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Yandere Simulator
Developer(s)YandereDev
Composer(s)CameronF305[1]
EngineUnity[2]
Platform(s)Windows
Genre(s)Stealth, action
Mode(s)Single-player

Yandere Simulator is a stealth action video game in development by American game developer Alex Mahan, better known online as YandereDev.[3][4] The game centers upon an obsessively lovesick schoolgirl named Ayano Aishi, nicknamed "Yandere-chan", who has taken it upon herself to eliminate anyone she believes is attracting her senpai's attention.[5]

Story and gameplay

Yandere-chan (Ayano Aishi) with high sanity (above) and low sanity (below). Performing murder results in loss of sanity, making Yandere-chan look increasingly disturbed and unstable, with the game's graphics and background music also reflect the change.

The player controls Ayano Aishi (nicknamed Yandere-chan), an apathetic Japanese high school girl who has developed a crush on Taro Yamada, a fellow student often referred to as "Senpai".[6] Over the course of ten weeks, a different girl will fall in love with Taro, becoming a target for Ayano to eliminate. The player has the ability to kidnap, torture, poison, electrocute, matchmake, befriend, betray, and drown rivals, befriend other schoolgirls, play small mini games, access a street where the player can earn money by playing a maid cafe minigame, spend money at shops to buy different types of items, and more.[7][8][9]

Development

Yandere Simulator is developed by YandereDev, a freelance game developer identified as Alex Mahan[10][11] and based in Temecula, California.[12][2] He first pitched the idea on 4chan in 2014, and after receiving positive feedback, decided to begin development.[citation needed] Mahan has stated that the series Mirai Nikki and School Days were inspirations for the game. In order to work on the game full-time Mahan opened a Patreon account in 2016; he has stated that prior to this he worked as a freelance programmer.[13]

On March 1, 2017, YandereDev announced a partnership with tinyBuild that would help him polish, promote, and publish the game.[14][15] On June 10, 2018, YandereDev announced that the partnership ended with the company in December 2017.[16] In late 2023 voice actress Michaela Laws, who voiced Ayano, left the project.[10]

Demo

In 2020, the game's first demo was released along with Ayano's first rival, Osana Najimi.[17]

1980s Mode

A prequel mode, named "1980s mode" was released in October 2021.[1] This mode is a complete story mode that follows Ayano Aishi's mother, Ryoba Aishi, and follows the same storyline as the main story. The developer has stated that this mode was created to test the games various systems. 1980s Mode features VHS effects and a completely new soundtrack in order to differentiate it from the main story.[1]

Critical responses

Content and themes

The game has received criticism over its content and themes, with the most common criticism centering upon the presence of sexuality and murder. In their 2022 doctoral dissertation Kristian A. Bjørkelo noted that some hearing about or playing the game found it transgressive due to the themes of sexuality and murder, while others took more exception to an update that allowed players to kill cats as a way of avoiding police detection. They further noted that Yandere Simulator was an example of a game that conflicted with "the idea that play is harmless fun, something that can be considered for children, a notion that can be referred to as the idealization of play (Stenros 2015, 2019) or the fallacy of play (Mortensen and Jørgensen 2020)".[18]: 11 

Twitch ban

In 2016 Yandere Simulator was added to the list of banned games by the streaming service Twitch. Mahan was a vocal critic of the ban, stating that Twitch never explained what prompted its addition to the list and that he would have been willing to "modify minor, innocuous things that were never meant to be the focus of the game, but I would not be willing to remove gameplay mechanics, remove core features, or change the focus of the game."[6] He further criticized the ban as a result of "self-righteous ideologies".[19]

Progress

Fans have voiced concerns over how long development of the game has taken. Mahan initially responded to these concerns with an announcement in March 2017 that he would be partnering with TinyBuild; this partnership ended in December of the same year.[14][16]

Reception

Yandere Simulator has received coverage throughout its development process, particularly for its content and themes.[18] Cecilia D'Anastasio, writing for Kotaku, covered the debug version in a 2017 article; they commented that the game had received criticism for "glamorizing suicide, bullying and Bipolar Disorder — allegations that I strongly agree with, despite the game’s merits as simulator for sociopathy."[13] D'Anastasio went on to interview YandereDev in the same article, who stated that the game "pivots on the archetype of an obsessed, violent stalker, rather than female stereotypes."[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c "What To Play Now: Yandere Simulator: 1980's Mode!". Verge Magazine. April 8, 2022. Archived from the original on April 30, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Maiberg, Emanuel (December 14, 2015). "What the Hell Is Up with This Homicidal Japanese Schoolgirl Simulator?". Vice. Archived from the original on September 7, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  3. ^ Vincent, Brittany (March 15, 2015). "VIDEO: "Yandere Simulator" Puts The Crazy In Your Hands". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  4. ^ Makedonski, Brett (April 1, 2015). "YouTube bans Yandere Simulator anime panty shots, commenters are pissed". Destructoid. ModernMethod. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  5. ^ Ashcraft, Brian (March 30, 2015). "The Schoolgirl Sim In Which You Kill People". Kotaku. Gizmodo Media Group. Archived from the original on January 21, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Yandere Simulator Dev Says Twitch Hasn't Told Him Why His Game Was Banned". Kotaku. January 22, 2016. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  7. ^ Preistman, Chris (March 13, 2015). "Learn How To Get Away With Murder In Yandere Simulator". Siliconera. Curse, Inc. Archived from the original on January 3, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  8. ^ Priestman, Chris (May 21, 2015). "How To Make A Murder Look Like Suicide In Yandere Simulator". Siliconera. Curse, Inc. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  9. ^ Hansen, Steven (June 5, 2015). "Yandere Simulator lets you poison Japanese schoolgirls". Destructoid. ModernMethod. Archived from the original on January 25, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  10. ^ a b Bevan, Rhiannon (September 29, 2023). "Yandere Simulator Devs And Voice Actors Quit Following Grooming Allegations Against Creator". TheGamer. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  11. ^ Esguerra, Vanessa (September 28, 2023). "'Yandere Simulator' Fans Pull Support as Dev Responds to Disturbing Grooming Allegations". The Mary Sue. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  12. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (January 22, 2016). "What is Yandere Simulator, and why has Twitch banned it?". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  13. ^ a b c "The Secretive Creator Of Yandere Simulator, A Game About Murdering High School Girls". Kotaku. June 28, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
  14. ^ a b Yin-Poole, Wesley (March 2, 2017). "Yandere Simulator picks up publisher, developer guarantees completion". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on March 3, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  15. ^ Shive, Chris (March 1, 2017). "tinyBuild Teams Up with YandereDev for Yandere Simulator". Hardcore Gamer. Archived from the original on March 4, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  16. ^ a b "Hey, whatever happened with that whole tinyBuild thing?". Yandere Simulator Development Blog. June 11, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  17. ^ "「Yandere Simulator」の正式デモ版がリリース。先輩への病んだ恋心が止まらない少女が恋敵を次々に消していくステルスアクション". www.4gamer.net (in Japanese). September 1, 2020. Archived from the original on November 2, 2021. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  18. ^ a b Bjørkelo, Kristian A. (April 8, 2022). Playing With Boundaries : Empirical Studies of Transgressions and Gaming Culture (Doctoral thesis thesis). The University of Bergen.
  19. ^ "A Year Later, Yandere Simulator's Dev Says Twitch Still Hasn't Explained Ban". Kotaku. January 23, 2017. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
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