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After Valve says no, Dwarf Fortress and Deep Rock Galactic devs unite to get "very serious" about their very silly demand for a dwarf tag on Steam, and they want your help (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Deep rock is getting serious about dwarf representation. But still thinks female characters aren't worth the effort?

It's easier to make fantasy men than literally 1 woman. I would call it a joke, but those are funny. This is just sad and infuriating.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Should have just said that it already has female dwarfs and refused to elaborate.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The Discworld way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

The Tolkien way, too. Remember Gimli's bit about people thinking there aren't dwarf women because they can't tell them from the men?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

For those confused, discworld dwarfs have both males and females. However, both are stocky and have beards. They also are very egalitarian regarding jobs etc. They long ago gave up correcting the surface races regarding their gender, who assume a burley minor in heavy armour, and a thick beard, is a male dwarf.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I mean, Cheery is one of the best characters in the series.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's an indie game and they would have to hire new voice actors. Frankly, it doesn't matter in the slightest.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Indie dev that have made around 100 million dollars on Steam https://vginsights.com/game/548430

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Did you read the article? Are you familiar with the concept of tech debt? Sounds like they would have to put the rest of the game dev on hold for months if not a year to make progress, and they're already known as a company with slow dev because they take care of their employees and don't crunch.

I mean I agree I want female dwarves in the game, but it's literally millions of dollars to implement

[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago

Except you can do it incrementally and just have a female dwarf that doesn't support everything.