Gym Stage Adjustments
Added 2024-07-11 06:24:46 +0000 UTCHi!
A stage play will take place in the school gym during Kizana's week. While testing and reviewing new assets created for the play, I frequently ran into problems due to the limited amount of space in the gym stage area. The walkway was too low, and the curtains were taking up too much space. It severely limited the way that I could position backdrops and props on the stage. Also, the walkway above the stage is so low that anybody in the audience watching the play can clearly see if anyone is walking around up there. In fact, anyone sitting in the front row would clearly be able to see the face of anyone standing on the walkway, which means that any "sabotage the play from above" elimination wouldn't realistically work out.
I thought to myself, "A lot of those problems could be fixed by raising the walkway. Could we simply raise the walkway?" But, then I realized how much work it would involve:
The ramp leading up to the walkway would have to be updated.
The ceiling above the walkway would have to be raised.
The ceiling of the backstage area would have to be raised.
The roof of the gym would have to be raised and/or extended.
The roof of the backstage area is a separate model, and it would also need to be raised, as well.
All walls connecting to those ceilings and roofs - interior and exterior - would have to be updated to reach the new height of the ceilings/roofs.
So many different individual parts of the school gym would all have to be adjusted and updated! I started to think, "Maybe this isn't going to be feasible...maybe the amount of work is too great."
...but, one of Yandere Simulator's modelers was up to the task! They accepted the responsibility, and made all of the necessary adjustments to the gym building - inside and outside - to accommodate my request of raising up the walkway!
As a result, the ceiling of the stage is now a full 2 meters taller (and the curtains have been moved, as well) which makes the stage much less cramped, and also solves the issue of "Anyone sitting in the front row would easily see Ayano on the walkway!" I'm so happy with this outcome! Perhaps it's not the most glamorous or exciting thing in the world, but I'm really glad that the gym was able to be updated in so many ways that make it more convenient for me to work with it, so I just had to share this information with you!
(Of course, the gym stage isn't the only thing that I've been working on lately; I've also made other additions and improvements to the game recently, which I'll discuss in an upcoming blog post.)
Even though I'm not focusing on implementing Kizana as my top priority right now, I'm actively requesting new models (and adjustments to previously-existing models) in preparation for events that will occur during Kizana's week. I hope it pleases you to learn this!
Thank you for supporting the development of Yandere Simulator!
Comments
I would like to give the player multiple ways to sabotage Kizana's play - some would outright kill her, while others would humiliate her. I'm also considering the possibility that it might be necessary to sabotage the play in multiple ways to make it fail, rather than just one way.
YandereDev
2024-08-21 21:22:12 +0000 UTCWill Kizana be rehearsing on the stage like the current drama club? If she will then my idea would be perfect for Kizana!
Carlito
2024-08-21 17:09:01 +0000 UTCHey Yandere dev! I’ve just came up with an idea for sabotaging Kizana’s play! You should maybe make the option to not just drop a heavy object to kill Kizana, but to also have the option to pour a bucket of liquid onto her! It’ll be an easy way to get the burning elimination by pouring gasoline on top of Kizana from a bucket on top of the stage. Or also pouring water onto Kizana from the stage to just kill her in the showers or to steal her phone! Just like when Kokona would take her phone call!
Carlito
2024-08-21 15:58:14 +0000 UTCYes, his name is Sutemi Okada. I can't fix the nameplate without help from a texture artist.
YandereDev
2024-07-31 08:46:11 +0000 UTCHello YandereDev, I have a question about Osana's stalker: what's his real name? I ask this because I remember reading somewhere that his real name was Sutemi Okada and I wanted to check if this was true. The reason I bring this up is because if his surname is Okada, shouldn't the nameplate on his house in Osana's B/B mission have the characters for Okada (岡田) instead of Stalker (ストーカー) written in katakana?
Momoloa92
2024-07-31 08:12:35 +0000 UTCI never think about it.
YandereDev
2024-07-30 01:17:30 +0000 UTCI had a question, if Jokichi had to join a club at school, which one would he choose?
Devin Scalise
2024-07-29 21:06:30 +0000 UTCThey stop talking if they realize that Ayano is speaking to them.
YandereDev
2024-07-26 11:53:19 +0000 UTCHey YandereDev! I've got a question. From the conversations we hear from the Basu Sisters we obviously know that they're not human beings and have supernatural powers. Do the Basu Sisters know that Ayano spies on their conversation?
zyistix
2024-07-26 08:09:25 +0000 UTCI plan to make it possible to customize her in certain ways (hair dye, tan skin, leg warmers, accessory around waist, accessories around wrists, new hair style) but I don't plan to offer the player complete and total customization (200+ hairstyle options, color wheel, etc). Custom Mode is for complete and total customization, but not Ayano in 202X.
YandereDev
2024-07-26 02:07:36 +0000 UTCHey YandereDev! I gotta question, could there be a point in time where we could customize Ayano Aishi (the protagonist.) This could be giving ayano accessories e.g. bracelets, leg warmers, hair ties etc.
zyistix
2024-07-26 01:25:08 +0000 UTCShe won't have an event (like a haunted house event at school) but she will have an objective that she is trying to accomplish over the course of the week, and the player will be able to participate in it. I'd rather not spoil it.
YandereDev
2024-07-24 06:02:26 +0000 UTCHey YandereDev! I got another question. How will Oka's week occur like? Will she have a special event or will we have to find away to distract the students from her.
V
2024-07-24 05:36:52 +0000 UTCFor a long time, I never really planned to include any meaningful events aside from the bake sale in Amai's week. Because Amai's week feels kind of "barren" compared to Osana's week, I do plan to add more events to it, but I have not yet decided on the exact nature of those events.
YandereDev
2024-07-24 02:35:32 +0000 UTCHey YandereDev I have a question. What other idea did you have for Amai to have for her week other than a bake sale?
V
2024-07-24 01:02:17 +0000 UTCI wouldn't want only one participant in a conversation to have voice acting. I'll add voice lines to those conversations once all participants have voice actors.
YandereDev
2024-07-23 22:47:01 +0000 UTCHey YandereDev! Is there any reason why info-chan doesn't have voiced lines when speaking to Ayano after eliminating Amai through the text messages scene?
V
2024-07-23 03:38:06 +0000 UTCThanks, I appreciate you saying so!
YandereDev
2024-07-22 23:00:13 +0000 UTCOk thank you your doing so good right now
Onix Agosto
2024-07-22 22:34:45 +0000 UTCIf I complete all 10 of Ayano's rivals and a lot of people love the game and there is a large demand for more content, I may continue to update the game with new characters and new content, including a male protagonist, male rivals, etc. If I complete all 10 of Ayano's rivals and nobody cares and the game is a critical/financial failure, I will probably just move on to my next project.
YandereDev
2024-07-22 22:31:49 +0000 UTCHey YandereDev! I have one question If Yandere simulator release with a lot of praise will you think of making Yandere-Kun an actual playable character with male rivals?
Onix Agosto
2024-07-22 22:03:34 +0000 UTCMegami's week will have circumstances that will require the player to do extra work in order to make any elimination method feasible. For example - as you've noted - Megami wears gloves, so the player would have to find a way to get the gloves off of her hands before they could successfully frame her for murder. Every other elimination method will also require the player to perform at least one "additional step" before the method becomes viable.
YandereDev
2024-07-22 21:29:55 +0000 UTCHey Dev, i got a question for eliminating Megami would every elimination method be 10 times harder. Like for framing her for murder it would be nearly impossible cause we would have to find a way to take her gloves off, and if she does take them off lets say when she gets splashed by water, she would quickly put new ones back on cause she probably knows someone is after her.
WWE Jay Gaming
2024-07-22 14:23:10 +0000 UTCI'm sorry; I guess I just disagree with this idea.
YandereDev
2024-07-21 04:37:37 +0000 UTCHey YandereDev! When bringing the weapons bought from the workshop before even being allowed to take them to school, shouldn't the player have a certain amount of physical skills to even carry them to school?
V
2024-07-21 04:19:51 +0000 UTC1. I would strongly prefer to give all different rivals different walking/standing animations. However, whether or not I'm able to do this depends entirely on animation volunteers. 2. I never think about what happens after endings. 3. Nobody knows. 4. I think there should always be at least 1 person performing a club activity every week, even if every other club member is operating as a "living security camera."
YandereDev
2024-07-19 03:06:42 +0000 UTCHey YandereDev gotta few questions! (1) Will the rest of the rivals have different walking animations/idles? (2) What happens after acheiving the genocide ending? Does the whole situation end up on the news and Akademi gets shut down? (3) Do some of the students know who info-chan is? Whats inside of her room? (4) After Kizana's week, will the drama club still be acting in the gym, or be involved in the "living security cameras" in school like the rest of the students.
V
2024-07-18 20:48:14 +0000 UTCok thank you!
willtaylxrr
2024-07-18 10:56:33 +0000 UTCEventually - but it's not a priority until after Kizana has been added to the game.
YandereDev
2024-07-18 10:21:51 +0000 UTCare we gonna get the new snob walk and idle pose from pose mode in custom mode and the mirror
willtaylxrr
2024-07-18 09:11:00 +0000 UTCThere are a few other features I'd like to add, to the protagonist's home, yes.
YandereDev
2024-07-18 04:56:18 +0000 UTCMany weapons have uses other than murder. For example, the screwdriver can be used to sabotage a vending machine. In my blog post, I described alternate purposes that each weapon might have. Completely redundant weapons will probably be replaced by other things that are sensible to purchase from a hardware store, such as a raincoat or car battery. I talked about this in my blog post...
YandereDev
2024-07-18 04:55:56 +0000 UTCAlso YandereDev! Will there be more features added to when ayano leaves her bedroom?
V
2024-07-18 04:31:35 +0000 UTCFor the new feature you added as Ayano is able to purchase more weapons from the town and bring to school. Is there a reason for it other than using it to eliminate people?
V
2024-07-18 04:26:50 +0000 UTC1) It's possible. I consider it. But I'm not ready to promise it yet. 2) He's afraid to leave his office while Ayano is at school. He only leaves when she goes to class. He leaves school to go get lunch. He gets fast food, something like the equivalent of McDonald's. 3) Kuroko, I don't know. She could only be satisfied in the council. Akane, drama. Aoi, martial arts. Shiromi...I think she'd make her own club, "underwater basket weaving." 4) I don't really understand the question. 5) Yes, it will effect the ending.
YandereDev
2024-07-18 01:50:04 +0000 UTCHey YandereDev, I have a few questions! (1) Will Kizana still have a group of club members following her around school even when she's with senpai and practicing for the school play? (2) Why does the Headmaster leave his room at lunchtime and where does he go? (3) If the current members in the student council were not in the council club which club would they be in? (4) Is there another reason why Ayano is able to bring weapons bought from her home to school other than attacking? (5) Will the 'leave romantic note for senpai' we leave for each of the 10 weeks have an effect on the type of ending we get? And will we always leave a note for him?
V
2024-07-18 00:00:11 +0000 UTCFrom changelog of next build: It is now possible to access the Hardware Menu from the protagonist's bedroom door. This means that Ryoba is now able to access the hardware that she buys from the Hardware Store in 1989.
YandereDev
2024-07-16 05:55:26 +0000 UTCinstead of that then are we gonna have an option to swap between shed items and room items and ryoba's door so she can still bring the new weapons to school?
willtaylxrr
2024-07-16 05:41:50 +0000 UTCIdeally, I would prefer it if "Senpai meets next rival" scenes could be fully animated and fully voiced cutscenes, similar to the cutscene where Senpai meets Amai. However, that really depends on budget/volunteers/support. The hidden "open/close curtains" debug button prompt will be removed once Kizana is added to the game. During Kizana's week, there will be a legit opportunity to meaningfully open/close the curtains.
YandereDev
2024-07-16 04:44:52 +0000 UTCIt's a little bit more complex than that. There are a handful of factors that would make it difficult to let Ryoba walk outside of her room like Ayano can. I can't guarantee it / promise it.
YandereDev
2024-07-16 04:39:14 +0000 UTCcan we have the option to walk around the protag’s house in custom mode? if you just get rid of the postcards and remove the picture of ryoba and jokichi it could be anyone’s house and then we’d be able to bring in the hardware weapons
SARA
2024-07-16 03:25:42 +0000 UTCThe Taro meeting Kizana scene environment looks extremely well done YandereDev! Do you think you will get a unique animation for the whole scene? Also will the prompt button for the curtains in the gym to open and close always stay hidden?
zyistix
2024-07-15 13:58:54 +0000 UTCThe pickaxe is for the cave under the cherry tree maybe...?
only_nicooo
2024-07-15 09:40:27 +0000 UTCIf I complete all 10 of Ayano's rivals and a lot of people love the game and there is a large demand for more content, I may continue to update the game with new characters and new content. If I complete all 10 of Ayano's rivals and nobody cares and the game is a critical/financial failure, I will probably just move on to my next project. While working on Yandere Simulator, I have been ignoring most games/movies/shows that have been released over the past 10 years. After finishing Yandere Sim, I would like to spend some time just catching up on all the games/movies/shows that I have been ignoring. I enjoy game development more than anything else, so after Yandere Sim is complete, I still want to develop more games. However, it is exhausting to work on a long/complex/difficult project like Yandere Simulator, so I will probably focus on developing short/simple/basic games in the future.
YandereDev
2024-07-15 00:53:57 +0000 UTCHey Yanderedev! I have a question for you, when you complete yandere simulator what would be the next goal for yourself?
V
2024-07-15 00:43:00 +0000 UTCSome of the characters on the website are just there for lore / backstory and won't actually appear at school.
YandereDev
2024-07-14 23:47:32 +0000 UTCHello yandere Dev I have a question about the game. Will any new characters ever show up at the the school? And I'm not talking about the rivals. I'm talking about the characters from the website or characters we've never seen before. Will any of them ever go to school? You don't have to say which ones. I just want to know will any of them actually to show up at school? Or will they just be saved for stuff that happens outside of school?
I can't come up with a name
2024-07-14 23:31:21 +0000 UTC1. Yes; many of them did. *Most* of them did. 2. After 1989, he tried to exit the field of organized crime and live an honest life, but every 5 years or so, his old associates contact him and ask for his assistance with a crime that would result in a huge amount of money. He initially refuses, but in the end, he always accepts and does "One Last Job." His last crime was in 2020. He really wants to stop, but if the right opportunity arises, he always gets sucked back in to a life of crime. 3. Yes. 4. It'll work a bit differently. It'll be "job performance" more than "reputation."
YandereDev
2024-07-14 01:53:07 +0000 UTCHey Yanderedev! I have a few questions. Did any of the 1980's mode rivals who stayed alive have any children? I know that you've already stated that the Yakuza will not be included in 202X mode but what is his future after 1980's mode? Did he stop behaving the way he did? Is he continuing doing the things he's been doing? If a Ayano chooses to murder someone and the police get called will the headmaster still bribe the parent/police to keep the situation quiet and not let it reach the public? Will the "reputation" system still work for the Mida and Muja?
V
2024-07-14 01:32:32 +0000 UTCTy!
only_nicooo
2024-07-13 07:04:41 +0000 UTCI can consider it, but it would be more troublesome than the other additions I want to make to Custom Mode, so it's a type of change that is not likely to be made soon.
YandereDev
2024-07-12 23:52:09 +0000 UTCI forget the exact reason. I just remember that it created some kind of rendering problem or rendering bug.
YandereDev
2024-07-12 23:48:11 +0000 UTCI wrote a blog post about it. 2 months minimum for an outcome similar to the first release of Amai. 3 or 4 months minimum for an outcome with the production values of Osana.
YandereDev
2024-07-12 23:47:38 +0000 UTCHello Yandere Dev, I have a suggestion for custom mode. Would you consider making it possible to customize the days on which events happen for each rival? For example, on week one, you could choose for the rival to borrow the book on Monday and then give Senpai the bento on Tuesday. Essentially, players could use the pre-existing sabotageable events but change the days they occur for each rival. I think this would help make each custom mode rival feel just a little different from the previous ones.
I can't come up with a name
2024-07-12 22:41:07 +0000 UTCHello Yandere Dev, I was wondering why the windows in the gymnasium aren't transparent when the detail option for it is enabled. I remember that some builds I've played had transparent windows for the gymnasium but got removed after a point. So, I was wondering if the windows in the gym could become transparent again or would it affect the game's framerate negatively?
Momoloa92
2024-07-12 20:24:53 +0000 UTCHi dev, I was wondering, now that the game is finally able to support the mechanics for which there are more rivals, and not just Osana, how long does it actually take after having the assets and possibly also the animations and dubbing to implement a rival ?
only_nicooo
2024-07-12 13:39:33 +0000 UTCOh okay! I’m sorry
only_nicooo
2024-07-12 13:21:12 +0000 UTCYes, "Allow the player to pick a color using a color wheel instead of selecting primary colors" is one of the ways I'd like to update Custom Mode.
YandereDev
2024-07-12 08:20:54 +0000 UTCHey YanDev with that colored wheel option to change the color of the characters hair in custom mode you’re working on, would it be possible to put multiple colors on the hair. If we want to, Like make a hairstyle a full rainbow. Or the colored wheel isn’t gonna work like that.
WWE Jay Gaming
2024-07-12 08:19:04 +0000 UTCI don't have an appropriate animation for that circumstance that the teacher could perform.
YandereDev
2024-07-12 01:52:43 +0000 UTC1. A lot of people have requested it, and it would be relatively easy to implement, but it just feels unnecessary to me. I don't really want to implement such a feature. 2. Real-world answer: No adult male models. In-game answer: Headmaster's preference. 3. I'm planning on making it possible. 4. They know who he is. He doesn't have a permanent residence in America. But Ryoba knows how to find him.
YandereDev
2024-07-12 01:51:02 +0000 UTCAw, that's so nice of you to say, thank you!
YandereDev
2024-07-12 01:40:33 +0000 UTCYou're making really good progress, I'm proud of you
LacunaEclipse
2024-07-11 20:39:07 +0000 UTCHey Yanderedev! Got some more questions. During the course of the game will there be anytime where Ayano will have to sneak into school at nighttime? Why are all of the teachers at the school all females? Are male teachers seen harshly different to female teachers? Over the course of the game will the guidance councillor have a chance to change the delinquent's behaviour and make them go back to their regular selves? Does Ryoba & Jokichi specifically know where the person they're hunting down lives in America e.g. California, New Orleans etc.
V
2024-07-11 19:05:17 +0000 UTCHey dev! Sorry to bother you, I wanted to point out, I don't know if it's a voluntary thing, or an oversight, but I noticed that if you kill an entire class, the teacher will continue talking.
only_nicooo
2024-07-11 14:06:59 +0000 UTCWow! Good job! I'm really excited about the 15th update, I think we'll have a lot of interesting things waiting for us!
only_nicooo
2024-07-11 10:23:21 +0000 UTCGood job to the modelers ! Look sm better now !
Shiojurn
2024-07-11 10:12:41 +0000 UTCIf Megami was considering an addition to the student council... 1. Raibaru as second enforcer. 2. Beruma as Public Relations Officer or Policy Research Officer. Code-names for "Investigates rumors of misbehavior at school." 3. Meka Nikaru as "Technology Officer" - invents technology for the student council that are really just tools for spying on students to ensure nobody is breaking the rules at school. Potentially, a reformed Kashiko as "Student Welfare Officer" - essentially, someone who actively seeks out and stops any instances of bullying in the school.
YandereDev
2024-07-11 10:07:34 +0000 UTCGotta question for you YandereDev! If there was another awaiting spot in the student council open who in the school would join the council?
V
2024-07-11 09:21:09 +0000 UTCI don't know if it's just me but it looks.. even better. I cannot wait to see what else you have in store for us YandereDev!
V
2024-07-11 07:29:00 +0000 UTC
