Nine Lives of Yoki
by YJ Project
2.5 (12 votes)
Unity
v0.9.9
Game Details
- Version
- v0.9.9
- Developer
- YJ Project
- Engine
- Unity
- Status
- Ongoing
- Language
- English, Russian
- Censored
- No
- Updated
- 8 August 2026
About
Nine lives sounds like a lot of cushion, but Yoki still has to work for every one of them, wandering Tail Valley picking through pixel-art dangers that mostly want to grab her.
A cat with nine lives sets off through the mysterious corners of Tail Valley, and every level in that valley seems built to test how many of those lives she can keep.
The actual loop is scavenger hunt first, consequence second: scour each level for scattered pink lily flowers, gather enough of them, then bring the haul to a fox-statue altar to close the level out. The overview is upfront that the bigger payoff, turning flower counts into real character progression, isn't in yet, so for now the offering mostly just marks the level done. Combat and the valley's less friendly wildlife fill the space between flower patches, and that's where the trouble Yoki's lives are apparently meant to absorb comes from.
Changelog
v0.9.9
- What's New?
- Sounds
- We've added an incredible number of sounds for virtually every action! To achieve this, we created and refined special media systems to ensure fast and accurate sound playback. And to conserve memory and maintain performance, we carefully selected the track compression settings.
- Each sound is three-dimensional, meaning it follows spatial positioning logic and sound attenuation logic based on the distance from the source.
- A special system for sound attenuation based on the thickness of obstacles in its path has been implemented! WhireFox created a special algorithm that not only checks for obstacles between each sound source and the player but also verifies the thickness of the obstacle itself, with protection against false positives—all while maintaining optimal performance.
- In every cave, a unique sound effect awaits you, creating the sensation of being in a real cave. To achieve this, special sound filters were configured and triggers were set up.
- Another immersive feature is the sound of the player’s footsteps on different surfaces. The logic dynamically determines the surface type and adjusts the walking sound accordingly: on snow, stone, ice, and wood.
- We also didn’t forget about the interface sounds. In fact, specific sounds were selected for some of its elements.
- Level Walkthrough
- Now that you’ve collected all the black lilies on the island, you can perform a special ritual at the Tree of Life to exchange the flowers for orbs. During the ritual, Yoki calls upon the ancient gods of this world to lift the souls trapped within the lilies to the heavens, and in return, receive an extract of wishes in the form of pink orbs. In the process, the Tree of Life receives immense energy to once again nourish its massive roots, from which the totem at the edge of the island is carved.
- By interacting with the mysterious totem at this stage, you can complete the first level and subsequently teleport to other islands. For a more convenient and interactive experience, the in-game UI has been configured to support both keyboard/gamepad controls and touch-based controls (mouse clicks and taps).
- And, of course, brand-new animations and sound effects have been created and added for all these new actions!
- Other
- A new fun feature is that when Yoki falls into an abyss, she will teleport back with a new magical animation, while consuming her life force. If Yoki is low on health or falls into the abyss while stunned, she will not be able to teleport back.
- We’ve decided to make the “Easy” mode easier and the “Hard” mode more challenging by adjusting the amount of life energy points awarded for defeating mobs and changing the damage dealt by spikes.
- When a mob grabs Yoki, a spam bar appears with a position unique to that mob.
- And other changes.
- Fixes
- Removed the ability to zoom in while immobilized in SFW mode
- Fixed a bug where a spam bar would appear when falling off the edge of a block while immobilized
- The credits have been edited
- Fixed a bug when exiting the credits to return to the main menu
v0.6.7
- Mana mechanics
- Mana is now used instead of fire, which can be spent on either a magic attack or blocking an attack with a shield.
- New UI
- Completely revamped Yoki's game interface
- Added parallax effect to the main menu background
- In-game customization is now available
- New level icons
- New credits menu
- New settings
- Game window modes settings
- Customize hiding of new optional UI
- Startup changes
- New welcome design at game and level startup
- New “Game Over” animation
- Other
- When playing H-scenes you can now zoom in on the camera
- Added visual indicator for player detection “!”
- Player's camera is smoother
- And other technical changes
- Fixes
- Fixed bug with dynamic shadows
- Improved menu background
- Improved H-scene with snowman
v0.6.6
- New UI
- Most of the interface has been updated. New style and improved logic UI Kit.
- Graphics Settings
- Now you can change graphics settings manually or use presets.
- Light Objects
- In addition to torches, Yoki's shield and fireball now also emit light, illuminating everything around them.
- New Sounds
- The level now has music and ambient wind.
- Other:
- All NSFW scenes have been slightly improved
- Tree crowns now have shadows
- Large crystals now have transparency
- Entity textures are now overlaid on top of basic blocks
- Spam line no longer overlaps some blocks
v0.6.3
- Global lighting
- The sun has been added to the game and caves are now darker!
- Normal map
- All textures have been updated and now have a normal map to properly represent light falloff.
- Bonfires and torches
- Bonfires and torches now emit a real warm light.
- Essence Shadows
- A shadow is now cast from all entities (Yoki, wolf, snowman, etc).
- Post Effects
- Bloom - all bright objects have an additional glow.
- Lens Flare - bright objects are reflected on the camera with a chromatic aberration effect.
- Optimization
- Dynamic Lighting is optimized for weak devices. Some performance-affecting elements outside of the player's field of view are now not shipped.
- Other
- Game engine version update (Unity 6)
- New rendering pipeline (URP)
- New compilation method is used (IL2CPP)
- Other fixes
v0.5.5
- Green Slime
- A new hostile mob that shoots clots of slime. This is the last hostile mob for the first level.
- More NSFW
- NSFW scene with green slime. The scene has a reference to one famous fairy tale.
- Fall damage
- All mobs now take damage from falling from a great height. Snowdrifts and tree crowns save from this damage.
- Backgrounds update
- New multilayer background for levels with parallax effect. Also made corrections for the menu background.
- The background of the levels captures the atmosphere of the floating islands in Tail Valley from book The Dance of Nine Flames (at the time of publishing this post, the English translation is not complete).
v0.5.1
- New map area
- Opened 2/3 of the first level. More space to explore and make new acquaintances!
- Blue Slime
- This is a harmless mob that is afraid of Yoki, but can become hostile if it can jump on a snowman. It will turn from a simple “scarecrow” into the already known hostile snowman.
- New player options
- Crawling
- Tumbling
- Cooldown animation
- New items on the map
- Bonfires and torches
- Bushes
- Lianas
- Crystals
- Grass and flowers
- Icicles
- Snowdrifts and thorns (no functionality)
- Slime clots
- Main menu
- Updated main menu background by Teterev
- Gratitude in the menu
- Music in menu
- Improvements
- Improved movement mechanics
- Platforms are now active
- Improved Yoki's crawl mode and fixed bugs related to this mode
- Other fixes: spam line, ladders and more
- Added platforms on stairs: more convenient movement for player and mobs
- Fixed a bug with getting damage on stairs and walls
- And other improvements
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