HUD (Heads Up Display)



The HUD (heads-up display) is a key element in Yandere Simulator as it presents information in-game.

Suspicious/Rude Activity
If Yandere-chan is in an abnormal state or engaging in an activity that can be seen as suspicious, strange, or downright rude, a warning message will appear at the top middle of the screen. Multiple messages can stack up at once, although they disappear over time, so it is important to keep these warnings in mind if Yandere-chan has not already followed their advice.

Near a Body: If Yandere-chan stands too close to a corpse, a warning message will appear to warn her. If she is holding a corpse, NPCs will immediately deduce that she is the murderer. If Yandere-chan is bloody, holding a bloody weapon, and standing near a corpse, others will also come to that same conclusion. Students will react the same way they would if witnessing a murder, while teachers will chase her down, resulting in the Expelled Game Over. If Senpai sees her she'll get a Game Over automatically.

Holding a Weapon: If Yandere-chan is holding a suspicious weapon, a warning message will appear to warn her to put it away when near NPCs. This is accomplished by pressing 1 to put any held weapons in her inventory. Note that the katana cannot be hidden and will be dropped if the player presses 1. If Senpai or a teacher sees her with a notably dangerous weapon, Yandere-chan will get a Game Over. If a student sees her, her reputation will lower.

Visibly Bloody: Yandere-chan will only become visibly bloody if she has attacked somebody and killed them, which leaves blood both on her uniform and on her body. NPC reactions are the same as when they see Yandere-chan holding a weapon, although they are accompanied with different dialogue. To get rid of the blood, she must enter the Girl's Shower Room, strip in front of her locker, and then bathe. The bloody uniform that is discarded in the process must be disposed of to maintain School Atmosphere, although in the future bloody uniforms may be used to frame another girl.

Low Sanity: When Yandere-chan has committed too many murders/yandere actions, her sanity will drop. If it is low enough to turn the HUD's cardiograph heartbeat red, then she will receive a warning that she is visibly insane. This is shown through constricted pupils and twitchy movements. To restore sanity, she can either laugh insanely, stand near Senpai, or "use" a photo of him. If caught visibly insane by NPCs, the consequences will be the same as when Yandere-chan is caught holding a weapon or visibly bloody.

Visibly Lewd:  When Yandere-chan positions her camera to focus on a lady's private parts, the Visibly Lewd warning message will appear. This includes focusing on a female's breasts, butt, and panties (panty shots). Taking lewd photos of those without a proper AI (such as the placeholder nurse) will not yet activate this warning message, due to incomplete AI. The consequences are the same as when Yandere-chan is caught holding a suspicious weapon or similar suspicious activity.

Intruding:  During class time, Yandere-chan is expected to be in her own classroom. If she decides to enter another classroom during one of these daily time periods, the teacher will eventually notice her. This activates the Intruding warning message immediately upon entrance. The teacher will give four warnings before losing their patience and expelling Yandere-chan. Only a teacher will react to an intrusion in her classroom.

This warning message also appears if Yandere-chan is caught eavesdropping on a private conversation, as seen through Saki Miyu's and Kokona Haruka's conversation during Monday's lunchtime. If she walks in on the conversation, enough that the NPCs can see her, then they will remind her that the conversation is private. They will then walk away without continuing any dialogue.

Late for Class: This warning message will only appear the moment Yandere-chan would be considered tardy, so the Time portion of the HUD would be more useful to predict and avoid being late to class. Depending on how late Yandere-chan is, the number of Study Points she may allocate will decrease. So far, only teachers will scold her for being late. Other NPCs will not take notice.

Learned New Info: This notification message will only appear once the player character has learned certain information about someone, such as Kokona's abusive father or her compensated dating. The main character can then use that information against them in certain ways.

Sanity

 * Main Article: Sanity



The Sanity Meter is a cardiograph shown on the bottom right of the HUD and is used to show the protagonist's sanity. At full sanity, the cardiograph is bright pink with slow spikes. Certain Yandere Actions slowly increase the intensity of the cardiograph from slowly pulsing bright pink to quickly pulsing red.

To restore Yandere-chan's sanity, she can laugh insanely for a period of time, stand near Senpai, look at a picture of Senpai, or pass time for one hour.

Reputation

 * Main Article: Reputation

The Reputation Meter can be found in the bottom left of the HUD and is a general description of how others view the protagonist. A small arrow indicating to the left shows a negative reputation, while an arrow to the right shows positive reputation, and an arrow in the middle shows neutral reputation.

Raising reputation will not currently affect interaction with students (such as asking for Student Favors) until the gray bar is moved to Yandere-chan's current reputation amount. The pink heart icon shows where the protagonist's reputation will be after a gossiping period.

Raising the player character's reputation can be accomplished by complimenting students, apologizing to students, and more. When students catch the protagonist performing suspicious actions, such as carrying a weapon or taking panty shots, her reputation drops.

In the future, reputation will be an extremely important issue: if the main character's reputation drops to a certain level, Senpai will reject her love confession, leading to a Game Over.

Frame rate
The Frame Rate section of the HUD indicates how smoothly Yandere Simulator is running as measured in frames per second. It is located in the upper half of the left side of the HUD. A low frame rate means the game is running slowly, while a high frame rate means the game is working fast and comfortably.

Time
The Time section of the HUD indicates the in-game time and is displayed on the top right.

At the top, the clock time (including whether it is AM or PM) is shown.

Right below the clock time, in smaller letters, the current stage of the school day is stated. These stages include Before School, Lunchtime, Classtime, and After School.

The bottom text indicates the current day of the week.

Indicator


If this indicator appears, then the player character is breaking rules and students will become suspicious if they are around her. This pairs with the warning messages at the top of the screen. The same indicator appears when Yandere-chan has positioned a dumpster in the perfect spot to catch a falling corpse, but moving a dumpster doesn't seem to break any known rules.

Police Timer

 * Main Article: Police

The Police Timer section of the HUD is displayed in the top left corner of the screen when the police have been called to the school. The player is shown a five minute timer that counts down to when the police will arrive.

The HUD will show whether or not the main character cleaned up the blood, disposed of her bloody uniform, disposed of her bloody weapon, and disposed of any corpses. Yandere-chan will not get caught as long as she at least disposes of the uniform, gloves, and weapon. If not, the police will find the main character's DNA on each of these, leading to a Game Over.

Locations
Location indicators used to appear when Yandere-chan stood in front of a door, telling the player what room she was near. The name of the room she was about to enter was shown above the Sanity Meter and only appeared if Yandere-chan was right in front of or in the specified room.

They told the player which classroom, exit, or office the main character was currently at. This was very helpful in identifying certain rooms because empty rooms had no visual cues to help identify them. This was removed in the November 15th, 2015 Update when name tags were added next to the rooms.

Biking
When in Buraza Town, a biking HUD will appear in the bottom right hand corner, which tells the player how long they have spent in town (time taken to get to school) and Yandere-chan's longest wheelie.

Yanvania: Senpai of the Night

 * Main Article: Yanvania: Senpai of the Night

While playing this video game, there are two main HUD elements. On the left is Beldere-chan's health. It is colored red and depletes when taking damage. When she attacks zombies, she also gains experience, which is shown in the green bar on the bottom of the screen. When her EXP bar turns completely green, Beldere-chan reaches a new level. As the zombies never stop spawning, she can fill the experience bar as much as she desires until she reaches level 99.

Dracula-chan also has a health bar when Beldere-chan fights her, located on the right side of the screen. It flashes rainbow during the whole battle. It depletes when she is hurt and it turns clear when she is defeated.

Trivia

 * If Yandere-chan gets rid of a person in a way that doesn't leave evidence (e.g. Cirno Mode leaving no bloody uniform, drowning leaving no weapon), and a witness manages to activate the police timer (Loners will call the police if they escape past the school gates, while Teacher's Pets can have a teacher call them instead), the blood, uniform, and weapon warnings will still appear. However, they will already have certain checks next to them.
 * The original Sanity Meter was located on the bottom right corner, slightly skewed.Outdated HUD - 2.pngOutdated HUD.png
 * The original Time HUD was located on the top right corner, slightly skewed.
 * The original reputation bar was located on the top left corner, slightly skewed.Reputation.png