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@xoe.gay

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Rogue aromantic dating sim, trans parent, game designer, and NPC advocate. 💌 Vibing with me is an indicator of neurodivergence and/or queerness. Game Conjurer @ https://lunarpunk.games Game Artisan @ https://knifebunny.com

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Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · May 3

Here is a video version of the keynote I gave recently.

It's about the oppressive nature of our games' mechanics, and some propositions to move the conversation forward.

I reference cozy games of dominance, the oppression of metrics, and multi-victor design.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTKf...

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The Emperor's High Score

An essay about the oppressive nature of our games' mechanics. References: Playing Oppression: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047913/playing-oppression/ Games: Agency as Art: https://academic.oup.com/book/32137?login=false Engines of Anxiety: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7758/9781610448567 Kids Are Learning History From Video Games Now: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/history-video-games-europa-universalis/622892/ 00:00 Introduction 02:29 hierarchy bad 04:40 The Zero Sum Lie 11:28 The Oppression of Metrics 20:05 Multi Victor Goals 26:20 Value Neutral End States 29:25 Summary All my stuff: https://knifebunny.com Try my games online: https://screentop.gg/@KnifeBunny Watch me live: https://www.twitch.tv/xoeallred Micro Updates: https://wandering.shop/@xoe/tagged/KnifeBunnyGames Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/xoe.gay Ask me anything: https://xoeallred.tumblr.com/ask

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Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 2d

Is there like one mundane NPC that everyone is falling over themselves to rescue? I'm thinking of a really old Dark Wing Duck episode.

Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 2d

Is there an MMORPG with a story that does *not* revolve around the drama and growth of some NPCs where you show up as the legendary thembo to slay god for them? Is there one where the narrative embraces the fact that you are just one lil pogchamp in a sea of pogchamps?

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Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 4d

I dunno, a lot of the NPC movement is kind of frantic or chaotic and suggests to me dodging or fleeing.

Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 4d

spoilers

That promise where you can track her and she seems to just walk straight through areas full of violent enemies has me thinking she just walks through in an innocuous Mr. Magoo type fashion while enemies just ignore her or something???

Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 4d

I don't usually make appeals like this, but, team cherry please I really need a game where you play as Sherma. It could be a prequel, a sequel, hell I'd settle for a short side segment, but I need to play as this chipper hopeful gal somehow navigating a harsh, vicious, treacherous world.

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Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 4d

Omg, tis a very sad day. Amelie has been such a crucial part of my design journey. Going to really miss her presence in the space.

Zerua Games @zeruagames.bsky.social · 4d

We're closing! Last chance to get our games. Thanks yall!
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Ranger 🏹🌿🤍 @yoursexyrangerva.bsky.social · 27d

I have a lot, but think about this one often

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 14d

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Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 20d

That's in 30 minutes!

Lunarpunk Games @lunarpunk.games · 20d

Tonight, we'll be chatting with Joe Kell right in our Dialogues at Dusk stage channel at 10pm EST. Learn how to motivate players through design and drive players with untraditional incentives.

Come by, listen in, and ask your awesome questions! Hope to see you there. discord.gg/pxZduDfKNZ

Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 26d

The musical fruit

Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 26d

Yes but it is a long and painful story for another day

Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 26d

I know it's hard to tell because of how high fidelity this quality is, but these are in fact hand drawn by me.

Lunarpunk Games @lunarpunk.games · 26d

Midnight Market is coming! lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket

Joe Kell's game, Tootin' & Hollerin', features beans making silly fart noises.

Our gassy gal Xoe drew these fellas. It can't decide if their dulcet tones are more of a bwa bwa bwaaa or bbbrp brp brrrp. What do you think they sound like?

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Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 27d

Yoooooo beast crescent mode activated

Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 29d

I'm thinking dry erase markers on cards

Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 29d

It would be awesome if a Jane Austen inspired courtship game about getting to know your potential suitors and trying to garner their attention by being vulnerable were to be published later this year by Hollandspiel. Wouldn't that be something.

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Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 29d

Yeah, in a world that sees most games as a contest of might or guile, I understand why they'd be designed this way.

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Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 29d

Even if you dress it up with Jane Austen quotes and era accurate aesthetics.

Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 29d

If your courtship game has you competing with other players to have a higher stat to attract the attention of an automated partner, then your courtship game has the ideology of incels. Maybe it isn't as sexist, but it shares the same mindset as people who think dating is a metrics game you can win.

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Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · Sep 8

I spent all morning drawing bean people, about half of which are soiling themselves.

This isn't exactly what I imagined running a small business would be like.