Hello everyone! 😊
Hope you had a great week! 💪

I was busy with a trip this week and don't have much to report, so I thought it'd be fun to talk a bit about the inspirations for Yuma! 🙂

Indirect inspirations for Yuma

While I didn't have any specific character in mind when I created Yuma, it's hard to deny her similarities to certain characters from anime that I've watched.  So let's talk about those girls (and shows) that may have influenced her indirectly! 😀

Momo Deviluke (To Love-Ru)

A fun, horny, teasing girl who plays a bigger role in the sequel, To Love-Ru Darkness, where she's fixated on the "Harem Plan" for Rito (the male protagonist).

Her hair style is similar to Yuma's, and personality-wise, she's also pretty close. Her teasing nature and perverted side are definitely reminiscent of our orange-haired ancubus! 😊
I also like how her demon tail is a sensitive body part... definitely a missed opportunity that Yuma doesn't have a tail😑
She got her wings though... I should probably do more with those... 🤔

But there's actually another To Love-Ru girl who comes to mind...

Momioka Risa (To Love-Ru)

Her personality is somewhat similar to Momo's, but she's kinda more open (and aggressive?) about it. In the series, she often gropes the other girls (though it's hinted she’s into Rito as well).

In the series, she sadly only plays a minor role... but she really shines in a three-part doujinshi series by Aoki Kanji, where she and Rito... well... get into a relationship and get it on 😏
It's a fantastic doujinshi series, and I highly recommend it! If you're looking for numbers, it's 100961, 105608 and 152978 😉

I've got one more girl to talk about... this time from a different show!

Vermeil (Kinsou no Vermeil)

Her horns, her hair style, her being a teasing, horny demon... yeah, the parallels are pretty obvious 😅
Unlike Rito from To Love-Ru, the main protagonist here, Alto, despite being a shota and constantly getting teased by Vermeil, actually has guts and even responds to her feelings to some extent. The chemistry and character dynamic between these two is pretty great, and unlike To Love-Ru, Vermeil and Alto make out a lot, though that's mostly thanks to Vermeil 😅

One difference compared to Yuma is, of course, that Vermeil is a tall, MILF-like character, whereas Yuma feels younger. But other than that, there are lots of similarities 👀

Well, hope you had fun reading this small excursion^^ Now for the actual dev log this week...

This week

I worked a bit on the localization of the game, specifically a German translation. The output from translation tools like DeepL is fine for text-only content, but in a visual novel, the dialogue needs to match the visuals, so machine translations don't work that well, imho.

Therefore, while I'm using a machine translation as the basis, I still check every line manually and adjust it as needed. This is pretty time-consuming, so I'll be doing it on the side as I keep working on the next update 😗

Next week

I want to focus on the dialogue for the next update... and that's about it 😶
Hopefully I'll have something more interesting to share next time 😅

That's all for this week!
Have an awesome next week, and see you all next Sunday! 👋😊