Yes, I didn't want it to happen, but I think it will. Lip sent me this message.
"REMOVE WHAT I'VE SAID RIGHT NOW!
REMOVE ALL THE TRANSLATIONS AND LEAVE ONLY JAPANESE.
DO IT RIGHT NOW.
REMOVE THE ANTI ALIASING, REMOVE THE SYSTEM TO CHANGE THE BODY SHAPE AND RELATED ITEMS.
REMOVE THE PREGNANCY AND MOMO WITH THE ACTION OF GIVING BIRTH.
REMOVE TEALA AND THE TELEPORT.
REMOVE ALL THE SYSTEMS THAT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH ME."
Mofu man, at this point, you just need to ignore this. The ideas that's the fans have offered to you are nothing more than that, just ideas. In the end, the development had to be done by you alone, you are the sole developer and artist, so you should feel proud of your work. You shouldn't feel like you need to actively destroy 3 years of development over this nonsense. These messages of harassment will only bring your project to its destruction, I guarantee it. So at this point, I would ignore it all and simply replace the characters you don't feel like using so at least you know the new ones are yours. And keep moving forward with your vision, don't let this pressure get to you. There are more fans who aren't crazy that want to support you. These users harassing you have no power over you, you dont even have to respond to them. Be strong.
I'm going to be honest, you don't have the obligation to do nothing about those demands.
Those things were made by YOU and by the thought of YOUR FANS.
If we are realistic, Lipstor is trying to ruin YOUR game, your spirit, and your image
The best thing for everyone is to stop giving her attention, stop focusing in the words of people that is not related to you or your work.
In my honest opinion, I'll suggest to stay away from Itch.io, Fanbox, Subscribestar; for a few days or weeks and restart the development.
It might be stressful and tiring to have to deal with this circus. Take care of yourself and your health. My two cents.
Not sure how well this translates to another countries laws.
From my limited knowledge on the lip and mofu stuff. Lip gave you permission to use these characters and ideas. If you have that in writing and it's dated like a text message or email legally there is not a thing lip can do.
It can also be argued that you are the original creator by giving the idea a medium to exist before anyone else.
You do not need to remove anti aliasing that's a standard practice in video game development.
You do not need to remove changing the body shape because mofo your the original owner of that concept from your previous game.
You do not need to remove teleport functions. Because that's a standard practice in videogames.
I understand it's easier to just remove the characters and move on and I would probably do the same to make the headache go away. However and again limited knowledge on lip but you know the details.
It sounds to me that lip will never go away and will always bring you drama no matter what you do.
Keep up the good work mofu. Don't allow one overbearing "fan" dictate your game.
The system to change body shape was not Lip's idea. I added the system for the main character to gain weight and become muscular at the request of another person. all Lip wanted was removing the system to change body shape by equipment, and adding unlock systems for body shape. Those have not been added.
The teleport feature was not Lip's idea. I only said that she could name this character after it was completed. So I will change Teala's name.
I didn't want to remove the characters, but I have come to the conclusion that if rights issues continue to arise in the future, I have no choice but to delete it.
