It seems a series of unreleased character assets for Brown Dust 2 has leaked during an external collaboration, prompting the development team to step forward, address the incident, and explain why the final design strayed from the leaked draft.

On the 31st, Brown Dust 2 Producer Junhee Lee offered an apology regarding the leaked skill animation for the character Glacia and clarified the reasoning behind the design tweaks. Producer Lee stated that the team has re-evaluated their standards for character presentation and will implement a compromise that retains the essence of the original concept.

The ordeal began when temporary assets, shared within a workspace for external collaboration, were inadvertently exposed to the public. These leaked materials were merely rough drafts from the development phase, and their unauthorized release naturally caused quite a stir among the player base.

Producer Lee also shed light on why the more risqué draft didn't make the final cut. According to Producer Lee, "Characters who could be perceived as minors are held to different standards than adult characters. Many international laws and storefront policies treat this with extreme sensitivity, and it can even lead to criminal implications in some regions, leaving the development team with little choice but to approach this with caution."

Producer Lee added, "Having reviewed the feedback from many of our players, we realised that while applying the raw draft directly remains difficult, we can certainly do better to capture the original intent compared to the current version. We are currently working on a compromise that respects the original atmosphere while addressing these regulatory concerns, and we plan to implement those changes soon."

The team has since unveiled the updated illustration. Producer Lee remarked, "The most challenging aspect for our team is designing characters whose physical traits—such as stature, facial structure, and body proportions—create a gap between their perceived age and their lore-based age." Producer Lee concluded by asking for the community's understanding, noting that "expressions that could be interpreted as involving minors are treated with the utmost gravity, meaning we must remain as conservative as possible to avoid serious repercussions."