Can I rant for a moment? I've been having problems with creating really neat characters, and then a really similar looking character in a really popular game after the fact, causing me to be unable to use MINE—to avoid seeming like a copy, even though I made it before the existence of that character. This is my latest case. This is an unnamed goo monster, an unconscious body of an assassin engulfed by a pollutive sludge. This sludge hijacks people's survival instincts, turning them temporarily feral. If you haven't noticed already, it looks VERY similar to The Prototype from Poppy Playtime. Only, the chapter in which he appears fully came out on the February 18th of 2026, and the game in which this monster appears in came out January 1st of 2025; over a year beforehand. ...and another thing! This was created even before chapter 4! I was afraid THEN that this would seem too similar to Doey, too! It still came out before his appearance was even revealed. This design has had it ROUGH. Ironically, that game was inspired by a totally different mascot horror game. Here's the link to that game if you want to try it out: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1115860378
