Poppy Playtime and NFTs Controversy Explained

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Poppy Playtime is an episodic indie horror game that released in October of last year. Many quickly picked up on the game for its unique puzzles and terrifying characters, particularly Huggy Wuggy. Despite its relatively short playtime, people were eager to see what the next chapter would bring to the table.

However, things went south when the developer, MOB Games, decided to release a set of Poppy Playtime NFTs. This earned the disdain of many fans, which then led to plenty of negative reviews on the indie game’s Steam page.

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In December of last year, MOB Games announced that it’d be offering NFT versions of Poppy Platyime’s in-game posters. The developer presented the offer as an “opportunity to own a piece of the game.” Additionally, collecting all of the available NFTs — six in total — would present fans with the option of unlocking the seventh NFT. A complete set would then allow players to complete a puzzle.

The puzzle was presented through a set of audio clips that came with each NFT. The first six clips provided different sets of letters in distorted voices, while the last was a cipher that gave the player hints as to how to put the letters together. The final answer to the puzzle was “Mommy Long Legs is coming,” which was likely a teaser for the game’s next chapter.

That said, fans weren’t happy with how MOB Games decided to tease Chapter 2. Each NFT in the collection cost $14.99, making it a steep purchase to collect them (any NFT aversions aside). Players also felt that the developer was hiding Poppy Playtime lore behind a paywall. Following this, Poppy Playtime’s reviews on Steam began to plummet, and MOB Games deleted its NFT announcement on Twitter. Today,