. The length of her stocking is longer than any other student. She is 165 centimeters tall, and weighs 43.5 kilograms. Yandere-chan's intelligence will depend on how the player chooses to play. If they do not attend class, then they will not get any study points, meaning Yandere-chan cannot eliminate the rivals in ways like playing cupid, poisoning them, faking their suicide, etc. Currently, there are 14 mods for Yandere-chan in the game.

Senpai

Taro Yamada (placeholder name) better known as Senpai, is the love of the player. Just like Yandere-chan, Senpai has greyish black hair and eyes. He is an average boy who gets average grades. Senpai is a loner type and he likes to spend his time surrounded by nature. Senpai will never accept a confession from a girl with a low reputation. If a girl talks to him and doesn't come to school for few days (and then shortly comes back), he will not accept a confession. He thinks girls who skip school are delinquents. If students die after talking to him, he may wonder if he is cursed.

Other characters

Osana Najimi

Osana Najimi will be the first of 10 rivals. It is shown in the intro that Info-chan may harbor ill-will towards her and view her suspiciously. By the first week, she must be eliminated, or she will confess her feelings to Senpai. Osana Najimi would be likely a tsundere in future updates, as Senpai wouldn't know her true feelings because of repeated insults, although she is very close to him, and Senpai is likely to hear about Yandere-chan doing yandere actions. It is planned that Osana will be Clingy/Damsel when she is implemented. Currently, the girl behind the plaza tree is Rival-chan, whose design references Osana's old look. Osana has not yet been implemented because her new models had not been planned before that time, so Kokona is currently the test rival. In the future, Osana will likely have two long ginger pigtails supported by polka pink scrunchies. Her stockings would be different to show that she is Yandere-chan's rival.

Development

Development for Yandere Simulator began in 2014 and YandereDev has released test builds of the game for debugging purposes. He has periodically released updates that add elements to the game such as the ability to poison rivals, electrocuting rivals, drowning rivals, stealing other female students' uniforms to change into after committing a murder, befriending other schoolgirls, small mini games, a town the player can bike around in and other elements. Further updates will enable users to perform more tasks that allow them to blackmail or kill classmates.

The live streaming website Twitch.tv has prohibited the game from being streamed on their site. In an interview with Kotaku YandereDev stated that he was willing to work with Twitch.tv on some of the issues that could have caused them to ban the game, but that he would not change the game's core mechanics, as he "[doesn't] want to remove entire features from the game". He further stated that he has contacted Twitch.tv, but had not received any communication or explanation as to why the site had banned the game. He also expressed confusion over the ban, citing examples of games with similar themes such as Bully and Grand Theft Auto that are streamed on Twitch.tv.

External links

• Official website