Yugembo: Campus Crush is an adult point-and-click puzzle dating sim by Wulf Grayheart, made with the Others engine. It takes place on a college campus, where you play a male protagonist building connections with student residents through flirtation in a match-3 style. As relationships grow, a mysterious campus plot unfolds. The game blends school setting, romance, and puzzle play in a sandbox structure.
Development is ongoing with version v0.1.7 released on October 27, 2023 for Windows in English and uncensored. This update added unlockable flirt techniques—ADMIRE, TEASE, and IMPRESS—that can be chosen during flirt sessions. It also improved the interface by replacing the interests button with an info button that shows unlocked characters and their details, adjusted leveling and charisma points, added book reading, rewrote code for smoother performance on weaker PCs, and refined some art in mature scenes.
Developer's description
Yugembo is set on a college campus. You can build connections with the students who live there by flirting with them, in a playful match-3 game. While getting to know the characters, you'll get engaged in a mysterious plot that unfolds on this campus.
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v0.1.7
Added flirt techniques: different unlockable play-modes, which can be selected during flirt sessions. Techniques available in this version: ADMIRE, TEASE and IMPRESS.
Improved the UI. The "interests" button has been replaced by the "info" button, which now opens a window with all unlocked characters and their information.
Leveling and charisma points drastically tweaked.
Added the ability to read books.
Rewrote a lot of code to make the game run more efficiently and prevent FPS drops on weaker PC's.
Improved some of the art in the xxx-scenes.
v0.1.5
Added difficulty modes.
v0.1.2
Added a full storyline for Lily, which is now a character you can flirt with.
Introducing a new side character: Karl. He gives a better explanation of the flirt game.
New locations: the tower and the garden.
Added a new mini-game, in which you can grow flowers and earn money.
v0.0.4
Characters with full storylines who can be flirted with: Chloe, Emilia and Sascha.
Side characters: Wally, Rupert, Lily, Charlotte and Eric.
A mini-game in which you can cook and earn money.
(There have been versions in between the versions mentioned here. Those were mostly minor bug fixes.)
Player reviews
Player rating4.0 / 5 · 4 ratings
Written reviews4 · avg 3.8★
Positive (4–5★)75%
Latest review2024-02-07
What players say
Most players praise art, characters, and writing, while one criticizes heavy grinding and slow progression.
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Players like
Well developed characters and emotionally engaging writing
Outstanding hand-drawn art and animation
Engaging puzzles and minigames
Fully voiced and detailed presentation
Common complaints
Heavy grinding and repetitive puzzle progression
Slow advancement and unbalanced time requirements
H-scenes need more intuitive interactivity and repeat options
Best for players who enjoy hand-drawn art, voiced characters, and puzzle mechanics.
Summarised from 4 written player reviews.
cgrd2024-02-07★★★★★
Very good art, and a fun, if a bit grindy puzzle mechanic. Well written, amusing, and emotionally driven storyline than rarely takes itself too seriously. Looking forward to more updates. I'd ask the developer to consider more intuitive interactivity in…
Alan_Kirkland2023-10-19★★★★★
This game has compelling characters, outstanding hand-drawn art, and interesting (if slow) gameplay mechanics! Very impressed with the author's attention to detail, and I'm very much looking forward to seeing how this game develops.
Yevaud62023-10-12★★★★★
The grind isn't too balanced at this point (v1.5). But it's a really fleshed out game beyond the usual match 3 puzzle games you see. Characters are well developed and have their quirks, hang up/traumas and personalities. Well animated and…
★★★★★(4)
