I enjoyed this a lot, anticipating the future updates! honestly I only played volume 2 so far (those characters caught my attention first) and the entire time I thought saeka and tomomi should've just kissed or something, their dynamic is really fun and the voice acting is phenomenal!
Glad to hear it :D To be fair, volume 02 is waaaay better than volume 01 anyways x3
Totally agree on the characters should’ve just kissed xD I remember getting that vibe from em when I first listened to the drama CD, haha.
Not gonna lie, I kinda love it when characters are so deep into their nemesis relationship that it could just as easily flip into enemies to lovers territory x3
It wouldn’t be the same without the awesome talent of the voice actors, so I’m glad you enjoyed their performances :3
I can only apologise that development for this is super slow, as it’s a side project, but also, had a lot of personal problems in recent years that have hampered progress across the board >.<
I don’t intend to abandon it or anything, though, so there will be more volumes eventually :3
Thanks so much for taking the time to check it out!!
I really liked this visual novel. I'm wondering when episode 3 will be released. Will it be released at all? If not, I'll have to translate the Japanese original.
So glad to hear you had fun with it :3 Especially since this project seems to get a lot of negative ratings >.< even though it's a fan visual novelisation, people keep leaving mean reviews about the characters and story sucking... which isn't even my fault, cos I just localised it xD
Anyways, to answer your question/s (and I can only apologise that it's not a very clear answer >.<)
I certainly hope to release vol 03 someday, but, unfortunately, I couldn't say exactly when that might be >.<
This year in general has kinda been a disaster both with my physical and mental health. I'm just starting to come out of it now, but at the end of last year, I went into the most severe autistic burnout of my life so far, which lasted about 11 months :(
My plan for 2025 was to finish and release the full version of Lovestarved, a project I started and released a demo for during otome/josei jam back in August 2024.
But so far this year, I haven't been able to write a single line of code T_T So I'm very behind my own schedule atm.
Because my Yandere Heaven fan game is a side project, it's pretty low priority, so I have no intention of doing any work on it at all until I've at least completed Lovestarved.
Once Lovestarved is finished, I haven't 100% decided yet what I'll focus on next.
So while I do intend to work on Yandere Heaven vol 03 at some point in the future, right now, I have no idea when that might end up being x3
I think vol 03 was actually my least favourite episode of the drama CDs as well, haha. Doesn't mean I'll skip it, cos that would feel wrong.
I’m sorry that’s a super unhelpful answer >.<
If you’re eager to experience it, though, I’m pretty sure there are already some rough translations of volume 03 out there somewhere online, and you can usually also find the original Japanese tracks themselves somewhere too if you can’t find the CDs to purchase anymore :3
I’d like to hope that it’s not a widespread problem, especially since it seems to work fine on the PC I made it on, but I have some idea at least of what might be causing it to lag because I have a family potato laptop that I do extra tests on, and most of the games I have made in Unity seem to lag a bit on the potato laptop T_T (or have loading times of like 3 whole minnutes o.O)
I don’t know what it is that makes that happen with Unity games, cos it doesn’t seem to happen with VNs made in Ren’Py (unless they contain lots of animations)!
But yeah, if you’re using an old or low-spec device, that could be partly why it’s laggy.
If it’s not old or low-spec, then it would be extra confusing because I have literally no idea why it would behave that way on a system that’s not old T_T
If anyone else does happen to have this problem, sees this reply, and has found a way to fix it or at least make it function better, I’d very much appreciate it if you could post here to let both of us know :3
I can only apologise that it isn’t running well for you anyhow >.< I’m not especially clued up on the tech side of things, sadly. I only taught myself how to use Naninovel and Unity so that I could make games, but I don’t actually like coding x3 I just see it as a boring necessary step in order to get games to work, haha.
Why do i always have the malice and tragedy to like the character whos remotely family related to the MC 💔 anyways i love this game!! I love 2000-10s anime drama CDs and im super glad this thing got fan adapted into a game
Hehe, that's not so much of a problem for me, cos I'm the opposite and find it hard to fall for those kinds of characters, cos they end up firmly in the friendzone in my mind...
BUT, that then makes it all the more devastating when they go all crazy on me, cos I was sitting there thinking I was safe with them, and that it was everyone else I had to watch out for xD So it just winds up feeling like an even bigger betrayal than if I liked them romantically, haha.
It's like, I thought I could rely on you to protect me from everyone else, when it was YOU I needed protecting from all along, dammit x3
But yeah, even if they're not necessarily my favourite characters or scenarios, I do kinda have immense nostalgia for those old CDs, haha. It's awesome that you can relate to that :3
Sometimes I get ground down by comments about how it's too cringe, etc., but because those commenters never encountered the original CDs, they don't quite get that's what it was like >.< And then I get exhausted, constantly having to try and explain that it's a fandub thing.
I know I should probably just ignore those kinds of comments, but it's hard to do that cos I feel like I have to defend my poor baby xD
It's always refreshing to read a comment like yours where you just get it :3
If I had more time and energy, I'd probably try and turn my entire library of old Drama CDs into playable VNs xD Or at the very least, fandub them all as videos, haha.
Unfortunately, I can't say for certain when volume 03 will be released, as I haven't started working on it yet, and this project in general is currently on pause >.<
Frustratingly, I've been suffering with autistic burnout for most of this year + some of the end of last year, which means I haven't been able to be very productive in general so far in 2025 :(
I'm still working on stuff when I feel able to, and my current active project is Lovestarved.
However, I haven't even achieved much progress on coding Lovestarved either so far this year T_T
Most of the time lately, I don't feel capable of going on my PC, which is super annoying because I want to work on stuff, but it's like I just don't have the actual energy required to do so >.<
When I've been able to use my PC, I've mainly been working on music, as it seems to be the only thing that makes me feel a bit better at the moment.
I'm not sure when the burnout will pass because this is the longest period of burnout I've ever experienced. I'm hoping it will go away soon, as I'm trying my best to look after myself, haha.
Once I'm able to properly work on projects again, I'll be sticking to my plan of finishing the otome release for Lovestarved first. After that, I haven't decided exactly what to work on next x3
I will get around to releasing volume 03 of Yandere Heaven eventually, though :3
In the meantime, if you ever want to check out what's going on with me/what I'm currently working on, feel free to take a look at my Ko-Fi page, where I try my best to write a monthly update (I'm even behind on that right now, though, thanks to the burnout T_T haha).
Sorry for the long-winded explanation there x3 And thanks for taking the time to check out the project <3
I'm so glad i revisited this! i initially dropped it since volume 1 didn't quite peak my interest. However volume 2 was a delight to listen to. I'm such a useless lesbian and struggled to pick between Saeka and Tomomi lol. I can tell a lot of love was put into this! Looking forward for the next volumes in the future! <3
Well, I'm glad you decided to come back :D And even more glad that you had fun with volume 02 ^-^ Cheers for checking it out!
Volume 01 also isn't my cup of tea, haha. I just don't care for stuff in educational settings like that. I can't relate to it since my school days are long behind me and I'd rather not return to em xD
To be fair, Saeka is HOT x3 But I'm still team Tomomi/Takaaki :P
It means a lot that you can see the love in it though :3 I just hope that I'm managing to do the original CDs justice, haha.
Volume 03 might be a bit of an awkward one to localise cos it's another scenario like volume 01 that isn't really my jam >.< It's a totally different setting, but I think it's like stepfather VS stepbrother or something like that! Part of me wants to skip it and move on to a different volume, but I don't think my brain will allow me to deviate from the correct order they were released in x3
Anyways, you can blame the original Japanese creators if you have a problem with the content because all I've done is localise the original Japanese drama CD release to English and turn it from an audio-only CD to a VN.
The characters in this project aren't mine, neither is the story. You can find the original work here:
It would certainly be amazing to have a Spanish translation and also other translations sometime in the future :3
But sadly, there are currently no plans for translations as I'm struggling a lot at the moment to do much of anything >.<
I'd love to be able to have translations for all of my projects if possible, but yeah, it's not something that will happen anytime soon. I'm too far behind schedule on the project I'm supposed to be prioritising at the moment T_T
Thank you for the question and your interest, though :3
I have autism and also don't understand the meaning of a lot of emojis, so I can't really tell if you mean that in a good way or a bad way xD
Either way, it's not my fault, haha. If you meant it in a bad way, you can blame the original Japanese creators since all I've done is make an English localisation + dub, and turned it from just an audio drama CD into a visual novel x3
And if you meant it in a good way, I can't take much credit anyways since the story/scenarios/characters aren't mine. I can only claim credit for the English localisation and VNification of what is now a preeeeetty old Japanese CD series, haha.
I just figured it would be fun to casually localise it cos it was one of the very first pieces of yandere media that I encountered many years ago :3
The crazy thing is, the Japanese folks who made the Yandere Heaven CD series got some pretty notable VAs involved!
For example, Daisuke Hirakawa plays Takaaki in Vol 02 :3
I think there's even a freetalk/interview kinda bonus track with the VAs on each of the CDs, and he talked about how shocked he was at the nature of the character or something xD And how it was a fun challenge to play a character that went so crazy, haha.
I remember playing this game when it has only one volume and seeing that a second volume came to life was such a nice surprise haha The first one was nice, the cliché was making me laugh so much but yeah just a really normal yandere kinda story imo. Just though it was hilarious how they kept screaming at each other and our character was just standing there or playing dumb (until after you choose a side).
But the second vol got me SO interested ! i think it was so much better xD i can tell this was made 2 years after haha The art did a glow up as well ! the character's personality are also more interesting i feel, even the main character was funny (like "YEAH this is exactly what i would have think in this moment, that person is such a weirdo" LOL). I also like the storyline better (maybe because im too old now to enjoy highschool setting TT).
I love how one of them isnt playing the innocent part while the other is. I tried playing it as if i was really living it and choosing the character side based on what i would have really done with only the info our character had and to be honest i think we would have all fall into Takaaki's trap LOL he was acting all sweet and worried and switch to complete psycho after the choice LMFAO
Sakae was fun to play as well but since i got spoiled a bit from Takaaki's story i wasnt as shocked. maybe only the end part wasnt expected haha. His splash art tho (im a sucker for glasses guy so i was all for Takaaki but Sakae's art just grew on me, he looked way too good TT)
i have to give a shout out to the voice acting as well. its amazing (the bloopers are hilarious)
Anyway it was really fun thank you for this!
im rating it a 4/5 (only because the first vol i kinda wish the character we were playing had more normal reaction but tbh the second vol was a 5/5 in itself haha)
I'm glad you liked it enough to come back and play the 2nd volume :D
Especially considering the story in vol 01 is kinda boring in my honest opinion x3 As you say, it's kinda cliché! And I personally just don't really enjoy stories set in schools since school irl was a shit time for me, but also, similarly to what you said, I'm in my thirties now, so a school setting is not really relatable, haha.
I debated skipping localisation of vol 01 tbh, but in the end, I couldn't bring myself to skip it cos it seemed wrong to start out with a different volume. My brain demanded that I work on them in the correct order xD
I definitely prefer the setting and characters of volume 02 :3 The problem I have now is that I'm not a fan of the story/setting/characters from volume 03 because it's a step brother VS stepdad situation I think >.< I know some people will be into that sorta thing, but I'm not, so it will be a difficult one to localise and stay true to the original Japanese scenario on when it's another one like volume 01 that I don't actually like >.<
Anyways, I'm just glad that you had fun with volume 02 :D
Yeeeeah, Takaaki seems so genuinely sweet right up until the moment he's not, and then it's like, oh... shit... my life is fucked xD Whereas Sakae makes almost no attempt to hide his asshole nature, haha.
Glad you enjoyed the VA and bloopers too ^-^ The whole thing just wouldn't be the same without the VA, so I'm super grateful to have had the opportunity to work with such talented voice actors!
I NEVER KNEW ABOUT THESE CDs! Thank you for the game! I enjoyed vol2 very much (especially Takaaki's route hehe). I wish there was a game in which you had a bit more options and stuff, since I got pretty attached to the characters. Maybe you could make another game? hehe(I know this is just a translation; 5/5 btw) :D
They are preeeetty old to be fair x3 One of my very first introductions to what a yandere character is, haha.
Glad to hear you enjoyed vol 02! I much prefer it to the first CD cos school settings aren't really my cup of tea when it comes to stories >.< I had a terrible time at school, so I don't really wanna be transported back there, haha. Takaaki FTW :D
Weeeell, I don't think I'll ever make another game about these specific characters that has more choices in just cos I'm not really a fan of writing fan-fiction style stuff because it feels like I would be kind of doing a disservice to the original writers/creators cos I don't feel like I can do their characters justice x3 BUUUUT...
I do really enjoy writing stories with my own original characters, and I've released a number of games with my own stories and characters that have a lot more choices and endings for players if any of those interest you :3
And almost all of them have yandere characters in to romance :D
The ones that don't feature romance tend to still feature yandere characters xD It's just they are either friends, platonic relationships, or villains x3
Anyways, thanks so much for checking out this project, and I'm so glad you had fun ^-^
I was kinda thinking about this, I love how comparatively one of the LI is wayyyy more outwardly concerning than the other. Sakae is creepy and if you didn't know Takaaki was a yandere it would come as a shock later. Same with Kakeru and Atsushi. Kakeru is so outwordly concerningly clingy and by comparison Atsushi is a reasonably concerned friend who takes such a sudden turn.
That's a really good observation there! Now I'm trying to think if every single pair on each of the CDs was like that too x3 If so, I wonder why they chose to write the characters that way...
I kinda like it cos it's a bit like there's a hero and a villain for each scenario, but if you pick the 'hero', you wind up with a slap to the face saying, ahah!! They were both sneaky lil fuckers after all!!! x3
The link is to a different project of mine, but I put the same link on all my game pages cos, unfortunately, it seems like opening on Mac is a pain in the butt :( haha.
I don't own a Mac myself, so can't test anything >.< The guide is made up of info from folks with Macs who managed to get stuff working x3
The most common solution appears to be to always download itch games through the itch launcher and launch through that.
I think it's like a Mac security issue thing. The system tries to protect against unsigned software, but most indie games aren't signed or something. It's all too confusing for me to understand, haha.
No worries! That sucks though that nothing worked :( From the feedback I've had in the past, it seemed like most people said the method of downloading stuff and launching it through itch.io's own launcher seemed to do the trick if nothing else did.
I hope you at least have better luck with the Windows version! Sorry I wasn't able to be of more help :( Really appreciate your interest in the game though :3
The link is to a different project of mine, but I put the same link on all my game pages cos, unfortunately, it seems like opening on Mac is a pain in the butt :( haha.
I don't own a Mac myself, so can't test anything >.< The guide is made up of info from folks with Macs who managed to get stuff working x3
The most common solution appears to be to always download itch games through the itch launcher and launch through that.
I think it's like a Mac security issue thing. The system tries to protect against unsigned software, but most indie games aren't signed or something. It's all too confusing for me to understand, haha.
I would honestly love to, but so far, I haven't been able to get any of my games on Steam for a few reasons >.<
The first is that Steam requires the dev to pay a fee of $100 per game that they want to have there, which is pretty steep when releasing games for free + I'm unemployed, so not ideal :(
And secondly, from the technical side of things, even if I had the money for all the Steam fees, I think you have to ensure the game meets certain technical specifications which I'm unsure I could succeed in.
Maybe if I followed a tutorial I would be okay, but programming isn't something I'm good at >.< I'm almost certain I would need some help with understanding everything that's required because, at the end of the day, I'm just 100% self-taught when it comes to all my game dev pursuits, haha.
So as much as I would love to have all of my stuff on Steam, it's just not really possible right now, sadly. Sorry about that :(
I love that game so much! Thank you for translating it sso we could play it's as novel. i hope you will finish it in future. Again thank you for your great work!
It's a fun lil side project to work on, and I certainly hope to localise more of the scenarios sometime in the future, but there might be one or two that I have to skip cos the content gets a bit dodgy in a couple of the original CDs from what I remember, haha.
Or if not dodgy, it might've been that there were certain fetishes involved that give me the ick or something like that, so I don't know if I'd have the willpower to localise them >.< I will try my best though!
This game is so good honestly , the voice acting was super too :3 my personal favorite was saeka , but I rlly like this game and I hope you'll come out with more chapters soon!!
But noooooo, Saeka is such a mean b*tch!!! x3 I would pick Tomomi any day, but I guess part of the fun is picking a side, and everyone will have a different opinion on which LI should win, hehe.
Being completely honest, I probably won't be working on the next scenario for this any time soon, but I definitely plan to localise more at some point! :3
amazing game, ive been searching for the bgm online for about 2 hours now and havent found anything, ive even gone as far as to scrounge around in looperman in hopes of finding the looped version of the bgm, but alas, to no avail. great game, a diamond in the ruff, showed it to some friends and they agreed
Thanks so much for playing, and I'm so glad you had fun with it :3
I'm so sorry it's taken me this long to respond >.< I've been going through a rough patch recently and haven't been online much as a result. To answer your question though, unfortunately, the music from this particular project isn't uploaded anywhere.
For a while now, I've been making full original soundtracks for most of my projects, but because this one is different in that it's a fandub rather than my own original story/s, I was a little lazy and decided not to bother making most tracks for it >.<
I also kinda struggle in general with making music that is more lighthearted/casual/comedic in tone, and since I own a whole bunch of music assets purchased from various places, I figured I might as well put some of those to good use since they're well-suited to the project :3
The problem there is that anything which originates from a BGM asset pack can't be uploaded by me outside of the game because the terms of use state that the tracks can only be used within a project. That applies to like 99% of the tracks in Yandere Heaven.
There are the odd few that I clumsily put together using some samples from Looperman, but yeah, you'd struggle to find the samples just by searching the Looperman site cos I think most of em were pretty old. I also used some in combination, so even if you found one of the loops I used from there, it still wouldn't sound exactly the same as the final track/s in the game due to the edits I made >.<
If there's a particular track that you're after, I can attempt to point you in the direction of the place I purchased it from :3 Or if it's one of the lil jingles I made for endings using Looperman samples, I can probably just send that over to you if you want!
I just wouldn't be comfortable uploading the ending jingles anywhere as individual tracks simply because it feels wrong to claim to have created X track myself when all I've done for it is combine a couple of samples that other people made without a whole lot of editing on my end x3
Anyways, sorry for the super long explanation there >.< I'm really glad you enjoyed what there is of the game so far ^-^
That's so cool! :D I'm glad you were able to do that :3
I've never been taught how to read or write music properly, so I started out on keyboard and guitar just trying to play parts of stuff I liked by ear, haha. Even now, sometimes I will hum a tune that's in my head, but I don't actually know what the notes are, so I record myself humming before I forget the tune, then listen to it back and make a basic midi of it x3
I absolutely love how campy and silly this is. The aesthetic and music choice are just perfect! This brought me all the way back to my wattpad days- I had forgotten how much fun it is to just enjoy goofy stories for what they are.
There were only like two entire scenes where I didn't want to reach through the screen and slap Sakae. And I absolutely died laughing at the end when Takaaki, after presumably having the mc around him for the bulk of his working hours so far, does a 180 and decides "you know what would be a great idea? seeing my favorite person for a grand total of 30-45 minutes a day between food, sleep and my twelve hour shifts :D". (Nothing against Takaaki, I adore him and he lives rent free in my head.)
Sorry for the rambly comment, I just wanted to say thank you for creating this fandub, I really enjoyed plaything through your game!
Honestly, I'm so glad that you can appreciate it for the campy and goofy silliness that it is xD Because I get so much negative feedback from folks who have taken it all a bit too seriously >.< haha. It's such a relief when someone actually gets it!
Oh, boy, the wattpad days x3 Now there's something I haven't thought about in a looooong time! I never got around to writing all that much there, but I do remember reading the odd piece here and there when the mood struck :D
To be fair, Sakae is extremely slappable and I will make no effort to pretend otherwise x3 Takaaki will always be the winner of that particular scenario in my eyes, haha.
Absolutely no need to apologise for rambling anyhow! I can't help but ramble myself when I start typing stuff, haha. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to actually reply! I've been out of action lately while going through a bad patch, but I did read your comment around the time you posted it, and it put a big ol' smile on my face, so thank YOU for taking the time to write up what you did :3
And also, just thank you in general for checking out my attempt at bringing such a silly series to life in a different format, haha.
It's a good job I wasn't the one who wrote the story then xD It was written by a team of Japanese people many years ago, haha.
I just got a friend to help me translate it, then I turned her rough translation into more fluent English x3 Then added the art, VA, and music/SFX, did all the coding, and voila, an old Japanese CD is now an English game :D
I would have to agree that the story is meh actually, haha. But they were fun lil CDs to listen to when I first discovered yandere content years ago cos there wasn't much else around back then tbh!
Funnily enough, volume 02 actually has the more interesting story of the 2 volumes currently translated x3 Vol 01 is super boring to me cos I'm not a fan of stories set in schools!
School/student life was crap for me in reality, so it's not exactly something I want to revisit in games xD
Even still, vol 02's story isn't particularly amazing x3 To be fair though, the original Japanese writers weren't trying to create the world's best narrative, they were just creating some random goofy yandere scenarios for girls to listen to, haha.
Like I said, it's a localisation of a CD. There aren't choices in a CD.
In the CD, the only choice is choosing which track to play last on the album and that = the person you end up trapped with.
All my other games have plenty of choices cos they're original stories :3
But this one is literally just supposed to be a way of making some old Japanese drama CDs accessible to a wider audience.
I literally made this as a fun side project >.<
(though tbh, it's not so fun anymore because I'm kind of tired of having to explain that it's just a fan project since it seems most people don't read that on the page before downloading, then moan at me for it even though I wrote it clearly T_T)
I thought the only people who would even find it and play it would be people who maybe listened to the original Japanese CDs >.<
I never expected it to end up being one of my projects that seems to get the most views/downloads.
And tbh, I do find that quite frustrating because it's not exactly representative of my other stuff, haha.
I guess people must find it cos of it having the word yandere in the title... but I only named it the same name as the CD series >.<
I just kinda wish I hadn't made this tbh cos even though lots of people have enjoyed it, I also get a lot of shit for it even though all I've done is turn a pre-existing Japanese thing into an English thing.
It worries me that people might come across this project of mine first, then avoid the rest of my projects because they think this one is meh. And they likely don't even realise this one is just a silly fan project :(
Like, in this, they're not my characters, not my story. I just took the Japanese script, turned it into English, added some cute art, some music & SFX, voice acting etc. But the characters and story are exactly as they are in the Japanese CDs.
I didn't wanna mess with that because this isn't fan fiction. It's a fan localisation. I just wanted to stay true to the original content.
But all my other games have my own stories and characters, plenty of choices and story branches, plenty of endings, and most of them have original soundtracks made by me as well x3
So yeah, bottom line is... this is a fan localisation. It's not meant to be anything more than that, and it's not representative of my other projects.
I totally get what you’re saying about it not really being a game, but that’s kind of a debate that’s been raging for years when it comes to certain types of visual novels x3
I dunno if you’ve ever played any or heard of them, but there is a type of VN called kinetic visual novels. They’re still technically games since devs coded and created them, but they have no choices whatsoever, literally none, and so no branching paths either.
They tend not to have any minigames, or even the option to enter a player character’s name. The only interaction players have is clicking to proceed with the story. They’re still marketed and sold as games though, it’s just they’re not interactive and don’t have actual gameplay, haha. I know, it’s a weird one x3
The thing is though, I think VNs with choices and branching narratives are much more popular than kinetic VNs these days, and so a lot of people who play VNs aren’t even aware that kinetic VNs are a thing, so when they play a VN, they’re expecting choices etc. by default.
That’s why I tried to be clear on the page that there is only 1 choice per scenario, cos I didn’t want folks to go in expecting something else and wind up disappointed >.< Though, I did write that waaay at the bottom of the page, so I’ve now added it under the features section too in case that’s of any help to someone checking out the page in the future, haha.
As a gamer, I also struggle to view kinetic VNs as true games, but as a dev, when I know how much work has gone into coding something even if it doesn’t have choices, I’m also more inclined to still see those sorts of things as games. They’re just a really niche type of game, haha.
I don’t know if there’s any truth to it, but I remember reading that in Japan, it’s extremely frowned upon for streamers to stream the entirety of a kinetic VN since they don’t have choices and it might impact a game’s sales if potential players just watched a stream knowing that they will see 100% of the content cos there are no choices.
Anyways, I dunno if you saw my notices about this project before playing it (not blaming you at all if you didn’t cos I know many people don’t read game pages these days), but there’s a solid reason for this particular project not having choices :3
Basically, it’s an English fandub of a Japanese drama CD series. So unlike my other projects where the stories and characters are original concepts, this is literally just me localising some CDs and giving them visuals.
I didn’t want to mess with the original story of the CDs since it’s not my story and not my characters, so I only presented the 1 choice that appears in the CDs :3 Of course, with those, it’s just audio so you can’t click anything, but what happens is the track ends on the choice, then the listener just chooses which of 2 tracks to play next to get the love interest/ending that they want for that scenario.
I could have added extra choices, but that just wasn’t my intention with this project, especially when it’s originally in Japanese. I just wanted to share some random CDs that initially got me into yandere stuff with a wider audience :3
The original Japanese CDs were aimed solely at straight women. Making a fandub VN like this made it possible for me to not only open up the shenanigans to non-Japanese speakers but also allowed me to do things that aren’t possible with an audio CD, such as giving players a choice of pronouns or choosing the gender of the love interests they want to pursue :D
I did think about making an audio-only fandub, but in the end, I chose to go the VN route because I thought it would be more fun with some visuals + I kinda always envisioned the CD scenes in my head in a certain way, and I figured it would be amusing to try and pull those images from my mind and put em on a screen xD
Anyways, that was a long ramble, I’m sorry >.< I’m glad that you enjoyed the story and the art anyhow :3 Cheers again for checking it out!
I still think it should be labeled a novel and not a game if it reads like one. At the very least make a warning for it on the page so the reader knows what they sign up for.
I've bumped into those novels that pretend to be games before, and it pisses me off every time. Doubly so if I actually have paid for it --so I'm never buying visual novels that doesn't have choices right in the demo anymore. Ideally choices with impact. It's not worth it.
I think the problem could be sold if it was clearly marked that there is no choices in the game. Or no choices that impact the game. And that there is only one ending. (I'd say the same for puzzles and minigames inside a visual novel. Because it's so unexpected. Some like them, some don't.)
That way people who like it can get it, and those who don't like it won't be disappointed and angry over it.
And I guess I must have missed that warning on your page somehow. lol But at least if you had one, that's one me I guess. Should have read it better.
And yeah... I've only tried to create a Choice of Game style game before, but I've found that the trick with it is to add a balanced amount of 'false choices' and real impactful choices, and then use a loop to stitch things up in a simple way.
Like... check out the game on itch... Perfect Love. (It's on list of games I like on my page.) That game have relatively few branches, and reuse the majority of their scenes, but somehow manage to make the game feel very different at each play-trough, and have like 6 or 8 different endings. All without a single false choice.
Done right you can cut down on the work while still giving the reader a feeling of a choice, and give them more ending options. (Which is nice, because people root for different things to happen in the end. One person's happy ending isn't always the happy end of another person. Same with bad ends.)
But I'll admit I WAS pretty tired when I downloaded this game, so I probably skimped out on a lot of details. And I see your reason for the lack of choices, even if I'm not a fan of the mentioned lack.
Try put warnings under a big "WARNING" sign. People read this cuz some have phobias, some use the warning section to check how cool the game will be (blood, gore, sex and whatnot). Although your game doesn't have much of that, but it does have a yandere. Which will attract more than it repels I think. And I personally think that a lack of choices should be a warning.
And important info in bullet-points. If you have a thing like that with the info of how many words, how many endings, puzzle or mini-games, and so on, it's more likely to get read.
People tend to skip to what looks like a easy summary.
It's nice to see a creator who's interesting in improving their game and game-page tho. ^_^
Even that would annoy others though because if they're expecting just a novel, they may be annoyed that it appears more like a game when it has visuals, a soundtrack, and voice acting >.<
I feel like it is about as clearly marked on the page as I could make it at this point though cos it's literally under the ‘Features’ section in a bullet point, which I'd like to hope a majority browsing the page would read :3 It looks like this:
Then again, it seems a significant number of people who have played don't even realise it's a fandub of a drama CD series, and that's practically the first thing on the page, so maybe there is just no hope of most people reading the notice >.<
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I used to love the Choice of Games stuff :D And before that, I used to read the old Fighting Fantasy choose-your-own-adventure books :3
I know what you mean anyhow cos in most of my other games, I do tend to use that method of having some choices that are just there for fluff or a sprinkling of lore but don't have any real impact + other choices that either have an immediate impact on a story branch or a cumulative one that's only revealed later on in the story :D
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I would check out Perfect Love, but honestly, my VN backlog is a mountain at this point T_T I have over 100 itch games I want to play but haven't managed to yet, haha. Many of which are yandere games x3 The problem is, gaming is awkward for me nowadays cos my setup isn't ideal, and I feel ridiculously guilty when I try to take a break from game dev to actually play games :(
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But yeah, I do have bullet points under headers for both features and warnings on most of my game pages, the problem is, a lot of the time, people don't tend to read much of the page before playing >.<
I asked my brother at one point what he's like as a player and also his friends. He said he personally reads all the page details and follows different devs, but he said he's the exception in his friend circle x3 He said his friends tend to only look at YouTube playthroughs, screenshots, or trailers, then download or buy based on that without reading any of the description text at all.
He also said his friends don't follow devs. They get their recommendations purely from YouTubers, so even if they love a game by a certain dev, they have no idea if that dev has released other projects they might like because they don't play stuff unless it's recommended by the YouTubers they follow >.< That seems like insanity to me, but I guess it must be fairly normal if that's how all of his friends find their games!
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PS. Apologies in advance for the incoming spam! I'm about to reply to all your comments at once x3
I know I'm weird, but I have trouble switching tasks, so when it comes to responding to comments or replying to things in general, I struggle to just reply to 1 thing, and then go back to another task. So instead, I give myself an entire day of the week dedicated to replying to things, haha. And when it comes to replying to your comments, I've kind of written a LOT >.<
So yeah, sorry about that x3
Please don't feel like you even have to read all of it if you don't want to, let alone respond to it, haha.
Hi!I played both volumes,I really enjoyed it.And I wanted to leave some of my thoughts.Well,I want to say that this was purely insane,I mean the plot and the characters which is understandable and honestly expected,when I say that I mean no offense to the author of the game who did a great job by creating such an amazing game that I enjoyed playing.I just have some love/hate relationship with the characters because I don't really like all this red flag guys,but I still decide giving a go with this game knowing that the characters are 'yandere'.I still must say that I LOVE THE GAME AND ENJOYED PLAYING IT!I hope there will be more volumes to play and update.I will be waiting.
Hey! Thanks so much for playing :3 I’m glad you ended up having fun with it :D
Yeeeeah, I find I mainly just want to slap all of the characters for being so outrageous xD
I’m not sure when I will be working on the next volume because I’m trying to finish a different project at the moment (this one x3), but I’ll hopefully get around to completing more volumes someday :3
You’ll be fiiiiine x3 At least I hope so, haha. It’s just a goofy game really :3 Definitely not something to take too seriously anyways. And also definitely not everyone’s cup of tea xD
ty for adapting this in a way that english-speaking audiences can interact with..! i dont know japanese outside of a few words so the only way i can listen to the og tracks is via subtitled uploads on youtube lol- if you ever do the other ones ill be looking forward to them..!
I think this is so cute! When I heard it was going to be a fandub of a drama CD I didn't know how it would go, but I think it works out well. I read through the whole page just to find out if there was a schedule and I saw people were rating this low because they didn't understand that. Which is awful. Something you might do is advertise it as a kinetic visual novel? It would also need a little explaining due to branching routes, but in large part there's no choices, so that would probably be a more accurate explanation. Of course, it's just a suggestion and it's up to you to brand as you see fit! (God, I feel like I'm horrible at explaining what's going on in my head)
If/when you get to the next story, I'd love to help out! I'm not a great voice actor, but when I was with my ex she told me I had a pretty good yandere voice. But keep your head up, you're doing great work. (I don't remember if I commented on other projects or this one before-- I feel like I must have but I am terribly forgetful.)
I’m so glad you had fun with it despite it being what it is, haha. It means a lot that you stuck with it and think it works out well :3
I do think that you’re right, it probably would help to call it a kinetic VN, but there’s one giant problem… it seems many people don’t read the game page at all >.< so they’d probably wind up missing the memo :(
I think that’s the cause of a lot of the negative comments I get on the game (and on some of my other projects too >.<) the fact that sometimes, people just don’t read all the info on the page, so they’re commenting out of context.
And I mean, I don’t blame em cos I ramble a lot, so there tends to be a lot of info to digest T_T haha. But I literally cannot put things any more concisely because I really struggle to do that in general thanks to my ASD :(
But no, you’re not horrible at explaining what’s going on in your head at all! X3 I get ya! And ti would make sense to advertise it that way :3 I just reeeeally suck at explaining anything at all, haha.
That’s super kind of you to offer help :3 I’m always looking to work with different people, so I guess whenever another script is ready, I could give you a poke or something. Also, feel free to drop me a demo of your voice to my email anytime! That way, I’ll have a better idea of the kinds of characters it might fit :D
And thank you :3 I’m just sorta slowly emerging from a big ol period of burnout right now, but it means a lot to read such kind words <3
Honestly, my memory is awful, so if you did comment on other projects before, I would probably have forgotten and would need something to jog my memory x3 I can’t even remember the birthdays of people in my own family without a billion calendar reminders xD Regardless, I appreciate you taking the time to check out my stuff and write something so sweet :3
Thanks so much for playing both volumes :D I definitely prefer the story and the characters in volume 02, but that’s because I hate stories with school settings with a passion xD
Glad you enjoyed the bloopers as well! Bloopers and outtakes are my favourite extras on movies, so it’s fun to include them in games too :3
Sorry I’m so slow to get back to you. I’ve been dealing with a lot of personal stuff lately that had me avoiding my PC completely for the past couple of months >.<
Firstly, thanks so much for playing the game :D
And to answer your questions…
Regarding when it will be finished, I honestly have no idea x3 It won’t be anytime soon! This is pretty much just a slow side project that I come back to when I don’t feel like working on my main projects, so development is extra slow >.<
There’s also some content in volume 03 that I personally don’t feel that comfortable with, so I’m not sure yet whether I will be skipping over it or not! I might try to make it work if I can :3 I want to try and stay as true as possible to the original stories of each volume when I work on localising them, but I think that’s gonna be quite difficult for me with volume 03. 03 is also my least favourite of all the CDs, haha.
Whatever happens though, I will finish it eventually :3 At least the volumes are self-contained stories I guess.
As for Aoi… hmm, yeeeeah, but she’s also a massive biiiiiiitch x3
Thanks so much for checking it out! And I’m super glad to hear you had fun with it ^-^
I can’t lie, it might be quite a while before I can finish the other volumes cos it’s a bit of a snail-paced side project, and there are also some issues with the content in volume 03 that I’m not entirely comfortable with xD But if I can find a way to make it work with a translation that doesn’t completely kill the meaning of the original story for that volume, then I’ll still try my best to localise it, haha.
Hey hey! Glad you think it looks worth checking out :3
Unfortunately, even though I would really love to have this and all of my other projects on Android, I just don't know how to get them to work on Android T_T
I tried in the past, but every build I made just resulted in my phone displaying a blank screen even though the software told me the builds were successful :(
I don't really know what went wrong, so I'm either gonna need someone to teach me how to do it right, or try again sometime now that I have a different PC and hope that I can get it to work at some point x3
I think it would take quite a lot of time because not only do I need to figure out how to make builds playable on Android, but I'd likely also need to adapt the UI to work better on a mobile screen >.<
So while it's something I definitely want to do in the future, it's not likely to be any time soon since I don't know how right now :(
I'm sorry that's not very helpful >.< A few people have mentioned that some of my games work on emulators on Android phones, but as far as I'm aware, they don't run that smoothly on emulators and can crash randomly. I just thought I'd mention it in case it's something you wanted to try.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help. I really appreciate your interest in the game though :3
I completely understand the situation I just recently got myself a pc so I plan on checking it out sometime soon. I will defo leave a review once im done but still interested whats in store for this game : )
I'm extra slow to reply this time cos I still haven't been back on my PC with all the October shenanigans x3 Halloween might be over now, but I've got a mountain of housework and other chores to catch up on before I can actuallu return to projects cos the house is a dump after being neglected for a month, haha.
It's funny cos I used to prefer the more dominant and cruel kinds of yanderes, but over time, I've come to appreciate the sweet ones much more :3 Aaaaand, in some ways, they can be even scarier than the more aggressive ones! I definitely think Tomomi turns out more terrifying in the end xD
No worries, I also had to take awhile to respond xD Good luck on getting all your tasks done!
I agree that a sweet yandere can be quite scary! (Not that I mind, I find the scary aspect quite appealing x3 ) There's something really fun about a person who seems sweet on the outside but on the inside they're quite terrifying! Seeing Tomomi's sweetness break down overtime was quite enjoyable, and I'd be lying if I said her obsessive thoughts didn't make me blush!xD
I'm glad I sided with Tomomi because I would not want to be on her bad side, especially with what she did at the end!
Oh my goodness! Oh my golly! When did volume 2 release?! Why did I miss it?!?! I'm going to redownload this game immediately. I have amazing memories of my past playthroughs, so I'm very excited to see the additional content!!
That is how I feel about pretty much everything when I realise it's out cos I follow loads of stuff that looks interesting, but then I do an awful job at actually keeping up with news related to it all, haha. I'm forever kicking myself about finding out stuff too late x3
Hope you end up having fun with volume 02 whenever you get round to playing it :3 I personally prefer the vol 02 characters and scenario! Mostly though, I just hope it isn't disappointing xD
currently one of my fav games on this platform such like a i dont wann say simple idea but its so smart im amazed theres not much more stuff like this a amzing concept of making a vn out of drama cds ish sooooo good loved the pastel goth presentation will be checking out more of your work for sure fellow yandere lover <3
I’m glad to hear that you have enjoyed the project so far ^-^
Honestly, if I had more time, I would make soooo many drama CDs into English voiced VNs x3 Cos there are a lot of cool drama CDs out there both old and new! Localising stuff like that can feel like a nice break from writing original content cos sometimes I get a bit burned out when writing my own original projects >.< haha.
Almost all of my games feature some sort of yandere, so if you do end up checking out my other stuff, I hope you will have fun :D
going through your game catalog by older to newer of the ones that intrest me its nice to see how much people grow and get better theyre very enjoyable ^v^ hope to see more projects love your games so far!!!
Why did I take so long to play this game? I loved your adaptation, unfortunately it's a shame we have to choose two paths, this is a difficult choice 😩
She’s certainly stunning :D though I’m still team Tomomi in that volume :P (sorry, Saeka >.<)
I should be able to link you to the artist :3 They’re from Japan. They sell their art as assets so people like me who can’t draw to save their lives can still make games x3 All I did was edit the colours & some of the expressions, haha.
I think I put their name in the credits doc, but you can find their stuff here :3
I believe they also accept commissions! Tbh, I might end up using more of their sprite assets for future volumes of this project because it’s really pretty ^-^
It's me again but on a different account because I forgot the password to my main one >.<
But I do have a morbid curiosity of seeing the characters without the pink filter n stuff. Also I did check your comments about your other projects and I was surprised that you're the same creator who made Darling Duality :D it really makes me happy than ever.
Ahh x3 That happens to me a lot with different places, haha.
I could always post how they all look without the colour edits :3 I should have the stock sprites on one of my hard drives somewhere! It might take me a while to dig them up, but if I get a chance at some point, I’ll whip together a quick image and post it here :D
Aha, yeah, that’s me x3 That’s cool that you know of Darling Duality too :3 I just realised a couple of days ago that it’s been 4 years since I released my first-ever game here on itch xD
It doesn’t feel like I’ve been making games for that long already, haha. Dunno where all the time has gone >.< And it took me around 3 years to make my first game start to finish since it was pretty long and I was also my grandma’s carer at the time, so technically, I’ve been doing game dev for 6-7 years now o.O
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I enjoyed this a lot, anticipating the future updates! honestly I only played volume 2 so far (those characters caught my attention first) and the entire time I thought saeka and tomomi should've just kissed or something, their dynamic is really fun and the voice acting is phenomenal!
Glad to hear it :D To be fair, volume 02 is waaaay better than volume 01 anyways x3
Totally agree on the characters should’ve just kissed xD I remember getting that vibe from em when I first listened to the drama CD, haha.
Not gonna lie, I kinda love it when characters are so deep into their nemesis relationship that it could just as easily flip into enemies to lovers territory x3
It wouldn’t be the same without the awesome talent of the voice actors, so I’m glad you enjoyed their performances :3
I can only apologise that development for this is super slow, as it’s a side project, but also, had a lot of personal problems in recent years that have hampered progress across the board >.<
I don’t intend to abandon it or anything, though, so there will be more volumes eventually :3
Thanks so much for taking the time to check it out!!
I really liked this visual novel. I'm wondering when episode 3 will be released. Will it be released at all? If not, I'll have to translate the Japanese original.
So glad to hear you had fun with it :3 Especially since this project seems to get a lot of negative ratings >.< even though it's a fan visual novelisation, people keep leaving mean reviews about the characters and story sucking... which isn't even my fault, cos I just localised it xD
Anyways, to answer your question/s (and I can only apologise that it's not a very clear answer >.<)
I certainly hope to release vol 03 someday, but, unfortunately, I couldn't say exactly when that might be >.<
This year in general has kinda been a disaster both with my physical and mental health. I'm just starting to come out of it now, but at the end of last year, I went into the most severe autistic burnout of my life so far, which lasted about 11 months :(
My plan for 2025 was to finish and release the full version of Lovestarved, a project I started and released a demo for during otome/josei jam back in August 2024.
But so far this year, I haven't been able to write a single line of code T_T So I'm very behind my own schedule atm.
Because my Yandere Heaven fan game is a side project, it's pretty low priority, so I have no intention of doing any work on it at all until I've at least completed Lovestarved.
Once Lovestarved is finished, I haven't 100% decided yet what I'll focus on next.
So while I do intend to work on Yandere Heaven vol 03 at some point in the future, right now, I have no idea when that might end up being x3
I think vol 03 was actually my least favourite episode of the drama CDs as well, haha. Doesn't mean I'll skip it, cos that would feel wrong.
I’m sorry that’s a super unhelpful answer >.<
If you’re eager to experience it, though, I’m pretty sure there are already some rough translations of volume 03 out there somewhere online, and you can usually also find the original Japanese tracks themselves somewhere too if you can’t find the CDs to purchase anymore :3
its REALLY laggy for me T_T does anyone have this problem and, if so, how did u fix it ?? :')
Ah, damn, that sucks >.<
I’d like to hope that it’s not a widespread problem, especially since it seems to work fine on the PC I made it on, but I have some idea at least of what might be causing it to lag because I have a family potato laptop that I do extra tests on, and most of the games I have made in Unity seem to lag a bit on the potato laptop T_T (or have loading times of like 3 whole minnutes o.O)
I don’t know what it is that makes that happen with Unity games, cos it doesn’t seem to happen with VNs made in Ren’Py (unless they contain lots of animations)!
But yeah, if you’re using an old or low-spec device, that could be partly why it’s laggy.
If it’s not old or low-spec, then it would be extra confusing because I have literally no idea why it would behave that way on a system that’s not old T_T
If anyone else does happen to have this problem, sees this reply, and has found a way to fix it or at least make it function better, I’d very much appreciate it if you could post here to let both of us know :3
I can only apologise that it isn’t running well for you anyhow >.< I’m not especially clued up on the tech side of things, sadly. I only taught myself how to use Naninovel and Unity so that I could make games, but I don’t actually like coding x3 I just see it as a boring necessary step in order to get games to work, haha.
Thanks for checking out the project anyhow! :3
Why do i always have the malice and tragedy to like the character whos remotely family related to the MC 💔 anyways i love this game!! I love 2000-10s anime drama CDs and im super glad this thing got fan adapted into a game
Hehe, that's not so much of a problem for me, cos I'm the opposite and find it hard to fall for those kinds of characters, cos they end up firmly in the friendzone in my mind...
BUT, that then makes it all the more devastating when they go all crazy on me, cos I was sitting there thinking I was safe with them, and that it was everyone else I had to watch out for xD So it just winds up feeling like an even bigger betrayal than if I liked them romantically, haha.
It's like, I thought I could rely on you to protect me from everyone else, when it was YOU I needed protecting from all along, dammit x3
But yeah, even if they're not necessarily my favourite characters or scenarios, I do kinda have immense nostalgia for those old CDs, haha. It's awesome that you can relate to that :3
Sometimes I get ground down by comments about how it's too cringe, etc., but because those commenters never encountered the original CDs, they don't quite get that's what it was like >.< And then I get exhausted, constantly having to try and explain that it's a fandub thing.
I know I should probably just ignore those kinds of comments, but it's hard to do that cos I feel like I have to defend my poor baby xD
It's always refreshing to read a comment like yours where you just get it :3
If I had more time and energy, I'd probably try and turn my entire library of old Drama CDs into playable VNs xD Or at the very least, fandub them all as videos, haha.
Thanks so much for playing!! <3
Love this game!!! When is volume 3 coming out? :)
I'm so glad you like it :3 Thanks for playing!
Unfortunately, I can't say for certain when volume 03 will be released, as I haven't started working on it yet, and this project in general is currently on pause >.<
Frustratingly, I've been suffering with autistic burnout for most of this year + some of the end of last year, which means I haven't been able to be very productive in general so far in 2025 :(
I'm still working on stuff when I feel able to, and my current active project is Lovestarved.
However, I haven't even achieved much progress on coding Lovestarved either so far this year T_T
Most of the time lately, I don't feel capable of going on my PC, which is super annoying because I want to work on stuff, but it's like I just don't have the actual energy required to do so >.<
When I've been able to use my PC, I've mainly been working on music, as it seems to be the only thing that makes me feel a bit better at the moment.
I'm not sure when the burnout will pass because this is the longest period of burnout I've ever experienced. I'm hoping it will go away soon, as I'm trying my best to look after myself, haha.
Once I'm able to properly work on projects again, I'll be sticking to my plan of finishing the otome release for Lovestarved first. After that, I haven't decided exactly what to work on next x3
I will get around to releasing volume 03 of Yandere Heaven eventually, though :3
In the meantime, if you ever want to check out what's going on with me/what I'm currently working on, feel free to take a look at my Ko-Fi page, where I try my best to write a monthly update (I'm even behind on that right now, though, thanks to the burnout T_T haha).
Sorry for the long-winded explanation there x3 And thanks for taking the time to check out the project <3
I'm so glad i revisited this! i initially dropped it since volume 1 didn't quite peak my interest. However volume 2 was a delight to listen to. I'm such a useless lesbian and struggled to pick between Saeka and Tomomi lol. I can tell a lot of love was put into this! Looking forward for the next volumes in the future! <3
Well, I'm glad you decided to come back :D And even more glad that you had fun with volume 02 ^-^ Cheers for checking it out!
Volume 01 also isn't my cup of tea, haha. I just don't care for stuff in educational settings like that. I can't relate to it since my school days are long behind me and I'd rather not return to em xD
To be fair, Saeka is HOT x3 But I'm still team Tomomi/Takaaki :P
It means a lot that you can see the love in it though :3 I just hope that I'm managing to do the original CDs justice, haha.
Volume 03 might be a bit of an awkward one to localise cos it's another scenario like volume 01 that isn't really my jam >.< It's a totally different setting, but I think it's like stepfather VS stepbrother or something like that! Part of me wants to skip it and move on to a different volume, but I don't think my brain will allow me to deviate from the correct order they were released in x3
leave them minors alone
I'm not sure what you mean by that.
Anyways, you can blame the original Japanese creators if you have a problem with the content because all I've done is localise the original Japanese drama CD release to English and turn it from an audio-only CD to a VN.
The characters in this project aren't mine, neither is the story. You can find the original work here:
https://www.hobirecords.com/yandere/
It's a product from Japan that, as far as I'm aware, was sold without any age ratings because it's quite tame.
There's also no sexual content present, soooo yeah... I'm kinda confused by your comment >.<
Will the game be in Spanish?
It would certainly be amazing to have a Spanish translation and also other translations sometime in the future :3
But sadly, there are currently no plans for translations as I'm struggling a lot at the moment to do much of anything >.<
I'd love to be able to have translations for all of my projects if possible, but yeah, it's not something that will happen anytime soon. I'm too far behind schedule on the project I'm supposed to be prioritising at the moment T_T
Thank you for the question and your interest, though :3
so far all the yandere stories that exist the one that makes me shiver the most. Like, mentally 🤏😔
I have autism and also don't understand the meaning of a lot of emojis, so I can't really tell if you mean that in a good way or a bad way xD
Either way, it's not my fault, haha. If you meant it in a bad way, you can blame the original Japanese creators since all I've done is make an English localisation + dub, and turned it from just an audio drama CD into a visual novel x3
And if you meant it in a good way, I can't take much credit anyways since the story/scenarios/characters aren't mine. I can only claim credit for the English localisation and VNification of what is now a preeeeetty old Japanese CD series, haha.
I just figured it would be fun to casually localise it cos it was one of the very first pieces of yandere media that I encountered many years ago :3
It seems pretty tame and outdated now, but it will always hold a special place in my heart for being my introduction to yanderes, haha. In a small way, it inspired me to create many of my own original yandere characters and stories across various projects :D
The crazy thing is, the Japanese folks who made the Yandere Heaven CD series got some pretty notable VAs involved!
For example, Daisuke Hirakawa plays Takaaki in Vol 02 :3
I think there's even a freetalk/interview kinda bonus track with the VAs on each of the CDs, and he talked about how shocked he was at the nature of the character or something xD And how it was a fun challenge to play a character that went so crazy, haha.
Reference: https://en.namu.wiki/w/%EC%96%80%EB%8D%B0%EB%A0%88%20%ED%97%A4%EB%B8%90#s-1.1.2
Anyways, I will shut up now because rambling x3
I remember playing this game when it has only one volume and seeing that a second volume came to life was such a nice surprise haha The first one was nice, the cliché was making me laugh so much but yeah just a really normal yandere kinda story imo. Just though it was hilarious how they kept screaming at each other and our character was just standing there or playing dumb (until after you choose a side).
But the second vol got me SO interested ! i think it was so much better xD i can tell this was made 2 years after haha The art did a glow up as well ! the character's personality are also more interesting i feel, even the main character was funny (like "YEAH this is exactly what i would have think in this moment, that person is such a weirdo" LOL). I also like the storyline better (maybe because im too old now to enjoy highschool setting TT).
I love how one of them isnt playing the innocent part while the other is. I tried playing it as if i was really living it and choosing the character side based on what i would have really done with only the info our character had and to be honest i think we would have all fall into Takaaki's trap LOL he was acting all sweet and worried and switch to complete psycho after the choice LMFAO
Sakae was fun to play as well but since i got spoiled a bit from Takaaki's story i wasnt as shocked. maybe only the end part wasnt expected haha. His splash art tho (im a sucker for glasses guy so i was all for Takaaki but Sakae's art just grew on me, he looked way too good TT)
i have to give a shout out to the voice acting as well. its amazing (the bloopers are hilarious)
Anyway it was really fun thank you for this!
im rating it a 4/5 (only because the first vol i kinda wish the character we were playing had more normal reaction but tbh the second vol was a 5/5 in itself haha)
I'm glad you liked it enough to come back and play the 2nd volume :D
Especially considering the story in vol 01 is kinda boring in my honest opinion x3 As you say, it's kinda cliché! And I personally just don't really enjoy stories set in schools since school irl was a shit time for me, but also, similarly to what you said, I'm in my thirties now, so a school setting is not really relatable, haha.
I debated skipping localisation of vol 01 tbh, but in the end, I couldn't bring myself to skip it cos it seemed wrong to start out with a different volume. My brain demanded that I work on them in the correct order xD
I definitely prefer the setting and characters of volume 02 :3 The problem I have now is that I'm not a fan of the story/setting/characters from volume 03 because it's a step brother VS stepdad situation I think >.< I know some people will be into that sorta thing, but I'm not, so it will be a difficult one to localise and stay true to the original Japanese scenario on when it's another one like volume 01 that I don't actually like >.<
Anyways, I'm just glad that you had fun with volume 02 :D
Yeeeeah, Takaaki seems so genuinely sweet right up until the moment he's not, and then it's like, oh... shit... my life is fucked xD Whereas Sakae makes almost no attempt to hide his asshole nature, haha.
Glad you enjoyed the VA and bloopers too ^-^ The whole thing just wouldn't be the same without the VA, so I'm super grateful to have had the opportunity to work with such talented voice actors!
Thank YOU for playing it :3
I NEVER KNEW ABOUT THESE CDs! Thank you for the game! I enjoyed vol2 very much (especially Takaaki's route hehe). I wish there was a game in which you had a bit more options and stuff, since I got pretty attached to the characters. Maybe you could make another game? hehe(I know this is just a translation; 5/5 btw) :D
They are preeeetty old to be fair x3 One of my very first introductions to what a yandere character is, haha.
Glad to hear you enjoyed vol 02! I much prefer it to the first CD cos school settings aren't really my cup of tea when it comes to stories >.< I had a terrible time at school, so I don't really wanna be transported back there, haha. Takaaki FTW :D
Weeeell, I don't think I'll ever make another game about these specific characters that has more choices in just cos I'm not really a fan of writing fan-fiction style stuff because it feels like I would be kind of doing a disservice to the original writers/creators cos I don't feel like I can do their characters justice x3 BUUUUT...
I do really enjoy writing stories with my own original characters, and I've released a number of games with my own stories and characters that have a lot more choices and endings for players if any of those interest you :3
You can find all of them on my main page here on itch: https://melancholy-marionette.itch.io/
And almost all of them have yandere characters in to romance :D
The ones that don't feature romance tend to still feature yandere characters xD It's just they are either friends, platonic relationships, or villains x3
Anyways, thanks so much for checking out this project, and I'm so glad you had fun ^-^
Tysm for replying, you're very sweet :( wishing you the absolute best!! I'll check out your other games 100% :D
I was kinda thinking about this, I love how comparatively one of the LI is wayyyy more outwardly concerning than the other. Sakae is creepy and if you didn't know Takaaki was a yandere it would come as a shock later. Same with Kakeru and Atsushi. Kakeru is so outwordly concerningly clingy and by comparison Atsushi is a reasonably concerned friend who takes such a sudden turn.
That's a really good observation there! Now I'm trying to think if every single pair on each of the CDs was like that too x3 If so, I wonder why they chose to write the characters that way...
I kinda like it cos it's a bit like there's a hero and a villain for each scenario, but if you pick the 'hero', you wind up with a slap to the face saying, ahah!! They were both sneaky lil fuckers after all!!! x3
I'm trying to open it, but it won't let me :( Im using a mac btw
me too TvT
Sorry to copy/paste from the other reply, but I don't know if me replying to the original comment would send you a notification or not x3
Have you tried anything from this post yet?
https://melancholy-marionette.itch.io/darling-duality-winter-wish/devlog/227880/...
The link is to a different project of mine, but I put the same link on all my game pages cos, unfortunately, it seems like opening on Mac is a pain in the butt :( haha.
I don't own a Mac myself, so can't test anything >.< The guide is made up of info from folks with Macs who managed to get stuff working x3
The most common solution appears to be to always download itch games through the itch launcher and launch through that.
I think it's like a Mac security issue thing. The system tries to protect against unsigned software, but most indie games aren't signed or something. It's all too confusing for me to understand, haha.
I hope something from the list helps at least :3
Thank you!
I've tried several methods......and none of them worked. QAQ I'll try the windows version.
No worries! That sucks though that nothing worked :( From the feedback I've had in the past, it seemed like most people said the method of downloading stuff and launching it through itch.io's own launcher seemed to do the trick if nothing else did.
I hope you at least have better luck with the Windows version! Sorry I wasn't able to be of more help :( Really appreciate your interest in the game though :3
The game is amazing！
Have you tried anything from this post yet?
https://melancholy-marionette.itch.io/darling-duality-winter-wish/devlog/227880/...
The link is to a different project of mine, but I put the same link on all my game pages cos, unfortunately, it seems like opening on Mac is a pain in the butt :( haha.
I don't own a Mac myself, so can't test anything >.< The guide is made up of info from folks with Macs who managed to get stuff working x3
The most common solution appears to be to always download itch games through the itch launcher and launch through that.
I think it's like a Mac security issue thing. The system tries to protect against unsigned software, but most indie games aren't signed or something. It's all too confusing for me to understand, haha.
I hope something from the list helps at least :3
Could you make this a demo on Steam, please?
I would honestly love to, but so far, I haven't been able to get any of my games on Steam for a few reasons >.<
The first is that Steam requires the dev to pay a fee of $100 per game that they want to have there, which is pretty steep when releasing games for free + I'm unemployed, so not ideal :(
And secondly, from the technical side of things, even if I had the money for all the Steam fees, I think you have to ensure the game meets certain technical specifications which I'm unsure I could succeed in.
Maybe if I followed a tutorial I would be okay, but programming isn't something I'm good at >.< I'm almost certain I would need some help with understanding everything that's required because, at the end of the day, I'm just 100% self-taught when it comes to all my game dev pursuits, haha.
So as much as I would love to have all of my stuff on Steam, it's just not really possible right now, sadly. Sorry about that :(
Gosh! I didn't know about any of this! Thank you so much for answering! ❤️❤️❤️
All the best to you! ❤️
I love that game so much! Thank you for translating it sso we could play it's as novel. i hope you will finish it in future. Again thank you for your great work!
Thank YOU for playing :3
It's a fun lil side project to work on, and I certainly hope to localise more of the scenarios sometime in the future, but there might be one or two that I have to skip cos the content gets a bit dodgy in a couple of the original CDs from what I remember, haha.
Or if not dodgy, it might've been that there were certain fetishes involved that give me the ick or something like that, so I don't know if I'd have the willpower to localise them >.< I will try my best though!
Woo!! One more for team Takaaki :D I'd pick him every time over Sakae x3
Thanks so much for playing <3
This game is so good honestly , the voice acting was super too :3 my personal favorite was saeka , but I rlly like this game and I hope you'll come out with more chapters soon!!
I'm so glad you had fun with this one too :D
But noooooo, Saeka is such a mean b*tch!!! x3 I would pick Tomomi any day, but I guess part of the fun is picking a side, and everyone will have a different opinion on which LI should win, hehe.
Being completely honest, I probably won't be working on the next scenario for this any time soon, but I definitely plan to localise more at some point! :3
amazing game, ive been searching for the bgm online for about 2 hours now and havent found anything, ive even gone as far as to scrounge around in looperman in hopes of finding the looped version of the bgm, but alas, to no avail. great game, a diamond in the ruff, showed it to some friends and they agreed
Thanks so much for playing, and I'm so glad you had fun with it :3
I'm so sorry it's taken me this long to respond >.< I've been going through a rough patch recently and haven't been online much as a result. To answer your question though, unfortunately, the music from this particular project isn't uploaded anywhere.
For a while now, I've been making full original soundtracks for most of my projects, but because this one is different in that it's a fandub rather than my own original story/s, I was a little lazy and decided not to bother making most tracks for it >.<
I also kinda struggle in general with making music that is more lighthearted/casual/comedic in tone, and since I own a whole bunch of music assets purchased from various places, I figured I might as well put some of those to good use since they're well-suited to the project :3
The problem there is that anything which originates from a BGM asset pack can't be uploaded by me outside of the game because the terms of use state that the tracks can only be used within a project. That applies to like 99% of the tracks in Yandere Heaven.
There are the odd few that I clumsily put together using some samples from Looperman, but yeah, you'd struggle to find the samples just by searching the Looperman site cos I think most of em were pretty old. I also used some in combination, so even if you found one of the loops I used from there, it still wouldn't sound exactly the same as the final track/s in the game due to the edits I made >.<
If there's a particular track that you're after, I can attempt to point you in the direction of the place I purchased it from :3 Or if it's one of the lil jingles I made for endings using Looperman samples, I can probably just send that over to you if you want!
I just wouldn't be comfortable uploading the ending jingles anywhere as individual tracks simply because it feels wrong to claim to have created X track myself when all I've done for it is combine a couple of samples that other people made without a whole lot of editing on my end x3
Anyways, sorry for the super long explanation there >.< I'm really glad you enjoyed what there is of the game so far ^-^
I learned to play the track by ear on piano(it was a piano solo) and managed off that though so it's fine. Thanks for replying!
That's so cool! :D I'm glad you were able to do that :3
I've never been taught how to read or write music properly, so I started out on keyboard and guitar just trying to play parts of stuff I liked by ear, haha. Even now, sometimes I will hum a tune that's in my head, but I don't actually know what the notes are, so I record myself humming before I forget the tune, then listen to it back and make a basic midi of it x3
I absolutely love how campy and silly this is. The aesthetic and music choice are just perfect! This brought me all the way back to my wattpad days- I had forgotten how much fun it is to just enjoy goofy stories for what they are.
There were only like two entire scenes where I didn't want to reach through the screen and slap Sakae. And I absolutely died laughing at the end when Takaaki, after presumably having the mc around him for the bulk of his working hours so far, does a 180 and decides "you know what would be a great idea? seeing my favorite person for a grand total of 30-45 minutes a day between food, sleep and my twelve hour shifts :D". (Nothing against Takaaki, I adore him and he lives rent free in my head.)
Sorry for the rambly comment, I just wanted to say thank you for creating this fandub, I really enjoyed plaything through your game!
Honestly, I'm so glad that you can appreciate it for the campy and goofy silliness that it is xD Because I get so much negative feedback from folks who have taken it all a bit too seriously >.< haha. It's such a relief when someone actually gets it!
Oh, boy, the wattpad days x3 Now there's something I haven't thought about in a looooong time! I never got around to writing all that much there, but I do remember reading the odd piece here and there when the mood struck :D
To be fair, Sakae is extremely slappable and I will make no effort to pretend otherwise x3 Takaaki will always be the winner of that particular scenario in my eyes, haha.
Absolutely no need to apologise for rambling anyhow! I can't help but ramble myself when I start typing stuff, haha. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to actually reply! I've been out of action lately while going through a bad patch, but I did read your comment around the time you posted it, and it put a big ol' smile on my face, so thank YOU for taking the time to write up what you did :3
And also, just thank you in general for checking out my attempt at bringing such a silly series to life in a different format, haha.
art and voice acting is good
story is meh tbh
It's a good job I wasn't the one who wrote the story then xD It was written by a team of Japanese people many years ago, haha.
I just got a friend to help me translate it, then I turned her rough translation into more fluent English x3 Then added the art, VA, and music/SFX, did all the coding, and voila, an old Japanese CD is now an English game :D
I would have to agree that the story is meh actually, haha. But they were fun lil CDs to listen to when I first discovered yandere content years ago cos there wasn't much else around back then tbh!
i skipped volume 2 entirely cuz got too bored tbh
and i were "playing" with discord gc in volume 1
Funnily enough, volume 02 actually has the more interesting story of the 2 volumes currently translated x3 Vol 01 is super boring to me cos I'm not a fan of stories set in schools!
School/student life was crap for me in reality, so it's not exactly something I want to revisit in games xD
Even still, vol 02's story isn't particularly amazing x3 To be fair though, the original Japanese writers weren't trying to create the world's best narrative, they were just creating some random goofy yandere scenarios for girls to listen to, haha.
There's not enough choice btw
There's not supposed to be x3
Like I said, it's a localisation of a CD. There aren't choices in a CD.
In the CD, the only choice is choosing which track to play last on the album and that = the person you end up trapped with.
All my other games have plenty of choices cos they're original stories :3
But this one is literally just supposed to be a way of making some old Japanese drama CDs accessible to a wider audience.
I literally made this as a fun side project >.<
(though tbh, it's not so fun anymore because I'm kind of tired of having to explain that it's just a fan project since it seems most people don't read that on the page before downloading, then moan at me for it even though I wrote it clearly T_T)
I thought the only people who would even find it and play it would be people who maybe listened to the original Japanese CDs >.<
I never expected it to end up being one of my projects that seems to get the most views/downloads.
And tbh, I do find that quite frustrating because it's not exactly representative of my other stuff, haha.
I guess people must find it cos of it having the word yandere in the title... but I only named it the same name as the CD series >.<
I just kinda wish I hadn't made this tbh cos even though lots of people have enjoyed it, I also get a lot of shit for it even though all I've done is turn a pre-existing Japanese thing into an English thing.
It worries me that people might come across this project of mine first, then avoid the rest of my projects because they think this one is meh. And they likely don't even realise this one is just a silly fan project :(
Like, in this, they're not my characters, not my story. I just took the Japanese script, turned it into English, added some cute art, some music & SFX, voice acting etc. But the characters and story are exactly as they are in the Japanese CDs.
I didn't wanna mess with that because this isn't fan fiction. It's a fan localisation. I just wanted to stay true to the original content.
But all my other games have my own stories and characters, plenty of choices and story branches, plenty of endings, and most of them have original soundtracks made by me as well x3
So yeah, bottom line is... this is a fan localisation. It's not meant to be anything more than that, and it's not representative of my other projects.
The story seems pretty good, and the art is very good.
But there is exactly ONE choice in the whole game.... and it's not a real choice, just a choice between characters.
So for a novel, it's a good story.
For a game it kinda fail to be a game. At all.
Cheers for checking this one out! :3
I totally get what you’re saying about it not really being a game, but that’s kind of a debate that’s been raging for years when it comes to certain types of visual novels x3
I dunno if you’ve ever played any or heard of them, but there is a type of VN called kinetic visual novels. They’re still technically games since devs coded and created them, but they have no choices whatsoever, literally none, and so no branching paths either.
They tend not to have any minigames, or even the option to enter a player character’s name. The only interaction players have is clicking to proceed with the story. They’re still marketed and sold as games though, it’s just they’re not interactive and don’t have actual gameplay, haha. I know, it’s a weird one x3
The thing is though, I think VNs with choices and branching narratives are much more popular than kinetic VNs these days, and so a lot of people who play VNs aren’t even aware that kinetic VNs are a thing, so when they play a VN, they’re expecting choices etc. by default.
That’s why I tried to be clear on the page that there is only 1 choice per scenario, cos I didn’t want folks to go in expecting something else and wind up disappointed >.< Though, I did write that waaay at the bottom of the page, so I’ve now added it under the features section too in case that’s of any help to someone checking out the page in the future, haha.
As a gamer, I also struggle to view kinetic VNs as true games, but as a dev, when I know how much work has gone into coding something even if it doesn’t have choices, I’m also more inclined to still see those sorts of things as games. They’re just a really niche type of game, haha.
I don’t know if there’s any truth to it, but I remember reading that in Japan, it’s extremely frowned upon for streamers to stream the entirety of a kinetic VN since they don’t have choices and it might impact a game’s sales if potential players just watched a stream knowing that they will see 100% of the content cos there are no choices.
Anyways, I dunno if you saw my notices about this project before playing it (not blaming you at all if you didn’t cos I know many people don’t read game pages these days), but there’s a solid reason for this particular project not having choices :3
Basically, it’s an English fandub of a Japanese drama CD series. So unlike my other projects where the stories and characters are original concepts, this is literally just me localising some CDs and giving them visuals.
I didn’t want to mess with the original story of the CDs since it’s not my story and not my characters, so I only presented the 1 choice that appears in the CDs :3 Of course, with those, it’s just audio so you can’t click anything, but what happens is the track ends on the choice, then the listener just chooses which of 2 tracks to play next to get the love interest/ending that they want for that scenario.
I could have added extra choices, but that just wasn’t my intention with this project, especially when it’s originally in Japanese. I just wanted to share some random CDs that initially got me into yandere stuff with a wider audience :3
The original Japanese CDs were aimed solely at straight women. Making a fandub VN like this made it possible for me to not only open up the shenanigans to non-Japanese speakers but also allowed me to do things that aren’t possible with an audio CD, such as giving players a choice of pronouns or choosing the gender of the love interests they want to pursue :D
I did think about making an audio-only fandub, but in the end, I chose to go the VN route because I thought it would be more fun with some visuals + I kinda always envisioned the CD scenes in my head in a certain way, and I figured it would be amusing to try and pull those images from my mind and put em on a screen xD
Anyways, that was a long ramble, I’m sorry >.< I’m glad that you enjoyed the story and the art anyhow :3 Cheers again for checking it out!
I still think it should be labeled a novel and not a game if it reads like one.
At the very least make a warning for it on the page so the reader knows what they sign up for.
I've bumped into those novels that pretend to be games before, and it pisses me off every time.
Doubly so if I actually have paid for it --so I'm never buying visual novels that doesn't have choices right in the demo anymore.
Ideally choices with impact.
It's not worth it.
I think the problem could be sold if it was clearly marked that there is no choices in the game.
Or no choices that impact the game. And that there is only one ending.
(I'd say the same for puzzles and minigames inside a visual novel. Because it's so unexpected.
Some like them, some don't.)
That way people who like it can get it, and those who don't like it won't be disappointed and angry over it.
And I guess I must have missed that warning on your page somehow. lol
But at least if you had one, that's one me I guess.
Should have read it better.
And yeah... I've only tried to create a Choice of Game style game before, but I've found that the trick with it is to add a balanced amount of 'false choices' and real impactful choices, and then use a loop to stitch things up in a simple way.
Like... check out the game on itch... Perfect Love. (It's on list of games I like on my page.)
That game have relatively few branches, and reuse the majority of their scenes, but somehow manage to make the game feel very different at each play-trough, and have like 6 or 8 different endings.
All without a single false choice.
Done right you can cut down on the work while still giving the reader a feeling of a choice, and give them more ending options.
(Which is nice, because people root for different things to happen in the end. One person's happy ending isn't always the happy end of another person. Same with bad ends.)
But I'll admit I WAS pretty tired when I downloaded this game, so I probably skimped out on a lot of details.
And I see your reason for the lack of choices, even if I'm not a fan of the mentioned lack.
Try put warnings under a big "WARNING" sign.
People read this cuz some have phobias, some use the warning section to check how cool the game will be (blood, gore, sex and whatnot).
Although your game doesn't have much of that, but it does have a yandere. Which will attract more than it repels I think.
And I personally think that a lack of choices should be a warning.
And important info in bullet-points.
If you have a thing like that with the info of how many words, how many endings, puzzle or mini-games, and so on, it's more likely to get read.
People tend to skip to what looks like a easy summary.
It's nice to see a creator who's interesting in improving their game and game-page tho. ^_^
Even that would annoy others though because if they're expecting just a novel, they may be annoyed that it appears more like a game when it has visuals, a soundtrack, and voice acting >.<
I feel like it is about as clearly marked on the page as I could make it at this point though cos it's literally under the ‘Features’ section in a bullet point, which I'd like to hope a majority browsing the page would read :3 It looks like this:
Then again, it seems a significant number of people who have played don't even realise it's a fandub of a drama CD series, and that's practically the first thing on the page, so maybe there is just no hope of most people reading the notice >.<
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I used to love the Choice of Games stuff :D And before that, I used to read the old Fighting Fantasy choose-your-own-adventure books :3
I know what you mean anyhow cos in most of my other games, I do tend to use that method of having some choices that are just there for fluff or a sprinkling of lore but don't have any real impact + other choices that either have an immediate impact on a story branch or a cumulative one that's only revealed later on in the story :D
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I would check out Perfect Love, but honestly, my VN backlog is a mountain at this point T_T I have over 100 itch games I want to play but haven't managed to yet, haha. Many of which are yandere games x3 The problem is, gaming is awkward for me nowadays cos my setup isn't ideal, and I feel ridiculously guilty when I try to take a break from game dev to actually play games :(
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But yeah, I do have bullet points under headers for both features and warnings on most of my game pages, the problem is, a lot of the time, people don't tend to read much of the page before playing >.<
I asked my brother at one point what he's like as a player and also his friends. He said he personally reads all the page details and follows different devs, but he said he's the exception in his friend circle x3 He said his friends tend to only look at YouTube playthroughs, screenshots, or trailers, then download or buy based on that without reading any of the description text at all.
He also said his friends don't follow devs. They get their recommendations purely from YouTubers, so even if they love a game by a certain dev, they have no idea if that dev has released other projects they might like because they don't play stuff unless it's recommended by the YouTubers they follow >.< That seems like insanity to me, but I guess it must be fairly normal if that's how all of his friends find their games!
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PS. Apologies in advance for the incoming spam! I'm about to reply to all your comments at once x3
I know I'm weird, but I have trouble switching tasks, so when it comes to responding to comments or replying to things in general, I struggle to just reply to 1 thing, and then go back to another task. So instead, I give myself an entire day of the week dedicated to replying to things, haha. And when it comes to replying to your comments, I've kind of written a LOT >.<
So yeah, sorry about that x3
Please don't feel like you even have to read all of it if you don't want to, let alone respond to it, haha.
Hi!I played both volumes,I really enjoyed it.And I wanted to leave some of my thoughts.Well,I want to say that this was purely insane,I mean the plot and the characters which is understandable and honestly expected,when I say that I mean no offense to the author of the game who did a great job by creating such an amazing game that I enjoyed playing.I just have some love/hate relationship with the characters because I don't really like all this red flag guys,but I still decide giving a go with this game knowing that the characters are 'yandere'.I still must say that I LOVE THE GAME AND ENJOYED PLAYING IT!I hope there will be more volumes to play and update.I will be waiting.
Hey! Thanks so much for playing :3 I’m glad you ended up having fun with it :D
Yeeeeah, I find I mainly just want to slap all of the characters for being so outrageous xD
I’m not sure when I will be working on the next volume because I’m trying to finish a different project at the moment (this one x3), but I’ll hopefully get around to completing more volumes someday :3
Thanks again for checking it out <3
ok ima test this game out because uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
becaus why not? idk
wish my mental health good luck ig
You’ll be fiiiiine x3 At least I hope so, haha. It’s just a goofy game really :3 Definitely not something to take too seriously anyways. And also definitely not everyone’s cup of tea xD
Guys i NEED Sakae and Atsushi :cry:
But they are both eeeeeeviiiiiil x3 They’ll kidnap you and never let you go!!! Then I’ll have to call the police x3
ty for adapting this in a way that english-speaking audiences can interact with..! i dont know japanese outside of a few words so the only way i can listen to the og tracks is via subtitled uploads on youtube lol- if you ever do the other ones ill be looking forward to them..!
It was a lot of fun to try and do :D Thanks so much for checking it out! :3
I think this is so cute! When I heard it was going to be a fandub of a drama CD I didn't know how it would go, but I think it works out well. I read through the whole page just to find out if there was a schedule and I saw people were rating this low because they didn't understand that. Which is awful. Something you might do is advertise it as a kinetic visual novel? It would also need a little explaining due to branching routes, but in large part there's no choices, so that would probably be a more accurate explanation. Of course, it's just a suggestion and it's up to you to brand as you see fit! (God, I feel like I'm horrible at explaining what's going on in my head)
If/when you get to the next story, I'd love to help out! I'm not a great voice actor, but when I was with my ex she told me I had a pretty good yandere voice. But keep your head up, you're doing great work. (I don't remember if I commented on other projects or this one before-- I feel like I must have but I am terribly forgetful.)
I’m so glad you had fun with it despite it being what it is, haha. It means a lot that you stuck with it and think it works out well :3
I do think that you’re right, it probably would help to call it a kinetic VN, but there’s one giant problem… it seems many people don’t read the game page at all >.< so they’d probably wind up missing the memo :(
I think that’s the cause of a lot of the negative comments I get on the game (and on some of my other projects too >.<) the fact that sometimes, people just don’t read all the info on the page, so they’re commenting out of context.
And I mean, I don’t blame em cos I ramble a lot, so there tends to be a lot of info to digest T_T haha. But I literally cannot put things any more concisely because I really struggle to do that in general thanks to my ASD :(
But no, you’re not horrible at explaining what’s going on in your head at all! X3 I get ya! And ti would make sense to advertise it that way :3 I just reeeeally suck at explaining anything at all, haha.
That’s super kind of you to offer help :3 I’m always looking to work with different people, so I guess whenever another script is ready, I could give you a poke or something. Also, feel free to drop me a demo of your voice to my email anytime! That way, I’ll have a better idea of the kinds of characters it might fit :D
And thank you :3 I’m just sorta slowly emerging from a big ol period of burnout right now, but it means a lot to read such kind words <3
Honestly, my memory is awful, so if you did comment on other projects before, I would probably have forgotten and would need something to jog my memory x3 I can’t even remember the birthdays of people in my own family without a billion calendar reminders xD Regardless, I appreciate you taking the time to check out my stuff and write something so sweet :3
Of course! Do you have your email listed somewhere so I can send the voice demo?
I do have it listed on my main dev page here + on most of the game pages I think, but to make things easier, I can just type it out here :3
It’s:
melancholicmarionette@gmail.com
Apologies if you have already sent something >.< I haven’t been able to get on my PC at all these past couple of weeks.
Hope you have happy holidays & an awesome new year :3
i played the 1 volume years ago and i'm happy the 2 one was also good,what i also loved were the bloopers
Thanks so much for playing both volumes :D I definitely prefer the story and the characters in volume 02, but that’s because I hate stories with school settings with a passion xD
Glad you enjoyed the bloopers as well! Bloopers and outtakes are my favourite extras on movies, so it’s fun to include them in games too :3
i'm cursing my friend because he said that this game is my favorite
...i didn't even played it and don't want to
It’s a good job no one is forcing you to play it then! x3
Unless your friend does force you to, and then I guess you’re in trouble xD
Nah I'm not getting forced
He just write that in his profile for no damn reason lmao
Well thanks now I want to give it a try >:(
two questions, when will it be finished, and why is aoi so cute
Sorry I’m so slow to get back to you. I’ve been dealing with a lot of personal stuff lately that had me avoiding my PC completely for the past couple of months >.<
Firstly, thanks so much for playing the game :D
And to answer your questions…
Regarding when it will be finished, I honestly have no idea x3 It won’t be anytime soon! This is pretty much just a slow side project that I come back to when I don’t feel like working on my main projects, so development is extra slow >.<
There’s also some content in volume 03 that I personally don’t feel that comfortable with, so I’m not sure yet whether I will be skipping over it or not! I might try to make it work if I can :3 I want to try and stay as true as possible to the original stories of each volume when I work on localising them, but I think that’s gonna be quite difficult for me with volume 03. 03 is also my least favourite of all the CDs, haha.
Whatever happens though, I will finish it eventually :3 At least the volumes are self-contained stories I guess.
As for Aoi… hmm, yeeeeah, but she’s also a massive biiiiiiitch x3
Thanks again for playing!
aaahhhhhh i love this game XD you have done such a lovely job i cant wait for the other volumes!
Thanks so much for checking it out! And I’m super glad to hear you had fun with it ^-^
I can’t lie, it might be quite a while before I can finish the other volumes cos it’s a bit of a snail-paced side project, and there are also some issues with the content in volume 03 that I’m not entirely comfortable with xD But if I can find a way to make it work with a translation that doesn’t completely kill the meaning of the original story for that volume, then I’ll still try my best to localise it, haha.
Thanks again for playing :3
Hi this game looks really awesome, would love to experience it. So to my question will you be dropping it on Android anytime soon?
Like I said would love to check this game out if possible ofc :D
Hey hey! Glad you think it looks worth checking out :3
Unfortunately, even though I would really love to have this and all of my other projects on Android, I just don't know how to get them to work on Android T_T
I tried in the past, but every build I made just resulted in my phone displaying a blank screen even though the software told me the builds were successful :(
I don't really know what went wrong, so I'm either gonna need someone to teach me how to do it right, or try again sometime now that I have a different PC and hope that I can get it to work at some point x3
I think it would take quite a lot of time because not only do I need to figure out how to make builds playable on Android, but I'd likely also need to adapt the UI to work better on a mobile screen >.<
So while it's something I definitely want to do in the future, it's not likely to be any time soon since I don't know how right now :(
I'm sorry that's not very helpful >.< A few people have mentioned that some of my games work on emulators on Android phones, but as far as I'm aware, they don't run that smoothly on emulators and can crash randomly. I just thought I'd mention it in case it's something you wanted to try.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help. I really appreciate your interest in the game though :3
Thanks for the reply!
I completely understand the situation I just recently got myself a pc so I plan on checking it out sometime soon. I will defo leave a review once im done but still interested whats in store for this game : )
Oh, nice! Congrats on your new PC :D I hope it works better than mine cos mine just seems to be dodgy even though it’s been replaced twice now T_T
Hope you end up having fun whenever you do play the game :3 And that you get to have an awesome January in general!
I absolutely love this game, I adore the style and charm you put into your games! Also Tomomi is my favorite yandere 🥰
I'm so glad you had fun with this one too! Really appreciate you checking out so many of my games and leaving so many sweet comments :3
I'd say Tomomi/Takaaki is my favourite too out of the ones here, haha. Saeka/Sakae is just too much of an asshole x3
Thank you for taking the time to reply to all my comments, I'm glad to know you've read them x3
Haha, I agree, Tomomi/Takaaki treats you a lot better than Saeka/Sakae! I like sweet yanderes best <3
I'm extra slow to reply this time cos I still haven't been back on my PC with all the October shenanigans x3 Halloween might be over now, but I've got a mountain of housework and other chores to catch up on before I can actuallu return to projects cos the house is a dump after being neglected for a month, haha.
It's funny cos I used to prefer the more dominant and cruel kinds of yanderes, but over time, I've come to appreciate the sweet ones much more :3 Aaaaand, in some ways, they can be even scarier than the more aggressive ones! I definitely think Tomomi turns out more terrifying in the end xD
No worries, I also had to take awhile to respond xD Good luck on getting all your tasks done!
I agree that a sweet yandere can be quite scary! (Not that I mind, I find the scary aspect quite appealing x3 ) There's something really fun about a person who seems sweet on the outside but on the inside they're quite terrifying! Seeing Tomomi's sweetness break down overtime was quite enjoyable, and I'd be lying if I said her obsessive thoughts didn't make me blush!xD
I'm glad I sided with Tomomi because I would not want to be on her bad side, especially with what she did at the end!
Oh my goodness! Oh my golly! When did volume 2 release?! Why did I miss it?!?! I'm going to redownload this game immediately. I have amazing memories of my past playthroughs, so I'm very excited to see the additional content!!
That is how I feel about pretty much everything when I realise it's out cos I follow loads of stuff that looks interesting, but then I do an awful job at actually keeping up with news related to it all, haha. I'm forever kicking myself about finding out stuff too late x3
Hope you end up having fun with volume 02 whenever you get round to playing it :3 I personally prefer the vol 02 characters and scenario! Mostly though, I just hope it isn't disappointing xD
currently one of my fav games on this platform such like a i dont wann say simple idea but its so smart im amazed theres not much more stuff like this a amzing concept of making a vn out of drama cds ish sooooo good loved the pastel goth presentation will be checking out more of your work for sure fellow yandere lover <3
I’m glad to hear that you have enjoyed the project so far ^-^
Honestly, if I had more time, I would make soooo many drama CDs into English voiced VNs x3 Cos there are a lot of cool drama CDs out there both old and new! Localising stuff like that can feel like a nice break from writing original content cos sometimes I get a bit burned out when writing my own original projects >.< haha.
Almost all of my games feature some sort of yandere, so if you do end up checking out my other stuff, I hope you will have fun :D
Thanks so much for playing this one!! :3
going through your game catalog by older to newer of the ones that intrest me its nice to see how much people grow and get better theyre very enjoyable ^v^ hope to see more projects love your games so far!!!
Why did I take so long to play this game? I loved your adaptation, unfortunately it's a shame we have to choose two paths, this is a difficult choice 😩
Glad to hear you like it :D In volume 02, I will always be team Takaaki/Tomomi x3 Sakae/Saeka make me want to put them in a headlock, haha.
I LOVE SAEKA !! I cant wait to see more of your projects!! I'm curious on who drew saeka and tomomi? I'd love to see more of the artist's work :D
She’s certainly stunning :D though I’m still team Tomomi in that volume :P (sorry, Saeka >.<)
I should be able to link you to the artist :3 They’re from Japan. They sell their art as assets so people like me who can’t draw to save their lives can still make games x3 All I did was edit the colours & some of the expressions, haha.
I think I put their name in the credits doc, but you can find their stuff here :3
I believe they also accept commissions! Tbh, I might end up using more of their sprite assets for future volumes of this project because it’s really pretty ^-^
Thanks for checking out the project!!
I absolutely adore Takaaki and Tomomi <3 thank you so much for creating this
Glad to hear it :D I am definitely team Takaaki/Tomomi myself x3 Thank YOU so much for playing <3
nice stuff keep creatin' :)
Thank you ^-^ hopefully I will be able to :3
Why do I think Sakae and Takaaki want each other?
Maybe they do xD Or a threesome with MC if they can stop arguing for 5 seconds >.<
Yeah XD I really wish there was an option for that butttttt anyways, I loved the volume and keep up with the good work!
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It's me again but on a different account because I forgot the password to my main one >.<
But I do have a morbid curiosity of seeing the characters without the pink filter n stuff. Also I did check your comments about your other projects and I was surprised that you're the same creator who made Darling Duality :D it really makes me happy than ever.
Ahh x3 That happens to me a lot with different places, haha.
I could always post how they all look without the colour edits :3 I should have the stock sprites on one of my hard drives somewhere! It might take me a while to dig them up, but if I get a chance at some point, I’ll whip together a quick image and post it here :D
Aha, yeah, that’s me x3 That’s cool that you know of Darling Duality too :3 I just realised a couple of days ago that it’s been 4 years since I released my first-ever game here on itch xD
It doesn’t feel like I’ve been making games for that long already, haha. Dunno where all the time has gone >.< And it took me around 3 years to make my first game start to finish since it was pretty long and I was also my grandma’s carer at the time, so technically, I’ve been doing game dev for 6-7 years now o.O
My brain can’t even comprehend that, haha.