#fuck you papergames

[yuzuocha]

LOVE AND DEEPSPACE? MORE LIKE LOVE AND SCAMSPACE

ok as much as i absolutely love this game, it hasn't even been a YEAR yet people are ALREADY EXHAUSTED because of how fucking punishing the game is in terms of spending

i've spent around 600 USD on this game, give or take. it isn't a small amount, but it isn't a gargantous amount either — and yet, even i feel like i've been cheated out of my money, which is hard to do.

"but gacha games are predatory by default, it's ultimately your fault for spending money on the game"

yes, they are all predatory. they're meant to get their consumers into a top-up addiction. however, infold is especially (and unfairly) scummy towards lds players.

if you are unaware, infold isn't a brand-new company — it's just papergames underneath an alias. they're mostly known for their nikki dress-up game series and mr love: queen's choice franchise (which is another otome game).

question ‣ but why, exactly, does this matter?

answer ‣ the way infold/papergames treats mlqc and nikki fans in comparison to lds is night and day.

for reference, i've played both game franchises and i first played infold's games back at 2017, right when love nikki, the game that catapulted infold in the mobile game industry, released. i've spent money on infold's games before love and deepspace's release.

the games' difference from lds in terms of f2p/p2p is laughable, the largest difference being the existence of the top-up accumulative system.

if you are wondering what the top-up accumulative system is, here's an example (DO NOTE THAT THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE. THIS IS IN NO WAY INDICATIVE OF WHAT IT SHOULD BE.):

see what i mean?

infold has shit somewhat like this for all of their gacha games EXCEPT FOR LDS.

im going to continue posting content and fics for lds, not for the sake of papergames but for the sake of fans who can't enjoy the game without dumping their entire fortunes on this shit.

y'all deserve better.

sorry for the huge rant. i just had to blow off some steam bc :'D this game ain't sustainable

[dawnbreakersgaze]

Y'all-

Is Sylus's necklace supposed to be MC's aether core heart?! Like it's obv not an exact heart, but it's got that vague shape you see in a lot of interpretive art.

Did everyone else realize this already and I'm just slow af? Bc I noticed this today during the tete-a-tete and I'm kind of shooketh rn

[reesdomain]

The funny thing about this whole drama is that I can’t even be entirely mad at Papergames. Because the dick eaters who go for anything are the ones who both instigate conflict within the fan base and also try to drown out valid concerns from other players only to coattail of the benefits we got them in the first place. Calling even the most polite, constructive criticism “negativity” just to virtue signal and shut people up is a joke. And this game being mainstream has only worsened it. “Everyone’s opinion matters” until they’re not on the bandwagon with the majority. Foh. “You just want everything handed to you for free” “the workers need to be paid”. THERE IS NO REASON WHY WE SHOULD BE BEGGING FOR SHIT THAT WAS IN GAMES OVER 10 YEARS AGO FROM JUMP. THERES NO WAY A COMPANY WITH GLOBAL STUDIOS, SUBSIDIARIES, AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN REVENUE A YEAR AREN’T PAYING THE WORKERS AND NOT STILL HAVING A SHIT TON OF RESOURCES REMAINING. ENOUGH.

This person put it into amazing perspective. Besides her guess, I looked up global average for salaries across the industry and Papergames included. Company size and all. There’s a ton of expenses that go into business besides salary but even after paying the small folk and the executive suits there’s still a shit ton of that half a billion remaining. And that’s not including what cuts they get from official collabs. They’re not “struggling” by any means. If something is going on in production that’s from a lack of proper management and balance. Not from them lacking money. Which by the way, what the fuck is with all the Z****** they’ve been contracting lately?

[12h15m]

brazilian culture? we don't know her. we only know carnaval, samba and rio de janeiro.

[latimeria-fell-from-heaven]

papergames explain this

"qin yi looks very sincere, as if he really wants to work together."

lmao i had my friend read these two chapters in volume 2, and he deadass said that it came off as suspicious that qin yi already knew the player's name, though he does have spies all over the place so that's not really surprising. ngl, it did seem like qin yi was genuinely trying to be sincere in his offer to help us and nikki further, but y'know, he done fucked up, and also he seems to be struggling with actually being genuine for fucking once.

like bro, you don't just become the nation's best manipulator and two-faced bitch, then do a 180 and go out of your way to help the person whom you not only spilled ur entire traumatic childhood to in a designer's reflection but also told said person that they found you once. qin yi you sus af.

[mechanicalweirdo]

alright here's some half-coherent thoughts about vol 2 chapter 2. spoilers under the cut

so first of all i have already mentioned this but dodora <3 i wasn't expecting to like her as much as i do but she's very fun and really interesting i think. definitely we don't know everything about her just yet and i am excited to learn more

secondly, ASHLEY REAL??? i take back literally everything ive said about her in the past i love her and would die for her (my opinion on lilith has not changed though. and also what the fuck was that with lilith and mercury and the fake information i hope that's elaborated on)

and then also there's the whole thing of the player character is the god of styling which. i won't lie i love it i love stuff that points at you and goes You're Plot Relevant Now. i continue to think we as a community should do sonas about it if we feel like it because nobody can stop us and at this point papergames is actively encouraging us

volume 2 continues to be super fun. i haven't been this invested in a mobile game story literally ever so props to the funny dress up game for being really engaging and fun to read. absolutely not without flaws, sure, but i'm having a great time

(oh and also days since mercury saw something and decided to do capitalism about it for no reason: 0)

[musicalsandmayhem]

I don’t post much about the mobile games I play, but like I love Joe Zieja and Sean Chiplock so much. Thank you for standing up with Jonah Scott and fuck papergames and elex.

[thatfanfictionchick]

If Tumblr eats my post a second time see y'all next year cause I'll be fucking done and out

SPOILERS IN THE WATER 🦈

MLQC Chapter 28 recap:

Yes this is absolutely not up for debate.

ASKING 👏 REAL 👏 QUESTIONS 👏

Her reception of him shouldn't be based on his name. He's the same person who loves her no matter what.

The emotion when he asked again should be illegal. Praying she doesn't reject him and me threatening to riot if Papergames makes me

Kiro wanted so badly to be found. I would prefer to just never lose him again.

🤷 like any of you would choose differently.

I hate that he was so unsure of whether or not he should 😭 I hate that I couldn't gleefully tackle hug him first.

flips table KIRO YOU FUCKING FUCK HOW COULD YOU--

[ikemensengokufandom]

Ok I'mma sound like a boomer for this but I swear to god Masamune's sequel CG LOOKS WEIRD even though it's goddamm hot.

I know some Japanese CGs are like "fuck anatomy" but CYBIRD I don't expect high quality art or 100% accurate posture but hey at least make it look normal. Players paid for proper artwork I supposed? 🤷‍♀️

Like even if you recycled/reuse artworks or details/not 100% accurate anatomy most of us are ok with it (yes I pretty much understand the deadline and how fast-paced ya all working in so I don't typically argue that) but if you're giving me an upperarm that's extremely short or missed out the other leg when you had MC "spread open her legs" posture with extremely broken neck then yeah, I have questions.

You think Lovepro's Gavin's head/papergames copied one artwork to another is worse? Lol

I don't usually make a fuss about spending too much or whatsoever small matters about CYBIRD but... This is....just too obvious 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️

[strawberry-metal]

My friends have suggested to me that to help with my mental health, I should try to be more self indulgent and make more things specifically for me. So... I decided one of the things I’d do is work on a self model. I’ve never ever made a self model before, so this is my first time!

As such, if you make any pervy comments, I will stomp your fucking nuts in.

I’ve had pink streaks for about a year now, so I incorperated that in. My hair is no longer straight and is now wavy. As much as I miss my straight hair, It’s what I have now so. *shrugs* My eyes are a yellow green, I have freckles so I also included that even though I fuckin HATE them, and I also included dark circles under my eyes because I never get any fricken sleep. The bow in my hair is just there because I like to wear hair clips, headbands, etc.

Technically, this hair length isn’t accurate right now since my hair was cut, but I’m trying to grow it all back, so it’ll be at this length again eventually lol. Model is a wip but I’ll give credits for what I have so far!

Face texture edit: Me

Base: Astrialogical

Hair and hair bow: PRESTONTHECAT and Papergames

Hair texture: Smol-Hooman

Skin spa: ZinniaE 

Simplesoftshadoweffect: Beamman

Dropshadow effect: ChestNutScoop, original by beamman

[dawnbreakersgaze]

LMAO IT JUST KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER?!?!?!

Poor Grey shows up late, hungry, grumpy, and the first thing that happens to him in office is he bumps into his chief surgeon.

And what does said chief surgeon do? Steals his fucking book 🤣🤣🤣

His man cannot catch a break I'm DEAD 😂

Y'all I'm soooo past the point of down bad lmao. We need a new term. I'm down dastardly. I'm down abysmally. I'm down past the point of no return. At this point papergames could send an agent to my home with a Fey contract for my soul or a first born child in exchange for this man and I'd sign it without a second thought lmao.

[dawnbreakersgaze]

HERE IT IS MY FUCKING PREDICTION

I knew it i knew it i knew it i knew i knew it

Thank you, papergames 😩😩😩😩😩 Thank you for giving us Greyson, and now Jeremiah ♡♡♡

You may have fucked me over on the whole Dawnbreaker thing but honestly I'm willing to forgive you over this one 🥰

Yo I’m calling it right now-

Thomas helped you plan Raf’s bday trip and he already had a 3d model

Grey is helping plan Zayne’s party so he needed one

Whomst is gonna help you plan Xav’s?????

If Jer doesn’t get a 3d rig it will be the single biggest injustice in LNDS right behind the abuse of poor Dawnbreaker 😤

[mechanicalweirdo]

i googled it and. are you KIDDING me

this is fucking stunning like this is EXACTLY the kind of futuristic stuff i want. the SKIRT. the BOOTS. suing papergames unless they bring this back as a welfare Immediately

i just looked on the wiki and what do you MEAN we only have two caprico sets............... i couldve sworn there were more