Yandere Simulator

Yandere Simulator is an upcoming stealth action video game created by American game developer YandereDev.[1][2] The game centers upon an obsessively lovesick schoolgirl named Ayano Aishi, nicknamed and known mainly as "Yandere-chan", who has taken it upon herself to eliminate anyone she believes is monopolizing her senpai's attention.[3]

Yandere Simulator
Developer(s)YandereDev
Publisher(s)YandereDev
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseTBA
Genre(s)Stealth, action
Mode(s)Single-player

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 reflecting 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 nicknamed "Senpai".[4]

Development

Yandere Simulator is developed by YandereDev, a 32–33-year-old freelance game developer identified as Alex and based in Temecula, California.[5][6]

Development for Yandere Simulator began in 2014, with YandereDev releasing test builds of the game for debugging purposes.[7] He has regularly released updates that add elements to the game, such as the ability to kidnap, torture, poison, electrocute, matchmake, and drown rivals, befriend other schoolgirls, play small mini games, access a town the player can earn and spend money in, and more.[8][9]

On March 1, 2017, YandereDev announced a partnership with tinyBuild that would help him polish, promote, and publish the game.[10][11]

In 2020, the game's first official demo was released along with Ayano's first rival, Osana Najimi.[12]

Twitch ban

In 2016, the game was added to a list of banned explicit games by the streaming service Twitch.[13][14] In a statement made to Kotaku, YandereDev blamed "self-righteous ideologues" for the ban.[14]

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Loveridge, Lynzee (May 23, 2015). "Yandere Simulator Will Let Players Love Their Sempai — To Death". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 7, 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. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Inc, Aetas (September 1, 2020). "「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). Archived from the original on November 2, 2021. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  13. "Yandere Simulator Dev Says Twitch Hasn't Told Him Why His Game Was Banned". Kotaku. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  14. "A Year Later, Yandere Simulator's Dev Says Twitch Still Hasn't Explained Ban". Kotaku. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
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