- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- gaming@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- gaming@beehaw.org
Google has removed popular psychological horror game Doki Doki Literature Club! from the Play Store. According to Dan Salvato, who led its development team, and publisher Serenity Forge, Google told them the visual novel was removed because it violated its Terms of Service in its depiction of sensitive themes. The game is “widely celebrated for portraying mental health in a way that meaningfully connects deeply with players around the world,” they said in their announcement. Its free version, which came out first, has been downloaded at least 30 million times, while the paid “Plus” version has had at least one million downloads. The visual novel has repeatedly made Engadget’s lists of favorite games over the years.
**alternative download link you can download it from https://com-serenityforge-dokidokiliteratureclub.en.uptodown.com/android/download
Don’t know if it is trustworthy though.
You play download the PC version officially from steam, only android was removed: https://store.steampowered.com/app/698780/Doki_Doki_Literature_Club/
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The game isn’t open source so it won’t meet the f-droid criteria
an closedsource/itch.io branch would probably be nice, just to get away from google without starting the windows "go hunt for rhe Install medium*
Itch.io running their own F-droid repo would be a game changer.
Then make it open-source, cowards…
They can’t even if they want to. The Plus version is a port made in Unity. Pretty sure the Android version was the Plus version.