![]() ![]() ![]() That included repurposing stealth mechanics for hide-and-seek and even turning combat into a friendly competition for the title of "brickmaster."īut the list of games that fit this category are increasingly numerous and gaining widespread popularity: Skullgirls, Harvest Moon, and Portal are just a few of the OG classics. ![]() Or, in the AAA space, there's Naughty Dog's 2014 Last of Us DLC Left Behind, which translated much of the original game's action-horror gameplay into girlhood play experiences. Take Kitfox's upcoming Boyfriend Dungeon, for one, a "shack and slash" dungeon crawler and dating sim where you romance your swords. More and more, creators are challenging the gendered assumptions of traditional design loops, to deliver experiences that defy gendered genres and ultimately invite more people to play.įeminine or femme game design is the next frontier for more gender-inclusivity in video games. Generally speaking, masculinity has defined design in mainstream and "hardcore" games - while femininity has been sequestered to games labeled as more niche or "casual" (though there are obviously exceptions). But beyond the 1s and 0s of coding itself, for a long time another kind of binary has been imposed onto game design, genre labels, and industry marketing: gender. From a programming perspective, binary is embedded into the way developers make video games. ![]()
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