I put these calls out every so often so here goes:
If you're working on an inclusive game (something with POC/LGBTQ/female characters/relevant themes) please reach out to me, I would love to hear about it!
I can't guarantee coverage and I'm generally very busy but I'm always down to hear about new, inclusive things :)
@clairdelune oh my gosh that sounds wonderful! i love them already
@jasminehenry Tangledeep perhaps? Not affiliated, but it's a Nethack-style game with only female playable characters.
@dhasenan an all-female cast, eh? consider me interested! (thanks for the rec!)
Hi @jasminehenry , I'm doing character design and background art for an in-production JRPG called "Rise of the Eagle Princess" about corruption in a post-apocalyptic future Mongolia and the princess (and her party) that are out to fix it. There are multiple queer, trans*, and characters of color among the PCs. https://riseoftheeagleprincess.tumblr.com/
@naomiyaki oh this looks fab, thank you so much for sharing!
do you have a presskit with more info? :)
Thank you so much @jasminehenry ! Right now we just have the Tumblr and a postcard (that we can handout at cons) but once the production progresses a bit more, I can make sure someone from Ododon gets one to you.
@naomiyaki thank you! (let me know if you want my email address if that makes things easier :))
@jasminehenry Do you cover mobile games? I'm a WOC and my game's about to come out on 11/15! It's called Tiny Bird Garden!
@daisyein I do! oh my goodness your game looks absolutely adorable.
I know it's short notice, but would you be interested in doing a quick interview to help with my coverage? (I can send you some qs via email)
@jasminehenry I am! My work in progress has 10 romanceable NPCs: 5 men, 5 women. I've also randomized descriptions (including skin color) making it every bit as likely to have an NPCOC (that's an abbreviation that I think I just made up) as not.
@mistletoe19 NPCOC is now my new favourite acronym, this is amazing.
can you share any more details?/have you shown it off yet?
@jasminehenry It's still very much a work in progress and it's got a long way to go. I don't even have a title yet! (working title: Sexy Untitled Viking Story)
@mistletoe19 oh wow that is pretty early! i'd love to hear more about its development / write about it though so please keep me in the loop!
(if you decide to do a mailing list or something for it, i'd sign up to that too)
@jasminehenry There's always Anthrotari!
@jaycie of course! what's the latest on the game? :)
@jasminehenry Waiting on three contract writers. Going to update the demo to make it even more accessible to new players.
@jaycie i'd love to hear about those plans once things are finalized
@jasminehenry Thanks! I'm definitely going to add some internal monologue that introduces each NPC at the start of their route (we skip the prologue when demoing at conventions). Will need to make it more evident that the cast is human. Need to add a mailing list form at the end of the demo, too.
@jasminehenry I'm working on a game called Le Loupgarou out of Barbados that features all the above! You can check out our website www.couplesix.com and our patreon www.patreon.com/couplesix 😃
@muppetWolf ah, always nice to meet a fellow Caribbean! (my heritage is Jamaican :))
the game sounds rad and i really like the look of it - i don't suppose you have a presskit, do you?
@jasminehenry Not as yet but we will soon!
@muppetWolf wonderful! please send me the link once it's available :)
@jasminehenry I'm working (very slowly) on a sci fi/horror/mystery VN with an all-female cast, some of whom are canonically lesbian (though this isn't a big part of the plot really). I don't know if that makes it inclusive. I'm happy to link you to current builds if you're interested.
@enkiv2 that definitely makes it inclusive! being totally honest, i don't have a ton of time to play at the moment but i would love to learn more about it.
do you have a presskit or a website for it? (anything with more info would be a help)
@jasminehenry @enkiv2 I have a page on itch.io with a description & videos of play-throughs: https://enkiv2.itch.io/manna-for-our-malices?secret=8pqf8DurNpMuDE6x4my20BLwPg
@enkiv2 thank you! i'll take a look~
@jasminehenry The dialogue/questing part of the game is still pretty undeveloped, so I've been a bit quiet up until now, but inclusiveness is a major goal for the characters Pan Galactic Railway. Definitely not ready for coverage, but maybe... watch this space? http://spacetrain.space
@davemakes oooh this looks like good fun - please let me know when you are ready for coverage etc. :)
@jasminehenry Thanks! I will!
@jasminehenry hey!! @VOID and i are working on a post-apocalyptic genderpunk visual novel, planning to release in a month or so!! we have a demo out now at https://gendervamp.itch.io/genderwrecked
@jasminehenry i believe a trailer is on the agenda -- i'd like to check with @VOID to make sure but i'm fairly certain we'd both be down to answer questions :D
@HTHR @jasminehenry yeah, i'd love to!!!
@jasminehenry you might be aware of it already since it's been out for a year now, but if you haven't, I think Even the Ocean fits the bill - it's authors are both on Masto now too :D
https://cybre.space/@lifning/99015423201504195
@lifning 1. heck yeah for this game (i've heard of it but have only looked at it in passing admittedly) 2. heck yeah for the devs being on masto haha :)
thank you!
@jasminehenry @jasminehenry my friend and I had an idea for a cute lgbtq+ Christmas tale, hosted by an nb israeli person who hasn’t really celebrated before but is keen to make sure their best friends get the best Christmas ever due to crappy family issues over the past few holidays. Still v much collaboratively writing tho!