Hello! Wow it has been quite a long time since I’ve posted! Recently I was given the opportunity to participate in Kiri’s Kimi ni Furete MAP and was able to feature Ivy Two and Jayheart in my part! Please keep an eye out for the completed MAP when it’s finished!
short list of lgbt-inclusive games that i love (in brackets is the kind of representation):
- cattails and it‘s sequel, cattails: wildwood story (nonbinary, queer in general): these are both great games that warrior cats fans will love. also, every single cat in the game is non binary. everyone is only referred to by they/them and you can have kittens with anyone.
- starfield (nonbinary, bi, same sex relationships, trans): you can choose your pronouns (he, she or they) no matter your body type. you can also always change your body and pronouns for a small fee. some main companions talk about former partners of the same gender, in at least one case, a character references dating men and women. guards may also reference a partner of the same gender.
- skyrim (same sex relationships for player, gay): you can marry regardless of gender and adopt kids with your spouse. there is a dead gay couple. (this will be the only game with so little representation on this list. i included it because i love skyrim, because you can make it gayer with mods and because it is from 2011 so i don‘t have high expectations)
- ikenfell (nonbinary, queer relationships, neopronouns): a really fun rpg with a fun combat system. also very queer, every character has their pronouns listed and there are nonbinary people with they/them, ze/zir and even he/him pronouns. i haven‘t quite finished playing through it yet, but there are all kinds of queer relationships. oh and you save the game by petting cats
- wandersong (queer relationships, gender nonconformity, nonbinary): a really unique and wholesome game about a bard that wants to save the world. it has an amazing story and some of the most well written characters i have ever encountered. the bard is nonbinary and uses all pronouns and there is a noteworthy nonbinary character whose story doesn‘t revolve around them being nonbinary. they are fully accepted. there are plenty of queer relationships. there are mermaids with beard stubble.
- a short hike (nonbinary): an amazingly fun game that actually feels like a holiday. it also has a super fast turtle that goes by they/them pronouns
- shovel knight (queer relationships, trans, nonbinary): fun platformer that allows you to choose your body type (male/female) and your pronouns (he/she/they) independently from one another. you can also do the same for all bosses and your love interest.
- squidlit and super squidlit: really fun gameboy style games that were created by independent trans developers.
Y’all the writers of Xena really knew how to invent reasons that women needed to kiss on screen. I did not have ‘the woman that Xena has insane tension and chemistry with hides her in a pool kisses her as she is underwater to give her more air so she isn’t discovered’ on my bingo card but apparently I should have, I mean we already had ‘invents CPR’ ‘is a transwoman’ and ‘is possessing the body of a male friend’ there are 3 and a half seasons left of this show, I have no idea what’s coming.