OMOCAT

Omocat (born: ),https://www.omocat-blog.com/post/18020205904/omocats-21st-birthday-giveaway-its-gonna-be stylized as OMOCAT, is an artist, game developer, and YouTuber who is most well known for their RPG video game . The OMOCAT YouTube channel is mostly just the soundtrack from the game, with the exception of a few trailers for the game. OMOCAT is also well known for their art and merchandise. They have even collaborated with Hololive ホロライブ - VTuber Group and a few VTubers from that group to make "OMOCAT X Hololive" merchandise. Their YouTube channel is now used to upload recent livestream VODS featuring their VTuber model.
==OMORI==
This game has its own wiki. For more information, explore the OMORI Wiki.
OMORI is OMOCAT's well known video game project. At first OMOCAT wanted to use their art skills to make OMORI a manga. It was originally going to be named Omoriboy. They later changed this, as their true vision was for OMORI to be a video game that told a tragic tale. They started a Kickstarter for the game with a $22,000 goal, but it unexpectedly blew up and raised a whopping $203,300.
The game was also ported to the Nintendo Switch in a highlighted section of a Nintendo Indie World direct.
==Controversy==
===Game development extension and delayed===
OMOCAT garnered a lot of controversy as the original Kickstarter and game trailer for OMORI were out in 2014, and the game was originally planned to be released in 2015, but the date was changed to 2017.https://www.gamewatcher.com/news/2017-03-01-omori-still-doesn-t-have-a-solid-release-date-2-years-later-but-it-does-have-a-new-trailer The controversy started when OMOCAT shared little to no details about the game's production, and when the game eventually didn't release in 2017, fans came to the conclusion that they were being scammed.
Later, OMOCAT finally came out and stated that the game would release in 2020, which it did on December 25th of that year.https://www.siliconera.com/omori-release-date-will-fall-on-christmas/ Despite the backlash of the game being delayed for six years, the game itself had an overwhelmingly positive response and it was worth the long wait for the community.
==="Shotacon"===
In 2014, OMOCAT came out with a shirt that had the word "shota" on it.https://www.omocat-blog.com/post/101158424285/hey-everyone-a-lot-of-innocent-people-are This, alongside the fact that their original OMORI drawings had him watching pornography, led to OMOCAT being called a "shotacon" on Twitter. This instantly gave them a bad reputation. They were also 22 at this time, which only made this situation worse.
This response wasn't well received, so they came out with an apology basically stating that they didn't know that "shota" meant the same thing as "shotacon". This was an old controversy yet still gets brought up on Twitter.https://twitter.com/PrimordiaISoup/status/1343069727413968896
==Trivia==
*OMOCAT's favorite animal is a cat.
*OMOCAT's favorite character in their game, OMORI, is .
*When they stream, they mostly draw art and answer their viewers' questions.
*They are mostly inspired by multiple anime shows and games from their childhood.
==References==
Category:Art YouTubers
Category:Animation YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2012