Lucas Lee[1] (born: April 23, 1993)[citation needed], better known online as Luni, is a Japanese-American[2] YouTuber who is a founder and lead developer of Lunime Inc. He is well-known for creating mobile games, such as Gacha Life, Gacha Club and his most recent game, Gacha Life 2.[3]
About[]
Luni is the older brother of Gacha's manager Charlotte.[citation needed] His last video was on April 17, 2019, however, he's currently working on several new game titles, one of them being WonderEnd 0.[4]
Controversy[]
Allegations[]
Luni has been the subject of controversy which originally surrounded his game Gacha Life, for despite having a 9+ age rating,[5] the game had suggestive themes such as being able to put lingerie on your character, being able to curse in the chat rooms, a dedicated chat room for 18+ that anyone could access, very inappropriate poses like thrusting and twerking, making clothes the same color as their skin, referencing hentai,[6] and for not preventing its use for 18+ content.[7]
He did later introduce an update to prevent any future inappropriate content being made on the Gacha Life app.[8] Despite the update was meant to clear up all the negative things and make things a lot more family friendly, the update still received backlash from the community as the poses that replaced the inappropriate ones didn’t look good and the blush options were dimmed. The game never got updated on iOS until several years later.[9] Luni made sure the Gacha Club game made it impossible for users to make 18+ content and stated that
- Lunime will not be liable for explicit content created outside the game. It is the sole responsibility of the user for any explicit content posted on third-party apps.[10]
Gacha Club & Life update[]
On August 15, 2023, Luni released an update for Gacha Club and Gacha Life, such as making Gacha Life have Gacha Club items, and removing the GachaTubers Club. However, most Android and iOS users were not happy about it, because the game had bugs, for example, home button popping out, advertisements appearing unexpectedly, not saving characters, and the import function not working.[11]
This has been addressed by Luni prior the release of the update, stating that his sister Charlotte was in charge of updating the games.[12] Later on, it was announced through third-party sources that Gacha Club will not receive another update due to the game being beyond repair.[13]
Trivia[]
- His mobile game Gacha Club managed to reach the most trending games chart on iOS + Android when it first came out on either platform.[14][15]
- He loves ducks, and as revealed in Gacha Life, Facebook post and his Twitch description, he has pond full of ducks in his backyard.[16]
- He likes hot dogs and double cheeseburgers.[citation needed]
- He graduated from an unknown college with a degree in animation.[17]
- He tried to do a joke about "You are under arrested for dabbing" on his live stream back in late July 2018, but failed as he fell off his chair.[18][19]
- His last known subscriber count before hiding them is 1.61 million, until June 23, 2021, his subscriber count is 2.07 million. [20]
- In 2011, he was known as Xyo, when he created an old flash game, called Put The Record On which is commonly referred to as PTRO.[21]
- The game shut down in 2012 due its file being too big, and for the purpose of Cyan Productions, a game studio he founded together with his friends.[22]
Subscriber milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
- 1 million subscribers: April 16, 2019[citation needed]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ His inactive Facebook page states this name as such
- ↑ LUNI (kinda) NOTICED ME?! - YouTube
- ↑ Gacha Life 2 Announcement on YouTube
- ↑ Wonderend 0 is going to be out soon: Pre-register now!! - YouTube
- ↑ Gacha Life on the App Store (archive)
- ↑ Uh hey Luni, what the hell? (Collection of disgusting things found in Gacha games.) : r/GachaLifeCringe
- ↑ After doing some surfing and looking through LuniDev's and LunimeGames' Twitter walls, this is what I was able to find. The name is censored out for safety. : r/GachaLifeCringe
- ↑ Luni Dev on Twitter: "Leave the gross stuff in 2019 https://t.co/VBjKPLOuh1"
- ↑ At that time, the latest iOS update took place on July 2019
- ↑ Gacha Club Terms & Conditions (in-game)
- ↑ Gachatubers Are Upset With Gacha Club iOS Update 😭 - YouTube
- ↑ Luni on the official WonderEnd Discord server - "gacha life update should be later today (charlotte is in charge of updating it)"
- ↑ RIP Gacha Club (2020-2024) - YouTube
- ↑ Trending game chart for Apple App Store on August 17, 2020
- ↑ Trending game chart for Google Play on July 2, 2020
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/LuniDev/videos/1082941081841183
- ↑ Luni's comment on Solo | Meme (Seeb Remix) - "I went to college for Animation xD making games was just a hobby hehe"
- ↑ Luni Live Fail - YouTube
- ↑ LUNI HAS BEEN FALLEN AGAIN!!! PT. 2 - YouTube
- ↑ https://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UCm1vskTxVH3JVEIzcnk-q0Q
- ↑ History of Luni (Lucas Lee), i think. [Gacha Games]👌 - YouTube (timestamp at 0:06)
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120820002900/http://puttherecordon.webs.com/apps/blog/show/15990912-ptro-and-cyan-productions- (Tip: Highlight the text if site's background is white)