“It was really important to us, especially in the current political climate, to put this in the game.”

Blobun is an indie puzzle game currently making waves on social media thanks to a joke setting that eliminates its lesbian content. The problem? Blobun protagonist Stephanie is gay, so flipping the so-called “lesbian toggle” in the options menu removes her from the game and renders it totally unplayable.

  • don@lemm.eeEnglish
    221·
    13 hours ago

    Bwahaha that’s hilarious, well done team!

    “I just wanna play the fuckin game without all this gay lesbian shit!”

    [finds toggle]

    “Oh sweet, they put a toggle so I can play without weirdass sex preferences shoved down my throat! Thanks, bros!”

    [many frustrations later]

    “FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!”

    devs: 🤭 anime comically evil “huhuhuuuuu!”

    • rdri@lemmy.worldEnglish
      27·
      11 hours ago

      This exact thread doesn’t seem to show that level of frustration though, no need to look for gay haters everywhere. I would just consider it a bug if it doesn’t really explain what the option does.

      • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        5·
        8 hours ago

        I don’t think it’s okay to call someone out for finding “gay haters everywhere” when it comes to a community that can be as toxic as gamers. This reminds me of all the toxic Steam forum posts about Webfishing not having a straight tag. It’s not like you have to invent these people, even if this particular thread doesn’t (yet) have them.

        • rdri@lemmy.worldEnglish
          15·
          7 hours ago

          My point stands.

          Forum user: “there may be a bug with this option or I don’t understand what it means”

          Dev: “that’s because that’s how it works”

          Comment: “haha, that’s hilarious, gj dev”

          No, this is not hilarious (at least not remarkable). Not this particular thread (maybe there are others that are hilarious). Also not a good job if they actually presented it on their Twitter as a “found people who expected to play our game without lesbians” proof. It also doesn’t display the dev talent as it’s very easy to remove objects from a finished game.