For God's sake, yansim fans have been doing the exact same type of video ever since early development.
How many times am I gonna have to say it?
If you told me this came from newgrounds in 2006 I'd believe you
Alex doesn't merely want to be the creator of the game. He also wants to be the games lore channels, content channels, fan channels, and other such ancillary fandom media. That's why he holds his grip on the Wiki and the Reddit as well. Its not just his controlling nature to try and suppress criticism, I genuinely think he's just lost mentally about what part of the creator space he actually wants to be in. You can see it in the excessive volunteer art effort he used to (still does, maybe?) put into videos, his streaming activity for non-gamedev actions, and his constant 'king of the hill' attitude in any social media space.
He honestly could have banked on it back in like 2016-2017. There weren't many new characters introduced in that time period, and the ones that did exist in the game were more barebones than the ones now. That was the peak of the game's popularity though. I was on the fanon wiki. People LOVED making extensive pages about their OCs, as well as their own versions of known canon characters at the time. Something about these blank slate "characters" just really draws young teens in. He blew it by not buffing the roster when these people actually cared though.
Yeah, because fucking easter eggs, Mission Mode, Alphabet challenge, useless mini-games and couple of hundreds of hairstyles furthered it so far, that it has released several times already.
I think, it's actually the same - he just wants a full control of the narrative, no matter if it is positive or negative. Just like when he came to 4chan to ask "what's wrong with Luna" and when anons, albeit the minority of them, told him the reasons, he just shrugged them off and replied that he doesn't want to change anything. But yeah, the part about him getting off on the fact that he is a CREATOR is surely present, I just don't think it's a driving force behind those actions.
It's a separate payment plan. Comes with its own channel too, so people who sub to his Twitch are actually locked out of that channel ironically enough.
Goodness, I think I even got into it because I liked to play those dime-a-dozen mobile animal simulator type games.
Hello,
I’ve prepared a new build with a bunch of bug fixes, and also something else that I believe is quite a significant change to the game – a new “aiming” system.
I wanted to make a video thoroughly describing every detail of it, but I am extremely sick right now with the worst sore throat I’ve ever had in my life, so I had to cobble together a “no narration, just text on screen” video to demonstrate what’s new. (I haven’t done that since 2014…)
Mouse and Keyboard:
Gamepad:
- Hold right mouse button to aim, click left mouse button to throw.
(Yes, that’s right – same controls as aiming the camera and snapping a photo!)
- Hold left trigger to aim, pull right trigger to throw.
Currently, this new form of aiming only works with two objects – the bang snaps and the stink bombs. I think that this aiming system should be used by any object that can be thrown, such as the car battery. However, I think that the animation for throwing a car battery should look way different than the animation for throwing a small handheld object, so I won’t implement this feature for the car battery until I get a different throwing animation.
Actually, speaking of the animation…the current animation is all wrong. Since Yandere Sim is meant to be a stealth game, the protagonist should be trying to perform a subtle throw, more like this:
I’ll ask an animator to make me a “subtle aim” and “subtle throw” animation, but there is no guarantee when it will get finished or implemented into the game.
I’m thinking about letting the player switch between two aiming modes: “Subtle” and “Obvious.” The subtle aim would not look suspicious until the moment that the throw occurs, and it wouldn’t allow you to throw very far; just a few meters. But the obvious aim would look much more suspicious (basically looks like you’re about to throw a baseball at top speed) and would allow you to throw much farther. It all depends on whether or not I get the animations.
For now, the way it’ll work is that it’s not suspicious to aim, and it’s only suspicious to throw. This is because I lack the animations necessary to switch between a “subtle aiming” and “obvious aiming” state.
Oh, you’ll probably get a “stuck in aiming state” bug if a student council member catches you throwing, so try not to let that happen. It’ll be fixed in the next build.
By the way, I think it would be trivially easy to update this aiming system to accommodate a “throw knife at student’s head for instant kill” feature…but if it does get into the game, it’ll have to be as an easter egg, since it would probably be one of the most imbalanced features imaginable.
Normally, I would have waited until the 15th to upload a “new feature” build, but there were some critical bugs in the game that I really wanted to fix ASAP, so I’m uploading a new build sooner than usual. For that reason, there most likely won’t be a build on the 15th this month, even though development will continue.
To read a list of the things I fixed in the latest build, click “Continue Reading.”
- Since the Language stat has a special benefit that is exclusive to 1980s Mode, the description of the Language stat now changes when you’re in class in 1980s Mode.
- If a rival was planning to confess her love to a boy and even put a love letter into his locker so she could confess her love to him under the cherry tree, and then the boy was killed on the way to the tree, the rival would confess her love to Senpai. This is a bit too weird/goofy, so it has been changed; the game will now consider a rival to be eliminated through “Matchmaking” if she falls in love with another boy enough that she wants to confess to him, even if that boy dies before the confession can take place.
- It was possible to kill the faceless “Empty Husk” students in the “Final Test” tutorial. This, by itself, was not a big problem. However, it was possible to trick the game into thinking that the tutorial had been completed by killing a Husk and disposing of her body. This was an exploit, so it had to be removed. The player will now get a game over for killing the Empty Husks.
- If Raibaru tried to apprehend Ayano while another student was in the middle of a physical struggle with Ayano, the “Raibaru game over” cutscene would play with Ayano still performing the struggle animation. This bug has been fixed.
- If the time of day switched from “Lunchtime” to “Classtime” while a student was dying of poison, the student would abruptly snap out of the “dying” state and go to class. This bug has been fixed.
- It is no longer possible to crawl underneath the fallen bookshelf in the library, since crawling under that bookshelf and then standing would have caused a bug.
- If the player befriended Osana, she would still eat lunch with Senpai every day, despite stating that she would stay away from him. This oversight has been fixed.
- Fixed bug that would cause some objects to believe that they had just been interacted with if the player interacted with an adjacent object.
- Added a better collision box to the bench in the school infirmary, because people were reporting that the bench “had no collision.”
- Fixed bug with Sakyu Basu’s unique stocking texture that was causing a bit of her stocking texture to appear on her fingertips.
- Fixed bug that caused Raibaru to perform a walking animation while moving at running speed during Osana’s bento event.
- Fixed pathfinding bug that would prevent Reiichi from being able to reach his destination in the Sociology Classroom.
- Fixed bug that would allow students to see through doors as though they were completely transparent.
- Students were having difficulty pathfinding in the school gym. This bug has been fixed.
- Fixed “flickering” that would occur in the doorframes of the school gym.
Hey, remember when I said there wouldn’t be a build on the 15th? Haha, well…
Some annoying bugs were reported, so I decided to fix them all and upload a new build. To read a list of everything that was changed or fixed in the latest build, scroll down past this gorgeous artwork by AlaKZM4, depicting Ayano in the art style of Persona 5!
By the way, if you click Continue Reading, you’ll see a similar illustration of Osana!
- I began investigating the possibility of implementing a primitive form of “automatic lip sync” for events where two characters are talking to one another. As an experiment, I’ve implemented this auto-lip-sync for only one type of event; Osana’s daily “speak with Raibaru before walking into school” events. During those events, you are now able to see Osana and Raibaru’s lips moving in sync with their words. (It’s easier to notice if you disable depth-of-field and then use the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in.) If this is judged to be a big improvement, then I’ll also incorporate it into other events that lack lip sync, as well. It wasn’t too hard to get it working. And, another piece of good news – the method I’m using will be fully compatible with the upcoming new character models, as well!
- If a player was splattered with blood / insane and charged directly into a student council member, the student council member would push the player away and then completely ignore the blood/insanity. This was illogical, so from now on, student council members will actually react to you when you charge into them while splattered with blood / insane.
- When playing the game with mouse+keyboard, it is now possible to adjust your “throw trajectory” using your scroll wheel. (Previously, it was accomplished by moving the mouse up and down, which didn’t feel right.)
- It is no longer possible to use the Dance Machine when an event is occurring at school, because unloading/reloading all students at school while in the middle of an event would create bugs in all events.
- When playing a “Multi Mission” in Mission Mode, all of your targets will now have red outlines in Yandere Vision.
By the way, I wanted to share a silly video:
- You know that bug where if you were holding a bloody weapon in your hand and held the weapon close to another object, the other object would temporarily get a bloody texture? That bug has been in the game for years, but I finally figured out the solution and fixed it. You may now hold a parade in my honor.
- If Senpai, a student council member, or a teacher became alarmed while the protagonist was in the new “aiming/throwing” state, the game’s camera stopped functioning properly. This bug has been fixed.
- Fixed bug that would cause Raibaru to permanently stand in place if she was surprised / alarmed by anything during Osana’s “talk to friend before changing shoes” event at the start of the day.
- Removed exploit that would allow the player to run around while being chased by a student council member if the player was in the “sneak panty shot” state when the chase was initiated.
- If the player was in the aiming state and then dropped the object they were about to throw, they would remain in the aiming state. This bug has been fixed.
- If the protagonist alarmed a student while trying to pickpocket them, the student would not turn to face the protagonist. This bug has been fixed.
- Fixed bug that would cause Otohiko to come to school early if Ayano participated in the Light Music Club rhythm minigame before 7:55 AM.
- Fixed bug that would cause giggles to break the behavior of students during tutorials that weren’t meant to involve giggling.
- If a memorial for a dead student took place, the game would teleport Senpai to the plaza. This was a bug; it has been fixed.
- Fixed bug that would put the box of stink bombs into the wrong hand when the player was preparing to throw a stink bomb.
- It was never meant to be possible to crouch while aiming, so the ability to do so has been removed.
- Fixed a typo in Reiichi’s subtitle for breaking up a fight between the player and a delinquent.
- Fixed bug that was preventing the dance machine in the Gaming Club from working.
I hope you had a Happy Valentine’s Day yesterday!
Alex knows this, which is why he's playing the long game and milking as much money as he can from his Patreon, Twitch, and even YouTube ad revenue.
He's like autistically attached to the blinding hot pink color that's all over the UI of the game, and that blocky font.
Bruh the videos he's been starting to share on his blog posts are getting weirder.Hello! There was a bug in the previous build that was preventing two of the tutorials from being completed, and the tutorial is something that absolutely needs to work flawlessly so that new players don’t get confused, so I wanted to release a new build right away.
For a list of everything that was changed / fixed in the latest build, scroll down past this cute artwork by haihondaitao!
- Previously, only females tudents had an “impatiently waiting for someone to show up” animation. Now, male students have that animation, too. (You can see them using it when male photographers are waiting for Chigusa to arrive for her photoshoot.)
- After you have used a locker note to arrange a meeting, students will now perform an “impatiently waiting for someone to show up” animation while waiting at the meeting spot (or a matchmaking spot).
- Updated the photo that Info-chan takes of Senpai and Amai to reflect Amai’s new dress.
By the way, I wanted to share a handful of other things, too:
- If the player is spotted carrying a weapon, the weapon is taken away and put into a box in the faculty room. However, if the player was caught while holding a syringe, the syringe would just permanently disappear. This bug has been fixed.
- Fixed bug that would cause a character to perform a cleaning animation with their bare hands (instead of with a scrubber) if they entered Cleaning Time immediately after exiting a scripted event.
- The game was not properly tracking the amount of “clothing splattered with blood” and “clothing splattered with red paint.” This bug has been fixed.
- Fixed bug that would cause the camera to fail to render properly if the player was being apprehended while walking up stairs.
- Fixed bug that would prevent the player from being able to complete the “Socializing” and “Kidnapping” tutorials.
- Fixed bug that allowed characters to see through bathroom stall doors as if they were completely transparent.
- Fixed bug that gave large outlines to the scissors and the syringe.
It’s Aoi in a burger!
Look at his eyes! Look at them!
And I know I’m posting this way out of season, but a great cosplayer dressed up as Ayano for Christmas and I forgot to share it! Well, better late than never, right?
I so enjoy reading such development notes. Every time I look there's something new, and it's clear to all but the most naive that he has no clue what he's doing. Now, in all fairness, this alone isn't an invalid way to set up invariant cases; it's the constant stream of them over years that shows such. Why didn't he use, say, trash cans instead? Fixing the damn issue would be best, but why use wooden crates of all things?
Tell me you only read the first page of this thread without telling me you only read the first page of this thread.
I'm gonna tell you anyways, i looked at the first page of this thread and only the first page.
