You know I thought I found dating sims hard to get into because I was just uninvested in games about just like. Choosing dialogue options to make a character fall in love with you or not fall in love with you since I'm not super invested in sex or romance. But I think the issue was that I hadn't seen one w characters that are like, my type. I think I will play your dating sim I would like to choose dialogue options to make them fall in love w me. I think my heart is set on Keiko or Paul <3
Btw I really love your art I hope development is going well and you're enjoying creating this game it looks very exciting!
honestly - i feel same about the genre!
i don't play romantic games like date simulators, or even rpg like bg3, because they never have diversity in romantic interests!
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it's always skinny/6 packs guys, maximum variety is adding one black dude with getting ton of hate from audience, and different hair styles women. I mean come on, in bg3 they had a bear-druid and they didn't make him gay-bear build in human form, are you kidding me
worse - usually games doesn't have even much of npc or not-romance options but interesting build characters in general! just worlds with skinny/6 packs not-yet-disabled people.
even sims games! the life simulator! they have werewolves, mermaids, star wars collaboration; characters can drive a bicycle, cars and ride horses; but you can't make wheelchair user character. or character with big-impact on appearance feature like unique burn or unique asymmetrical face difference. or even fat character - in simulator of life with one of core part of gameplay being creating a human character, fat figure options are ridiculously limited. you can't even play with variety of fat folds and it's sizes! but hey, in Sims - the life simulator - you can grow the wall of meat (in official game. its not a mod), and have animation of woo ho in trash cabin. horey?
no, it's not horey and not okay and not normal.
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for our real diverse world we need real diverse characters in media - so people feel loved and see beauty in mirrors, not "joke/cute joke/disgusting" "range" of stereotypes.
taking concept of "ugliness" from the head gives you true power - Love for yourself and others, seeing Beauty in Everything. This Power is for sure smashing Towers - that's why they don't want your heart to bloom so much - concrete is not a block even for dandelion!