Papergames has replaced romanceable characters with stick figures in trailers for the Lingering Lust event in Love and Deepspace after multiple rounds of censorship in China. Even these simplified versions were deemed too lewd for Chinese social media. The company now promotes the event with text on black backgrounds.
Love and Deepspace, a mobile gacha game developed and published by Papergames, encountered censorship challenges during the rollout of trailers for its bathtub-themed Lingering Lust event. The event features the female player character interacting with five romanceable male characters. Trailers initially released earlier this week were censored twice in China, with added steam obscuring visuals, but still removed from platforms there, according to social media posts shared outside the country. A version of the heavily steamed trailer remains on the Love and Deepspace Taiwan Instagram account. Papergames then released five separate teaser trailers, or PVs, each focusing on one character. These were taken down in China, prompting the developer to substitute the characters with stick figures. The stick figure versions, uploaded to international Love and Deepspace social accounts, were also rejected as too explicit for Chinese social media. In response, Papergames switched to text on a black screen paired with the trailers' audio for Chinese audiences, including billboards. The Lingering Lust event launched on April 30, 2026, though details on in-game censorship in China remain unclear. Past events have required alterations to comply with strict NSFW laws.
