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....Take a shot.
When you see that fucking thing trotted out, you know you're in for a long one.
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
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....Take a shot.
When you see that fucking thing trotted out, you know you're in for a long one.
https://yanderedev.wordpress.com/2016/05/27/may-preview-13-and-two-polls/
People in the comments are comparing it to a uniform in School Days.The next build is still on track for June 1st. The cut-scene that caused the delay is now 100% finished; all that remains is testing for bugs, fixing whatever bugs I find, adding polish, and seeing how many additional features I can add between now and June 1st.
I promised that I would post previews of cool upcoming content for every day that the build continued to be delayed, so here’s another preview:
I’ve always wanted Yandere Simulator to have an original school uniform, instead of using the cliche “Sailor” school uniform, I want the game to have a school uniform that makes you say “Oh! I recognize that! That’s the uniform from Yandere Simulator!” The above image is a school uniform that I designed by combining aspects of some of my favorite anime school uniforms. This roughly what I want Yandere Simulator’s “official” school uniform to be. (I might still want to make a few tweaks here and there.)
Of course, if I’m a horrible uniform designer and the majority of people think that my design looks ugly, then I would be a fool to use that design. As with most things, I think it would be a good idea to present multiple options to the fanbase and then let the fans vote on Yandere Simulator’s official uniform.
Let’s try a quick test poll right now! What do you think of the uniform featured above?
No matter what the school’s “official” uniform is, a lot of people associate the stereotypical “Sailor” school uniform with Yandere Simulator, and won’t want to use anything else. So, of course, the traditional “Sailor” uniform will be an option in the final game.
By the way, there is something worth mentioning. Yandere-chan’s current character model is a store-bought asset, and this model lacks many of the features that I would want to see in a video game character model (namely, the capacity for an expressive face) and I think that her body proportions are a bit strange, so I plan to eventually replace Yandere Simulator’s current character models with custom-made character models that have way more versatility.
Updating the game’s character models would require at least a month of “downtime” during which no apparent progress is being made on the game. The reason it would require so much time to update the game’s character model is because there are dozens of scripts that are designed to directly access specific parts of the current character model, and ripping out the game’s current character model would break all of those scripts. Also, there’s no guarantee that all of the game’s current animations would be compatible with the “final” character model, which means there is the possibility that the “final” character model can’t even be implemented unless I have a full set of (over 100) animations made specifically for the new character model.
I don’t think that this is the correct time to have a month of “downtime” where no apparent progress is being made on the game. So, the “Aoi” character model will remain in use until after the game’s crowdfunding campaign, which will most likely take place in late 2016 or early 2017.
Because Yandere-chan’s current appearance is very closely associated with Yandere Simulator, I believe that the protagonist’s final character model should be similar in nature to the current character model. The protagonist’s final character model should have a hairstyle that is very similar to the hairstyle she currently uses. It might look like this, for example:
Similar enough to be an original asset, but close enough to the original that you still recognize the character.
With that said, let me poll you on two things:
How do you feel about the use of store-bought assets in games?
And
How would you feel if Yandere-chan’s character model and hair model were replaced with similar-looking models?
By the way, the hair models and clothing models in this blog post were modeled by Druelbozo. Fun fact: I started working with Druelbozo exactly 365 days ago, on May 27th, 2015!
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"How do you feel about store bought assetts in games"
Yanderedev's attempt to cover his own ass over the fact he's probably going to be using 90%+ stolen/bought assetts. He doesn't deserve to have dev in his name tbh
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And this is why you use placeholders.
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Frankly, his whole username's a lie- He's barely a developer, and it's starting to look less like a Yandere sim and more "Anime Pop Culture Machine".
Thing is, He'd probably pass off those placeholders as the final product after realizing "Shit, I can't do this at all."
otacon
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honestly, if that's the best he can do in terms of an original school uniform design then no wonder the game looks so bland. i know a lot of anime can be designed as 'cookie-cutter' but there are more original designs out there, such as the girls' uniform from Ouran High School Host Club [/endsperg]
Red_Rager
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This is probably the only way to have a playable version on yandere simulator
Create your own version in the Sims
Create your own version in the Sims
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IIRC, YanDev mentioned somewhere prior that he wanted the uniform to look like the one from this School Days anime. So we can add that to the pile of unoriginal assets and designs.
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So I can be a dev too if I recolor people's work and put it in mine?!
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The issue here is not the re-use of bought assets in and of themselves.
These things exist for that reason, and there's a world of difference between what YandereDev's done with them and what we've seen from say, Digital Homicide, or those assholes that literally have tried to pass off an asset pack as a game itself. What you manage to do with the premades is much more important than actually using the damned things, and in YandereDev's defense, this is one area I'll give credit for actually working hard to keep the assets consistent (your average asset flipper won't) and to have a good over-arching vision for what he wants to do. About the only complaint I've had about him using pre-made assets is that he didn't make clear that he was doing so initially, which by all means, should be smacked like a baby's biscuit.
This said: The big issue with YandereDev as a developer, and indeed, the part that crosses the line into lolcowery, is the swirling, self-sustaining nuclear firestorm of drama that seems to follow his every move. This sort of thing doesn't form in a vaccuum; it's one of those rare things indicating lolcowism that's an unmistakable tell. Chris had it, Jay Geis had it, Brianna Wu has it, and it's something my mom often referred to as Eddie Haskell Syndrome (and by that she meant pathological inability to stay out of trouble).
And that's the part we should be hammering IMHO. The purchased assets thing isn't as big a disqualifier as many like to make it out, especially given that there's a ton of developers infinitely more scuzzy about it. Focus on the creepier shit he's done, the stuff actually worthy of a lolcow, and this thread will generally be more productive and be more likely to mine salt.
These things exist for that reason, and there's a world of difference between what YandereDev's done with them and what we've seen from say, Digital Homicide, or those assholes that literally have tried to pass off an asset pack as a game itself. What you manage to do with the premades is much more important than actually using the damned things, and in YandereDev's defense, this is one area I'll give credit for actually working hard to keep the assets consistent (your average asset flipper won't) and to have a good over-arching vision for what he wants to do. About the only complaint I've had about him using pre-made assets is that he didn't make clear that he was doing so initially, which by all means, should be smacked like a baby's biscuit.
This said: The big issue with YandereDev as a developer, and indeed, the part that crosses the line into lolcowery, is the swirling, self-sustaining nuclear firestorm of drama that seems to follow his every move. This sort of thing doesn't form in a vaccuum; it's one of those rare things indicating lolcowism that's an unmistakable tell. Chris had it, Jay Geis had it, Brianna Wu has it, and it's something my mom often referred to as Eddie Haskell Syndrome (and by that she meant pathological inability to stay out of trouble).
And that's the part we should be hammering IMHO. The purchased assets thing isn't as big a disqualifier as many like to make it out, especially given that there's a ton of developers infinitely more scuzzy about it. Focus on the creepier shit he's done, the stuff actually worthy of a lolcow, and this thread will generally be more productive and be more likely to mine salt.
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Does he have ADD or something? He's just jumping around working on random parts of the game that aren't all that important such as the outfit, of all things—in between putting in Easter eggs, of course.
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More like he has no development plan or direction
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Details like that are obviously what's most important
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Y'know, I'll actually give him credit for changing this tiny detail... but I can't believe he actually gave it its own blog post like it was some amazing feature. Anyone who's spent more than a minute in a Japanese person's home would know what a butsudan is and what it looks like, and that shit is easily Google-able too.
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Five seconds of research.Wikipedia for Christ's sake said:
So, uh, can I ask why the heck Yandere-chan would be making a shrine to Senpai that was basically indistinguishable from one that is typically used to honor the dead? This would seem to be functionally identical to sticking a literal gravestone complete with funereal wreaths reading MY CRUSH, 199X-LAST TUESDAY in the corner of the lounge and then wondering why people never came over.
otacon
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Yandere-chan already has a senpai shrine in her house and it does what it needs to: it is immediately apparent that it's a weird stalker shrine snd gives off a faintly creepy vibe. i can only think YandereDev is changing this in an attempt to seem more 'authentic' to fellow obsessive weebs. either that or it's another non-task he can use to excuse why he's not working on the fundamental gameplay.
caffeinated_wench
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I'm betting on this, or it's a case of him getting too caught up in the details. This is where a team would come in handy - having someone to bounce ideas off of can really help you cut out the needless fat and get to the meat.
I do agree that the uniforms are in need of an upgrade and I don't really care if it happens to look like a uniform from elsewhere. It happens all the time. If it was intentional, then that's definitely an issue and it'll bite him in the ass. Insisting it's the most unique thing ever, on the other hand... yeaaaaah, no, sorry. That just reeks of insecurity and an inflated ego.
He definitely has problems focusing on a task, though. It's only a matter of time before YanSim crashes and burns.
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Instead of, ya know, the gameplay.
Why do I get the feeling he stole the shrine asset too?
Really, It's a shock that it's been going on for as long as it has. I mean he's not hiring a dedicated team, nor do I think his volunteers (save the ones who do the fanart) even exist.
caffeinated_wench
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Eva strikes me as a glory hog, so even if he has volunteers (which I think he does, just not to the extent that he claims) what're the chances he'll properly credit them? He tends to be fairly vague on who the volunteer is that did such-and-such while still acting like it was a group effort and bringing the focus back to this amaaaazing thing he did a tiny alteration for. (Which can be proof that his volunteers are nonexistent.)