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How a Wildly Successful Game Destroyed Itself in 10 days - Love & Deepspace's Unforgivable Sin

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Open in Studio

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If I had a dollar for every time a

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Chinese gotacha game player showed up to

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the development studio of their favorite

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game while holding a knife with the

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intention of assassinating staff there,

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then I'd be at least $2 richer. And

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what's crazy here is that this second

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dollar would be given to me as recently

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as June 2026 when that exact thing

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happened. But as a bonus, it also came

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bundled with a package of literal cow

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[ __ ] vandalism, and a large police

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response. Love in Deep Space is the most

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successful female targeting gotcha game

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of all time. Easily able to earn tens of

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millions of dollars on any given month

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of the year. They were, without

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exaggeration, on top of the world with

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no competition whatsoever until one day

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they decide to shoot themselves in the

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foot with a fully loaded shotgun. One

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week after announcing the biggest update

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the game has had in a very long time,

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they do something unprecedented,

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going back on their word and cancelling

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the entire update. The immeasurable

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disappointment their community felt

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would spark one of the biggest and most

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impressive global efforts in gotacha

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game history. Uniting people all across

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the globe to buy up entire city

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billboards, donating hundreds of

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thousands of dollars to charity, and

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even convincing Queso of all people to

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spread awareness about this injustice.

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And bear in mind, this is all truly

1:31

nothing more than the tip of this

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iceberg, as it's easily one of the most

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complex topics I have ever covered on

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this channel. But it's not like I had a

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choice, seeing that my own community had

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left over 14,000 messages about this

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topic in my Discord server and even went

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as far as compiling an amazing Google

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doc about it. And so, why did this money

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printing machine decide to destroy

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itself? and how did this become a

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worldwide phenomenon? Well, without

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further ado, let's do this. All right,

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so most people agree that the first

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gotacha game came out in 2010 and was

2:09

developed by Konami. It was called

2:11

Dragon Collection. The best way to

2:13

describe it was it was kind of like a

2:14

knockoff Pokémon where you went from

2:16

dungeon to dungeon and collected as many

2:18

monsters as possible. And in between

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certain levels, you'd receive a luck

2:22

based treasure chest that has the

2:23

ability of giving you some really rare

2:25

items that can boost your stats like

2:27

crazy. And if you wanted to open more of

2:29

these treasure chests now without having

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to go through other levels, then you

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could pay money to buy them. This simple

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mechanic that wasn't really popular at

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the time would change Konami forever. By

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2012, their console game sales were

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slipping, but their social games on

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social platforms like Gree, meant to be

2:46

played on mobile, like Dragon

2:48

Collection, were defying every single

2:50

expectation. By 2012, Konami's net

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income was up 80% thanks to this game

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and other games on social platforms. And

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this made other developers, of course,

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take notice. Why is Konami making so

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much money? How can we incorporate this

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into our games? And so gacha would start

3:06

to take over Japan, but it would remain

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in Japan for a while because, well, the

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entire concept was from there. The word

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gotcha comes from the word gacha pong,

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which is essentially a vending machine

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that you can find in many different

3:18

places in Japan. With each one having a

3:20

different themed set of toys, figurines,

3:23

keychains, etc. And after placing money

3:25

in it, essentially buying a pull, you'd

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be receiving something randomly from

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that set. Now, of course, some items in

3:31

that set will have a very low drop rate,

3:34

making them rare and very sought after,

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and the whole point is to keep buying

3:38

poles until you get what you want. And

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that's kind of how gacha games work.

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Now, as I said, gacha games would remain

3:44

niche and would be mostly focused on

3:46

Japan for the longest time. But this, of

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course, would all change in 2020 when

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Genshin Impact would come out and bring

3:54

Gotacha into the mainstream. Now, of

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course, it was helped quite a bit by

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releasing mid- pandemic, as everyone was

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locked up in their homes. But one could

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argue that the reason why it succeeded

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so well was because it felt like a

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full-fledged game with gotcha mechanics

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rather than gacha mechanics with a game

4:09

built around it. Due to all these

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elements combined, it still holds the

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Guinness World Record for fastest mobile

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game to reach $1 billion in revenue,

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achieving this feat in 178 days. And

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just to really illustrate how crazy this

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was, the previous record holder for this

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Guinness World Record was Pokémon Go.

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And that's not all because Genchin

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Impact also holds another Guinness World

4:32

Record, the fastest mobile game to reach

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$5 billion, which was held by Clash of

4:37

Clans. And while it did rewrite certain

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expectations for gacha games, it didn't

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really rewrite the demographics that it

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was targeting. Gotacha games have always

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been about targeting the single male

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with disposable income. One look at the

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characters that you can spend money on

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in some of the most popular gotacha

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games in existence and you understand

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very quickly that the targeted

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demographic has not changed. You don't

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even need to take my word for it. The

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CEO of Hover, the developer behind

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Genchin Impact, would as far back as

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2011 talk about this topic to investors.

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He'd say that the Otaku have been

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suffering from huge psychological

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pressure and that they hope that they

5:12

can play their games easily so that they

5:14

can enjoy this feeling of being saved.

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He would then say that the games that

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they're making were specifically made

5:19

for touchable devices because of a

5:21

fairly innovative feature they came up

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with, which is the touch feature. Yep,

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it's fairly straightforward. This was

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for one of their first major games

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called Hankai Impact and you could

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pretty much touch the very hot women

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they can pull for and they'll react to

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it, which will also increase your

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friendship level with them, just like

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real life. But if you've played Gotacha

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games, if you've come across this logic,

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then you must have taken a step back at

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some point and asked yourself, "Yeah, I

5:44

get it. The established demographic is

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men, but what about women? Yes, there's

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a lot of men that are lonely out there

5:49

that would want companionship from a hot

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waifu, but let's not pretend that women

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don't want the same thing. I mean, come

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on. Have you seen some of the books that

5:57

some women read? One could argue that in

5:59

some cases, they're even freakier than

6:01

men. So, where were the gotacha games

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that were catering to their needs?

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Because they also had disposable income,

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and it seemed like no one was tapping

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into that, at least not successfully.

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You see, there's always been a type of

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game that's existed since the early

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2000s called an Atoma game, a

6:16

story-based romance video game targeted

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towards women. Yes, these games would be

6:21

monetized. They had varying degrees of

6:23

success, but they were also extremely

6:25

niche, never able to truly reach a

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mainstream audience. There would be

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multiple attempts by multiple developers

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to make a gotcha game centered around

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the genre, but none would truly stand

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out. For example, even Hoyverse before

6:37

releasing Genchin Impact would release a

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game called Tears of Femis targeting the

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female demographic specifically while

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incorporating a gotacha system around

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it. And guess what? It didn't really

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work out that well. It had released in

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China in July of 2020 and then globally

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on July 2021. And honestly, the revenue

6:54

right now is so low that it can barely

6:56

make a dent in their other titles. Like

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it can't even make 10% of what Genchin

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Impact or Hongkey Star are making right

7:02

now. And so the logic was for many

7:04

developers that if even Hoyverse can't

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make a successful Atomic game targeting

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the female demographic, then who can?

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Well, that's where the developer Paper

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Games came in. Now, here's the deal.

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Paper Games has been around for a while.

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Their first game came out in December

7:21

2012 in China. It was called Nikki Up to

7:24

You: Addressing Story. And from day one,

7:27

they were targeting women. This was a

7:29

dressup game that was made for them. By

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2015, they would release another game

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called Love Nikki, and for the first

7:34

time would expand into Japan, the

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biggest gotacha market. In 2017, they

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would start taking a step in other

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directions by releasing the game Mr.

7:42

Love Queen's Choice, a fairly standard

7:45

2D game. Now, yes, it would be niche and

7:47

would be fairly successful, but more

7:49

importantly, it would teach them

7:50

priceless lessons for their Magnum Opus,

7:53

a game that would change everything for

7:55

them and the industry. In 2020, Paper

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Games would release a teaser trailer for

8:02

their upcoming game called Love and Deep

8:05

Space. And for any fans of Otomet Games,

8:09

for any women out there that were hoping

8:11

for a next generation experience, this

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caused a massive earthquake. This was

8:15

the first 3D OT game to ever exist and

8:18

at this level of insane quality. No one

8:21

had done this before. No one was crazy

8:23

enough to even come up with this idea.

8:25

This shook the entire industry to its

8:27

core, and many were very interested to

8:29

see how it would end up performing once

8:31

it would finally release. Here's the

8:34

problem, though. There was no release

8:35

date whatsoever. They just dropped this

8:38

teaser, created a massive earthquake in

8:40

the industry, and just left. They would

8:41

literally disappear, and people wouldn't

8:43

hear any updates from them for years.

8:45

That would be the reality until 2023

8:48

when something would finally come out

8:49

from the studio. But it wasn't good news

8:52

at all. News outlets would report that

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Paper Games was about to take on a loan

8:56

of $70 million.

8:59

And what was really interesting here is

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that the person giving them that loan

9:02

was Hoyverse, the creators of Genchin

9:05

Impact. It turned out that Paper Games

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had overextended itself and was

9:08

developing too many titles at once and

9:10

ran out of money. So they asked Hoyverse

9:12

for a loan and Hoyverse gave it. But the

9:14

collateral was really interesting. If

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Paper Games had failed to pay Hoyverse

9:18

back their money by the agreed upon

9:20

date, then Hoyverse would get 10% of

9:24

Paper Games share, effectively owning

9:26

10% of the entire company. At the time,

9:28

people didn't really know what to think.

9:30

This was a massive loan, and Paper Games

9:32

was not making anywhere near closeout

9:34

money. What people didn't know, though,

9:35

was that the plan was simple.

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Internally, they were hoping to repay

9:39

this loan by releasing Love and Deep

9:41

Space. They were banking everything on

9:43

the success of that game and it was

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about to come out on January 2024.

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However, even with so much writing on

9:52

this game's success, no one, whether it

9:55

be from the staff or the executive team

9:57

or the CEO himself, could have ever

10:00

predicted the ridiculous success that

10:02

this game would find all across the

10:05

globe. This game's impact on the Oto

10:08

game genre was like what Genchin Impact

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did for Gotacha games. In 2024, Paper

10:12

Games made over $1 billion.

10:15

And you bet your ass that they repaid

10:17

Hoyverse every single dollar of that

10:19

loan amount. It had done what so many

10:21

others had attempted to do, but failed,

10:23

bringing this genre to the mainstream

10:25

and incorporating gacha mechanics within

10:27

it, too. But why? What was the secret

10:29

formula that no one else understood?

10:31

Well, for many men, the attraction to

10:33

gacha games was about having a power

10:35

fantasy, collecting sexy and strong

10:38

characters that will progress through a

10:39

story that centers around them. Thing

10:42

is, though, women don't really want

10:43

that. Love and Deep Space offered them

10:45

something different. A game centered

10:47

around being individually known and

10:50

cared for. It played more like a 3D

10:52

dating simulator that caters to your

10:54

needs, like a genuine routine that

10:57

becomes a part of your day rather than

10:59

just a traditional gotcha game. And

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here's how it would do that. The game

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would initially release with three

11:05

different love interests, Zayn, Raphael,

11:08

and Xavier. And Silus would release

11:10

right after, with Caleb joining the rest

11:12

of the cast in 2025. There would be a

11:15

million different ways of being able to

11:17

interact with them in game, making them

11:19

truly feel like, well, they're real.

11:21

While you're in game, they would call

11:22

you through a video call. You'd be able

11:24

to text them. And sometimes, I mean,

11:26

this is a Silus thing, but he would call

11:28

you his kitten. When it would be your

11:29

birthday, they would all individually

11:31

take the time to celebrate it and would

11:33

sing you happy birthday or do some other

11:35

things for you. And of course, you could

11:37

go on dates with them, spending quality

11:39

time while able to do a variety of

11:40

different activities together. But I

11:43

feel like what would really take it to

11:44

the next level was how developers would

11:46

keep adding features that made this game

11:47

a part of your daily routine. Other

11:50

gotachas asked you to log in every day

11:52

to get rewards, but here you were being

11:54

asked to log in to make your life

11:55

easier. Like for example, look at this

11:57

feature called remind me where you'd get

11:59

a notification on your phone from your

12:00

favorite love interest reminding you of

12:02

something important to you. Like I don't

12:04

know, someone's birthday or the fact

12:05

that you have an important meeting

12:06

coming up. And there'd be this other

12:08

feature that would come out as well that

12:09

you might have heard of called the

12:11

period tracker. Now look, there are a

12:13

lot of period tracker apps out there for

12:15

women to keep track of their periods.

12:16

But Love & Deep Space was like, "You

12:18

know what, dude? This game is a part of

12:19

your daily routine, so might as well

12:21

have that feature, too." So when you

12:23

would get close to your period or your

12:25

first day of your period would arrive,

12:26

you'd have your favorite love interest

12:28

point that out and vow to take care of

12:30

you while giving you extra attention

12:32

while you deal with cramps from the

12:33

seventh circle of hell. Now,

12:35

interestingly enough, this whole period

12:36

tracker thing was some sort of a Twitter

12:38

controversy when it came out back in

12:40

early 2025. Some people would call 11

12:42

deep space aer game for having a period

12:44

tracker, but that's just Twitter being

12:46

Twitter. Because if you're going to call

12:47

this a Gooner game, might as well talk

12:48

about the scenes where you're being

12:50

figuratively railed. That's right. Let's

12:53

talk about monetization. How was this a

12:55

gotcha game? Well, you weren't pulling

12:58

for the characters. You'd be pulling for

12:59

something called memories. You'd meet

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the characters through the main story.

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So, in other words, they'd be available

13:04

to you for free. But memories are these

13:07

special 3D cutscenes where you interact

13:10

with these different love interests and

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well, end up doing a lot of runchy

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things. Yes, these can get really spicy.

13:17

And it really caught me by surprise. I

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wasn't expecting this level of

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runchiness when I streamed this game for

13:21

the shits and giggles back in 2024 with

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the streamer box 2.

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>> Wait, am I giving him a lap dance?

13:27

What's going on right now?

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>> Oh my god, dude. What is this?

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Bro, god damn.

13:33

>> What's happening?

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>> IS THAT MY TITS?

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>> HEY YO, IS THAT YOUR LEG? YO, THAT'S

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YOUR LEG. That's your leg. Hey, man.

13:38

Okay. Okay.

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>> Holy mother WAS SWEATING AND HEY. HEY.

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>> OH, HE'S BENDING ME OVER.

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>> OPEN YOUR LEGS, BRO.

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>> YEAH, it was uh definitely unexpected on

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my end. So, essentially, this is what

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people spend their money on. Okay. Of

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course, seeing that this is a

13:53

free-to-play game, you can earn this

13:55

currency for free by playing, but many

13:58

would choose to spend money because

13:59

other than these runchy cutscenes, you'd

14:01

also be unlocking outfits for these love

14:02

interests, as well as gear that would

14:04

make you more powerful for story combat

14:06

sequences because this is an action

14:08

game. At the end of the day, as well,

14:10

all these elements combined would make

14:12

this game one of the most successful

14:14

gotacha games of all time. Other

14:15

developers in the industry would be so

14:17

impressed that they would ask team

14:18

members from Paper Games to conduct

14:20

workshops or presentations talking about

14:22

the logic and strategy behind making

14:24

this behemoth like this presentation

14:26

that was conducted back in March 2026 in

14:29

the game developers conference. It would

14:31

be called designing crushworthy

14:33

characters in love in deep space. This

14:36

would be fascinating because in this

14:38

presentation, the lead character

14:40

designer would describe how the team

14:42

designed characters that millions of

14:44

players became emotionally attached to.

14:47

This emotional attachment would be why

14:49

this game would make so much money. The

14:51

women playing this game would sometimes

14:53

spend money when they already had a good

14:54

enough amount of currency, and they had

14:56

two main reasons to do so. Number one,

14:58

they are absolutely in love with a love

15:00

interest in the game, and they want to

15:02

spoil them. And number two, they want to

15:05

support the developer. This is not a

15:07

mentality that you see for many things.

15:09

Many women genuinely wanted paper games

15:11

to make more money so that they can

15:12

continue updating the game because no

15:14

one else had ever made a game like this.

15:16

And before you knew it, this game was

15:18

competing head-to-head with the giants

15:20

of gotcha such as Genchin Impact and

15:22

Hawkeye Star Rail. By mid2024, it was

15:24

making tens of millions of dollars per

15:27

month. So, as I said, it was no wonder

15:29

that Paper Games made over $1 billion in

15:31

2024. while also becoming the number one

15:34

highest earning app on the Chinese App

15:36

Store, which is a very big deal. But by

15:39

the end of 2024, they would take it

15:41

another step further, incorporating

15:42

something that's not really present in

15:44

mainstream gotcha games like Love & Deep

15:46

Space, VIP services. You would become a

15:48

VIP if you spend a minimum of $690. And

15:52

as soon as you reach tier 2, which

15:53

starts at $2,100, you would receive gift

15:56

boxes sent to your address. They'd have

15:58

special merch and other little goodies.

16:00

And when you get to the VIP 2 tier, you

16:02

start getting personalized gift boxes

16:04

sent to your address with more exclusive

16:06

items signed by your love interest in

16:09

game once you reach higher tiers with

16:10

some being at a minimum of five [ __ ]

16:13

figures. Look at how many people on the

16:16

Love and Deep Space subreddit would post

16:18

when they got VIP. Like, it's a

16:20

celebration. And you know what's even

16:22

crazier? These prices that I just showed

16:24

you are exclusive to the Chinese server,

16:26

taking into consideration their local

16:27

purchasing power. But outside of the

16:29

Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean

16:31

servers, it has been reported, like in

16:33

this thread right here, that the minimum

16:34

for global players to become VIP is to

16:37

spend around $6,000,

16:41

almost 10 times the Chinese minimum.

16:44

That is a lot of money. By March 2025,

16:47

Love & Deep Space would start

16:48

outgrossing Genchin Impact, Honkai, Star

16:50

Rail, Weathering Waves, Uma Musim, I

16:52

mean just about any other gotcha. the

16:54

CEO of Paper Games was hailed as a

16:56

genius and he would become a

16:57

billionaire. He'd be interviewed by so

16:59

many different publications. And he'd

17:01

say that the reason for his success was

17:02

simple, specifying, it's not that women

17:05

don't like to play games, but there are

17:07

no good games for women to play. He'd

17:09

also point out that when it came to

17:11

paper games, 70% of their workforce is

17:14

female. So, he wasn't necessarily the

17:16

genius here. It was the team behind this

17:18

game. For one of the first times ever,

17:20

you had a high-budget game for women

17:22

made by women in the autoto genre. And

17:25

that's what so many other game companies

17:27

were missing. That's why games like

17:29

Tears of Femis just couldn't really hit

17:31

the mark. And this is how Love and Deep

17:34

Space became a worldwide phenomenon with

17:37

billboards even popping up in Time

17:39

Square. I mean, it would become such a

17:40

phenomenon that you'd have media

17:42

publications like Reuters making many

17:44

documentaries about how this game took

17:46

over women's love lives. Listen to how

17:49

they would describe it.

17:51

>> Chinese civil servant Joe is in a

17:53

six-month relationship with her first

17:55

boyfriend. He's a wavy-haired, handsome

17:58

painter. He's also fictional. Shiu is

18:02

one of five romantic interests to choose

18:04

from in Love and Deep Space, the world's

18:06

biggest mobile dating game with some 80

18:09

million users, according to research

18:11

firm Sensor Tower.

18:12

>> 80 million users. That is an insane

18:15

amount of users. But yeah, this app did

18:17

such a good job of incorporating itself

18:19

into your daily routine that it kind of

18:21

made it meaningless for many women to

18:22

even seek out a boyfriend. It was that

18:25

crazy. There'd also be a couple

18:26

different documentaries by the

18:28

publication South China Morning Post. In

18:30

one of them, they talk about women that

18:32

would specifically hire cosplayers to

18:34

dress up as their love interests from

18:35

Love & Deep Space and go out on dates

18:37

with them. And in another, they would do

18:38

the same thing as Reuters. Talk about

18:40

how some women were replacing real life

18:42

men with, well, Love and Deep Space love

18:44

interests. Such massive success comes

18:46

with its own fair share of critics. And

18:48

by 2025, you'd have multiple media

18:50

publications come up with a narrative

18:51

that it's because of games like this,

18:53

these Otomy games, that birth rates were

18:56

declining. A lot of criticism would be

18:58

directed towards the game and the women

19:00

that were playing it. Some of these

19:01

women would start blaming incel culture

19:02

for this, while others would point out

19:04

that it's just simply because it's

19:06

popular. This new dynamic would lead to

19:08

some nasty fights within the gotacha

19:09

community. Like how, for example, on the

19:11

Chinese internet, some love and deep

19:12

space fans would go head-to-head with

19:14

Snowbreak Containment Zone fans, a game

19:17

that heavily targeted the male

19:18

demographic. Things got very nasty

19:21

there, and I would need to make a whole

19:22

video to do it justice. But it did end

19:24

with the government intervening and

19:25

pretty much censoring the hell out of

19:27

Snowbreak. But it's just an example to

19:29

illustrate to you how this huge wave of

19:30

attention that this game got didn't only

19:33

bring positives to the community.

19:34

However, as long as the developer could

19:37

keep the Love & DSpace community

19:38

satisfied, nothing could stand in the

19:40

way of this money printing behemoth. But

19:44

with so much attention and expectations

19:46

aimed towards this game and with so much

19:49

money being made, as time went on, it

19:51

seemed like Paper Games was simply not

19:53

prepared to blow up that much. And that

19:56

lack of preparation gave them many more

19:59

problems with their own community than

20:01

they could have ever bargained for. So,

20:04

remember how I said that this game was

20:05

all about how it made its own audience

20:07

feel like they're being individually

20:09

known and cared for? Well, it wasn't

20:11

just the game doing this. It was the

20:13

developer, too. Here are some examples.

20:16

Throughout the year, there would be

20:17

multiple time limited events in the

20:18

game, like other games. And whenever

20:20

that would happen, they would take the

20:22

opportunity to make these educational

20:24

videos directed towards their female

20:25

audience that taught them different

20:27

things that they could find useful well

20:29

as women. Here's them, for example,

20:31

hiring the Beijing 2008 Olympic champion

20:33

for judo. And in this 12-minute video,

20:36

women who play this game would be taught

20:37

about women's self-defense. Here's

20:39

another example in which a faculty

20:41

member at the Mental Health Education

20:43

Center of the China Academy of Art would

20:45

conduct a workshop about mental health.

20:47

But this wouldn't just be limited to a

20:49

woman's needs. Paper Games, being a

20:51

Chinese developer, would also take this

20:52

as an opportunity to teach their massive

20:55

global audience about Chinese culture.

20:56

Like how in this video the director of

20:58

heritage protection division would teach

21:00

the love and deep audience about China's

21:02

cultural heritage. Them using the game's

21:04

revenue to fund things like this made

21:06

many women express the fact that this

21:08

wasn't just a community or a developer.

21:11

This was a safe space specifically for

21:14

women. You can see this expressed in so

21:16

many of these different comments. I'm

21:17

not really making it up. There are

21:18

people saying that they were literally

21:20

crying watching the self-defense video.

21:21

And this comment right here, I think,

21:22

sums it up, saying, "It's crazy and also

21:24

super amazing how a dating simulator is

21:26

inspiring me and others to take care of

21:27

ourselves, recognize our self-worth, and

21:29

even learn self-defense." This is what

21:31

Love and Deep Space was for so many

21:33

people. But unfortunately, as time went

21:36

on, this priceless relationship built on

21:39

trust would start having cracks form in

21:41

its foundation due to bad decisions made

21:44

by the developer, mostly relating to the

21:46

game itself. What do I mean by this?

21:48

Well, let's go back to the example of

21:50

Ginchin Impact. It makes a lot of money

21:52

and in return, it's meant to give you

21:54

constant updates. One update typically

21:56

lasts for 40 days. Then the next update

21:59

comes along with new events and more

22:01

importantly, new story, advancing the

22:03

plot that everyone's playing the game

22:05

for. Every update would also typically

22:07

have two brand new characters that you

22:09

can pull for. And every year, you'd have

22:11

a major update that would introduce an

22:13

entirely new region. Now, as I mentioned

22:15

before, Love & Deep Space does have a

22:18

story mode. You'd have story segments

22:19

that are in 3D. It's like a 3D visual

22:21

novel, right, with cutcenes and voice

22:23

acting. And you'd also have combat. This

22:26

is easily by far the most important

22:28

aspect of the game. Story is what allows

22:31

you to meet the new love interests that

22:33

release while also advancing the plot

22:35

with them in it because they interact

22:37

with each other as well. They have

22:38

stories that tie in together and they

22:39

know each other, sometimes being

22:41

friends. So, while yes, many players get

22:43

very excited about pulling for a banner

22:44

because it involves a runchy cutscene,

22:46

if you had to ask them whether they

22:48

prefer getting a banner of their

22:49

favorite love interest or more story,

22:51

the majority of them would always choose

22:53

more story. But by 2025, it seemed

22:55

evident that both banners and story

22:58

content were just not meeting

22:59

expectations. They weren't necessarily

23:01

releasing fast enough for a game of this

23:04

caliber making this much money. and

23:05

multiple complaints will start arising

23:07

within the community that the scheduling

23:09

is too inconsistent and the

23:10

communication is just non-existent.

23:12

Genchin Impact had a new update every 40

23:14

days that was well established. Other

23:16

gotachas functioned very similarly. It

23:19

was simply the industry standard. But

23:21

with Love and Deep Space, it seemed like

23:23

they just released things on a whim,

23:24

like as if they were winging it. When it

23:26

came to limited banners, right, the ones

23:28

that you had to pull for within a

23:29

specific time frame, otherwise they

23:30

disappear, there'd be mainly two types.

23:32

a banner made specifically for one love

23:34

interest and a banner with all love

23:37

interests combined. Now, look, when it

23:39

comes to combined banners, there's a lot

23:40

of misinformation out there about how it

23:42

works. I saw many, even Love and Deep

23:44

Space players, saying that you have a

23:45

one in five chance of getting the banner

23:47

that you want, but that's not true.

23:49

There's this mechanic that allows you to

23:51

select the one banner that you really

23:52

want and two others that you'd also not

23:54

mind having. Once you hit a fivestar,

23:56

you'll randomly get one of those

23:58

banners. If you don't get your precise

24:00

wish, the character that you wanted the

24:01

most, then this mechanic guarantees that

24:03

the next time you hit a five-star, you

24:05

will get the banner that you wanted the

24:07

most. So, regardless of how many love

24:09

interests get added to the game, whether

24:10

it's three or six, the odds will always

24:13

remain the same. Now, I want to make

24:15

something clear. Remember how I said

24:17

that Genchin Impact released a major

24:18

update every year which involved a new

24:20

region? Well, the version of this in

24:22

Love & Deep Space is a new love

24:24

interest. A new love interest signifies

24:27

a new region. It adds more story, more

24:30

lore, more depth. I mean, it was just

24:32

the best thing you could hope for. But

24:34

by the time the fifth character came

24:35

out, which was Caleb, a certain issue

24:37

became very hard to ignore for the wider

24:39

community. And that had to do with the

24:41

fact that Paper Games now had a workload

24:43

that they clearly couldn't handle

24:44

anymore. More characters coming out with

24:46

their limited resources meant that some

24:48

characters would be completely neglected

24:50

in favor of newer ones. And this leads

24:53

us to my wonderful creation that I call

24:55

the neglect ranking. I made this to

24:57

really illustrate to you just how

24:59

disorganized the release schedule of

25:01

this game was. As if they were truly

25:03

winging it. Now, as I said, the most

25:04

important aspect of this game is story

25:06

content, but for the sake of this

25:07

argument, let's look at banners first.

25:09

So, as you can see, the most neglected

25:10

love interest in this game is Savior.

25:13

His last banner was his birthday. This

25:16

happens every year for every character,

25:17

by the way, and it was 9 months ago.

25:20

Meanwhile, Caleb was 4 weeks ago and

25:22

Silas was 7 weeks ago at the time of

25:24

recording. Now, yes, you can make the

25:26

argument that Silus and Caleb released

25:27

after the initial three, but is it

25:30

really fair to neglect three of your

25:32

five characters in favor of the two

25:33

newer ones? What if you played this game

25:35

just for Xavier or Raphael? This was

25:37

very inconsistent and showed that there

25:38

was no real release schedule that made

25:40

it fair for everyone. But if you thought

25:42

this was bad, then wait till you see the

25:44

main story neglect ranking here. The

25:47

most neglected is Caleb, the most recent

25:50

character. The last time he was in the

25:51

story was in January 2025, 18 months

25:55

ago. His debut arc when he first

25:57

released. When it came to Silus and

25:59

Zayn, 14 months ago. And when it came to

26:02

the most favored characters, really in

26:04

quotations most favored, Xavier and

26:06

Raphael were in the main story 6 months

26:09

ago. This meant that the last story

26:12

content for this game was on January

26:14

2nd, 2026. We're now halfway through

26:16

2026 and there was no new main story

26:19

content, period. That's without

26:21

mentioning the characters that haven't

26:22

been featured in the story for way

26:24

longer than 6 months. So, in comparison

26:27

to other gotacha games of the same tier

26:29

as Love and Deep Space that make as much

26:31

money, this was ridiculous. They were

26:33

inconsistent with their release schedule

26:35

and were not communicative enough about

26:37

things to look forward to about dates.

26:39

And let's also not forget the fact that

26:40

they refused to make a PC client for

26:42

this game, even though their other games

26:43

had it. But this was the game that was

26:45

making them the most money. And so, as I

26:47

mentioned, this would be a recurring

26:48

topic within the community starting as

26:50

early as 2025. It would cause multiple

26:52

dramas with different points of views

26:54

giving their opinions on why it takes so

26:56

long to develop the main story and

26:58

release content. But overall, the

27:00

biggest loss for this game were longtime

27:02

players that had spent a lot of money on

27:04

it, losing hope that anything was going

27:05

to change, feeling like the money and

27:07

time they were spending in this game

27:08

just didn't matter. like this money was

27:10

being funneled to other projects and

27:12

Paper Games was simply not interested in

27:13

making it any better. This would start

27:15

forming a narrative that they were too

27:16

greedy, prioritizing memories and

27:18

banners and ignoring the story. It

27:20

seemed like they simply didn't really

27:22

have what it took to be this big of a

27:24

developer with so much success they just

27:25

weren't ready for it. As evidenced by

27:27

the fact that things would get

27:29

significantly worse because they would

27:31

somehow commit an unforgivable taboo in

27:35

their own local market of China. A

27:38

mistake so grave that it perfectly

27:40

encapsulates the expression of shooting

27:43

yourself in the foot. 911 is a tragic

27:48

event that would occur on United States

27:50

soil on the 11th of September, 2001.

27:53

It's best known for the two passenger

27:55

planes that were hijacked full of

27:57

passengers that collided into the two

27:59

towers of the World Trade Center. There

28:01

would of course be two other planes

28:02

involved, one that would crash into the

28:04

Pentagon and one that tried to crash

28:05

into the White House but failed. Now,

28:07

this was an event that happened over 25

28:10

years ago, and odds are, if I went to

28:12

the US right now and made a joke

28:15

centered around 9/11, everyone would

28:17

find it funny, assuming I have good

28:18

humor, except for those who were

28:21

directly involved in those events,

28:23

losing a family member, a relative, or a

28:25

friend. Hell, I could probably make a

28:27

joke about Pearl Harbor, a tragic event

28:29

that occurred during World War II. And

28:31

again, the majority would probably not

28:33

care. That's just how culture works in

28:35

the United States when it comes to

28:36

sensitive events. Nothing holds weight

28:38

there for too long. Now, on the other

28:40

hand, when it comes to East and

28:42

Southeast Asia, actually, you know what?

28:43

Probably the majority of Asia at this

28:45

point, but let's just focus on East Asia

28:46

for now. Tragic events, no matter when

28:48

they happen throughout history, still

28:50

hold immense weight even today. Their

28:53

dates, their anniversaries, their names,

28:56

they are ingrained into society, and no

28:59

one would ever dare joke about them.

29:01

This cultural clash can be perfectly

29:03

illustrated during the meeting between

29:05

President Trump of the United States and

29:08

Prime Minister Sai Taki of Japan. Trump

29:11

would make a Pearl Harbor joke right to

29:13

the Prime Minister's face and laugh it

29:15

off. This is something perfectly

29:17

acceptable in the United States. This is

29:18

passable. Taki, on the other hand, I

29:21

mean, you can see the facial expression

29:22

on her. She was mortified. If she would

29:25

have made a Pearl Harbor joke or hell, I

29:27

don't know, a Hiroshima or Nagasaki joke

29:29

in Japan, she'd get impeached within

29:31

less than 24 hours. That's just how the

29:32

culture works there. And so this is why

29:35

it was extremely clumsy and stupid and

29:38

tonedeaf for Paper Games, a Chinese

29:40

developer, to release a lore chapter on

29:43

April 2026 about the character Xavier,

29:46

where they talk about human

29:47

experimentation and other dark themes

29:50

while titling it test record A731.

29:57

Like even if I hired someone to sabotage

29:59

this company from within, they wouldn't

30:01

come up with such a genius idea. When

30:03

you say the three numbers 731 to any

30:06

Chinese person who was educated in a

30:08

state school, for example, they'll

30:09

immediately think of one thing. Unit 731

30:12

of the Japanese Imperial Army during

30:14

World War II. This was a secret research

30:17

facility that was operated between 1933

30:19

and 1945 on occupied Chinese territory,

30:22

more specifically in Harbin. This is

30:24

where the Japanese would experiment on

30:25

over 200,000 human beings from China.

30:29

They would say it's to advance medicine,

30:31

but in reality, many of these

30:32

experiments were just morbid and

30:34

sadistic. I'm not going to go into full

30:36

detail cuz I'll get demonetized and age

30:38

restricted, but you can read about this

30:39

yourself. I can give you an example,

30:41

though. They'd have pregnant women in

30:42

captivity in Unit 731, and those babies

30:45

would be born in captivity as well.

30:47

Those incredible scientists would come

30:48

up with the idea to experiment on those

30:50

babies, but not like any experiments. It

30:52

would just be like, "Hey, I'm bored. Why

30:54

don't we throw like a few babies in this

30:56

frozen river outside and see how long it

30:58

takes for them to die? Yeah, I wish I

31:01

was I wish I was making things up, bro.

31:03

This was unit 731. This is well known in

31:05

Asia, specifically in China, because of

31:08

how horrendous it was. But it's not

31:10

really taught to Westerners. It's not

31:11

taught in schools. In China, though, to

31:13

this day, even in 2026, you say 731 to

31:16

anyone, they'll know what you're talking

31:17

about. There's a reason, many different

31:18

reasons that Chinese still hold Japanese

31:21

people in very negative regard even in

31:23

2026. This is without me mentioning the

31:25

rape of Nanjing, for example. And so, as

31:27

a Chinese company, to have a lore text

31:29

about human experimentation with the

31:31

number 731 is just it's insane. It's

31:34

genuinely insane. But when it first came

31:36

out in April 2026, it didn't really

31:39

bring much controversy. In fact, most

31:40

people didn't even know about it or

31:41

didn't really care. The reason why I'm

31:43

telling you about this right now is

31:44

because this is going to bite them in

31:45

the ass very badly later. For now

31:48

though, the Love and Deep Space

31:50

community was laser focused on one thing

31:53

and one thing only. When is my story

31:55

content going to come out already? But

31:57

here's the thing. Ever since the game

31:59

released with three characters, there's

32:00

always been a coming soon text on the

32:03

bottom right indicating that there's

32:04

going to be more love interests to come

32:06

out. And so when Silas and Caleb

32:08

released, their updates were so major

32:10

because they came with more story

32:12

content, with banners, with all sorts of

32:14

things. And so many were wondering when

32:16

this sixth character was finally going

32:17

to come out because this meant more

32:19

story finally after a 6-month drought.

32:21

Well, around the end of June 2026, the

32:25

Love & Deep Face community would finally

32:26

get an answer to this. And while this

32:28

was meant to be a period of immense joy

32:30

and excitement, it ended up turning into

32:33

the biggest existential threat that this

32:35

game and studio have ever faced since

32:38

opening their doors in 2012.

32:42

All right, so it's now June 22nd, and

32:44

all of a sudden, out of nowhere, Love

32:46

and Deep Space players receive an

32:48

in-game message telling them that

32:49

they're about to witness a once in a

32:51

century super moon, asking them to go

32:53

watch a live stream that was going to

32:55

take place on the same day. This really

32:57

came out of nowhere and it shows you

32:59

that they're kind of winging it with

33:00

their scheduling. I mean, it's kind of

33:02

crazy. Something like this would

33:03

typically get like a week's notice. In

33:05

any case, the Super Moon Countdown would

33:07

take hold. People waited with baited

33:09

breath to see what this announcement was

33:10

going to be, and then all of a sudden,

33:13

it was right there. A new character

33:15

would be announced, Valco, half wolf,

33:18

half human. And as you can see by the

33:20

chat on the global live stream that has

33:22

almost a million views, the community

33:25

was extremely excited. All of them

33:28

spamming ow like a wolf, unable to wait

33:32

to see him in action, both in combat but

33:34

also the story because a new character

33:36

as I said signified a new region. So

33:38

this was huge. However, in another live

33:41

stream they would do shortly after they

33:43

would announce something else, another

33:45

major feature which was the home 2.0

33:48

update. you'd have a home that you can

33:49

hang out with with your love interests.

33:51

And this time around, they were adding a

33:53

kitchen where you can cook together with

33:54

them and take pictures, etc. However, in

33:57

the announcement trailer, they would use

33:59

this sentence saying, "Never bathe in

34:02

the pot." This was very very tonedeaf

34:06

just like with the whole 731 business

34:07

because the Chinese viewers they felt

34:09

that it was in reference to what had

34:11

happened back in the year of 2024 where

34:13

a man in Shanchi made the soul of his

34:16

girlfriend evaporate to heaven by

34:18

pouring extremely hot noodle broth on

34:21

her using a pot. So due to this the

34:24

phrase bathing in a pot had become dark

34:27

lingo online referencing this specific

34:29

case. For example, you could tell

34:31

someone, "Hey, go bathe in a pot." And

34:32

people would understand you weren't

34:34

wishing them well. So already this was

34:36

causing a lot of controversy, even

34:38

though a new love interest was just

34:39

announced, and it was meant to be

34:41

something very exciting. At the same

34:42

time, in Valo's trailer, they would also

34:45

use yet another controversial sentence

34:47

while teasing him, saying, "Invite the

34:49

wolf in." In the Chinese live stream,

34:51

they had used a Chinese idiom, meaning

34:53

to invite disaster by letting an enemy

34:55

inside your home. Seeing that his

34:57

character concept involves him breaking

34:59

into the female protagonist's home, that

35:01

didn't help. What also didn't help was

35:02

that his dialogue included, "What's

35:04

wrong with inviting the wolf in? Just

35:06

peek inside and she'll open her door for

35:08

you." So, combining this with the whole

35:10

bathe in the pot controversy, some

35:11

Chinese players felt that Love and Deep

35:13

Space was packaging illegal home

35:15

invasion as a romantic fantasy, using

35:18

language that explicitly frames a

35:19

woman's private space as available to

35:21

enter without consent. So, this on top

35:24

of the whole bathe in the pot thing went

35:26

against the idea of this being a safe

35:28

space for women and it caused a lot of

35:30

controversy as well. And if that wasn't

35:33

enough, the Valco trailer that was

35:36

posted on Chinese social media would get

35:38

bombarded with over 750,000

35:41

comments, many of them very negative

35:44

because many players would express the

35:45

fact that not only did they not feel

35:47

safe around him because he'll break into

35:48

your home or whatever, but they heavily

35:51

disliked the way he looked, calling it

35:53

too much of a western look, saying

35:55

things like, "Can it be released on the

35:56

international server separately?" and

35:58

telling the developer, "Either go

35:59

offline or make it look better." it

36:02

referring to Valco. Here's this comment

36:03

for example getting 300 likes. No

36:05

obligation to support the new western

36:07

mail lead refund and shut down the

36:09

server with many also expressing the

36:11

same thing by saying just please release

36:12

it on the global servers and leave the

36:14

Chinese server alone. I'm begging you.

36:16

At the same time, very toxic elements of

36:18

the Chinese community would sprout out

36:20

and would start insulting Western

36:22

players, calling them Western white

36:24

[ __ ] while also telling Paper Games,

36:25

"Hey, you [ __ ] forgotten who your main

36:27

donor is. you've forgotten who makes you

36:29

the most money, us, the Chinese players.

36:31

There will be some very nasty comments

36:33

all around made towards Westerners

36:35

because of Valco being teased. But it

36:37

wouldn't just be his Western look that

36:39

would turn them off. It goes back to

36:41

what I was talking about about the

36:42

community grievances that had started

36:44

spawning in in 2025. The whole idea

36:46

about the inconsistent release schedule,

36:48

how some characters were getting main

36:49

story releases and some others weren't.

36:51

And for some reason, there'd be

36:52

complaints about the fact that the

36:54

gotcha odds are now worse with a six

36:55

character instead of having a 1 in5

36:57

chance of getting the banner you want.

36:58

You have a 1 in6 chance. I really have

37:00

no idea why this became a thing because

37:02

I explained in this video how the banner

37:03

system works. I guess we can call these

37:05

people larers. And on top of that, there

37:07

will be complaints about inconsistent

37:10

story narratives, seeing that Valco is a

37:12

core leader of a villainous group in the

37:14

story that has harmed all existing

37:16

protagonists. So, in a way, some didn't

37:18

want a romantic interest that hurt the

37:20

other romantic interests. But honestly,

37:22

this was surprising to me that this was

37:24

even a narrative because even in his own

37:26

trailer, it's explained that Valco is

37:28

the Eon Core tech chairman, not having

37:30

anything to do with ever. So, this was

37:32

yet another rumor that spawned on the

37:34

Chinese internet that for some reason

37:36

spread like wildfire. Are you starting

37:38

to understand why this whole topic is so

37:40

convoluted? Like, I'm genuinely so

37:42

confused half the time. And on top of

37:43

that, for some reason, I guess maybe

37:45

it's a cultural thing, many Chinese

37:47

female players feel like a wolf or a

37:49

bear character is gay. So, there were

37:52

many complaints that Valco was gay.

37:54

Actually, this was really something that

37:55

you could find a lot on Chinese social

37:56

media. And I guess the problem with

37:58

having a gay character in their opinion

37:59

was the fact that Love & Dpace would

38:01

attract gay male players, and they

38:04

didn't want that. They only want this

38:05

game to be directed towards women. Now,

38:07

on this extremely ratioed post on

38:09

Chinese social media, they would do

38:11

their best to communicate with their

38:12

player base to calm any grievances they

38:14

might have and tell them, "Hey, trust

38:15

us." For example, this is them replying

38:16

to someone that called Valo gay, saying,

38:18

"All the male protagonists are

38:20

heterosexual yesterday, today, tomorrow,

38:22

and forever." And they would reply with

38:24

things like, "I'm sorry. After you've

38:26

calmed down a bit from venting, could

38:27

you please take a look at this wolf and

38:29

give him a try, please?" Damage control

38:31

was in full swing. But these replies

38:33

would be posted on Chinese social media

38:35

known as Shiao Hongu. And the comments

38:37

weren't really impressed. They really

38:39

just didn't like the character and they

38:40

didn't really like the direction the

38:42

game was headed in. This was in massive

38:44

contrast to the global audience. Okay,

38:46

like this is Valo's trailer that was

38:48

released on Twitter and it didn't just

38:49

get 5 million views and a lot of likes.

38:52

Many of the top comments, in fact, all

38:54

of them were very, very excited for him.

38:56

It would actually be hard to find any

38:58

negativity on this post. Unfortunately,

39:00

none of these players are local, okay?

39:02

They're all outside of China. And the

39:04

people that had a problem with paper

39:05

games were in China. It wasn't all of

39:07

them, but it was a very loud and toxic

39:10

chunk of the community. So much so that

39:12

they would take this to ridiculous

39:14

levels, sending literal cow poop to the

39:17

studio. Many players would go around the

39:19

building and take pictures of themselves

39:20

giving a middle finger to the studio.

39:22

And there were some that employed an

39:24

amazing tactic used by South Korean

39:26

crazy K-pop fans, which is also sending

39:28

the studio funeral flowers. There'd even

39:31

be a wolf paw in front of the studio

39:33

meant to advertise Valco and it would

39:35

get vandalized. The police would have to

39:36

show up and install yellow tape around

39:38

it so that no one else messes with it

39:40

again. And to make matters worse,

39:42

someone live streamed themselves with a

39:44

knife in front of the building trying to

39:45

make their way in. Here are some images

39:47

with a third image being censored with

39:49

the weapon. I wish this was a joke.

39:51

Here's a 9-second clip that was recorded

39:53

in front of the studio that kind of

39:54

shows you the chaos that they were

39:55

dealing with after Valco's announcement

39:57

with someone just screaming insults

39:58

towards THE STUDIO. WATCH.

40:07

AND SO SOON AFTER THIS WOULD START BEING

40:09

reported on by international media

40:10

outlets. And on top of all this, Love

40:12

and Deep Space would lose over 1 million

40:14

followers across all their Chinese

40:16

social platforms. This was a very big

40:18

deal and it was becoming uncontrollable.

40:20

No matter what they tried to quell the

40:22

damage, it was done. But that didn't

40:23

mean they wouldn't try anyway. On June

40:25

27th, 2026, just 5 days after the

40:28

initial announcement of Valco, Love Deep

40:30

Space would make an announcement for the

40:31

global audience in which they say, "Dear

40:33

Deep Space Hunters, recently the

40:35

development team has received a great

40:36

deal of feedback and many suggestions

40:37

regarding the game. We have also heard

40:39

your concerns about the team's capacity

40:41

to consistently deliver high-quality

40:42

content in the future. So, this has to

40:44

do with their inconsistent updates,

40:45

right? We would therefore like to take

40:47

this opportunity to respond with the

40:48

care that your trust and expectations

40:50

deserve. From the very beginning, we

40:52

have hoped to make Love in Deep Space a

40:53

romantic world that continues to grow

40:55

alongside every deep space hunter, a

40:57

world filled with more diverse

40:58

experiences and lasting companionship.

41:00

This hope has guided us throughout the

41:01

game's development and remains at the

41:03

heart of everything we are working

41:04

toward. The development of Valco and his

41:06

related content is part of the long-term

41:08

content plan for Love and Deep Space.

41:10

However, we recognize that the way the

41:11

information about Valco was presented

41:13

did not give sufficient consideration to

41:15

your expectations and concerns regarding

41:17

the game's future content plans. As a

41:19

result, many hunters have been left with

41:21

questions and worry since Val's initial

41:22

announcement. We sincerely apologize for

41:24

any frustration and unease this has

41:26

caused. We have also heard your concerns

41:27

about whether future content can

41:29

continue to be delivered consistently

41:30

without compromising on quality. Please

41:32

be assured that the love and deep space

41:33

development team has continued to grow

41:35

since the game's launch. The main story

41:36

chapters you have been waiting for are

41:38

currently in active development. The

41:39

stories of Far Space Colonel Caleb and

41:41

Onique Kynus leader Silus will continue

41:44

and the new series of solar slot

41:45

memories will also be arriving soon. The

41:47

development team will continue to

41:48

deliver richer game experiences and

41:50

high-quality content on a consistent

41:52

basis. We also understand that these

41:53

concerns are not simply about the pace

41:55

of updates. They come from how deeply

41:56

you care about Love and Deep Space and

41:57

the love interests who have been by your

41:59

side throughout this journey. It is

42:00

because you cherish every moment you

42:02

have shared with them that you hope this

42:03

companionship will continue for many

42:04

years to come. For this reason, we want

42:06

to make this commitment to you. The

42:08

stories, companionship, and future of

42:09

every love interest will always remain

42:11

an essential part of the long-term plans

42:13

for Love in Deep Space. This will not

42:14

change for any reason. Enclosed with

42:16

this letter are Deep Space Wish 10 and

42:18

Imperion Wish 10. Please log into the

42:20

game before July 23rd to claim them from

42:23

your in-game mailbox. Once again, we

42:25

would like to thank every Deep Space

42:26

Hunter for the encouragement, honest

42:28

feedback, and support you have given us

42:29

throughout this journey. We know that it

42:31

is your unwavering love and support that

42:33

give meaning to everything we do and

42:34

guide us forward. In the future, the

42:36

development team will keep working hard

42:37

to bring you more high-quality content

42:38

and a better game experience worthy of

42:40

your support. We hope you have a

42:42

wonderful day in Lincoln City and many

42:43

more wonderful days to come. signed the

42:46

11 deep space development team. And so,

42:48

look, this was in reference to the fact

42:50

that in this game, there's currency.

42:51

Currency you can earn by playing the

42:53

game that you can also buy. This

42:55

announcement for Valco came out of

42:56

nowhere. Some people were probably not

42:57

prepared, didn't save up enough to be

42:59

able to pull for his banner, and they

43:01

didn't really want to miss out on the

43:02

memory. This was Love & Dspace

43:03

acknowledging that the announcement came

43:05

out of nowhere and that in the future

43:06

they would keep them updated ahead of

43:08

time while also taking into

43:09

consideration that they should probably

43:11

have a more consistent schedule that

43:13

takes every love interest into account.

43:15

This gave hope to many global players

43:16

who might have had grievances with the

43:17

game's development schedule, and many

43:19

had a lot of optimism. However, global

43:22

players were not their main concern

43:23

right now. It was the Chinese players

43:25

and they were about to pull out a very

43:26

dirty strategy to punish the developer

43:28

into kneeling down and obeying their

43:30

wishes, which is removing Valco from the

43:32

game. And that strategy involves getting

43:34

the attention of the Chinese state. And

43:38

so remember that good old test record

43:40

A0731?

43:42

Yeah. Well, even though it came out in

43:44

April, it would get brought out again in

43:46

June during the Valco controversy. And

43:48

so a new narrative would form. Paper

43:50

Games is an enemy of the state and they

43:53

have a Japanese mole inside that is

43:55

there to mock the Chinese people and

43:57

their suffering. So within just a few

43:59

days after Valco had been announced,

44:01

this narrative would spread like

44:02

wildfire. So much so that it would force

44:04

Love and Deep Space to make a statement

44:06

on the 29th of June talking about it as

44:08

well as the other grievances the

44:10

community had. It would be posted on the

44:12

Chinese social media website known as

44:13

Waybo. And here's what they'd have to

44:15

say after translating it through Google

44:16

Translate. Recently, we have noticed

44:18

many discussions circulating online

44:20

regarding the game and promotional

44:21

content of Lean Deepspace. We sincerely

44:23

apologize for any misunderstandings and

44:24

negative experiences caused. Thank you

44:26

for your continued attention, and we

44:27

will humbly accept opinions from all

44:29

parties. To avoid such content affecting

44:31

the gaming experience of our players, we

44:32

would like to clarify and explain these

44:34

issues as follows. Number one, date

44:36

controversy in the world's depths.

44:37

Harmony with Light and Dust. We received

44:39

feedback from players that the Harmony

44:41

with Light and Dust update on April 21st

44:42

contained a number that could easily

44:44

lead to misunderstandings. We took this

44:46

very seriously and immediately conducted

44:47

an internal investigation. It has been

44:49

confirmed that the number is a

44:50

fictitious date, a placeholder without

44:53

any actual meaning and has not been

44:54

packaged in any way. We fully understand

44:56

the potential misunderstandings that

44:58

this random number may cause and will

44:59

complete the online modification as

45:00

quickly as possible today. This issue

45:02

exposed the lack of sensitivity among

45:04

some members of the development team. We

45:05

will strengthen training to prevent such

45:07

situations from recurring. We will also

45:09

further improve our internal review

45:10

mechanism, paying attention to every

45:12

detail to ensure the quality of online

45:14

content. Number two, controversy arising

45:16

from some marketing copy. In the

45:18

promotional material released on June

45:20

25th, marking 3 days until the live

45:22

stream's countdown, the phrase taking a

45:24

bath in a pot was accused of containing

45:26

a suggestive reference. In reality, this

45:28

copy was a teaser for the upcoming home

45:29

2.0 updates kitchen gameplay. Written in

45:31

a non- everyday style to match the live

45:33

stream's strange tales of rules theme.

45:35

So, this is badly translated, but what

45:37

they were saying was the teaser was like

45:39

in a horror theme, and this was meant to

45:40

match this horror theme. This is why

45:42

they used that phrase. it had nothing to

45:44

do with that incident that happened in

45:46

2024. They would then continue and say,

45:47

"Due to the widespread circulation of

45:49

misinterpretations for this content, all

45:51

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