Whoever owes in Belona, never leaves.

YAKEMY is a solo journaling RPG about working as an underground patcher in a collapsing cyberpunk metropolis.

Each in-game day, you:

• Roll 5d6 to determine your resources (Scrap & Chrome)
• Receive clients with specific demands and risk levels
• Build or improvise implants
• Accumulate Heat and Stress, each eating away at your life
• Write your day in a journal — an intimate record of your physical and mental decay

It’s a game about technological rot, the body as commodity, exhausting routines, and dreams that survive purely out of stubbornness.

 

> HOW THE GAME WORKS

>> 1. Hands on Chrome

Your day begins with Belona’s mood (via Oracle): acid rain, faction wars, drone lockdowns, bonuses, glitches. You also discover who’s at your door and what implant they need.

>> 2. See If You Are Good

Allocating dice is just the start. The results shape your day:

• Clean Chrome → perfect work
• Improvised Scrap → jury-rigged fix, Heat, and complications
• Boost → extra resources at the cost of your mind

>> 3. Resolving

Get paid… or don’t. Gain trouble… almost always. The client leaves, but the consequences stay.

>> 4. End of Day

Pay rent/bribes, try to reduce Heat, keep leftover Chrome, breathe, and write your journal. Tomorrow you do it all again.

        

> THE NEURAL MAP — THE COST OF STRESS

Whenever your Stress increases, you mark a deterioration in your Neural Map. Tics, tremors, loss of focus, processing glitches… nothing returns to normal.

YAKEMY is a challenging game about carrying scars — both physical and mental.

        

> WHAT YOU NEED TO PLAY

• A notebook or notes app
• Six six-sided dice (d6)
• A playlist that smells like grease, neon, and burning circuitry

 

> ITCHFUNDING

The game is nearly complete and currently undergoing revisions and playtests — you can join anytime by messaging me on Bsky or email. Itchfunding lets you support the project as it grows. Supporting now grants:

• Access to all future PDF updates
• Direct participation in refining the game
• Helping YAKEMY become sharper, darker, and more atmospheric

More support means more art, more content, more refinement, and deeper layers of grimy dystopia.

> REWARDS

>> [FREE SUPPORT]

By donating any amount, or even without donating, you can access the simplified (plain text) version of the playtest. Enjoy!

>> [STANDARD SUPPORT]

By supporting the standard tier, you will have access to the plain text version for playtesting, as well as:

• YAKEMY – Core PDF [approximately 20 pages + expansions]
• Neural Map & Character Sheet
• Name listed in a special thanks section
• Acess to all content and other Odd Press games [you'll receive the links by e-mail]
• YAKEMY X FURYYA CONNECTION  [expansion that allows access to the vampire clans that rule Belona. New lore, events, and oracle]
• YAKEMY Developer Notes  [author's comments on the design] 
• Texture/Overlay Pack [if you want to assemble your own personalized journal]
• YAKEMY SOUNDTRACK (collab w/ SubSystem V) [six exclusive tracks to set the mood for your gameplay] 
•  Cyberware and gears lists [names and detailed descriptions of items for you to explore and expand your narrative]
• Predator Mark Mechanics [dealing with Belona vampires can have good and bad consequences] 
• Vampiric Scrap Loot Mechanics [Furyya's Chimera technology is more powerful than you think] 
• Overclock Mechanics [you can turn scrap data into chrome, but you'll pay the psychological and physical price]

 

> THE GOAL

• $1000 — This project has a single goal: support helps me through a difficult moment.
  
  This project began with the goal of raising money to pay for the treatment of my beloved dog, Sansão. Unfortunately, he did not pull through and passed away, but he fought until the very end. Sansão, his siblings, and I are very grateful for all the support and love that the community has shown.
  The emptiness and pain that his loss has left behind is irreparable. But in memory of Sansão, I decided to make some changes to the project, as I want to repay the support in the best way possible. Thus, all the goals planned to be “stretched” will be available, in any case, to everyone who contributes to this project during itchfunding.
  
  Thank you for being here. Your support means a lot.

       

> SCHEDULE & HOW TO PARTICIPATE

• Mid-March: Itchfunding ends 
  
• Mid-March: First version of YAKEMY - Core PDF
• First half of April: Design updates and revisions
• Second half of April: Final version v1.0 completed and available [+ extra materials]

Support, download, play, and share your sessions. Updates coming soon on the devlog. For feedback or questions, reach me on BSky: @oieuoshi.bsky.social

Sansão and I thank you!