ID: tweet from dashiellwood - “Why aren’t there more LGBTQ+ dating games” the community says, after savagely tearing down a game that couldn’t meet an impossible standard to which no straight media is ever held
I keep seeing people say this is about Dream Daddy, but OP said in the tags this was about Boyfriend Dungeon. They also said this could apply to any queer media in the past decade, but if you didn’t know about BFD, here you go: (Idk if someone has already written something like this, but anyways-)
Boyfriend Dungeon is a dating sim x rogue like created by a BIPOC and LGBTQ+ dev team. Basically the premise is you’re visiting your cousin in Verona Beach (little Romeo and Juliet reference there) and are looking to date/make new friends. Some people in VB can turn into weapons, and you can go around dating weapon people while combating monsters manifested from your fears in the local ‘dunj’, the city mall. You level by fighting in the dungeon and upgrade weapons by going on dates. It was recently released on August 11, 2021.
As for the LGBTQ+ stuff, let’s see what the team has done. The player can pick (and change throughout the game!) pronouns from he/she/they. Want to swap from they/them to she/her in the middle of the game? Go ahead! You’ll be referred to thusly! You can’t choose multiple pronouns at once or use neopronouns, but the dev team sure as hell did try to make this game as inclusive as possible. You can date guys, a gal, and/or two non-binary pals. You can be in a poly relationship if you want to (All characters are consenting adults.) If you’re aroace or just uncomfy with dating, you can just have platonic friend hangouts! There are soft walls so you have to go on some mandatory dates at the beginning in order to progress the story, but other than that, you can choose not to go on them. Instead of going on dates with people, there’s a cat you can hang out and go to the dungeon with! (You don’t date the cat.) Oh, and your pronouns don’t lock you out of any clothing items. Using he/him pronouns and want to wear a dress? Go ahead!
The biggest thing the game was under fire for was one of their characters and the content warning at the beginning of the game before the character creation phase. Yes. This game does have a content warning. Like Dream Daddy, this game has some heavy subject matter. Not as dark as a game like Doki Doki Literature Club, but it still warrants a warning. On the game’s release, the content warning at the start of the game stated 'This game may include references to unwanted advances, stalking, and other forms of emotional manipulation. Play with care.’
Since the release of the game, Kitfox and the VA of the character who is responsible for this shitty stuff have been receiving death threats for the character and for the content warning not specifying that these things happen to the player. Since then, the dev team has released an apologyand an update with a new content warning:
Even after this, people have said that the content warning should also be added to the store pages, and I do agree with that. Like I said, you only get this warning before the character creation phase. Not all stores allow for refunds and this game is $20. I have heard the dev team can’t control what goes up on all of the stores, but idk how true that is.
Still, people have been asking for the option to completely opt out of these interactions or for this character to be completely removed from the game. Ever heard of an antagonist? This character is a key component to the story. This character is shitty and you can avoid unnecessary interaction with him, but unfortunately, there are some unavoidable encounters with him. Like it or not, he is a part of the story this team is trying to tell.
I have heard people recommend that they give the option to remove him from being able to text you and this is a lot more plausible than completely removing him from the game since his texts don’t add too much to the story other than keep you aware he is a regular threat. Did you know this game has an option to opt out of texts from a character named 'Mom’, who sends the player supportive messages? If KitFox can implement that, they probably can do that for this other character too. As of August 20th the team is on a two week break, but given how they handled the situation with the game’s release, chances are that they’ll continue working on improving the game after this break. So send them feedback! Not death threats!
People were also upset that there were less dateable characters than the game was originally slated to have after the game met its Kickstarter stretch goal and that the game was too short in general. (There were two characters who were cut from the game release.) But to that I will say that it has been confirmed that there will be a free DLC with more datable characters released sometime soon.
Taking all of these gripes and using it to pick on a small indie BIPOC and LGBTQ+ team who tried to make this game as inclusive as possible is just unacceptable. These people using these things to say this game isn’t inclusive enough are probably the kind of people who see a major company throw some rainbows on a shirt and say 'Wow! Great job!!!’ Since when did you see people complain about a major video game not have a content warning in general, or not having 'x’ pronoun option, or being able to opt out of messages from 'Mom’? The queer experience is different for everyone. Stop thinking that just because you experience one thing one way, it’s the same for every other person in the world. Not to mention, there is NEVER a need to send people death threats.
It’s one thing to ask for better media. Boyfriend Dungeon isn’t perfect, and there are aspects to be improved upon. But it’s another to say, 'This doesn’t fit my expectations of what media should be like! I can’t consume it, therefore it’s awful!’ Not all media is made for you and not all media will be a fit for you. Move on from that film, book, show, or game instead of attacking creators.
Anyways, stop holding queer media to impossible standards that you almost certainly wouldn’t hold a straight game created by a triple A company to and stop shitting on a game that tried to be inclusive in a year that as difficult for all of us.
[Edit: Sorry I got a bit incoherent towards the end there. But to be clear, I do recommend this game. Very casual rogue-like, hilarious humor, cute art style, gorgeous transformation sequences for the weapons, great voice acting, stellar music, and there are plenty of accessibility options (screen shake, color blind options). The mom feature is a favorite of mine because I don’t have great relationship with my own. They also have 'Goddess Mode’ which makes playing the dungeons a bit easier (Great if you’re mostly there for the dating sim aspect and just want to date/hang out with them bae blades.) It’s $20 on Steam and takes on average about 10-ish hours to complete, longer if you want to 100% it.
And to reiterate a point: the creepy character is someone *everyone* in the game and on the dev team doesn’t like. The game makes it clear his actions are disgusting. Even his VA, Octopimp hates him. Yes, Octopimp plays that character. And he hates the character just as much as everyone else does. Just because someone plays a shitty character, it doesn’t make them a shitty person. So stop sending people death threats.]
I reached a Patreon goal where I promised patrons that I’d release a female cc pack. So, it’s finally coming There will be a total of 7 items. Sorry for the wait~
Synopsis: Gwendolyn lived a marvelous life, with the camera flashing on her, “The daughter of the billionaire of the century”, and her picture showing up in the latest magazines every week. Yes, to everyone it seemed she lived lavished and content, but to her, it was horrible. Her life had been planned out from the day she was born, and if one toe was out of line she would rather resort to tearing her own ear off than listening to her mother rant about it, and then the week before her father’s new company was supposed to open, she gets kidnapped and held hostage by a mysterious, foreign, crude, asshole of a man who’s forcing her to travel the country with him. How could her life possibly get worse?
Owen definitely got a little vulnerable, and some wonderful things happened. But how long will that happiness last? Find out here!
Crooked Lane is an upcoming horror/supernatural fiction podcast. Each episode is presented as one or more entries in the audio journal of Newton Wallace, who’s recently moved back home to pursue a career in carpentry. Due to a sudden severe arm injury, however, he is unable to attend trade school until he’s fully healed, and so fills his time with recordings in an audio journal that, eventually, also become a way for him to log the otherworldly events that occur on Crooked Lane.
Will there be auditions?
For the inaugural season, no. For upcoming seasons, yes. As this is very much a shot in the dark passion project, the initial season will simply be recordings from Newt’s journal so as to minimize production hassle and keep everything as streamlined as possible. When the series does choose to introduce more characters, however, information about auditions will be made public as soon as it is available.
What is Crooked Lane influenced by?
First and foremost, the real life Crooked Lane in King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania. On a more serious note, podcasts such as Welcome To Night Vale, The Magnus Archives, and Archive 81 are all large influences, though it should be said that we are not attempting to directly copy any of them.
How can I contact you?
You can send us an ask on this blog (anonymous is turned on) or a DM, or you can get in contact with us through our Twitter (@crookedlanepod) or by shooting us an email ([email protected]).
If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to ask them! Please share this around if it seems interesting! We’ll be tracking the tags #cl, #crookedpod, #crookedlane, and #crookedlanepodcast (and all variations of them)
Hello there! My name is Plotty, and this is a new reanimated collab I want to bring to life. I would love for any artists and animators interested to join along!
The shots are being uploaded in batches! At the time of posting, all of the senshi/scout transformations (aside from Moon and Mini Moon) have been added to the scene drive located in the rules sheet! Please follow the application process if you want to apply!
preview of my piece for the @dgmzine ✨ i’m incredibly grateful i was able to contribute to this project! preorders are still open until june 23rd! get your copy now! >>>>>>https://sleepydemon.com/store/
Warnings/Content Notes: minor character death, mentions of illness, mentions of depression, mention of death eater attacks (see full tagset on AO3)
Summary: When Minerva, Minnie, decides to leave the ministry to teach at Hogwarts, she soon gets more than what she bargained for.
She finds a friend, a lover, a partner that lasts throughout the years, through the good and the bad.
Word Count:25096
Author’s Notes: What a journey this has been!
When I started thinking of writing for the WLW Big Bang, I knew I wanted to write an established love story. A couple that goes through the good and the bad together, show how they do it, how love prevails over all. Minnie and Poppy were absolutely perfect for it.
When the sign-ups were originally open for the fest, I was swamped with work and didn’t pay much attention to fandom life. I only came back out of my nest right when the artist sign-ups had already closed. When I saw that the lovely mods were looking for pinch-hitters, I jumped on the opportunity. And I’m sooo happy I did. The fic, this fic, I was allowed to create art for, is absolutely phenomenal. Whether Minnie & Poppy are your OTP or you’ve never read a single fic for this pairing, this fic is for you! It’s just beautiful how we follow these two through the decades :)) Thank you, oh talented author, for creating this gem and answering all my questions! And thank you, lovely mods, for organizing this fest and giving me the opportunity to be a part of it in the final hour ;D I hope you like what I’ve created.
Reading the scene my art piece is inspired by gave me so many feels! Thank you for creating such a tender fic, and for letting me snag this particular scene to draw. It was a joy to read and to illustrate, and listening to “Somewhere beyond the sea” while drawing and thinking about that moment was beautifully bittersweet.
I’m trying to work out a good way to tell tumblr i made a 2 player game about dracula and jonathan harker cohabitating awkwardly without making it sound like a grift. i truly just think it would be appreciated here at this particular moment in time.
especially as it takes place exlpicitly during chapter 3 of dracula and ya’ll probably are only a couple days out from it.
I made a google spreadsheet for it, to make remote playing easier, if anyone should need it (note that this is not the actual game). You can make your own copy of it, and share it with your partner.
PSA: If you’re not watching Motherland: Fort Salem (on Freeform in the US), I highly recommend.
The series follows 3 witches entering military training camp in Fort Salem. Because there is a WITCH MILITARY & it is steeped in tradition & it is awesome.
The cast is diverse, super talented, and ridiculously good looking in uniform.
The lead character is a lesbian who kicks serious ass.
Also she has a love interest starting in EPISODE 1 & the gf has her own interesting backstory/plot lines.
title: Tornado Alley (working title) status: pre-writing genre: contemporary disaster fiction sub-genres: action, adventure themes: found family, action-adventure, enemies to love, strength, overcoming a monumental event, death, rebuilding, enemies-to-lovers, slow burn, angst, lgbtqia characters warnings: character death, strong language, blood, strong violence, more to be added later
synopsis: Tornado Alley is a story about a group of storm chasers who, after meeting in an online forum, decide to chase the biggest storm their town has had in decades, in hopes of going viral and getting famous because of it. But when the storm takes an unexpected, fatal, turn, the group finds themselves overwhelmed with the task of picking up the pieces of the aftermath and returning to a normal life.
A little video I uploaded of quotes and music themes from my Princess Tutu fanfic in the style of the show’s episode previews! So spoilers for the fanfic, but since it’s previews, it doesn’t give away the whole thing at least haha.
It uses quotes of what some of the characters say from the story. Instead of footage clips like in the show, it uses edited dollmaker artwork (linked in the video description) and some vectorized screenshots of the characters speaking. The quotes themselves are just silent subtitles here, but I may do a version sometime in the future with actual voices if I can get a volunteer voice cast to do all the lines. Links to resources in video description.
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