Preview of Upcoming Content: Character Silhouettes
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 is not the case for every character - but, when it is the case, I put a lot of time and effort into crafting that character's profile.
Because it can be somewhat time-consuming to write character profiles, it can be hard to find the right time to do so - especially when I feel like I should be prioritizing game development progress and not character profiles.
As a result, a lot of finished character illustrations have been piling up, just waiting for me to have enough spare time to write their profiles and add them to the official site. I feel guilty about it! Hopefully, I will find the time to post all of them to the official website before the month is over.
In the meantime, I hope you enjoy these previews of illustrations to come!
(P.S. - I'm not saying, "I wish I had someone to write character profiles for me." I enjoy writing character profiles tremendously, and I wouldn't want anyone else to be in charge of what lore goes in there.)
Comments (17)
I’d like to ask this since we didn’t get to see most of these designs out this month. Have u ever ended up getting more artwork that is finished and do u have enough to maybe do like a part 2 to this post? (Also glad to see the house is explore able in 80’s mode tho sadly we can’t see Torahiko I’d like to see an older version of him)
Yes, there are some silhouettes, but only a handful. I don't think I'll make a "part 2" to this post anytime soon; I'd feel guilty posting silhouettes again; I'd prefer to something with more "substance" if possible.
Do you plan on adding the rainbow haired girls to the website
I don't plan on requesting artwork for them, since they are not very important to the overall story. If an artist draws them, I'll add them to the site.
In a previous post where I have asked about which character artworks was being made u have mentioned the occult club artwork was being made. And looking at the illustrations none of them appear to be Shin or the others. So I was wondering how’s progress on them is going if u have any updates.
An artist did make a bunch of Occult Club artwork, but I'm not 100% certain I'll use it.
Hi! Do you plan on adding an illustration for Ryobas sister soon to the website? Also, do you plan on having an illustration for every Aishi family member, or just the ones that are still living?
Hello! Sometimes, when asking myself, "If I could start over again from the beginning, what would I do differently?" I think about how I'd probably set the game in a completely different time period, such as 1994. This would mean no social media, no smartphones, and no need to incorporate text messaging or the internet into gameplay. This would, overall, make the game simpler to design and easier to develop. The reason why I gave Ryoba a sister is because I wanted to add an Aishi to the timeline who is 18 years old in 1994, *just in case* I do eventually make a "Yandere Simulator prequel" that is set in that time period. (It's kind of unlikely that it will ever happen, since I am eager to move on from Yandere Sim and work on other projects.) Because Ryoba's sister would be the most important type of character - a protagonist, the star of her game - I take her design very seriously. I want it to remain a secret/spoiler so that it can be a surprise if her game is ever revealed. Like, think about it: I'd upload a game trailer featuring some anime girl you've never seen before, then at the end of the trailer, I reveal that her last name is Aishi. You'd go, "Wait! I get it! That's Ryoba's sister, and this is another Yandere Simulator game!" it would be way more exciting than if I simply uploaded a picture to the game's official website and said, "This is Ryoba's sister, she might have her own game one day, maybe not." So, for that reason, I won't be sharing any information or pictures about Ryoba's sister for the time being. I wouldn't reveal her appearance until either: 1. I'm 100% certain I'm not going to make her game. 2. Her game is 100% confirmed and you're watching the reveal trailer for it.
I'm analyzing the silhouettes like this is FGO upcoming Servants silhouettes lol. Here's my guess from left to right : Enji, Boru, Eiko, Maka, Shoku, Saki, Sukubi, Rojasu (?), José. Now I wonder if we'll be getting Sukubi's and Rojasu's true name.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay Maka is going all out !
Yandere dev! R we getting seiyo akanishi's oficial artwork? It could be presented like a group profile
Currently not planning any character profiles that deviate from the standard format. Full-body, standing. Not selfie style.
Hyped for the new characters! I love lore! The lore of yansim is so cool! Storytelling is your strongest suit, Dev, and I feel it goes underappreciated!
I appreciate you saying that!
With the Character’s in the Website i wonder? Would Megami and Reiichi get added to the Club Leader’s section And the Saikou Corp Family get there Own Section, the all the Others get added to the Others Section,
Perhaps. I recently tried adding a new section, and it didn't work. It's possible that the current sections are the final sections.
I can’t wait to see the art club, Shoku, Saki (especially her), and I honestly can’t tell the rest of them to be apart. But assuming u kinda have an idea of what u want to write for them I would just take a day to write it out and have them all released soon just to have something off the plate.