History NightmareFuel / YandereSimulator

You didn't expect a game that serves as a {{Deconstruction}} of the {{Yandere}} and StalkerWithACrush character archetypes to be lacking in [[NightmareFuel grotesque and macabre stuff]], did you? From all the cruel ways of eliminating your rivals to the weird, disturbing, and freaky phenomena that pop up at school, it's no surprise that this game is brimming with NightmareFuel.

* Being visibly insane. Ayano's posture turns into a [[LimpAndLivid slouch]], she gets EmptyEyes, and starts twitching. This isn't helped by the BackgroundMusic, which is a distorted, ambient version of the normal school theme. It's also most often triggered by [[MurderMakesYouCrazy killing enough people]], so you'll probably see it when Ayano is surrounded by dead bodies and covered in blood. It's also in-universe NightmareFuel, as not doing anything about it will have negative consequences (such as a game over or making you more of a suspect).

*** She also gets one ''hell'' of a SlasherSmile when it's at 20 or 0%(where it's ''even creepier'').

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* After introducing the ''Magical Girl Pretty Miyuki'' minigame in one update, YandereDev introduced a "Hard mode" in response to someone [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor who thought the original game was "too easy".]] Simply pressing the "H" key on the minigame title screen turns the whole game into something out of a Creepypasta. Complete with eyeless Miyuki art, blood ocean, distorted music and voices, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and harder-to-kill enemies.]]

* If you take a photograph in the darkest bathroom on the third floor, you can see a ghost girl, with a glowing yellow eye being the only thing visible of her face. WordOfGod says that the girl was killed by Ayano's mother. The fact that there's a ghost in a game where most methods of eliminating your rivals involve murder, and one that may want {{Revenge}}, can qualify. No matter where you are when you take the photo, she'll always be looking directly at you.

You didn't expect a game that serves as a {{Deconstruction}} of the {{Yandere}} and StalkerWithACrush character archetypes to be lacking in [[NightmareFuel grotesque and macabre stuff]], did you? From all the cruel ways of eliminating your rivals to the weird, disturbing, and freaky phenomena that pop up at school, it's no surprise that this game is brimming with NightmareFuel...

This game serves as a {{Deconstruction}} of the {{Yandere}} and StalkerWithACrush character archetypes. It's kind of a given that this game opens itself to a lot of [[NightmareFuel grotesque and macabre stuff]].

* The Christmas videos... dear God, the Christmas videos. The songs themselves are nice and all, but some of the images are downright horrifying. One particular visual from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h7dL-7uBeM "Yandere-chan is Coming To Town"]] gives us Ayano with what appears to be the dismembered bodies of Rival-chan[[labelnote:†]](Osana's original appearance)[[/labelnote]] and Oka Ruto, with the latter's head impaled on top of a Christmas tree. It doesn't help that [[EyeScream their eyes have been gouged out]], either. Oh, and there's a skull on a snowman in said picture.

* The game's premise as a whole. You play as a teenage girl who will do '''''anything''''' to keep her rivals away from her beloved Senpai. This includes murder, exploiting their secrets (including domestic abuse and hinted-at pregnancy and drug addiction), bullying them until they commit suicide, and other things. Discussed by the developer.

* ''[[LaughingMad The laugh.]]'' It was the very first piece of voice acting to appear in the game, and it actually came from a different girl than Ayano's regular voice actress.

* Go ahead, [[SchmuckBait press the space bar at the title screen]]. It will turn into a darker version of the usual screen, with Ayano sporting EmptyEyes, covered in blood, and holding a knife alongside distorted BackgroundMusic and dead bodies in the background that are still twitching.
** Even worse is that it will periodically change by itself every now and then, which could give the player a shock if they're not expecting it.

** Killing a student council member will also invoke this, as Megami goes ahead with installing strict security measures that include metal detectors and security cameras. Once this happens, the school atmosphere will stay at the lowest level, and the added features can't be removed.

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHtd9ErCFWk February 2018 progress update]] expands on this with Horuda Puresu. She has a Fragile persona and exhibits a unique reaction to bullying. Instead of being DrivenToSuicide, it is possible to drive her to murder instead, by first pushing her to a breaking point, and then making a target (usually your rival) look like the source of their suffering. The video may cut to black when it demonstrates the results, but the sound effects make it clear as to how brutal the murder is.
*** For those who know people who have been driven to violence by bullying, this concept can strike too close to home.

* The Photography Club will transition from fun-loving goofballs to {{Amateur Sleuth}}s searching for clues on who is killing everyone if the school's atmosphere reaches the minimum. Ayano can join the club beforehand. Can you imagine finding out that someone who you trusted was actually a [[EvilAllAlong maniacal]] [[BigBadFriend serial killer]]?

* The long-awaited Matchmaking update, introduced late-September 2016, is 95% Heartwarming and certainly earns its spot on that subpage. However, [=YanDev=] couldn't resist adding ''something'' disturbing. If you walk down the path away from the school towards the town, static will cover your screen while shaky red text appears, reading "No... I must not...". It's quite startling since all previous builds allowed Ayano to approach (though never touch) the street without incident. It makes one wonder, though, what could it mean?

* In the [[https://yanderedev.wordpress.com/2017/01/02/january-osana-progress-report-part-1/ January 2017 Osana Progress Report Part 1]], it is revealed that, aside from students being nearly everywhere you go to give you very little window to harm Osana, there will be another person you need to watch out for. He hasn't revealed who it is, and in the video they're shown as an arm reaching for Ayano, body just off screen. Who could they be?

* In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=908F0cP0j4c Driving Your Rivals To Murder]] video, [[NiceGal Kokona Haruka]] snaps and kills a tied up Musume Ronshaku with a baseball bat. And she was set up by Ayano to do so, so that Kokona could get arrested for murder and therefore be out of the way. What's worse is that despite Kokona's insistence that Ayano had been involved, the police are unable and ''unwilling'' to pursue it because there's [[KarmaHoudini no solid evidence that ties Ayano to the case]], and they don't want another 1989 incident on their hands (especially since she's the daughter of the one who was accused on flimsy evidence)]].
** The scene ends with Ayano looking at a photo on her bulletin board that shows Kokona watching Senpai from afar. She tears off the part of the photo with Kokona and strokes the torn photo of Senpai, whispering, ''"You're safe now..."'' The screen fades into the blood-red ''Yandere Simulator'' logo with cracked hearts and cuts to black. Just before the video ends, [[JumpScare the screen abruptly flashes red and a wet cutting sound is heard.]]]]

--->'''[=YandereDev=]''': To join a club, you must speak to the club leader. However, most of the club leaders are not implemented yet, and adding new students to the game is very time-consuming. So for now, I've implemented a set of "fake students" to serve as placeholder club leaders. These empty, hollow, vacant husks will allow you to join clubs and test out their abilities before the true club leaders are present. These nameless, faceless, soulless beings will not react to murder or show any signs of emotion. They exist purely so you can test a gameplay feature. There's no more meaning to their existence.

* What happens when you try adding Osana into the game by editing the JSON file with the game open from January 2017 onward? The moment you enter the school, it immediately goes into low atmosphere mode, and after a couple of seconds, [[JumpScare Fun Girl appears from out of nowhere and begins to chase you down]]. After she catches you (and she will, as she always guns straight for Ayano ''and'' moves faster than her), she will crash your game, and trying to open it again only results in a dialogue screen of her mocking you and telling you to put the files back the way they're supposed to be, or she ''won't let you play the game at all''.]] A pretty effective way to discourage novice dataminers, to say the least.

** The main content of the video involves ways to approach and help [[ButtMonkey Kokona]] with her problem – her dad is deep in debt to a loan-shark]]. Yan-chan can put her skills to use by kidnapping Musume (the loan-shark's daughter) and threatening to dismember her finger by finger until her father agrees to the demands. While not as brutal as torturing someone into despair, it is still terrifying in its own right.