Dev log for my upcoming free to play yandere boyfriend otome RPG: 2-Headed Boy. Story-driven/choice-driven gameplay with exploration and various activities.
Development began January 2025.
Current stage: Production (stage 2)
Estimated overall completion: 20%
Game is not suitable for children. People with severe relationship trauma might proceed with caution. Also contains flashing lights.
Content warnings: toxic relationship, manipulation, gaslighting, various forms of blackmail, love bombing, verbal 4bus3, stalking, obsessive behavior, s3lf harm, e4ting d1s0rder, guilt tripping, violence, d34th, drug 4bus3, character backstory references to chi1d 4bus3.
Story and gameplay concepts below! vvv
You have been staying in Japan after traveling there for a highly advanced medical procedure. Your only friend, Koyomi, sees how isolated you have become here, and is encouraging you to get into dating. She offers to introduce you to the sweet, normal, well-adjusted single guys she knows in your apartment complex. But for whatever reason, she doesn't seem to want you to meet Kage, your next-door neighbor.
"There's something really off about him. If you decide to talk to him, obviously I can't stop you. Just...please be careful. He's really...fragile."
Every choice you make with/towards your yandere neighbor will have a disproportionately larger impact on him than all the other dating "options," for better or worse. Also, be careful about the other "options." Every choice you make with them also affects Kage.
Build your guys' stats through interactions and cute dates. Figure out what they like and make them cute gifts. Witness Kage become increasingly unhinged and navigate the fallout of his wacky antics.
What you say, do, don't say or don't do all matter. Especially to your yandere!
Why has he latched on to you so tightly? Reach the "true ending" to find out, along with answers to other questions raised along the way.
Choose your name, gender, and appearance. Choose your birthday for some fun birthday surprises. Choose your guy, or guys. But remember Koyomi's advice: be really careful with Kage. He's fragile.