1. Steam

• Doki Doki Literature Club! Is a visual novel released on September 22, 2017. The story follows a male high school student who joins the school’s Literature Club and interacts with its four female members. The two fonts used for the logo of the video game are Hot Mustard by Stuart Sandler and dear joe 5 Casual from JOEBOB graphics.
• The only actual gameplay in Doki Doki Literature Club consists of writing poems by picking twenty words in order to set the story on this type of path.

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Since its September 22nd release, Doki Doki Literature Club has garnered immense popular and critical acclaim.Within its first three months, DDLC hit over 1 million downloads and won several awards, including IGN’s “People’s Choice GOTY”. Its unique combination of meta-commentary, polish, and unconventional narrative made it a game that appealed to visual novel veterans and newcomers.

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Since a lot of people couldn't access my template >~> I decided to type it all here instead >w< I hope this helps you! I make my template straightforward as possible so it would be grasping what is only really needed to know about a DDLC character. I edited this once more to make it more logical. I also placed some guidelines to help you guys out. Hope you enjoy! Please join our DOCIs Squad! Note: Only fill up the information of the ones in bold letters, the rest are just guides/tips.

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General Information

Name

Apparently we have noticed a lot of the characters' names are Japanese names, except for Monika. It doesn't necessarily have to be Japanese (or ending in 'I') depending on your preferences, it can foreshadow your character with its meaning too! Don't forget to add its meaning. First names are okay since most of the characters' names are just one word each apparently as shown in the game

Age

For Student Character:

Since this is High School, I recommend ages that range what is logical in freshman years to the senior years. Common ages from the game are 17-20 years old.

For a Teacher Character (yes, this finally exists, thanks to MysticalSorcery who made the first ever DDLC teacher ever

I recommend 22 years old and above as fitting for a teacher! It depends on how they got to be a teacher so fast lol

Gender

Male or Female! Feel free, but seriously I just want to see more male characters imo xD It may sound gay since the MC is male, but it's definitely a challenge on how you deliver your character on how they act and what is their sexuality. It can be also about plot twists that they aren't really after the MC, etc. Seriously, not all characters have to be in love or after the MC right?

Appearance

Indicate everything here on how do they appear on their physical features, how do they dress up in their uniform or what casual attire do they like to wear?

Physical appearance

It's a choice whether you would choose anime pallette based (like Natsuki/Yuri/ Sayori) which is less realistic or Monika who seems more realistic in eye color and hair colors. It can foreshadow if they are self aware or not (leads to another topic below). Various Body types are of course possible or skin tone choices! Be real and unique. Also, I recommend when choosing colors for your character, please do not use an oversaturated/bright/neon or a basic color which pains the eyes. It reduces realism. I also do not recommend to copy exact same hair color/style from the main characters.

Uniform/Accessories

For students, please stick to the official school uniform attire. I recommend only wearing white/black low or thigh high socks (with a bit of design if you prefer like lines, borders, etc), and similar shoes from the main four are wearing. (you can change colors, for the light blue and pink parts, if you want) Please consider how school basically implements their uniform rules. I don't think schools would allow wearing of hats, masks, etc. right? Your oc's can express themselves more on their casual attires or just their accessories (eg. hairclips, headbands, etc) . Also, it depends on what your character is positioned in and you're free to spice up their uniform a bit) for example, AKfree's's Akane wears black dress shirt since she is the Student Council President.

For teachers I am unsure about their official school attire, but as long as the males are wearing neckties and suits or females would wear something like a business woman with proper skirts. Google search it. It would be also fair for them to wear school attires since the students are also wearing school uniforms. Also, similarly goes to casual attire! Do what you want.

Hobbies/Interests/Positions

Type their hobbies and interests outside and inside of school here! For students, you can choose to be a regular student, club member, a club president, a scholar, etc. Club presidents has much wider aspect since they do a lot for the clubs and are most likely going to be more antagonists of the game. But being a club member would more likely be the opposite. It also depends on your ideas! Also indicate things that they are great or good at by the way! As for teachers, you can choose to be a subject teacher, personnel, guidance counselor, etc.

All of this though, I do recommend still relating their purpose to the Literature Club (since this is the game) They don't have to be a legit club member, but at least they have a reason why they connect with this club. There are so many ideas, twists and stories you can do. (so it won't destroy the legit purpose of Doki Doki LITERATURE Club character)

Personality

What most DDLC characters possess are two sided personalities since they portray that they are nice/good/happy at the outside but they are sad/negative in the inside. It's basically showing innocent minds to horrific reality. Their personalities will get amplified if they aren't in control of the codes or if they aren't self aware as well. Discuss your oc's personality briefly from how they act around or talk to people, don't just give one worded adjectives. I don't recommend to use overused personalities like depressed, sad, shy or the main characters' personalities. It reduces the originality. It's still okay to get one or two, but don't be overly excessive with it. As long as it's realistic and logical. You may also indicate their disorders here (if they have), just please don't be excessive about it to the point you just want the readers to feel bad or too unrealistically edgy.

Words/Quotes:

If they are related to the literature club, indicate their favorite words here! I recommend fishing from Thesaurus so you would avoid words that are commonly used, a less commonly used word is more interesting.

Feel free to add quotes as well! It will tell so much about your character on how they talk/personality.

Likes

Very explanatory, indicate things and stuff they like.

Dislikes

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Legend of their Character File

I am pretty sure that, just including your character file together with natsuji, sayori, yuri like they are one of the main characters without a reason is a big nono for me. Creating a story about how their existence came to the game is much more interesting and less cliche, plus your ideas will be much more expanded. For example, juckern0t's Etsuji came as a virus from a hentai website. Or maybe your character came from another game dimension? Expand your ideas and lore!

Personal Backstory

If your character has their own personal life backstory in the DDLC game (if they have the coding and scripts because you are their creator) as themselves, indicate them here. Remember to be brief and summarized as possible. Google Search is always your best friend when it comes to searching about interesting kinds of topics that your character's life could have. As much as possible, try to avoid something cliche and overly used (especially from the main characters' of the game). Does your character have a place to live in? Do they have a family? It's nice expanding your character.

Is [your character's name] self aware?

I recommend reading Akfree's concept and it will give you some information you might want to know.

Now going on, there are three types.

Self aware (eg. Monika, Akfree's Akane)

They are the ones who basically know the game's coding/scripting and they could have the ability to manipulate it. They also know that there is a player. I recommend to not use this type too much or make a character higher than Monika. If you are planning to do so, provide good reasons (and please don't copy Monika's actions exactly). It should also synchronize with your character's file's backstory. Akane on the other hand maybe self aware, but she doesn't mess the coding and scriptings like Monika. She lets the game stay at it is and just manipulates the codes if she only needs to in order to sustain her life. (she isn't also always after the player)

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Half Self aware (eg. Sayori, juckern0t's Etsuji)

These types of characters know there is a player playing their game, but do not have access to the game codings/scriptings. Remember what happened to Sayori at the ending? Monika however stopped her. Their game intelligence are as good as Self aware characters but sadly they don't have the ability to access the game codes. Self aware characters can still control these kinds of characters' personality/coding/scriptings however they want.

Not Self aware (eg. Natsuki, Yuri)

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These types are the most commonly used by people however try to make the concept different other than just similar like Natsuki and Yuri. These types of characters only possess AI (Artificial Intelligence) they only act and think like what is only give to them originally on the game from their personalities and actions. They don't know a player is playing, or they don't have any knowledge on the game codes/scripts. You may think they are the weakest, but that's not true. You can still create an interesting character with this type, as long as it is logical and reasonable

Glitches and what is their purpose in the DDLC game

Describe briefly their routes, how do they act in each act, etc. (if they have) and how do they appear in the game. If they have poems, you may include them here as well! Indicate also how and when do they glitch, I recommend giving them unique and iconic glitches (please don't copy from the main characters). Their glitches could be related to their past? their personality? their character file? There are varied aspects of glitches you can do. You can manipulate images, add distorted audios or other media. Make it unique! Add the beauty of what DDLC game stands for. Plots twists and ideas are definitely welcome!

Trivias

Add whatever your character has something interesting and iconic to remember.

Extras

If you have the desire to add more things, feel free to do so! Relationships with the main or other characters, etc! Just make sure they are brief and necessary in order to describe your character really well! That's what it matters.

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