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

[Smithfield Ham]

Can't think of any VN that matches your description. Danganronpa has some elements like that but the "open world" is just running over to .png sprites and talking to them. The stuff you mention is a lot more common in porn games like artificial academy.

I've seen the general setup before: there's a map with places you can click on, you can talk to characters, everything you do spends a resource, etc. I'm pretty sure it has precedent outside of porn games, even if its a common formula for them. There are plenty of games like that where a yandere is the love interest. It only makes sense there'd have to be one or two where you play as the Yandere.

Making it a VN would be cool because you could focus more on character development, branching paths, the consequences of actions etc. without having to also worry about the hitman stealthy gameplay, open world mechanics and other stuff. Gameplay could come from the choices you make, how you build up different stats, social links, etc.

 

[NeoMorgan]

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played it, pretty short, takes a bit more realistic approach as in "yandere-chan" is a psychotic schizo and the "good" ending is visiting her in a mental ward.

Oh and about a year ago two Russian guys released MiSide which is something like what yansim was supposed to be, but contained to 1 room and you are the "sempai". Or that's what I heard, it has good reviews and gained some meme status. Manlybadasshero I bet did a playthrough already if you're lazy.

There's also this old 2007 eroge VN

There's 3 girls you can choose from. Usual classic tropes; Childhood friend, Teacher, and underclassman. Has some sex scenes and very graphic gore scenes. From what I remember there is no "good" ending, because all the girls are batshit insane and kill the protagonist. Not very long to complete all 3 routes from what I remember.

There's also CHARON who have made several VN type yandere games. Mainly Mikoto Nikki, Yanderella, Shihori Escape, and Mix Ore. All of those have been translated to English.

 

[Hypercop]

I've seen the general setup before: there's a map with places you can click on, you can talk to characters, everything you do spends a resource, etc. I'm pretty sure it has precedent outside of porn games, even if its a common formula for them. There are plenty of games like that where a yandere is the love interest. It only makes sense there'd have to be one or two where you play as the Yandere.

Making it a VN would be cool because you could focus more on character development, branching paths, the consequences of actions etc. without having to also worry about the hitman stealthy gameplay, open world mechanics and other stuff. Gameplay could come from the choices you make, how you build up different stats, social links, etc.

I'd actually like to know if anyone has good examples of this. I have this chart, but maybe someone who's a bigger weeb than me can name some games that work like that (non-porn "adventure" games). I've only played danganronpa out of those games.

 

[demicolon]

To be a broken record, check out Princess Maker 2 for how to do it right. Gameplay is something like Tamagotchi where you plan your girl's day, your goal is to rise her stats and of course all activities raise some but lower some so you figure out how to balance them, there's random events that she can ace if her stats are high enough (like a fencing tournament) and winning some is a prerequisite for other events to happen or to get a certain ending. There's like 50 endings determined by her stats and how the story progressed. There's also some kind of an RPG mode where you send her out to the wilderness to fight monsters and it plays like Dragon Quest-lite. Of course you can buy items and clothes and all that girly stuff. It's like a VN but there's actual gameplay and stats.

Didn't play it, but I did play Slave Maker 2 (I was 13, spare me the moralistic crap) which is the same but with hentai content added. Funny thing I remember is that the cheapest & easiest way to reduce your slave's stress levels were foreplay lessons, so after a day of gruelling combat training my PC would do hours-long makeout sessions with her, which had an unintended consequence of her eventually falling in love with me so... I was a slavemaster who wifed-up every slave I was supposed to sell for profit and I'd eventually go bankrupt.

 

[Smithfield Ham]

Don't show your power level, folks. This ain't 4chan. You've got a post history and a name, so admitting to the weird stuff you goon to can follow you around. XD

 

[demicolon]

I shared a funny (to me, maybe not to you) anegdote. Where did I say I gooned to that game? I played it.

edit: that reminds me of crpgaddict covering PM2 about a year ago and of course he couldn't help himself to talk about how playing a tamagochi anime girl game makes him uncomfortable, objectification of women and all that jazz. Which to me was pretty funny since I've talked to few gamer women and none of them found anything uncomfortable about PM2, all of them loved it.

 

[Smithfield Ham]

Where did I say I gooned to that game? I played it.

Come on, buddy.

Come on.

 

[demicolon]

And what does he do next?
- He comes.
He comes to fix the cable?
- No.