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Occasionally, while a voice actor is recording new lines for the game, they'll throw in a few extra recordings where they go completely off-script and do silly voices. Some of the most recent ones were so funny that I wanted to share them with you! As you're probably aware, the entire purpose of 198

Hello, The male and female character models in Yandere Simulator have different skeletons. Male characters have different arm/leg proportions, their facial bones are spread out a bit, etc. If you take a male animation and play it on a female character, she will "stretch out." If you take a female an

The next build is shaping up to be huge, with at least 137 new voice lines added to the game! I'm very happy with it! There's a new animation that might be ready in time for the June 1st build, or might have to wait until the June 15th build. What is it? I'll explain. Currently, when Senpai and Amai

In the latest build of the game, I've made an addition to the "Anniversary" easter egg: there is now a man in a red jacket in the hot air balloon that was previously empty. Just like Midori in the hot air balloon across from him, this man waves enthusiastically at the player. But...who is he?! Just

I feel guilty that it's been a long time since I posted anything on Patreon. I often think to myself, "I could post this on Patreon, but what if it's underwhelming and disappoints people?" However, I'm pretty sure that posting nothing is far more underwhelming than posting something, so here's a pre

In January of each year, I write a post describing how I spent the money that I received through Patreon throughout the previous year, and my plans for the upcoming year. There have been transparency reports for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. This is the post for 202

For a while now, I've been gradually requesting the assets that I'll need for Kizana's week. The backdrop for her stageplay, the posters for advertising her play, the building that you'll infiltrate during her Befriend/Betray stealth mission...and the latest assets I've requested for Kizana's week a

Even though my current priority is finishing Amai's week by adding voice acting and animations to it, I still occasionally request some of the assets that I'll need for Kizana's week. Recently, a voice actor contacted me and asked if there were any open roles. I sent him a list of male characters wh

To be completely honest, I actually forget how this began... I think it began with an artist reaching out to me, expressing that they were a huge fan of Yandere Simulator, and asking if I had any art requests. I was absolutely delighted that such a skilled artist was offering to create art for me...

One of the earliest additions to the game was the cutscene where Info-chan introduces herself to Ayano. For over 10 years, this cutscene has been extremely basic - a static image of a smartphone against a plain white background. It feels like something that should definitely be upgraded to give the

During each rival's week, I want the school environment to change in various ways. For example, during Amai's week, there is a bake sale in the center plaza, and some placards around school advertising the bake sale. (These might be re-positioned or made more prominent in the future.) During Kizana'

I'm considering a change to one aspect of Yandere Simulator's game design. Currently, the "Gossip" feature works like this: To damage your rival's reputation, speak to a student and say negative things about your rival. This feature functions just fine, but there's a problem: It's tedious. The gamep

Hey, Patrons! First, please read this blog post that I just wrote: https://yanderedev.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/important-question-for-the-community/ And, when you're done with that... The results of that poll will tell me how the "wider Yandere Sim community" feels, but I also think it's incredibly

Amai's voice actress isn't available to record during the month of June, and will not be available again until the month of July. Until then, I'm having my animator create animations for various other areas of the game that currently lack animation - such as the cutscene where Ryoba meets the Yakuza

I've discussed this before in a previous Patreon post, but I'll go over it again: Sometimes I have a very specific "mental image" of exactly how a line of dialogue is meant to be delivered. It's one thing to tell a voice actress, "the character is meant to sound exasperated," or, "the character is m

Over the past month, an artist has been illustrating tons of characters for the official website! I often use the Characters page of the official website as a way to communicate important aspects of the game's lore/backstory that, otherwise, the player would never get an opportunity to learn. This i

Hey, you know the 8-bit minigame that you can play while using the "Pass Time" feature? It was suggested that this feature should have its own background music and sound effects. In the next build, when you take out the 8-bit minigame, the current background track will switch to an 8-bit cover of th

For over a year, the sprites in the Light Music Club Rhythm Minigame were just black silhouettes. Eventually, they were updated with actual artwork - but an entirely new set of sprites is in the works. I really love the art style of these new - they're so cute!! I wouldn't like to spoil them all, bu

The current "Amai Bake Sale" event is pretty bare bones. Amai and the other members of the Cooking Club stand perfectly still, and customers interact with the bake sale by performing an animation that was added to the game many years ago. This felt very "YandereDev only did the absolute bare minimum

Howdy! A few people have reached out to ask, "When will you post to Patreon again?" and I wanted to share some insight into my thought process. As you're doubtlessly already aware, Yandere Simulator usually updates twice a month, on the 1st and 15th days of the month. Often, the volunteers and I wil

There are a few events in Yandere Simulator that are currently depicted without visuals, existing only as text on a black screen. This bothers me tremendously, and I plan to gradually update most of those events with visuals. One example is presented here: the scene where Togo tries to warn Ryoba to

Last year, I gave the player the ability to purchase a chainsaw from a store in town. However, I didn't give the player the ability to bring the chainsaw to school, because I didn't have animations for it...until now! A set of animations has been created for the chainsaw! Now I'm only missing one th

A new cutscene is coming to the game! One of the camera shots in this cutscene focuses on some food ingredients in a pot of boiling water. The animator in charge of this cutscene really went above and beyond the call of duty, and put extra effort into making the boiling water look as good as possibl

Since 2015, there is a topic that I've periodically returned to: Would Yandere Simulator be improved if it had a small town? Will the game feel small and clastrophobic if the player is limited to a single environment? Would a small town solve that problem? Or, would it be an unnecessary addition to

Hello! By now, you've had time to go check out Kataba Aishi, the latest character to be added to the Characters page of the official website, right? If not, please go check her out! I'm very happy with how her gorgeous artwork turned out! Someone asked, "Why is her design so good?!" and although I u

I'm sure that you've noticed it before - in anime, a character's eyebrows are often visible through their hair. You know what I'm talking about, right? Yandere Simulator's upcoming character models are going to feature these awesome, expressive new eyebrows that can bend in ways the old eyebrows nev

Here's a preview of an animation that is currently being created for the game! Obviously, it's not finished yet, so don't judge it too harshly, but I wanted to share a quick preview of something that will be coming in the near future!

Here are 19 images that each demonstrate something that the upcoming character model is capable of. The first image shows off the new face texture - you'll notice that there is no longer a line for the nose. To be honest with you, I always thought that the line on the nose looked goofy. I think that

Yandere Simulator's current character models are store-bought assets that have numerous flaws and limitations; I've wanted to replace them for many years now. Way back in 2023, I mentioned that someone had created new character models for the game, and explained that they required some adjustments a

Well, looks like it's that time of year again! In January of each year, I write a post describing how I spent the money that I received through Patreon throughout the previous year, and my plans for the upcoming year. There have been transparency reports for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021,

Ever since I created the Yanvania minigame way back in 2015, I've been imagining what it would be like if that minigame was ever turned into a full-sized game. Because I have my hands full with Yandere Simulator, it's pretty rare for me to spend time thinking about potential spinoff games...but, eve

Usually, when designing a character, I start off by deciding the character's personality traits, and then giving them an appearance that suits those traits. "This character will be obsessed with researching the occult, will be a social outcast, and will have a shy, timid, gloomy personality. So, she

Hello! I apologize for not posting to Patreon very much recently; throughout the month of October, I was very focused on preparing the big Halloween update, and while I was working on it, Patreon drifted to the back of my mind. I really appreciate your support a lot, and I don't want to let you down

In 1980s Mode, the player can snoop through a rival's bookbag to find magazines containing pictures of hot male fashion models. The rivals have drawn little hearts next to the traits they find attractive - for example, if a rival thinks that guys with ponytails are hot, she will draw little hearts a

In theory, it should be easy to simply let Ryoba - the protagonist of 1980s Mode - exit her room and walk around her house, right? After all, she lives in the same house as her daughter, and "open the protagonist's bedroom door, leave her bedroom, and walk around in her house" functionality has alre

The environment for Amai's "Befriend/Betray Stealth Mission" involved three fully-modeled buildings - a bakery, an office building, and a building that was under construction. The environment for Kizana's stealth mission will involve two buildings - the main building that you're infiltrating (which

Sometimes, when I ask a voice actor to read a character's lines, I record myself reading those lines so that the voice actor understands what kind of tone/attitude/personality the character is meant to have. Here's an example of what that sounds like! I'm not a voice actor, so my performance here is

Hello! One of Yandere Simulator's modelers independently came up with a fascinating idea, and began creating assets for it: During each "Senpai meets the next rival" cutscene, Senpai will wear an article of clothing that somehow references the previous rival. For example... In the "Senpai meets Amai

Hi! A stage play will take place in the school gym during Kizana's week. While testing and reviewing new assets created for the play, I frequently ran into problems due to the limited amount of space in the gym stage area. The walkway was too low, and the curtains were taking up too much space. It s

Here's a small preview of some models that will be added to the game in the future! The portly gentleman above will be featured in Kizana's Befriend/Betray elimination method. If you're familiar with the Characters page of the official Yandere Simulator website, you can probably recognize him. The e

The two characters featured above are going to appear in Kizana's Befriend/Betray stealth mission! If they look familiar to you, it's because you've probably seen them before - they're both featured on the Characters page of the official website! (By reading their profile, you'll probably be able to

Since 2014, I've uploaded over 180 videos to YouTube! There were a few occasions when I started making a video, realized it wasn't as entertaining as I thought it would be, and scrapped the idea. However, there may be a possibility that some of these "scrapped video ideas" could be of interest to yo

Hi! I'm going to try something new today. I'll be posting a preview of upcoming content, except you'll get a different preview depending on your Patreon tier. $3: A text description of the upcoming content. $5: A screenshot of the upcoming content. $10: A 70-second video of the upcoming content. Alt

There might be people who are interested in learning about things like this, so I've decided to share a short video clip with you! Kizana's week will involve a school play. A bunch of backdrop models have been created for the play. One of those backdrops is meant to have a balcony for Kizana to stan

The 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 qu

I have good news! All of Amai's "Senpai Interaction Events" are now in the game! These events make up a large chunk of the total amount of content in Amai's week, so this is a pretty big milestone! (I'd say that 33% of a rival's content is her Befriend/Betray storyline and stealth mission, 33% are h