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[GHound]

and write it like Dustborn. Dustbowl? Duskborn?

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

I guess this means "they" are finally going to make their own characters, and stop projecting these tropes on established characters that older generations like? I'm all for it. Let's watch your game sell 20 million without the Spider-Man license carrying its sales.

 

[MetalFreak]

 

[GulfCoastZilla]

Stop catering to the loud minority of the gaming community. We don't need this shit. I don't want to give my hero a hug, or more sad dads, or any other faux emotional pulls.

 

[seething left]

Reading texts like these makes me question myself why I am wasting my precious lifetime.

 

[Ridicululzz]

Still with me? Good, let's talk about a "meow meow."

Stopped reading right there, no thanks.

 

[cormack12]

I need you to understand what a "babygirl" is. A babygirl is a character that everyone can agree is "a little bit traumatized," but secure in their masculinity, attractive, sensitive, and vulnerable, but not weak. He's probably over the age of 25.

 

[Gripsx]

My late literature professor is rolling in her grave right now.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Keep these weirdos away from the script.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Pathetic.

This is not even Wattpad fanfic level. I refuse calling these people fellow writers, they are just parasites. I don't know in which studio she's working, but I will be happy when it shuts down.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

People telling the world more about themselves than anything else while trying to talk about something different and not noticing at all for a lack of self awareness. Classic.

 

[Gaiff]

 

[laynelane]

She also added that with younger generations of developers emerging from the primordial ooze of fandom, there are going to be more game industry professionals who speak this language. "You're going to start having these conversations a lot, hearing this kind of talk in your writer's room, because that's a part of our culture. Those fandoms brought us into this line of work, and it's good form to keep up and know how to meet them halfway."

I don't think I want to know what kind of fandom she came from or any writers who use those terms actually. That aside, it comes across as very self-important to ascribe stupid names to already existing character archetypes.

Edit:

These words all describe a new genre of character tropes defined by fans and popularized on platforms like Tumblr and Ao3.

Mystery solved on where this is coming from. A small subset of people on those platforms adopted infantile terms for character types and people like Alexa believe they should be used industry wide in gaming.

Sometimes I really wish gaming never became mainstream.

 

[violence]

I gave up reading after five seconds.

 

[SomeNorseGuy]

My brain almost shut down reading that dribble. What the actual fuck!

 

[Dazraell]

I don't know in which studio she's working, but I will be happy when it shuts down.

And here I thought "babygirl" and "meow meow" in writing were headscratchers but her portfolio is even more bizarre

 

[kevboard]

narrative designer is only a small step above monetisation designer in terms of the status they should have in the eyes of the community.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

I read the words but failed to understand them.

It feels like due to the backlash to radical LGBT propaganda, they cultists decided to go with "softer language".

 

[Boss Mog]

Also obligatory:

So the girl wants a better PC and the guy gives her two PS5s, gen Z really is retarded.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

So the girl wants a better PC and the guy gives her two PS5s, gen Z really is retarded.

Sounds exactly like a deal Gen Z would take.

 

[Saber]

My brain started to malfunction at meow crap. Pure autism.

 

[InterMusketeer]

I don't think you should base your story or characters on what Tumblr talks about.

 

[Tajaz2426]

Fucktard.

 

[AJUMP23]

Don't let this person anywhere near a games creative.

 

[PatientGamer]

technology has made us dumb as fuck. Jesus.

 

[Soodanim]

My best guess is misplaced confidence in Tumblr speak. No rational adult says those things out loud and expects to be taken seriously, least of all when giving a talk at a conference for industry peers.

Edit: missed that the article actually mentions Tumblr

 

[Guilty_AI]

I felt my IQ lowering just reading a few excerpts

 

[Eesha]

Thanks, now i have even fewer brain cell, not like i had many to begin whit.

 

[Major Insano]

And this form is contagious!
Through eyes and ears straight to the brain.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

Do those terms come from fanfiction tags?

 

[poodaddy]

I hate this type of writing with archetypes and shit, probably why most Japanese writing doesn't appeal to me. To actually encourage writers to write in such archetypal manners is just insane to me.

Write something unique folks, fuck archetypes, your characters don't need to fit them at all.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

"These old story and character archetypes are way overused, so let's do the exact same shit, just reference tvtropes articles instead of instructional texts!"

Sympathetic villain? That's great, but that sounds like medicine. Let's just call them meow meow instead!

People are retarded.

 

[Lux77]

Get used to this kind of shit folks.
Modern audiences goes along with modern creators

 

[Evil Calvin]

Pretty sure 'she' is a dude....

 

[Kacho]

These are the voices that need to be heard

 

[CompleteGlobalSaturation]

Of course it's a female writer who is presenting us yet with another wonderful contribution. You know, "ideas" like this are exactly women belong in the kitchen, and kitchen alone.

 

[lmimmfn]

I've suddenly lost my ability to read

 

[Major Insano]

It's just so immature as well.

Imagine if a adult human male went to developers and publishers to pitch his ideas that contained terms like 'meow meow' and 'babygirl'

He would get sectioned(rightly so), or al least get his hardrive/browser history checked.

 

[diffusionx]

I don't think this woman is a zoomer but she displays that tendency to slap a label on anything (I once read about the TikTok trend of "silent walking", aka going on a walk without your phone, aka walking) and also being obnoxiously self-absorbed and narcissistic. This is what happens when you start letting these "people" in your creative enterprises and this attitude has infested every single entertainment media.

 

[SHAKEZ]

Then they wonder why the western industry is failing.
This whole thing is just her trying to normalize her brainrot inside the office, she should be fired ASAP. Not a serious person.

 

[Lethal01]

Are those actual words? Like, people actually use them in a serious conversation?

What do you mean bruh? these words are goated.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

I don't think this woman is a zoomer but she displays that tendency to slap a label on anything (I once read about the TikTok trend of "silent walking", aka going on a walk without your phone, aka walking) and also being obnoxiously self-absorbed and narcissistic. This is what happens when you start letting these "people" in your creative enterprises and this attitude has infested every single entertainment media.

TvTropes is the origin of this obsession to label every narrative device and has led writers to believe they can somehow avoid walking well-worn paths when writing their stories.

Or worse, using a trope in their story even though it doesn't fit because they like the trope more than their own story. It's sad.

 

[MALpractice311]

These are the voices that need to be heard

Yes, so that their names can be put on a list of what media to avoid at all costs.

 

[ssringo]

What do you mean bruh? these words are goated.

I'm not sure what goats have to do with anything or how they apply to these foreign words.

 

[MMaRsu]

Pretty sure 'she' is a dude....

Dont think so looking at her ig photos

She has some nice hooters

 

[diffusionx]

TvTropes is the origin of this obsession to label every narrative device and has led writers to believe they can somehow avoid walking well-worn paths when writing their stories.

Or worse, using a trope in their story even though it doesn't fit because they like the trope more than their own story. It's sad.

TVTropes was always too autistic for me. But it's stupid anyway - tropes are tropes because they are effective. The fact is, the art of storytelling was mostly figured out 2500 years ago and mostly formalized by Aristotle, I guarantee there is nothing this woman can add to the topic.

Poetics (Aristotle) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The alternative to tropes are just insular and narcissistic tropes that only apply to the author, which are mostly horrible, as we see here. Even "can you pet the dog" has become just another trope, it's pure reddit and cringe now.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

only fuckboys use baby girl

 

[StereoVsn]

I gave up reading after five seconds.

Yeah, I noped out after finding out that babygirl is a he.

 

[StereoVsn]

I've suddenly lost my ability to read

I have some suspicion that these "writers" haven't read a book published before 2000 or so. Maybe even 2010. That's one of few explanations for this behavior in addition to being self-absorbed and being always online.

 

[poppabk]

Pretending that US East Coast adderall kids coming out of University are bringing new character patterns to the table instead of correctly identifying and explaining that these are simply well documented millennia-old character patterns renamed with TikTok word salad is a pretty efficient way to tell me you don't know shit about narratives and/or how to design them. Still stuck on The Hero's Journey, too. Next they'll explain mise-en-scene, now re-named "stanky kitty litter", and foreshadowing, now re-named "torpedo titties".

Yup. It's not like any of these are new types of characters never seen before, it's literally just people giving stupid names to archetypes that already existed and which are just as worn out or not as any other.