YandereDev/ Evaxephon General Thread

[lulubz]

To be fair, Alex kind of got what he wished for. The lovesick game development seems to be in a huge mess right now despite it getting announced just a week ago. I kind of wish the game would push through so that Alex can get even more butthurt but the developers seem really sketchy, so I don’t know which side of the coin is better.

[Antsu]

I get the feeling that lovesick is doomed to fail as well as other yansim fan games. One reason being Alex seems to think he owns everything yandere related. Just let go man.

[CosplayQueen]

I don't think the yandere theme is doomed to fail.

There were games like yandere school which got finished (and Alex hates yandere school with a passion). I thought that game was short but alright and prove that if they'd just focus on the main mechanics they can finish the yandere related game. Everything else can be added around the main tasks and main eliminations. I think the problem is that Alex is a manbaby and that everyone who makes a yandere game makes it out of spite and gets caught in the drama. It's as if people just make yandere games to get popular so they won't really care about fixing the broken concept of yansim.

If they want to succeed, they should stay quiet and work on the game and stop caring about being involved in the community and drama. If someone would just disconnect from Alex and work on a yandere game I'm sure it would work out eventually. As long as Alex gets involved or people work on it because they want a reaction from Alex it's set up to fail.

That's why I hope DrApeis just shuts up about it and works on the game.

[CareyAisha]

I don't think the yandere theme is doomed to fail.

There were games like yandere school which got finished (and Alex hates yandere school with a passion). I thought that game was short but alright and prove that if they'd just focus on the main mechanics they can finish the yandere related game. Everything else can be added around the main tasks and main eliminations. I think the problem is that Alex is a manbaby and that everyone who makes a yandere game makes it out of spite and gets caught in the drama. It's as if people just make yandere games to get popular so they won't really care about fixing the broken concept of yansim.

Tbh Making a Yandere game wouldn't even automatically get Yandy's audience anyway. Sandbox games with ways for people to be creative would. Because right now "Yandere Sim" is just a sandbox that Alex keeps making harder or throwing stuff into. And people mod the game to get poses in to make their own stories with the characters or just mod the sandbox part. Or they run around killing for fun because it's 1s and 0s and they can be edgy.

Again,he removed the one rival he had in the game(Oka) and hasn't had the first tutorial rival in yet. You can't even interact with senpai. There is no real yandere game play in the game.

[stalin's breast milk]

the lovesick team is becoming rather messy. along with the new ban system, devs that aren't really listening to good suggestions and overall locking channels here and there, i'm loosing hope for this game too. you know what frick all of this genre. nothing works.

[Mintiously]

honestly, why does everything instantly fall into pieces five minutes after word gets out? i just want a functional yandere game, is that too much to ask?

also hello everyone, it's good to see you all again

[Danganrantsona]

the lovesick team is becoming rather messy. along with the new ban system, devs that aren't really listening to good suggestions and overall locking channels here and there, i'm loosing hope for this game too. you know what frick all of this genre. nothing works.

My problem with the yandere genre is that it's mostly set in a high school. High schools have children in them. I don't like the thought of killing a child. Video game or not.

What would be more interesting is if you were the yandere's target and you had to avoid them, expose them as the killer or both.

I agree though, it's hard to work with yandere tropes lol

[CosplayQueen]

Another problem is probably that the game idea just steamed from Alex' weird fetishes of torturing, kidnapping and eventually raping and killing anime girls. All the girls are basically minors and innocent so it leaves a bitter taste. If the story of the game was changed so you'd at least have a motivation to kill them maybe it could work out better. Even in DR in which students get killed you still feel bad for those who died and the characters want revenge for what's happening to them. In Yansim you just have a schoolgirl killing others and it's presented in a way that only this way Ayano is able to be with her one true love. Ayano won't face consequences ever since when she does it's a gameover and you start anew. Even the snap mode which is supposed to actually show Ayano facing her dark thoughts is presented in a glorified way.

I'm convinced that if the game was just set up as a 'lmao cute anime girl murders other anime girls loool!!' game but had a deeper story behind it and would actually challenge Ayano to face the consequences for her actions, maybe it would have potential. I don't think it's impossible to make a game in which you play the yandere who tricks everyone into thinking she's innocent while going on a killing spree.

I just think that it needs a lot of fine tuning to not make the player feel 'meh' about the fact Ayano is presented as glorified and a waifu when she murders innocent teenagers. If this fetishisation stuff that Alex included was removed and the deeper storyline behind it wasn't the Saikou and DNS bs but an actual hidden storyline about Ayano's motivation (and not just a 'it's in her DNS! her mother was the saaaame!' excuse), maybe it could actually be good.

And even if they'd want the glorification, there are ways to present that Ayano walks down a dark path in which she will only destroy everything. It could work, but Alex isn't really good at writing stories tbh.

I'm also convinced that the ideal ending for Yansim would not be Ayano and Taro kissing under the cherry tree. Maybe the game could pull a forth wall break and have Ayano get rejected in the end because of bad karma and the player must replay the game without killing anyone. Or they could just make Ayano end up getting arrested. Since Alex always brags about how deep and mature his game is, a bad ending wouldn't be so out of place.

Edited 18 July by CosplayQueen

[fabienne]

I get the feeling that lovesick is doomed to fail as well as other yansim fan games. One reason being Alex seems to think he owns everything yandere related. Just let go man.

He can pretend he owns shit all he wants, ppl just need to remember not to care what he says and just keep working on their own game. Because for some unknown reason, everyone ends up listening to him or they try reasoning with him. He's an asshole incel and sucks at everything he claims to be the best at so why do people struggle so hard with ignoring him?? All he can really do is just continue to flip his shit and write on his debunk page some more lmao

[Erko]

He can pretend he owns shit all he wants, ppl just need to remember not to care what he says and just keep working on their own game. Because for some unknown reason, everyone ends up listening to him or they try reasoning with him. He's an asshole incel and sucks at everything he claims to be the best at so why do people struggle so hard with ignoring him?? All he can really do is just continue to flip his shit and write on his debunk page some more lmao

This but alex

[Foxtrottle]

Lovesick changed its name to Love Letter and Bow-chan, Love Letter's MC, kills Ayano. Good on the name change and Bow-chan seems more yandere then Yan-chan so that's already a plus with character personality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6oE-C-qfv4

[lulubz]

Lovesick changed its name to Love Letter and Bow-chan, Love Letter's MC, kills Ayano. Good on the name change and Bow-chan seems more yandere then Yan-chan so that's already a plus with character personality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6oE-C-qfv4

i’ve seen the Lovesick MC’s design and while I love the uniform, the hairstyle, and the color scheme is gorgeous.... i’m sorry but i hate the artstyle. There’s nothing wrong with bigger sized bodies but the faces just look so wonky to me, but feel free to disagree with me. I just don’t think the artstyle is really fitting for an anime-themed game at all.
There were some really cute fanarts posted on the Discord, and it just shows how cute her design is even if I’m not the biggest fan of the official art style.

[shinji ikari]

i’ve seen the Lovesick MC’s design and while I love the uniform, the hairstyle, and the color scheme is gorgeous.... i’m sorry but i hate the artstyle. There’s nothing wrong with bigger sized bodies but the faces just look so wonky to me, but feel free to disagree with me. I just don’t think the artstyle is really fitting for an anime-themed game at all.
There were some really cute fanarts posted on the Discord, and it just shows how cute her design is even if I’m not the biggest fan of the official art style.

who drew those fanarts? they're so cute lol

[CosplayQueen]

They changed the name and the character? Good for them!

I'm a bit dissappointed in the execution of the new designs tho.

Bow-chan looks cute but is she supposed to be significantely larger than Ayano? She seems to be about twice as wide and even half a head bigger. That leaves the question if the character is actually plus-size or if that's just the art style.

I wouldn't mind her being a bit chubby to be honest. It might be really cute if they can translate that well into the 3D model. Different body types is something that Yansim would have needed loooong ago. And there is no reason the MC can't be plus-size. But I'm worried this was made by a sjw artist who just drew her as overweight on a whim since she's Ayano's body type in all other drawings.

They really need to stick to one bodytype when they draw her for official content.

The logo...

I'll be honest it looks okay at first glance but a few decisions are terrible to me.

The font works for 'Love Letter' but why did they use it for 'My true feelings'? Did they even need to add that? A different font or writing in lower-cases would have been much better. It just looks off because of the upper-case 'I's.

Why did they align stuff so weirdly? Did 'My true feelings' have to be placed exactly on the edges of the bow? It looks kind of off since it hides parts of the drawing, a bit of an off-center would have been nice.

The heart looks weirdly placed with all the lines touching at the same spot on top of it.

I'm also confused why they decided to go with the horrible pink. Just because Yansim uses it that doesn't mean they have to stick to it. I'm kind of tired of seeing it after 6 years of Yansim development.

I general I think it's good for them they changed stuff so fast because now Alex can't whine about Ayano being his creation or the name Lovesick being his idea. But I wish they wouldn't have rushed it like that or at least chosen another artist.

I dig this style, or anything similiar to it. It looks more mature and gives off Persona vibes. Wish they would have gone with this...

Edited 19 July by CosplayQueen

[lulubz]

who drew those fanarts? they're so cute lol

their deviantart username is witchere! they had another username but I forgot what it’s called, lol sorry 😅

They changed the name and the character? Good for them!

I'm a bit dissappointed in the execution of the new designs tho.

Bow-chan looks cute but is she supposed to be significantely larger than Ayano? She seems to be about twice as wide and even half a head bigger. That leaves the question if the character is actually plus-size or if that's just the art style.

I wouldn't mind her being a bit chubby to be honest. It might be really cute if they can translate that well into the 3D model. Different body types is something that Yansim would have needed loooong ago. And there is no reason the MC can't be plus-size. But I'm worried this was made by a sjw artist who just drew her as overweight on a whim since she's Ayano's body type in all other drawings.

They really need to stick to one bodytype when they draw her for official content.

The logo...

I'll be honest it looks okay at first glance but a few decisions are terrible to me.

The font works for 'Love Letter' but why did they use it for 'My true feelings'? Did they even need to add that? A different font or writing in lower-cases would have been much better. It just looks off because of the upper-case 'I's.

Why did they align stuff so weirdly? Did 'My true feelings' have to be placed exactly on the edges of the bow? It looks kind of off since it hides parts of the drawing, a bit of an off-center would have been nice.

The heart looks weirdly placed with all the lines touching at the same spot on top of it.

I'm also confused why they decided to go with the horrible pink. Just because Yansim uses it that doesn't mean they have to stick to it. I'm kind of tired of seeing it after 6 years of Yansim development.

I general I think it's good for them they changed stuff so fast because now Alex can't whine about Ayano being his creation or the name Lovesick being his idea. But I wish they wouldn't have rushed it like that or at least chosen another artist.

I dig this style, or anything similiar to it. It looks more mature and gives off Persona vibes. Wish they would have gone with this...

I don’t mind chubby or thicc characters either but yes, the art style definitely looks too “SJW” for me at least. There’s nothing wrong at all with big noses or large mouths in anime but it’s just executed so badly here... I just hope the model will be a lot more pleasant-looking than the official art style.

And I agree that the logo needs a lot of improvement. The ‘Yan Sim’ pink outright clashes with the color of the bow, and I think the ‘my true feelings’ quote is way too close to the main title. I think it’s best if they revise it again.