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I feel like I'm in this post and I don't like it (except I kind of do).

Was I the yandere all along...?

I don’t know if you have done this but

Yandere artist who sees darling as a muse. They adore painting them and often times have them restricted into poses

Yandere!Artist x reader

somedays youre kept dazy and tired, making it easier for you to stay still for long periods of time

other days, they want you awake. they want you aware of the art youre taking part in <3.

so you're restrained, heavily. sometimes youre strung up by rope or chains from the ceiling, sometimes draped along the couch, other times you have to sit upright in a chair for hours at a time

they become so focused, sometimes they don't even hear you asking for breaks. it's only when you start to shift in discomfort that they look up from their easel, brows furrowed, asking, "what are you doing?"

Artist having paintings upon paintings of you around their house. they can't seem to get enough of your image, spending countless hours replicating each detail

when they're not painting you, you're glued to their hip. they want to touch your skin, your hair, feel the texture of your clothes so they know what to paint next

sometimes you wake up to them watching you sleep. what better time to memorize your details when you're at your most peaceful? when you won't shy away?

Artist having days where all they do is paint, and paint, and paint, and paint, and by the end of the day your muscles ache fiercely from being contorted and held in position

but oh, oh, how beautiful you are in their eyes. you consume their every thought.

I don't know if this has been asked before, but why did you decide to name it 2 headed boy?

Oh cool question :)

It's in reference to the poster boy of the game (the "yandere"), Kage, for a few reasons. To describe the duality of his nature (he has sort of "Jekyl/Hyde" mood shifts) and how he tends to "split" on the player throughout interactions.

He often sees the player in extremes of all good or all bad, and feels things very intensely (though the "all bad" moments are more temporary unless you're really relentless with building his toxicity and anxiety stats).

He's "of two minds," when it comes to how he thinks the player feels about him, which is a consistent source of his anxiety that can be mitigated with varying degrees of success by the player (or made worse).

And then finally, it's also the name of 2 songs by Neutral Milk Hotel, 2 Headed Boy parts 1 and 2, and I think the lyrics of both songs also really fit his overall vibe. Especially part 2

Kage's sprite samples. Actual size 48x48px.

I don't want to think about how many times I remade these before deciding on a simple design

shut up this is so cool... cant wait to see the final game omg :333

Thank you!! :,) I'm having so much fun making it.

Well, the character creator interface was not super fun to make if I'm being real, but it was so gratifying when it was "finished" (or at lease usable, I'm definitely not finished adjusting/replacing/adding to the options, but that part's pretty easy).

Yesterday I worked on adding another map, hoping I can get it finished today and post some walking tour footage tonight!

A small carnival area for Midnight City. I still need to blend out the gradient on the ambient light for the night time Ferris wheel. And make the interior map for the haunted house.

Also considering putting a clock on the Ferris wheel, but I'm not sure if that would cause lag or not...still thinking about that one.

Back to working on the customization options for the character creator at the start of the game. Working on getting more clothing options and accessories in (getting rid of the ugly placeholder hats etc.). See this post and this older one for more info on that.

Also got rid of the weird giant red flowers that were locked to the twin tail hair before. Kind of made it hard to accessorize that hairstyle when those were already "built-in."

And obviously you can be a variety of colors in terms of skin/hair/eyes, these are just "base values" shown that hues can be shifted from in the generator.

I've added more in than this but I didn't feel like making samples of all the new stuff.

Also made the Save menu a little more user-friendly, like showing information on each unique save file (like the in-game location you saved at, amount of $ on that save, in-game date and time and which characters you've met, in case anyone wants multiple save files and needs to keep track of them without having to load a save just to see where they are). RPG Maker also doesn't come built-in with an option to delete a save file from the save menu for some reason, so that's been added too.

EDIT Also, none of the clothing or hair options are locked to the body types, but some of the outfits might not layer properly on certain types (mainly the largest body type with broader shoulders will clip through a lot of the smaller-framed clothes). Unfortunate but that's a limitation of working with 2-D pixel art

Good news, I fixed the resolution on my game. In all its glory the base engine has a really weird resolution that wants you to play in a small windowed mode, and trying to fullscreen stretches everything out and makes it looked real jacked up.

So that's fixed now, and I've fixed the screenshots on my Steam page that had a weird stretch on them to reflect the change.

Edit tho: I had to readjust the dialogue windows because as you can see in this example, they were still stretching out strangely in the resolution correction. So that will be fixed/look normal for stuff I post from here out!

Don't forget, if this game looks like something you might enjoy, you can wishlist it on Steam. Just a cute free to play about trying to navigate the dating scene with a yandere stalker guy ever-looming. It's a love story, albeit a toxic one. And some trauma exploration thrown in there for flavor.

More concept art for yandere Kage. I'm going to need a lot of face assets for him since he kind of wears his heart on his sleeve. Hopefully not ever literally...I worry about that boy.

Not much preference on spoon, he is ecstatic just to touch you

Would love if you wore his clothes but will "borrow" yours without asking (prefers if they are not washed). Not to wear, just as a comfort object for sleeping

Would use a pet name if you asked him but feels very awkward about it

Is not "introverted" in the sense of stereotypical "quiet, shy homebody" but being around everyone but Y/N drains him, needs downtime to recharge.

Not "extroverted" in the sense he is energized from being around people, but very outspoken and mouthy

Does not generally like killing anything, and if non-human especially doesn't like it (except for food). He will capture bugs and release outside, unless it's a mosquito, those are kill on sight

Reckless driver, prob should never give him your keys

Thank you everyone who got me to 100 reblogs!

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