Dolphin Barn Incorporated, the developer behind gladiator administration simulator Domina, has been banned from Steam after importing a transphobic rant on the platform.

The offending submit was uploaded on August 31, 2022, and takes purpose on the transgender group, mocking deadnames and suggesting that Domina could be altering its title to Dominus to “regain relevance.”

“We’re Out of Ideas, Mentally Unstable, Totally Degenerate, & Desperate for Clout – Lets Pretend We’re A Completely Different Game to Regain Relevance,” the submit begins. “Please Respect Our Pronouns During This Difficult Transition.”

The submit can nonetheless be seen right here on the time of writing, and is finest described as a nonsensical, overtly transphobic rant that culminates with a request for folks to “cease destroying the innocence of youngsters by mendacity to them about fundamental biology.”

A submit on ResetEra signifies the developer has now been completely banned from the Domina Hub on Steam, stopping them from importing extra posts. At the time of writing, Domina can also be unavailable for buy on {the marketplace}.

“A latest announcement posted to the Domina group hub consists of insults concentrating on one other individual. We additionally discover that you’re clearing numerous reported posts in your hub containing numerous rule violations,” reads a screenshot of the ban, shared on ResetEra.

“We made it clear in our final communication that future violations of our Rules and Guidelines like this could jeopardise our future relationship — with that in thoughts, we’re ending our enterprise relationship with Dolphin Barn Incorporated and eradicating all related merchandise from sale.”

A lot of ResetEra customers have famous that Dolphin Barn has a historical past of posting incendiary content material on Steam, and a fast look at a number of the developer’s earlier posts uploaded in August and March 2022 present different cases of hateful language and transphobic content material.

That begs the query why it took Valve this lengthy to difficulty a ban within the first place. Game Developer has reached out to the corporate for touch upon the state of affairs.