Amai Progress Report and House Preview
Added 2024-04-15 07:41:12 +0000 UTCThe latest feature that I've added to the game is the ability to walk around the protagonist's house! You can read all about it - and watch a video about it - in my most recent blog post.
But - although I am extremely grateful to the volunteer who modeled the house for me - I feel that the visual quality of the environment could be improved in a lot of ways. Recently, a 3D artist has been re-modeling the Aishi residence at a much higher level of quality! I'm thrilled with the work he has shown me so far, so I've shared a preview of it with you above!
But, of course, I'm sure that what you're really interested in is the status of Amai. I have a short, but meaningful update for you:
Amai Progress Report
On April 1st, I felt as though there was a very real possibility that Amai could actually be finished by April 15th. In fact, I almost made the decision to announce April 15th as Amai's release date! However, I'm very glad that I didn't do that:
Over the past 2 weeks, I encountered a tremendous number of "Oops! I almost forgot about that!" tasks; tasks that had completely slipped my mind. Stuff like...
Writing the text that appears inside of Amai's diary
Changing the comments that appear when gossiping about Amai online
Updating the "dating sim" minigame so that it would be compatible with any rival rather than being hard-coded for Osana specifically
Getting the game to recognize that Amai shouldn't speak with Shoku's voice lines when the player is talking to Amai about the Cooking Club
Just a whole bunch of different miscellaneous stuff, such as replacing some old crummy placeholder animations with newer and better ones, et cetera
These tasks are not difficult or time-consuming; they're just very plentiful. They kept on piling up, and actually ate up most of the past two weeks!
However, at this point in time, there are basically 5 or 6 super-easy tasks remaining, and then Amai is straight-up DONE. The only remaining thing that might take up a significant amount of time is implementing the cutscene where Kizana meets Senpai, but, honestly, aside from that, there is barely any work left whatsoever.
So, with all of that in mind, there's a part of me that wants to shout from the mountaintops, "May 1st!! She's coming out on May 1st!!" ...but, there's one thing holding me back from doing so:
I really, really want each week of Ayano's story mode to be fully voiced. I feel that, without voice acting, Ayano's mode wouldn't be significantly different from 1980s Mode. Over the past 4 months, a lot of people have contacted me and volunteered to voice act for the game, but very few of them had actual acting ability, or professional-quality recording equipment. I'm grateful to everyone who contacted me and offered to help, but the simple fact of the matter is that almost none of the people who applied as voice actors over the past 4 months were able to meet the standards of quality that were established by the game's original voice actors.
It's become clear that, if I want Amai's week to be voiced, I'll have to put out a casting call and hire some actual professionals. Over the next 2 weeks, while I mop up the last remaining Amai tasks, I'm going to put forth an effort to find professional voice actors who would be willing to lend me their voices for the right price. There are two likely outcomes:
1) I won't find anyone who is a perfect match for Ayano/Taro/Amai/Suitor over the next 2 weeks; the search will take much longer than that. I wouldn't be willing to delay Amai indefinitely while searching for new voice actors, so I'd just release Amai on May 1st.
2) Over the next 2 weeks, I'll find a cast of actors who are absolutely perfect for the job, and I'll be so excited about the prospect of making Amai's week fully voiced that I will postpone her release until all voice acting is wrapped up and each of her events has been given unique animations.
Currently, I feel that the most likely outcome is that Amai will be released on May 1st. We'll just have to see.
Comments
I think maybe they should remake them if anything
Echolai
2024-06-27 01:44:01 +0000 UTCI'm not sure; depends on how much people care about the feature / want it to expand.
YandereDev
2024-05-23 21:06:32 +0000 UTCWhen are we gonna get more to ayanos house?
Echolai
2024-05-23 20:39:31 +0000 UTCIt's not guaranteed to be an aspect of the final game. It's a "maybe."
YandereDev
2024-05-17 02:44:15 +0000 UTCHey YandereDev! I remember how you planned to add to the expansion of the school by building new buildings. Will this be in Amai week or can we see it in Kizana week?
Цветик
2024-05-16 12:40:43 +0000 UTCthank you for responding!
willtaylxrr
2024-05-16 09:10:28 +0000 UTCI think they would be pretty easy to implement into Custom Mode.
YandereDev
2024-05-15 18:12:03 +0000 UTCnow that visual novels are in the game would that be able to be a part of custom mode or would that be to hard to implement
willtaylxrr
2024-05-15 17:22:25 +0000 UTCwoah, i've never seen this doc!! mind sending me a link?
teddybabie
2024-05-13 15:27:19 +0000 UTCImproved lock. Early 20s. Yes.
YandereDev
2024-05-07 22:56:56 +0000 UTCHey YandereDev, I had a question. I noticed that you can lockpick the nurses cabinet in 1980s mode but you cant lockpick it in 202X mode. Do you know why we cant lockpick it in 202X mode. Also, do you have an age for the nurse in 1980s mode and is she still alive in 202X mode? Thank you
Baby Crystal
2024-05-07 22:42:49 +0000 UTCHey yan dev, mai waifu’s hair clip in the domestic economic room’s wall
only_nicooo
2024-05-04 19:57:27 +0000 UTCI was not able to replicate this bug.
YandereDev
2024-05-04 19:54:00 +0000 UTCwilltaylxrr
2024-05-04 19:34:20 +0000 UTCThat makes sense. Thanks for responding!
Baby Crystal
2024-05-03 01:28:52 +0000 UTCThis is something I don't spend a tremendous amount of time thinking about, because it's not immediately relevant to Ryoba/Ayano's stories and won't be relevant to me unless I ever make that "Yandere Simulator Zero" prequel game starring Ryoba's sister. But... When Ryoba's parents moved to Tokyo, Ryoba's grandparents and sister went with them. Ryoba's sister moved out and got her own place in Tokyo after meeting her Senpai.
YandereDev
2024-05-03 01:16:38 +0000 UTCDoes that mean she moved to Tokyo with her parents and ended up raising her daughter there? Also do you have names for them, if so, what are they? (Ryoba’s Parents/Grandparents/Sister) Regarding the house, is there more rooms downstairs before the basement and will we be able to view them eventually?
Baby Crystal
2024-05-03 00:35:54 +0000 UTCOfc. My bad entirely. I truely apologize
Skulloks
2024-05-02 19:55:30 +0000 UTCIt'd be better to DM me (or e-mail me) about this sort of thing, but, yeah, I'll lift your ban. Go ahead and rejoin the server. It's fine to criticize the game, but, in the future, please don't be excessively rude when sharing your opinion.
YandereDev
2024-05-02 19:37:43 +0000 UTCyandere dev, sorry I just noticed that during Monday, there's no point in amai continuing to sell sweets if he knows everyone felt bad, rather he should cancel the sale for that day
only_nicooo
2024-05-02 12:34:54 +0000 UTCSorry for messaging abt it here idk where else to go. Yesterday I played amai on mouse and keyboard, this skipped all the events cuz of debug. I didn’t know that was why tho. And I was complaining abt in the discord and confused. I got banned after being pretty pessimistic abt it. I’m sorry, I rlly shouldn’t have been. I’ve been active in that discord everyday for awhile, supported the game, and I have a mod project I need that discord for help with. Is there anyway this ban can be revoked or reviewed? Thanks, sorry
Skulloks
2024-05-02 11:12:00 +0000 UTCShe didn't attend Akademi. It's up to the player whether she eliminated her targets peacefully or not.
YandereDev
2024-05-02 07:08:30 +0000 UTCThat means she eliminated then peacefully? (Im guessing she also attended Akademi)
Baby Crystal
2024-05-02 06:59:34 +0000 UTCRyoba's parents/grandparents moved out when Ryoba brought Jokichi home. They thought that it was going to be too crowded with another family member there. They moved to Tokyo, which is where many other Aishi reside. Of the two doors, one leads to a bedroom and one leads to a bathroom. Ryoba's sister had 10 rivals. She did not kidnap her senpai in the end.
YandereDev
2024-05-02 06:53:18 +0000 UTCThank you for the response! I had another question about Ayano’s house. I was wondering when did Ryoba’s parents and grandparents have to move out of the house and where did they end up moving? I was also wondering what rooms do the two doors upstairs lead to? (Was one of them the room where Ryoba’s sister grew up in?) and did Ryoba’s sister have 10 rivals and did she eliminate them lethaly like Ryoba and end up kidnapping her senpai in the end?
Baby Crystal
2024-05-02 06:15:33 +0000 UTC1. Please visit the "About" page of the official website. 2. When Megami is implemented. 3. I don't. 4. Her canon elimination method can be learned by looking for a clue in Ryoba's Week 1 postcard.
YandereDev
2024-05-02 04:18:30 +0000 UTCHi, i have some questions 1. How many endings will the final game have and what can you share about them? 2. When will the basement tapes be finished? 3. Do you have a release date in mind for when Ayano will be able to join the Student Council or the Bullies? If so, around what time should I expect it? 4. What is Osana’s canon elimination since she has two rival-specific elimination methods?
Baby Crystal
2024-05-02 01:30:04 +0000 UTCYandere dev, it was really fun playing Amai, and for that I congratulate you, but regarding the specific elimination method I think it's really too easy. To make things more complicated, perhaps you could move the wrench from the pool to the teachers' lounge, or you could make it necessary to use a key to access the ventilation system. Furthermore, I think it makes little sense that the gas explosion does so little damage, as only half the room actually seems to be affected by the explosion and even Ayano can save herself if she is nearby. I think it is more logical that Amai has a problem with the oven rather, so that the use of gas is not necessary. Still regarding this mission, I think in the future you should modify the cutscene before arriving at school as it is repetitive and seems like a modified version of Osana’s, rather perhaps since Taro and Amai are not that close yet you could simulate a video call between two. I conclude by telling you that in my opinion, regarding Amai's likes and dislikes, you could introduce a drawer in the cooking club which can be accessed thanks to a key that Amai leaves in her bag in which there are objects that reveal a lot about her character or even a diary. The final meeting with Kizana, however, seems to me to be almost the same as the one with Amai, perhaps you could decide to place it in front of a theater, where Taro was to distract himself a bit from the situation in which he finds himself. The last piece of advice I want to give you is to add the schemes because they are really necessary, in fact if you think about the specific method, without the schemes few people, especially at the beginning, would become aware of their existence, in fact many would undertake a method which takes place before Thursday and instead many would not know how to carry out the reject. For the rest (animations aside) I think the dialogues and events are truly excellent! Oh I forgot! Regarding the students sitting around the school on chairs, I don't think they make much sense... rather, don't you think it would be better to introduce in the Amai week the routine that the students had until yesterday in the Osana week? maybe with some small changes due to the slightly different routine? or you could think about adding itinerant students who move strategically from point a to point b with school materials, photocopies, books, documents. You could also think about adding small stands where students could sell objects made by them, or they could carry out propaganda on topics of interest to them (horuda for example could take a stand against bullying, budo masuta against violence, the photography club for justice, that of gardening against pollution) perhaps the students could also simply stand next to 1/2 chairs on which they would place posters, objects and distribute objects or flyers to passers-by.
only_nicooo
2024-05-01 23:30:41 +0000 UTC“Update the characters of 1980s Mode with superior models that I’ve received for them“ does this mean u will be updating the 1980s club hair models from that google doc where u showed which models and colors u wanted for each character.
Benjamin
2024-05-01 20:14:14 +0000 UTCIt's unlikely that Ryoba's sister will appear in any capacity in the story. She would be the protagonist of "Yandere Simulator Zero," a prequel game. It's not guaranteed to ever happen, but she exists just in case it ever does. Ayano's cousin probably won't appear, either. She was a speculative character that might hypothetically be used for a tutorial. Kencho exists for lore/story reasons and probably won't ever be interact-able or play a direct role in the story.
YandereDev
2024-05-01 19:48:46 +0000 UTCHey, I have an unrelated question. Will we ever see anything related to Ryoba's sister/Ayano's cousin in the story? And will Kencho ever appear?
Defne Nizam
2024-05-01 14:16:46 +0000 UTC"Big brother, I'm not ready to live my life without you in it. Promise me that you won't get a girlfriend!"
YandereDev
2024-05-01 02:06:17 +0000 UTCbut how would hanako confess to senpai under the tree?
Defne Nizam
2024-05-01 01:02:34 +0000 UTCThe premise of the game is that 10 girls are going to try to confess to a boy under a tree, and you have to stop them before they do so. The tree is baked into the premise of the game. The story of the game was written around the tree.
YandereDev
2024-04-28 07:28:25 +0000 UTCI'm aiming for a May 1st release date for Amai.
YandereDev
2024-04-28 07:27:48 +0000 UTCHey yandev. You might’ve explained this somewhere but is EVERY rival going to have a confession specifically under the cherry tree??? For me personally I don’t think that’d make sense for some of the rivals but maybe you have a reason as to why it does.
Pinkatron
2024-04-28 02:20:16 +0000 UTCWill you tell us anything about Amai anytime soon?
JENNY
2024-04-28 01:58:18 +0000 UTCI'm extremely sorry, but I don't wish to comment on this subject.
YandereDev
2024-04-27 20:08:25 +0000 UTCOh ok! Regarding the voice actors, have you already found anyone acceptable?
only_nicooo
2024-04-27 09:34:40 +0000 UTCI have to admit that I think the initial release of Amai will be "lesser" than Osana. I'll elaborate in a blog post alongside the release of Amai. Kizana COULD be released in 2024, but it depends on numerous factors that have not yet been determined yet. I'll elaborate in a blog post alongside the release of Amai.
YandereDev
2024-04-26 21:36:11 +0000 UTCHi Yandev! Congratulations for all the work done on Amai, I'm sure it will be even better than what has already been done on Osana (which has already left everyone speechless). I wanted to ask you, speaking of future plans, do you think Kizana will be released as early as 2024? And above all, after the release of which rival will the game become paid? Already from Amai?
only_nicooo
2024-04-26 08:27:55 +0000 UTCOfc!V(^_^v)♪ ♪(v^_^)v
Squishysquash24
2024-04-25 05:03:03 +0000 UTCAww, thanks for your kind words! I appreciate it!
YandereDev
2024-04-25 05:02:10 +0000 UTCHello! I’m a new patreon supporter, but have been aware of the game since it gained popularity with markiplier and ihascupquake. I’m thankful I can support you, and be a part of a community that has similar interests as I do :) I hope development goes well this year!
Squishysquash24
2024-04-25 04:34:00 +0000 UTCI don't have a unique walk animation for Amai.
YandereDev
2024-04-18 20:47:29 +0000 UTCHey yandev, I have a question. Is it planned for amai to have her own idle/walking animation like how only osana uses “tsudere” idle/walk anim?
Blah
2024-04-18 18:12:02 +0000 UTCI'm so excited for Amai wow-- I hope you find a suitable voice actor, YanDev 💙
Rose
2024-04-18 16:37:06 +0000 UTCPlease read the post above...
YandereDev
2024-04-18 16:21:57 +0000 UTChey yandev! will amai going to have a voice-acting? (thank you for developing yandere simulator!)
Nida1896
2024-04-18 11:33:59 +0000 UTCThat fixed the bug, thank you YandereDev!
Momoloa92
2024-04-18 11:21:14 +0000 UTCIt's possible that this bug is happening because the game is loading some save data that is not supposed to exist. To fix the bug, you could try resetting your Yandere Simulator save data. I'll explain the process below. From the Main Menu, access the Content Checklist. On the Content Checklist screen, press the "R" key. This will open a hidden debug window that allows you to completely remove all Yandere Simulator data from your computer: https://i.imgur.com/CTkCW5C.png Pressing "E" 10 times will delete all your save data and Content Checklist progress, but will also remove save data that is not supposed to exist, which may fix the bug that you're encountering.
YandereDev
2024-04-17 18:53:02 +0000 UTCDepends... If I can find new actors who sound indistinguishable from the old ones, perhaps I'll just keep the old lines in the game. But if it's jarring to hear the new lines beside the old lines, then I would need to have the old lines replaced.
YandereDev
2024-04-17 18:52:22 +0000 UTCIf you ever find new voice actors, will you re-record their old lines or just have them work on new lines?
KawaiiPai
2024-04-17 18:30:51 +0000 UTCHello YandereDev, I have been experiencing a strange bug where when I start a new game in 202X mode, the game thinks that Osana has been eliminated already before the player gets to school. I have been experiencing this bug in the 4/15/2024 and 4/16/2024 build.
Momoloa92
2024-04-17 12:48:33 +0000 UTCfair enough
willtaylxrr
2024-04-16 06:26:07 +0000 UTCOsana can't keep the cat, because it's a connection to Osana. If the police visited Ayano's house while investigating Osana's death and discovered Osana's cat, they would consider Ayano to be a suspect in Osana's disappearance. Ayano can't let this happen, so she HAS to kill the cat and dispose of its body. It's mandatory.
YandereDev
2024-04-16 05:31:08 +0000 UTCnow that we can walk around the house if we betray osana can we keep the cat since lots of people want that? or maybe take the cat from the school
willtaylxrr
2024-04-16 05:11:07 +0000 UTCI think the best question I guess would be what are some tips and advice you could give us for getting the results you’re looking for when it comes to the voice acting I mean obviously we can’t be the previous voice actors, so I hope that you’re very open minded to new sounds and voices and with that being said, if you could recommend specific mics,software, and programs that you think would help improve the quality of the sound you’re looking for that would be a good help. If this is coming up a lot I think it would suffice to make a post about this if necessary , I also think it’s kind of unfair to say you’re looking for the old voices that is to say I’m only asking that you please be open minded again to different sounding voices and also regarding specific characters if you can give a little direction on what or how you want them to sound for example I audition for amai maybe it would have sounded better or to your liking if I was given a little more direction of how you wanted her to sound.
Dominique Desjardins
2024-04-15 23:53:30 +0000 UTCI'll investigate it and try to fix it soon.
YandereDev
2024-04-15 18:26:50 +0000 UTCI don't intend to discuss that information here.
YandereDev
2024-04-15 18:26:43 +0000 UTCYou'll get an update on that later this year
YandereDev
2024-04-15 18:26:29 +0000 UTCYandereDev are we ever going to get new character models or has that been canceled?
Ewelina Gustafsson
2024-04-15 16:53:21 +0000 UTCHello YandereDev! Wonderful post. If you decide to go with the casting call, from which platform will it be put out and live?
MikasaSweet
2024-04-15 13:59:38 +0000 UTCHello YandereDev I found a bug in the new house here are the steps 1. Select Leave Bedroom at Ayanos Bedroom 2. Go to the Basement 3. Go back to Ayanos Backroom The camera glitches when entering Ayanos Bedroom Note: The Bug doesnt happen if you go to the basement using the classic method
Daniela Aishi
2024-04-15 09:51:29 +0000 UTCThe ideal solution would be to find "soundalike" voice actors - voice actors who can perfectly replicate the sound of the original performers' voices so that the difference can't even be perceived. If that can't be achieved, though, then the new actors may have to re-record the old actors' lines and replace them.
YandereDev
2024-04-15 09:38:32 +0000 UTCI don't think that a "switch to tank controls" option will exist.
YandereDev
2024-04-15 09:36:56 +0000 UTCI'm truly wish that you can find that voice actors. But yeah, is more probable, cause of the time, the first outcome you say. I have a question, if you can ask. When you find the voice actors, they will only put voices to the new dialogues of the game or you will also replace the old ones? Cause it will be strange having mixed voices like Osana with Kokona's voices sometimes.
FreddyDevill
2024-04-15 08:30:59 +0000 UTCFingers crossed everyone🙏🙏🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
WWE Jay Gaming
2024-04-15 07:46:54 +0000 UTCI’ve seen the video on Yandere Archive and I’ve had a thought. Will you consider adding the option to switch to tank controls (like in older Resident Evil games with fixed camera angels) so that you have more control over the character when the camera switches. Or alternatively, allow the player to move the camera freely. I saw that you had to reorient the wsad keys each time the camera angle changed.
Kamil
2024-04-15 07:43:53 +0000 UTC