stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Games@sh.itjust.works · 10 months agoThe Industry Is Divided On How To Write Video Game Romancekotaku.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkThe Industry Is Divided On How To Write Video Game Romancekotaku.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Games@sh.itjust.works · 10 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
Baldur’s Gate 3 is the latest big game to follow an inclusive (but divisive) trend in video game courtship
minus-squarePratailinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down8·10 months agoMy suggestion would be to just…. DON’T. It’s incredibly unnecessary at best/ and embarrassingly cringy at worst.
minus-squareExocrinous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoSo your suggestion to dating sim developers is to quit their jobs?
minus-squareExocrinous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoAnd working on another type of game typically requires quitting your job and applying at a different studio. So I repeat my question.
minus-squarePratailinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoOkay, since you brought up a bad faith argument- considering the article isn’t about dating sims… I’m just going to not bother taking the bait. I don’t exercise futility.
minus-squareExocrinous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThe article is talking about dating sims. Including Boyfriend Dungeon and ValiDate.
minus-squarePratailinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoAnd Dragon Age II and Cp2077c and Bg3…. Very little said about dating sims. Going to end this here. Not going to argue about it .
My suggestion would be to just…. DON’T. It’s incredibly unnecessary at best/ and embarrassingly cringy at worst.
So your suggestion to dating sim developers is to quit their jobs?
There are other types of games.
And working on another type of game typically requires quitting your job and applying at a different studio. So I repeat my question.
Okay, since you brought up a bad faith argument- considering the article isn’t about dating sims… I’m just going to not bother taking the bait.
I don’t exercise futility.
The article is talking about dating sims. Including Boyfriend Dungeon and ValiDate.
And Dragon Age II and Cp2077c and Bg3…. Very little said about dating sims.
Going to end this here. Not going to argue about it .