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Games of Today
Member
I'd rather play From Dust than this.
Or even Dust 514.
Or even Dust 514.
CherryFalls
Banned
You just know somebody bought this because they had to support the DEI/White people bad cause and is currently forcing themselves to go through it trying desperately to convince themselves the game is good.
''y-y-yeah, thi-thi-this is actually fun'' ( repeat to self every 5 minutes )
''y-y-yeah, thi-thi-this is actually fun'' ( repeat to self every 5 minutes )
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Jack Videogames
Member
Dustborn: 'No-one forced us to make a game with a diverse cast'
Adventure game Dustborn aims to tell a story about a diverse cast trekking across the USA.
www.bbc.co.uk
When it was first revealed, Dustborn was hit with some negative feedback from those who believe developers are being pressured into making their games more diverse.
Ragnar Tørnquist, creative director at developer Red Thread Games, insists that isn't the case.
"I think publishers and developers are just understanding more that there's a wider and more diverse audience out there," he says.
"Games are becoming more global, games are becoming more accessible to everyone.
All 34 of them.
Interfectum
Gold Member
Games are global so let’s appeal to super niche ultra liberal LGBTQ+ crowd who has shown zero tendency to buy and support these games.Dustborn: 'No-one forced us to make a game with a diverse cast'
Adventure game Dustborn aims to tell a story about a diverse cast trekking across the USA.www.bbc.co.uk
When it was first revealed, Dustborn was hit with some negative feedback from those who believe developers are being pressured into making their games more diverse.
Ragnar Tørnquist, creative director at developer Red Thread Games, insists that isn't the case.
"I think publishers and developers are just understanding more that there's a wider and more diverse audience out there," he says.
"Games are becoming more global, games are becoming more accessible to everyone.
Dustborn: 'No-one forced us to make a game with a diverse cast'
Adventure game Dustborn aims to tell a story about a diverse cast trekking across the USA.www.bbc.co.uk
When it was first revealed, Dustborn was hit with some negative feedback from those who believe developers are being pressured into making their games more diverse.
Ragnar Tørnquist, creative director at developer Red Thread Games, insists that isn't the case.
"I think publishers and developers are just understanding more that there's a wider and more diverse audience out there," he says.
"Games are becoming more global, games are becoming more accessible to everyone.
All 34 of them.
It's insane, there isn't even any corpo speak to hide up that he's lying to himself and telling everyone else about it
Ragnar, from Prophet Without Honor and other games to this.
Imagine saying "Pubs and Devs understand there's a wider and more diverse audience out there" in the year of 2024 with all these fucking flops, after your game has less hours played than I've wanked off.
Also, if they're not being pressured...why are devs/pubs "understanding there's a wider and more diverse audience"? because they're pushing for something that doesn't exist.
Remember people, not all professionals in any industry are good at their job, it's full of principle peters and hires to fill a check box.
I just, I can't, Imagine being an educated person working in a high position in a company and going "yeah all of these games failed and lost a shit load of money let's do the same and chase non-existant customers".
U n i o n 0015
Member
It's so perfectly simple yet illusive to these types. "Why didn't the entertainment product that I've made for 1.5% of the global population sell? I don't understand, so the problem must be everyone else."
Reaseru
Member
Dustborn: 'No-one forced us to make a game with a diverse cast'
Adventure game Dustborn aims to tell a story about a diverse cast trekking across the USA.www.bbc.co.uk
When it was first revealed, Dustborn was hit with some negative feedback from those who believe developers are being pressured into making their games more diverse.
Ragnar Tørnquist, creative director at developer Red Thread Games, insists that isn't the case.
"I think publishers and developers are just understanding more that there's a wider and more diverse audience out there," he says.
"Games are becoming more global, games are becoming more accessible to everyone.
All 34 of them.
The Mad Draklor
Member
They're likely subsidized from non-profits who have no understanding of video games and the money tends to come with strings attached. It's why people raise their eyebrows whenever ESG gets involved.
Of course, that sugar high from the initial flow of cash quickly wears out and you know the rest of the story.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Just learned from the Steam page's awards section that the game was funded with EU taxpayer's money.
Whoever decided that was a good investment, I hope they get a slap in the face.
Whoever decided that was a good investment, I hope they get a slap in the face.
StereoVsn
Member
This is said because Longest Journey was excellent and even the sequel was pretty good.
And yeah, the third game basically was very very mid. Sigh… go woke, go broke indeed.
Embearded
Member
While they secretly enjoy Hogwarts Legacy.
Plague Doctor
Member
Is there an animated gif yet for the "Press button to shout 'Racist'" clip
That is gold right there. The Devs don't even know the unintentional meme magic they made there.
That is gold right there. The Devs don't even know the unintentional meme magic they made there.
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Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
They never do.
Robb
Gold Member
semiconscious
Member
I'm thinking that it's as likely (as lack of sales would seem to confirm at this point) that the 'modern audiences' don't, in actuality, even exist? & that these developers live within bubbles, & are fundamentally making games targeting themselves...
Fake
Gold Member
Now you understand how DEI games and DEI movies survive even after disaster sales.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
That's a super niche ultra liberal LGBTQ+crowd that only exists in small pockets in the US/Canada and Western/Northern Europe. That specific niche doesn't even exist in the rest of the world.
SkylineRKR
Member
Give it up with these games. Even the wokies don't buy your shit.
GymWolf
Gold Member
semiconscious
Member
this! & it's only the existence of the internet that prevents people from grasping this simple fact...
MALpractice311
Member
Bingo.
People tend to navigate to places on the Internet where they can socialize with people of similar interests, much like in the real world. So people surround themselves with like minded people, which can eventually turn into an echo chamber, which then can make members of that echo chamber think their echo chamber is an accurate representation of the entire population. And it holds true for everyone, whether liberal, conservative, gay, straight, trans, white, black, Asian, Latino, etc.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you're designing a product (or running for office or really anything), you cannot rely on the Internet to give you an accurate read on the market.
semiconscious
Member
none of us was ready for the internet (&, if you say you were, you're a liar). it's been a matter of back-peddling away, regaining perspective, & observing from the outside just how insidious a form of 'communication' it's very easily capable of being...
MALpractice311
Member
Fair point, but the Internet has now existed for literal decades. That should be enough time for anyone to confirm what I'm saying is true.
mindfreak191
Member
These are "friends and family of the developers got a free key" numbers right here.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Wait, apparently part of the dev cost was funded through a EU grant. Money down the drain, lol.
culture.ec.europa.eu
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culture.ec.europa.eu
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ChorizoPicozo
Member
wat the fuq is dat game?
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Jack Videogames
Member
ChorizoPicozo
Member
semiconscious
Member
not if you haven't managed to back away. & at least one+ generation of westerners have basically grown up inside it. which makes it much more of a challenge to find your way out of. just ask anyone who grew up within a cult...
one of my erroneous assumptions years back was that kids raised on the internet would eventually tire of it & see through all the bullshit much faster simply by being over-exposed to it to the point of saturation. but i was seriously wrong. it'd appear that they're actually more vulnerable to it, & on a very emotional level. when the internet morphed into the web, & literacy was replaced by videos, feelings came to override rationality as a basis of expression, & it's something that appeals very deeply to the juvenile in all of us. you never need to grow up on the internet...
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Thanks for the update on this indie game I’d never have heard of outside of this forum bringing it up to hate on it. Just ignore these people.
Bridges
Member
For what it's worth, this game is receiving prominent advertising on the Xbox dashboard. I had never heard of it either before this thread but when I booted up my console today it had a tile advertisement right next to the store button
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IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
SJRB
Gold Member
Wait, apparently part of the dev cost was funded through a EU grant. Money down the drain, lol.
Search - Culture and Creativity
As a European I feel I should be able to sue someone for giving these hacks 150,000 euros of community money.
Darkness_Arises
Member
Hogwarts Legacy is a ridiculously woke game full of this agenda. It is so in your face that it is not even subtle or subsersive. There is a straight up trans bar tender, who openly recounts their tales of oppression to any who will listen. Would this character have survived in small town England in the 19th century? They bent over backwards to appease the LGBTQ+ crowd, who ended up boycotting it anyway.
BlackTron
Member
I'd rather return to dust.
Peroroncino
Member
{googles dustborn}
{sees the characters}
{sees the characters}
BouncyFrag
Member
Wait, apparently part of the dev cost was funded through a EU grant. Money down the drain, lol.
Search - Culture and Creativity
Ah yes, it makes sense now! On my previous post I did say he was just making shit up and someone is putting these requirements in the game but not from who.
But yeah I forget Norway has a big fund for game made locally.
"When it was first revealed, Dustborn was hit with some negative feedback from those who believe developers are being pressured into making their games more diverse.
Ragnar Tørnquist, creative director at developer Red Thread Games, insists that isn't the case"
So "technically" he's telling the truth, in that they are not being pressured but they are obligated by Norway's Ministry of Culture and Equality when receiving grants.
Can't be pressured when you actively want to do it for money.
balls of snow
Member
You should finish Dreamfall Chapters. Ties the series up nicely with all the big questions answered.
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Alan Wake
Member
It's quite sad, really. I loved Dreamfall and liked Dreamfall Chapters a lot. It had so much more potential if given the proper resources. But this... I won't touch it.
CherryFalls
Banned
Ah yes, it makes sense now! On my previous post I did say he was just making shit up and someone is putting these requirements in the game but not from who.
But yeah I forget Norway has a big fund for game made locally.
"When it was first revealed, Dustborn was hit with some negative feedback from those who believe developers are being pressured into making their games more diverse.
Ragnar Tørnquist, creative director at developer Red Thread Games, insists that isn't the case"
So "technically" he's telling the truth, in that they are not being pressured but they are obligated by Norway's Ministry of Culture and Equality when receiving grants.
Can't be pressured when you actively want to do it for money.
Well, there it is. It's always funny when people say you're a crazy conspiracy theorist for thinking these kinds of things are being funded & pushed., but here it is, in black and white.