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.ee
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    1 day 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!”

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      23 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.

      • 𝕯𝖎𝖕𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖙⚧ [She/Her]@lemm.ee
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        6 hours ago

        Steam has a big problem when it comes to homophobia (and Transphobia) which Valve refuse to moderate, so no I don’t agree whatsoever. Developers can and should make their games and communities as unfriendly to homophobic and transphobic people as possible.

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          4 hours ago

          That’s like saying the internet has big problems with moderation. From my experience, Valve has issues moderating anything on forums. Besides, I insist I don’t see the forum thread screenshot as a proof of hateful content. Buying games tagged with XX and spending time playing them is something that users who hate XX would more likely skip doing.

      • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        21 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.

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          20 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.