Periodic updates tracking the game's progress were made on his development blog. Along with this, plans for a crowdfunding campaign were dropped in favor of a 'live service' model: players were encouraged to donate to his Patreon to fund continued development. On October 10, 2021, 1980s Mode was released to show proof of concept of eliminating 10 rivals. Work on the game began in April 2014, with the first notable public build appearing in January 2015 note (the 2014-era builds are proof-of-concept prototypes with no gameplay at all and were not intended to be widely shared), the free demo, which introduces the first rival Osana Najimi, was released on August 31st, 2020 to promote the a planned crowdfunding campaign to fund the full version. Unfortunately, Senpai is starting to get pretty popular at school, leading Ayano to dispose of her romantic rivals in any way possible. Addicted to the new emotions her Senpai stirred in her, she developed an obsession with him ( or her) at first sight. Its protagonist is a high-school girl, the titular 'Yandere-chan' (real name Ayano 'Yan-chan' Aishi), who until recently was incapable of experiencing emotion until she met her 'Senpai' Taro/Taeko Yamada, the first person in her life to actually make her feel something. Yandere Simulator § is an indie stealth game for PC, made in the Unity engine by Alex 'YandereDev' Mahan. YandereDev, distilling the game's concept
