Love and Deepspace sparked controversy after sharing fictional cocktail recipes containing toxic plants.
Love and Deepspace, the smash-hit sci-fi romance gacha, recently posted several graphics showing off cocktail recipes that players can mix up in-game. The social post asked fans what secret ingredients they would add and encouraged everyone to share their own screenshots and photos. However, two of the recipes featured plants that are highly toxic to humans, sparking immediate panic that players might try recreating them at home.
Players Warn Each Other About The Recipes
One cocktail called for sweet peach juice, gelatin sheets, and Flame Lily. Another combined crimson pomegranate juice and cinnamon with Datura. Both Flame Lily and Datura are notoriously poisonous, prompting alarmed players to flood the replies warning everyone not to brew them in real life.
The original post reportedly launched without any disclaimer clarifying that the drinks were purely fictional. That oversight quickly drew heat from fans who argued the developers should have flagged the ingredients as unsafe for real-world consumption from the jump.
Things took an even weirder turn when certain corners of the community actually pushed back against the safety warnings. Some fans accused concerned players of clout chasing and ruining a harmless community prompt. Regardless of social media drama, players should absolutely never forage or consume these toxic plants in real life.
Developers Finally Add A Safety Warning
Roughly 36 hours after the backlash began, the developers finally issued an official safety notice clarifying that all featured drinks are entirely fictional and designed solely for the game world.
The updated statement explicitly warned players never to prepare or drink these concoctions in reality. While the clarification brought relief to those sounding the alarm, many fans still wondered why it took a day and a half for basic safety messaging to go live.
The blunder serves as a wild reminder of how easily stylized game promos can go sideways without proper context. Would you have caught that these ingredients were dangerous at first glance? Let us know in the comments below!
