Cultcow EvaXephon / Yanderedev / Alex Mahan / Alexander Stuart Mahan / cannotgoogleme - Edgy weeaboo coomer with pedo tendencies and 15+ years internet history as a lolcow, now known as a disaster developer behind eternal debug build called "Yandere Simulator", confirmed groomer and dollfucker

[Kuritan Deplorable]

>Hire a team to start it all from scratch
With his ego I can't imagine him hiring people to recode the game since the last time he did, he couldn't even read it, unless he's going to force them to code like he does.

His publicized plan, anyway. But what I expect will happen is he will "be unable to find people who can do the work at an acceptable quality level, so I have to do it myself" and walk with the kickstarter money if he somehow succeeds.

I wonder How much money the kickstarter needs

The average gaming kickstarter makes less than $20k USD last I checked, and asks for about $12k USD. Knowing Alex's ego, I figure he's aiming for the high end of the spectrum, tempered with the budget thats been discussed with publishers as per the leaked emails.

I figure he'll be asking for at least $500k USD, and will probably have stretch goals out to $1.5m USD. He's already discussed stretch goals as being part of whats displayed in the end of the kickstarter demo, so they are part of the plan.

 

[Computer Guardian]

His publicized plan, anyway. But what I expect will happen is he will "be unable to find people who can do the work at an acceptable quality level, so I have to do it myself" and walk with the kickstarter money if he somehow succeeds.

The average gaming kickstarter makes less than $20k USD last I checked, and asks for about $12k USD. Knowing Alex's ego, I figure he's aiming for the high end of the spectrum, tempered with the budget thats been discussed with publishers as per the leaked emails.

I figure he'll be asking for at least $500k USD, and will probably have stretch goals out to $1.5m USD. He's already discussed stretch goals as being part of whats displayed in the end of the kickstarter demo, so they are part of the plan.

If that much money ends up the exact amount Alex will beg for his kickstarter, i have a feeling at least one of his only loyal fans would pull a pokimine tier 3 sub and literally throw so much money, they'd be in debt without realizing the money would basically go nowhere knowing how Alex acts and how well he codes.

 

[ThatDumbPhilosopher]

If that much money ends up the exact amount Alex will beg for his kickstarter, i have a feeling at least one of his only loyal fans would pull a pokimine tier 3 sub and literally throw so much money, they'd be in debt without realizing the money would basically go nowhere knowing how Alex acts and how well he codes.

If die hard fans of Alex do that kind of stuff and end up in debt, they'll have no excuses to cry.
Ignorance is not a sin but being deliberately ignorant and refusing to see the obvious is one.

 

[The Cum Consumer]

His publicized plan, anyway. But what I expect will happen is he will "be unable to find people who can do the work at an acceptable quality level, so I have to do it myself" and walk with the kickstarter money if he somehow succeeds.



The average gaming kickstarter makes less than $20k USD last I checked, and asks for about $12k USD. Knowing Alex's ego, I figure he's aiming for the high end of the spectrum, tempered with the budget thats been discussed with publishers as per the leaked emails.

I figure he'll be asking for at least $500k USD, and will probably have stretch goals out to $1.5m USD. He's already discussed stretch goals as being part of whats displayed in the end of the kickstarter demo, so they are part of the plan.

I can see that happening. While it's nothing compared to what it was in 2014, Yandere Simulator has a large fanbase and brand recognition counts for a lot. I'm sure he can get quite a bit of money with a kickstarter.

 

[A Sign]

Maybe that's why his main paypig and bumbuddy Cleaveland dropped out? cause he was going into debt and STRESS from the dirty dang gremlins killing the mood?

 

[Kuritan Deplorable]

I can see that happening. While it's nothing compared to what it was in 2014, Yandere Simulator has a large fanbase and brand recognition counts for a lot. I'm sure he can get quite a bit of money with a kickstarter.

I'm hesitant to believe it. Kickstarter is not nearly the cashcow it was back in the day, a lot of high profile abysmal failures have lead to a lot of people seriously scrutinizing projects before committing, or walking off the platform entirely. I don't think coming to a kickstarter to see the same assets they saw on Markipliers channel in 2014 will help it. I don't think a Kickstarter demo that finally has one rival in it and otherwise plays like the 2014 builds will help it.

For those in the know, the well has been poisoned. For those who knew of the game over the last six years, and play the kickstarter demo, they will see the abysmal lack of progress and may step away. For those who bother to put any research in, they will find the same videos that have entertained us over the last few months. I don't believe the adult audience is Alex's path to success here, as has been previously speculated.

Alex's best market is the young kids just coming into it, who are unaware of the high profile kickstarter failures, who are unaware of the controversy and not aware enough to educate themselves on it. Those kids may be good for some small trickle of patreon money, but ten thousand 14 year olds do not make a half million dollar kickstarter successful. And that's not even accounting for the technical 18+ requirement to pledge on kickstarter, although we know how permeable age gates are on the internet. Still, every barrier of entry and financial wall is more likely to scare off or discourage than not.

 

[Lurk Jurk]

He already missed the boat with the Kickstarter. If he hadn't been such a retard and just did a basic gameplay loop and a basic implementation of Osana as a demo and then launched a Kickstarter in like 2015 to fund the rest of the game he'd have made money like gangbusters, whether or not he actually followed through or actually hired a team in the end.

 

[Random Internet Person]

The average gaming kickstarter makes less than $20k USD last I checked, and asks for about $12k USD. Knowing Alex's ego, I figure he's aiming for the high end of the spectrum, tempered with the budget thats been discussed with publishers as per the leaked emails.

I figure he'll be asking for at least $500k USD, and will probably have stretch goals out to $1.5m USD. He's already discussed stretch goals as being part of whats displayed in the end of the kickstarter demo, so they are part of the plan.

I can see that happening. While it's nothing compared to what it was in 2014, Yandere Simulator has a large fanbase and brand recognition counts for a lot. I'm sure he can get quite a bit of money with a kickstarter.

I'd imagine he'd try Indiegogo if only because he'd keep the money if the campaign fails to make its target.

 

[sgt.kabukiman]

He will donate to himself so the campaign doesn't fail, we all know it.

 

[Diesel Boogaloo]

Everything seems to go as I predicted few dozens pages ago: Osana will most likely come out in September and Alex will keep patching her until he launches a Kickstarter in winter. And December is literally the worst month to launch a Kickstarter campaign. Then we have the corona stuff, the fact that Alex has become a meme, the fact that the game looks the same as it did in 2014, and the fact that most of the fanbase cannot support him for both legal and financial reasons...

I wonder if 505 is still going to spend $50K on marketing the campaign? Also notice that that money is not going into Alex's pockets, but 505's, unless the deal is dropped, in which case Alex will pocket the money and will keep spaghetti-bending all by himself as usual. According to the leak, 505 is not going to officially commit to the project until after the Kickstarter ends, so anyone contributing cannot be sure which of those scenarios is going to happen.

 

[Sir Joahim Browinson III]

I wonder How much money the kickstarter needs

Probably a lot more that can be estimated by YanDev. You need a lot of well paid professionals to turns this kind of mess into something presentable, not to mention all the ambitious features.
I don't think any of Alex's paypigs can provide enough. Even if Yandev will try to reach goal artificially, it probably won't be enough to coverserious developement cycle.

 

[CrippleFucker69]

I would like to draw attention to the fact that Alex released Osana before Love Letter was even in a prototype stage. Is it still total shit, coding wise? Yes. But let's not ignore the sheer butthurt that DrApeis must be feeling right now.

 

[EKotch]

I would like to draw attention to the fact that Alex released Osana before Love Letter was even in a prototype stage. Is it still total shit, coding wise? Yes. But let's not ignore the sheer butthurt that DrApeis must be feeling right now.

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i'm genuinely surprised Apeis is still going at it, managing to survive his fanbase turning against him at many times as well as a thread and dox on him here..
call me optimistic but i think alex by now realizes what's he done so far isnt stopping or even slowing down apeis from trying to continue whatever the hell he's doing with love letter so instead the only way for alex to cull apeis and his remaining support is to drop osana no matter what...

 

[Bad Take Crucifier]

He will donate to himself so the campaign doesn't fail, we all know it.

I have a suspicion he's kind of broke, he NEEDS to finish this game, or starve.

 

[ｃｈｌｏｒｉｎｅ]

Does anyone know when Osana's official release date is? I'm still on the fence to accept her actually being released because Alex has done shit like this before. He's claimed that Osana's "almost there" or "just about finished", but then drama happens and she's held back from release yet again.

 

[Catgirls are Love]

Does anyone know when Osana's official release date is? I'm still on the fence to accept her actually being released because Alex has done shit like this before. He's claimed that Osana's "almost there" or "just about finished", but then drama happens and she's held back from release yet again.

As far as I know there is no official release date. Alex has said he won't be releasing a midmonth build, but he hopes "the graphical update will probably take a few days to complete" and he doesn't "think it'll take anywhere near as long as it took to test Osana's features". That boils down to anytime between a week or two and four years from now. Currently he's just marking off and adding new things to the "Various graphical improvements" list on the Trello so who knows when he'll finally release Osana, assuming this time she's actually done. There's a chance that 505 lit a fire under his ass but I'd expect him to fuck around and delay as long as possible.

 

[Juan But Not Forgotten]

I have a suspicion he's kind of broke, he NEEDS to finish this game, or starve.

Starve, yep.

You are new to all this stuff, aren't you? He receives 1500 now, three years ago it was 5000 a month. Add to this his Twitch channel, where people donate subscribers and tips to him. Add to this his YouTube channel with millions of views. Add to this that he also sells merch. Add to this "donate" button from his website. Add to this his failed deal with TinyBuild and other developers, who got that bitch from stolen assets into their hentai, though I'm not sure he got paid for this. Then keep in mind, that people who do stuff for him are called volunteers, because they work for fuck all exposure. Then piece toghether the latter: he asked his viewers if he should buy a Real Doll, he bought a Switch just to have another island in Animal Crossing and his original offer for subreddit was 10 000. He is a NEET who eats garbage and dresses like a bum and lives with his parents, so his expenses are laughable. I'm not saying he is millionare, but he is far from being poor, that's for sure.

I've mentioned it in a sense, that if he can spend 3000 to just stop some people from talking shit about him in some corner of the internet, then it seems that he has a lot of money. Add to this that originally it was 10 000 and he was ready to basically throw them away, because people would just move to another subreddit.

Edit: Timestamped, though it is just approximation. Also, keep in mind it was made in 2018.

He is desperate just because his LARP as gamedeveloper is getting more and more cracks and his infamy is catching after him.

 

[Russtard]

I will believe that Osana is actually finished when I see someone who is not devpai play the game and complete the objective.

 

[le funny sex number 69]

It’s just dawned on me that “Raibaru” is the Japanese pronunciation of “rival.” God, no wonder the character names sound terrible.

 

[ｃｈｌｏｒｉｎｅ]

It’s just dawned on me that “Raibaru” is the Japanese pronunciation of “rival.” God, no wonder the character names sound terrible.

Almost all of the names are English words written in katakana. That's why they're so shitty.