Love and Deepspace devs warn players after viral cocktail recipes feature poisonous plants

Love and Deepspace issued a safety warning after its own social media post promoting fictional in-game cocktails went viral for the wrong reasons — two of the five recipes include garnishes made from plants that are genuinely deadly to humans.

On September 28, the official Love and Deepspace account revealed five Shimmering Blend cocktail recipes tied to an in-game event, each themed around one of the game's romanceable characters. The drinks look the part, but two of the garnishes are serious red flags. One recipe calls for datura — a highly toxic, psychoactive plant that causes delirium, fever, tachycardia, and hallucinations when consumed. Another uses flame lily as a garnish; every part of that plant contains colchicine, a chemical that can be lethal and triggers symptoms including fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and hypovolemic shock. The base juices — pomegranate and peach — are harmless, but the garnishes are not.

Love and Deepspace is a mobile RPG-dating sim with a large and passionate fanbase, which is exactly why the post spread so fast. Fans flooded the replies almost immediately, demanding the post be deleted. Comments ranged from blunt — "Delete this. This is literal poison. Nobody make this" — to exasperated: "I can't believe this is posted as 'recipes.'" The concern is straightforward: a game with a devoted community that engages deeply with its characters and lore is exactly the kind of place where someone might try to recreate a themed cocktail without checking whether the ingredients are safe.

The developers added a follow-up safety notice on September 30 stating: "All drinks shown are fictional and for in-game purposes only. Do not attempt to recreate or consume them in reality." The original posts remain up despite calls to delete them. Meanwhile, the Love and Deepspace social accounts are also being flooded with photos of Valko — a romanceable character who was announced and then cancelled before release — as fans continue a campaign that has included building shrines to the character and gathering outside the developer's offices.