Thing is: Does a game *have* to reflect real world issues?
My response: why should it NOT do so?
Contact the most vocal groups on the internet. The ones that are most likely to try to sink your company and review bomb you into oblivion. Then hang around the forums complaining as much as possible to drive away people from buying your game.
Contact them before you make your game and ask them what they don't want to see in the game. Before you release it let them play through it and ask them what their problems are so they won't try to discredit and destroy you. Keep doing this until you run out of internet.
Ensure that under no circumstance do you make a joke in the game. Because it might offend someone and they will destroy you for it.
If you are going to include any minorities in your game, go back to step one. Having a minority in your game is going to offend someone. They'll say that the minority shouldn't be there. Or that you need to explain why the minority is there. Or that you didn't write the minority well enough. Someone, somewhere on the spectrum will be offended and may try to internet mob you for it. Don't fall into this trap!
Do these simple and easy steps and you too can have an offense free game that is free from real world issues.
Do these simple and easy steps and you too can have an offense free game that is free from real world issues.
I find the very idea of this type of game highly offensive. People with issue-free lives are clearly being singled out while many of those who do not have perfect lives are able to enjoy this game at the expense of those who do not deal with daily struggles.
I don't play games because I enjoy them. I play them as a way to escape from the reality of some people having less issues than I. If you're going to include an issue-free character, you'd better have a good reason for it. I won't have any part of a game that has developers who decide to throw their political agenda in my face by making me talk to someone who, if specifically asked through optional dialogue how they're doing, responds with, "Extremely well, thanks."
I find the very idea of this type of game highly offensive. People with issue-free lives are clearly being singled out while many of those who do not have perfect lives are able to enjoy this game at the expense of those who do not deal with daily struggles.
I think you're taking @Grum 's joke too seriously...
Having Mizhena struggling against a group of bigoted Orcs who want to somehow deny her rights would be reflective of "real world issues." Simply depicting her is not...unless you think the existence of trans people is itself an issue.
You ask her about her name, she tells you why she chose it. Then you leave. If we all agree that trans people exist and the creator of the Forgotten Realms has confirmed that they exist in the lore, then what issue does the depiction alone reflect?
I find the very idea of this type of game highly offensive. People with issue-free lives are clearly being singled out while many of those who do not have perfect lives are able to enjoy this game at the expense of those who do not deal with daily struggles.
I think you're taking @Grum 's joke too seriously...
I don't think he was being serious either though my sarcasm sense could be off , it was a joke as well in response I think.
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Contact them before you make your game and ask them what they don't want to see in the game. Before you release it let them play through it and ask them what their problems are so they won't try to discredit and destroy you. Keep doing this until you run out of internet.
Ensure that under no circumstance do you make a joke in the game. Because it might offend someone and they will destroy you for it.
If you are going to include any minorities in your game, go back to step one. Having a minority in your game is going to offend someone. They'll say that the minority shouldn't be there. Or that you need to explain why the minority is there. Or that you didn't write the minority well enough. Someone, somewhere on the spectrum will be offended and may try to internet mob you for it. Don't fall into this trap!
Do these simple and easy steps and you too can have an offense free game that is free from real world issues.
I don't play games because I enjoy them. I play them as a way to escape from the reality of some people having less issues than I. If you're going to include an issue-free character, you'd better have a good reason for it. I won't have any part of a game that has developers who decide to throw their political agenda in my face by making me talk to someone who, if specifically asked through optional dialogue how they're doing, responds with, "Extremely well, thanks."
You ask her about her name, she tells you why she chose it. Then you leave. If we all agree that trans people exist and the creator of the Forgotten Realms has confirmed that they exist in the lore, then what issue does the depiction alone reflect?