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I would've preferred them finishing the IF to then create a VN Port like if people want to play it that way. It another thing when people create VN from IF. Someone mentioned this previously but in an IF they describe the RO hair, skin, any sort of blemishes etc. so you get a image in your head of what this person looks like to you, when you create the VN and they don't look like what you hope it's kinda gives the ick because that's not what I saw or visualised.
From her tumblr: You might notice less of the branching scenes in earlier chapters, as I'm trying to prioritize making sure I'm able to finish the game (in a satisfactory manner) and tie up all the loose ends! In the end, I still might be able to go back and do a second-pass once the story is complete
But why does she want to finish the IF version of the game quickly too, wasn’t that the purpose of the VN ? I thought it was going to be something like Perfumare (even though I still don’t really see a difference between the IF and the VN there). I assumed she wanted to try her hand at VNs (the VN prioritizing visuals and being more compact in terms of choices is understandable but well, not always welcome) while still having time to finish the IF version afterward, not the VN taking precedence over the IF. What's the pint of having the same version in different formats, there could be an option to turn off characters sprites in the VN and it would be an IF.
My bet VN is totally going to be monetized because she published the demo on Steam. I never saw her give any reasoning, but my guess is that she really wants it to be a VN. Maybe because it's less writing, who knows.
(YEah, I know they were just hinting politely that the game felt less substantial, but it's amusing)Honestly, the wording of this can be read in a pretty vague way. I didn't read all of the terms of this, so please inform/correct me.
Era of the arch demons?
This so much this, not saying some curly style don't have length but it's different with afro style then straight style. It's like you say it's pretty much just a placeholder to look like they're being inclusive. Also with this I also have a great dislike that when IF introducing RO's why is it also the POC on in this case black person always the flirtly one? I think it's easier to make them flirt then to actually give POC depth. My reasoning is that having a deep RO may or may not bring up discussion about race. I dunno just it annoys me.
In most IFs I tend to avoid hair texture if mentioned because I get the feeling that a lot of authors don't have at least wavy hair, having a lack of experience. I'm not going to call out any games or WIPs in particular because this is such a common occurrence. Sometimes a characters hair type will change between scenes and chapters. Unless a character has coily hair then I have no idea what hair types the authors are going for because their descriptions are inconsistent.
Don't get me started on this because it's so stereotypical too. Like black people only come in dark brown skin tones and Latinos/Arabs (if the IF acknowledges any other race than your stock American racial groups) are all light brown etc. What's the point of offering customization if I must play a stereotypical character? Luckily, very few IFs do this and most just make it flavor text but it's still mighty annoying to come across.
Sorry to be pedantic because I know what you actually mean but Latino doesn't mean ethnicity, it means nationality. And yes, a lot of IFs are made by USAmericans and Canadians and assume that certain groups are the oppressed and others aren't and to be fair to some of these authors...their games are typically set in a vaguely NA town or city most of the time but I just can't help sometimes feeling annoyed when playing them.
Like I get it from a certain stand point it's a fiction work that you've made which some may stem from reality, but the world you've created it's not. Maybe there's no such thing a racism or being prejudicial, or transphobic, etc fine. All I want is to know the character I created in this IF actually exist as the character I created, not simply whitewashed.
That is also incorrect. There no Latino nation, it can't be a nationality. It represents a term for several nationalities with shared culture and histories (including languages which you'd think is the most important thing) but it really just gets used as an ethnicity even by Latin America (to gatekeep places like Haiti from being included because of very obvious reasons).
I agree with your overall point, except for one crucial nuance: you are generalizing regarding Haiti. In general, Latin Americans do not consider Quebecois or Cajuns to be Latin American, despite their undeniable French cultural lineage. It is more of a systemic lack of shared identity than a racial issue.
Nationality, meaning that you're from LATAM and any of its many countries. Mexico is included in this despite being part of NA. People can use it as an indicator of ethnicity, but just know that there are Latinos of any ethnicity out there. For example there are Latinos with European, Asian, and African origins (not including native peoples to LATAM here since that's a given). It can mean many things to different people. It's an outdated and problematic US Census issue that puts anyone who speaks Spanish into their own racial category. In fact, this makes me curious if people think the majority of actors and actresses from LATAM are POC. I actually think I know the answer to that since I once had a conversation with someone who was convinced this one VA was POC...because she is from LATAM and spoke Spanish only for me to take one look at the VA, immediately see she's of European descent and even find an interview where she speaks about being a white Latina. I'm going to assume that these assumptions are due to how Hispanics and people from LATAM in general are exoticized.
