• onlinepersona@programming.dev
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    6 months ago

    A totally proportional reaction to the request to add a few words to the game…

    However, I still find that the petition exaggerates

    There is a huge problem with the game though. When starting a new farm you are tasked with creating a character, but there are only two gender options to choose from. […] For many trans and non-binary players, the gendered language in the game can feel incredibly disheartening, and invalidating, causing feelings of dysphoria when misgendered while they are playing.

    That’s quite dramatic.

    Anti Commercial-AI license

      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months ago

        Apart from the non-binary players, I don’t see a reason why the trans players can’t just play as their chosen gender. The only thing I can think of to break the immersion is having kids, and even then the game doesn’t do much to differentiate adopted vs birth children