Journalists sprang to the game's defense, saying (correctly) that the stalker was essential to the game's plot and meaning, and that Boyfriend Dungeon was being held to a higher standard because it was an inclusive indie game. To the best of my knowledge, there were no direct threats of violence, and no-one got doxxed or swatted.
Some previously-devoted fans called the game's presentation deceptive and hurtful, Kitfox was asked to remove the stalker from the game or make him optional, and the voice actor for the stalker received hate mail. Nothing in the game's promotional material, including dozens of love letters over more than three years, suggests that getting stalked is a major part of the plot. Years before the Boyfriend Dungeon was released, its characters had lives of their own, and it was clear that the game's emotional palette was broader than the silly, thirsty fun on it's brightly-coloured surface. I've been following Boyfriend Dungeon since it was first teased, and one of the most brilliant things about the publicity campaign for the game is the "love letters" that subscribers to the Kitfox Games mailing list have been treated to since the Kickstarter launched in 2018.Those letters revealed that the game's signature "bae blades" are much more complicated and well-developed than the typical range of stock characters in a dating sim.
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