Mar 11
i really appreciate seeing all the posts on my dash recently to the effect of "shutting down conversations about race/gender/minorities in fandom spaces because 'fandom is meant to be fun' is just an excuse to not think critically about the bigoted behaviors you are exhibiting". i hope that this energy carries over into the gaming sphere next pleaaseee
#i (virtually) attended the game devs of color expo last year (2025)#and they had a really interesting panel about representation (or lack thereof) in cozy games#which i feel like lots of people point to and go 'ohh my god why are you finding reasons to complain its a video game its meant to be fun'#when like. even if you play stardew valley as a black character your grandfather is still white#i booted up monster crown (shout out atarsto) maybe half a year ago and the same thing#i make myself black. my father and mother npcs are white#its literally just like a palette swap for that game because everyone is a 16 by 16 sprite it should not be like that#we can talk about most cozy games having farming elements and how farming is seen as a peaceful escape for western audiences#while in other parts of the world it very much isn't#and i'm not saying that means we should STOP having farming sims or whatever#im pro solarpunk. i think it's good for people to imagine a world where they can take care of plants and stuff#but like. can we have a CONVERSATION about it. can we at least DISCUSS it.#there's things here that we aren't discussing and it's slowly becoming normalized to the point where calling it out reads as bizarre to you#that's scary. to me.#wizard studies#what the fuck ever this gets my gamedev tag
