DMM Games' Dot Abyss Pushes Mochimochi Design to Its Limit
Dot Abyss marks the first title from the Kumasan Black label, a new brand from the Creative Team Kumasan known for Flower Knight Girl and Monster Musume TD, and its all-in mochimochi design philosophy signals a deliberate shift toward edgy expression under the guise of wholesomeness.
Reporting from 2 sources: GAME Watch (Impress), Denfaminicogamer.
DMM Games' new title Dot Abyss, releasing June 11, is the debut work under the Kumasan Black label. The game features all female characters with exaggerated soft, squishy (mochimochi) designs, with clothing accessories that emphasize thigh plumpness. The developer describes it as a wholesome game, but the obsessive focus on mochimochi across every character makes that label feel questionable.
Dot Abyss, a new title from DMM Games releasing June 11, is the debut game under the Kumasan Black label, a new brand from Creative Team Kumasan. The developer describes the game as wholesome, but every female character is designed with an exaggerated soft, squishy aesthetic the team calls mochimochi. Clothing accessories are deliberately placed to emphasize thigh plumpness. The game's setting is a fantasy world divided among three nations, where the protagonist, a descendant of heroes, commands forces against monsters emerging from a Great Hole. Characters like Belisa, a cheeky magical girl, and Himari, a timid rescued girl, both display the same mochimochi design. The developer states the label was created to pursue edgy expressions, and Dot Abyss appears to push that direction without restraint.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- GAME Watch (Impress) 舞台は娼館（酒場）、DMMの“尖った”新作美少女ゲーム「ドットアビス」発表会レポート
- Denfaminicogamer DMM GAMES新作『ドットアビス』は、登場キャラが全員「もちもち」で最高。健全なゲームのはずなのに、こんなに刺激的で大丈夫なのだろうか？