Love and Deepspace, the mega-popular cellular sport from the studios behind Infinity Nikki, might be getting a head-turning characteristic in its subsequent replace: a interval tracker.
Launched stateside in 2024 by InFold Video games and Papergames, Love and Deepspace is a free-to-download otome sport the place gamers meet, date, and get to know a wide range of swoon-worthy digital males in a sci-fi setting. In a 3.0 replace livestream on Friday, builders shared new updates heading to the sport on Jan. 22, together with one that may add a period-tracking characteristic, the place gamers can enter their real-life menstruation dates, to the sport.
It’s a part of a brand new characteristic referred to as Remind Me. Primarily based on the builders’ description, Remind Me works like just a little calendar app throughout the world of the sport. When gamers use it, they’ll add an occasion or reminder and set a time for it. When the set day and time arrives, one in every of Love and Deepspace’s dreamy males will notify the participant in-game and on their system. The system might work for little issues, like a notification to drink water, nevertheless it additionally incorporates a devoted house to trace your menstrual cycle.
It’s uncommon for video video games to include optimistic options instantly associated to girls’s reproductive well being. The demo confirmed one in every of its characters trying lovingly on the participant and affirmed that the participant’s “temper and well being” are the “prime precedence” for its digital assistant. Interval monitoring apps have lengthy been a privateness concern for many individuals, particularly these primarily based within the U.S. When Roe v. Wade was overturned in the US in 2022, privateness consultants apprehensive that interval tracker apps may very well be used to share delicate well being data with the federal government.
kritikanews reached out to representatives from Infold Video games and Papergames and has not but obtained a response.
