just make sure to have a female mc someday, so you can explore the abyss of the female brain :HeyGuys:
So I'm going to answer this one personally and not on behalf of the team, but I have found it personally difficult to write stories from a female perspective. For me it is one of the greatest challenges of my writing. As you put it, "the abyss of the female brain" is a very complex place. (Various debates about a range of topics over the years with my wife have revealed this to me).
I think this is a very important topic though that deserves a highlight. So I know Dark Silver recently took a lot of flak because they are changing their MC to female. The popularity of this choice seemed pretty split. Some patrons loved it, some hated it. In the end I see us tackling this in one of two ways:
1. Patron feedback strongly suggests we make a story featuring a female MC
We might likely hire a female writer to draft the dialogue and thoughts of the MC while we co-author the plot lines, supporting characters, write the coding and produce the renders. The pros of this option are that the female perspectives in the game aren't being potentially ruined by a male filter. This also allows us to stay involved in the story development, and produce game play and visuals that are consistent with the rest of our library.
2. Patron feedback strongly suggests we do not make a story featuring a female MC
We might seek out a writer or dev who would want to independently make a series of stories feature a female MC that plays into the Amana series we are creating. Same gameplay, same render quality, same themes, but a different team. This would allow us to develop both types of games simultaneously and keep all audiences on board with our projects.
In truth it's still a little early for us to make any solid choices about this. First, we don't have enough patreon support to hire anyone. Second, we haven't even finished our first game yet. But these are things we've thought about.
