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Day 5: User Interface Concepts

I am not a UI designer; I've always felt that Yandere Simulator's UI looked bad, and that various aspects of it were all going to be re-designed and replaced eventually. Over the years, I've asked various concept artists to design new UIs for the ...

Day 4: Beach Concepts

As you can tell by visiting the stores in Yandere Simulator and looking out at the horizon, the game takes place next to the ocean. Back when I was considering the idea of adding a small town to the game, I asked artists to draw concept art of wha...

Day 3: Uniform Concepts

When people see a character from Yandere Simulator, I don't want them to think, "Oh, a character wearing a generic anime school uniform." I want them to think, "Oh! That's a character wearing the Yandere Simulator school uniform!" I want Yandere S...

Day 2: Calendar Concepts

The purpose of any screen in a video game is to communicate information, and I believe that the current iteration of the Calendar screen communicates exactly what it needs to. However, I've often wondered if there might be any good ways to spruce ...

30 days of sharing never-before-seen concept art on Patreon! Day 1: Logo Concept Art

I've said this many times, but I feel really bad that I rarely post anything on my Patreon page. Whenever I think about it, I arrive at the conclusion that my patrons would probably want me to work on the game rather than spending a bunch of time ...

Upcoming Feature Preview

For a long time, I've wanted to add a new type of weapon to the game. Recently, a new animator joined the team, and has begun working on the animations that I would need in order to implement the weapon. Here's a preview of how the animation is tu...

Lost Media: A video I created in 2016, but never uploaded.

In 2016, someone sang a yandere-themed parody of "You'll Be Back" from the musical "Hamilton". She sent me her song, and wanted me to upload it to my YouTube channel.

I loved the concept, but I had three problems with the song:

1. I ...

Amai Stealth Mission Concept Art

I'm not sure whether or not all rivals will have a Befriend/Betray stealth mission. Each mission would require the creation of an entire new environment and multiple NPCs walking around in it, each using new animations and voice acting. It's a "St...

Nemesis Manga Chapter 3 Preview

The artist who drew Chapter 2 of the Nemesis manga was busy for a long time, but recently became available again and has resumed work on the next chapter of the manga. About 50% of Chapter 3 is currently finished, and I'm super happy with how it's...

Concept Art for Upcoming Rooms

Years ago, the majority of the rooms in Akademi were empty. With each update, I slowly populated those rooms with props, one-by-one. However, two rooms have remained completely empty for over a year now: The "English Classroom" and "Biology Lab." ...

Yandere Simulator's Upcoming Character Models

Hey! I was originally considering the idea of only discussing the new character models on Patreon...however, I ultimately decided that it's information that should be made public, instead. So, you can find that information over on my blog...

Pre-Crowdfunding Checklist

After releasing 1980s Mode, I received an avalanche of extremely useful feedback from players; requests for quality-of-life improvements, suggestions for new features, and observations that highlighted certain flaws and exploits in the game. I put...

2022 Transparency

Hello!

I have many festive annual traditions, but this particular tradition is quite different from the rest.

At the beginning of each year, I write a post describing how I spent the money that I received through Patreon throughout the...

The "Mysterious Disappearance" of YandereDev

I wanted to uphold my annual tradition of posting a Christmas-themed music video on December 25th, but I thought that it would be weird if the most recent two videos on my channel were both Christmas videos. It would send a weird message; "This gu...

Tutorial Preview

I spent the majority of the past 15 days working on the upcoming tutorial for 202X Mode. Here is a short video preview of what it's like!

It might be somewhat underwhelming, because of the lack of voice acting. The voiceover narration from K...

Concept Art of Buraza Town and Shisuta Town

Yandere Simulator is set in a fictional school named Akademi Academy, which is in a fictional town named Buraza Town, which is nearby another fictional town named Shisuta Town. Initially, I imagined these towns being located in the mountains to th...

Tutorial Intro Preview

The premise of the tutorial is that the Drama Club is rehearsing a school play about a serial killer, and they have invited Ayano to play the role of the killer.

This provides a scenario in which the player receives instructions on how to co...

Upcoming Intro Cutscene Revision

When I first created the intro cutscene for Yandere Simulator, I was extremely proud of it. However, now that I'm looking back at it 3 years later, I feel like I could do much better. I'm considering the idea of completely revising the visuals of ...

Preview of Upcoming Content

Hello! Today, I'd like to give you a sneak peek of something that will be added to the game in the near future. It's a new weapon - a scythe!

As you can see from the above video, the animations are 100% finished. Al...

Patron Billing Change

Hello! Even though I don't post to Patreon often, I've been updating the game regularly. My blog is still the best place to get the latest news about the gam...

New Concept Art

Every now and then, as I work on the game, a little surprise happens - a volunteer will contact me and let me know that they were struck with inspiration and created something for the game purely of their own accord. Sometimes, their creation is c...

Preview of Upcoming Content #7

At the end of Yandere Simulator's intro cutscene, a series of visuals flash onscreen - images of the rivals and of important plot elements, such as the legendary cherry tree behind the school. In the next build, the images of the rivals will be ge...

Never-Before-Seen Concept Art #2

In 1980s Mode, Ryoba can play a retro-styled video game inside of her room - a shoot-em-up called "Space Witch." Space Witch was created by rotating Magical Gi...