I think this is a great idea, i'll mention it to my wife and see what she thinks about it, she plays games like sims and puzzle related games has no interest in killing or blowing up anything
Your wife will play it, and then she'll meet some handsome avatar, fall woefully in love with him, and leave you.
Glad to see the MMO genre branching out, regardless. Hopefully World of Darkness will give us this + the more classic mmo tropes/progression/conflict to appeal to a much broader audience.
My wife loves Jane Austin err Everything, Im wondering how she will like this (She plays games like wow/skyrim currently.) Nice to see the genre growing, I'm supprised we havent seen more titles focus on feminine interest.
I suppose there are many who play and enjoy the sims and second life, but the sims doesn't require others and second life is completely open ended and frankly, not so girly. While I understand that Jane Austen is well loved I am just having a bit of trouble imagining how a game based essentially off romance and social interaction will work. I can't really see how this will appeal to many if any men and lacking men will the interest of the women be maintained long term in such a world. I get the feeling that it will turn out a bit like 500 women showing up to a valentine's day singles dance to find only 2 men standing their wondering if this was a good idea after all.
I hope it goes well the project as it is at least conceptually interesting. Certainly not the same old thing.
Modern day movies and novels have capitalized on Austen's portrayal of relationships and social strata - why not the video game industry? Seems like a smart, well-timed idea - Ms. Austen would be proud.
Im seeing lots of posts with just "mod edit". Does this mean the original post was so over the top inflammatory that a mod had to delete it? This thread seems to have more than a few.
first off this is specifically targetting straight women what about women/girls/other people who may not be interested in men?
what about gay dudes
Well it's a question of historical accuracy. There were gay people at that time of course but the vast majority weren't exactly "out and proud". That being said, it's an RPG, there's no reason you couldn't roleplay a same-sex romance.
They might even put mechanisms in the game to recognize it (although I'd have mixed feelings about them doing that, it's really a case where inclusiveness battles accuracy.)
But in any case, having to to it clandestinely, like people actually would have at that time may actually create some very interesting roleplay opportunities.
first off this is specifically targetting straight women what about women/girls/other people who may not be interested in men?
what about gay dudes
im done this is really dumb
in a game that supposedly "targets women" you have only male characters taking the predominate role ha ha ha patriarchy
sorry that i'm gay friend i don't want to see collin firth in a wet tshirt nope not on my priority list
Why does a game have to be tailor made for every single audience? I mean it's Jane Austen a time before gay or womens rights. Sometimes I think people just have a chip on their shoulder and have to take it out on everyone else. Could there be more games for the target demographic you represent? Sure I'm all for it. Does every single game out there have to be for said demographic? No.
You don't hear me complaining about how when I played through Gone Home it was all about a teenage lesbian relationship and I'm a heteronormative male so where was my story? Games give you a unique opportunity to try on other roles, perspectives, and time periods as well and that's why I enjoyed Gone Home despite not personally relating to the characters. Did I complain that the game Shelter was all about badgers and I'm not a badger?
For all you know women playing this game might be "enlightened" to the fact of the male patriarchy or folks might reflect on the current time period vs the past or some dude might be "enlightened" through playing a female role or something. To simply lambast the title on the grounds you have seems like you're grasping for straws at best.
Just curious, should we burn or ban the reading of all Jane Austen novels because they don't include LGBT perspectives? To me that idea is just as ludicrous.
*Referencing the article I will probably give the game a shot just for the experience. It's always good to see something new regardless of whether it becomes successful or not. I play games for unique experiences frequently outside the realm of my own. I feel like this broadens my perspective of the world regardless of whether I agree with the message or not.
first off this is specifically targetting straight women what about women/girls/other people who may not be interested in men?
what about gay dudes
im done this is really dumb
in a game that supposedly "targets women" you have only male characters taking the predominate role ha ha ha patriarchy
sorry that i'm gay friend i don't want to see collin firth in a wet tshirt nope not on my priority list
Why does a game have to be tailor made for every single audience? I mean it's Jane Austen a time before gay or womens rights. Sometimes I think people just have a chip on their shoulder and have to take it out on everyone else. Could there be more games for the target demographic you represent? Sure I'm all for it. Does every single game out there have to be for said demographic? No.
You don't hear me complaining about how when I played through Gone Home it was all about a teenage lesbian relationship and I'm a heteronormative male so where was my story? Games give you a unique opportunity to try on other roles, perspectives, and time periods as well and that's why I enjoyed Gone Home despite not personally relating to the characters. Did I complain that the game Shelter was all about badgers and I'm not a badger?
For all you know women playing this game might be "enlightened" to the fact of the male patriarchy or folks might reflect on the current time period vs the past or some dude might be "enlightened" through playing a female role or something. To simply lambast the title on the grounds you have seems like you're grasping for straws at best.
Just curious, should we burn or ban the reading of all Jane Austen novels because they don't include LGBT perspectives? To me that idea is just as ludicrous.
*Referencing the article I will probably give the game a shot just for the experience. It's always good to see something new regardless of whether it becomes successful or not. I play games for unique experiences frequently outside the realm of my own. I feel like this broadens my perspective of the world regardless of whether I agree with the message or not.
I completely agree.
In addtion, smallintestine might be interested to know that Jane Austen's novels were actually a bit feminist for the time and if the female characters didn't have authority or power, her books explored these ideas and the ideas that women had to give up their autonomy in order to "marry well".
It was basically commentary on her social circles and the role of women and men in them.
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Being a male gamer, I'm admittedly not the target audience, but did she doing any market studies before starting this to find out what her potential audience size is? This seems *really* focused. Like, too focused.
Originally posted by asmkm22 Being a male gamer, I'm admittedly not the target audience, but did she doing any market studies before starting this to find out what her potential audience size is? This seems *really* focused. Like, too focused.
Really? She wrote six major novels around 200 years ago and people still read them. There have been 20+ movies and TV series based on her works. Most of them have enjoyed critical acclaim, and box office success as well as multiple tv and film awards.
Originally posted by asmkm22 Being a male gamer, I'm admittedly not the target audience, but did she doing any market studies before starting this to find out what her potential audience size is? This seems *really* focused. Like, too focused.
Really? She wrote six major novels around 200 years ago and people still read them. There have been 20+ movies and TV series based on her works. Most of them have enjoyed critical acclaim, and box office success as well as multiple tv and film awards.
Being influential and being marketable are two very different things. I'm not doubting the former, but I am questioning the later.
Originally posted by asmkm22 Originally posted by FoomerangOriginally posted by asmkm22Being a male gamer, I'm admittedly not the target audience, but did she doing any market studies before starting this to find out what her potential audience size is? This seems *really* focused. Like, too focused.
Really? She wrote six major novels around 200 years ago and people still read them. There have been 20+ movies and TV series based on her works. Most of them have enjoyed critical acclaim, and box office success as well as multiple tv and film awards.Being influential and being marketable are two very different things. I'm not doubting the former, but I am questioning the later.
That makes sense. There really isnt a good reference point for this. We do know there is a large market for Jane Austen type literature, film, tv, and plays. How many of that target audience will play an mmo in the same vein?
My guess is that it will be enough to keep this indie project going strong for a long time. But that is just my guess. Based on the popularity of the IP in other entertainment mediums, the originality of this concept in the mmo landscape, and the continued integration of all things digital and casual into mainstream culture. It could end up huge.
I think i can speak for all men and say that we love women in our games..a LOT,however i don't think it is a good idea to start segregating sexes in games.Instead of trying to design a game fro a specific women how about just design a game that appeals to both sexes with the same sort of ideals.
On a side note,i think perhaps not having the "EVER" in the title would also be a good thing,i think perhaps trying to get a little more noticed using a popular game title.
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i have a couple problems with this:
Your wife will play it, and then she'll meet some handsome avatar, fall woefully in love with him, and leave you.
Glad to see the MMO genre branching out, regardless. Hopefully World of Darkness will give us this + the more classic mmo tropes/progression/conflict to appeal to a much broader audience.
Personally i don't see myself playing this, it sounds very boring to me, like watching grass grow.
Good luck anyway, we need different game concepts to grow the market and i guess there is a niche for this kind of game.
I suppose there are many who play and enjoy the sims and second life, but the sims doesn't require others and second life is completely open ended and frankly, not so girly. While I understand that Jane Austen is well loved I am just having a bit of trouble imagining how a game based essentially off romance and social interaction will work. I can't really see how this will appeal to many if any men and lacking men will the interest of the women be maintained long term in such a world. I get the feeling that it will turn out a bit like 500 women showing up to a valentine's day singles dance to find only 2 men standing their wondering if this was a good idea after all.
I hope it goes well the project as it is at least conceptually interesting. Certainly not the same old thing.All die, so die well.
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Why does a game have to be tailor made for every single audience? I mean it's Jane Austen a time before gay or womens rights. Sometimes I think people just have a chip on their shoulder and have to take it out on everyone else. Could there be more games for the target demographic you represent? Sure I'm all for it. Does every single game out there have to be for said demographic? No.
You don't hear me complaining about how when I played through Gone Home it was all about a teenage lesbian relationship and I'm a heteronormative male so where was my story? Games give you a unique opportunity to try on other roles, perspectives, and time periods as well and that's why I enjoyed Gone Home despite not personally relating to the characters. Did I complain that the game Shelter was all about badgers and I'm not a badger?
For all you know women playing this game might be "enlightened" to the fact of the male patriarchy or folks might reflect on the current time period vs the past or some dude might be "enlightened" through playing a female role or something. To simply lambast the title on the grounds you have seems like you're grasping for straws at best.
Just curious, should we burn or ban the reading of all Jane Austen novels because they don't include LGBT perspectives? To me that idea is just as ludicrous.
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I completely agree.
In addtion, smallintestine might be interested to know that Jane Austen's novels were actually a bit feminist for the time and if the female characters didn't have authority or power, her books explored these ideas and the ideas that women had to give up their autonomy in order to "marry well".
It was basically commentary on her social circles and the role of women and men in them.
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Really? She wrote six major novels around 200 years ago and people still read them. There have been 20+ movies and TV series based on her works. Most of them have enjoyed critical acclaim, and box office success as well as multiple tv and film awards.
Being influential and being marketable are two very different things. I'm not doubting the former, but I am questioning the later.
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Being influential and being marketable are two very different things. I'm not doubting the former, but I am questioning the later.
That makes sense. There really isnt a good reference point for this. We do know there is a large market for Jane Austen type literature, film, tv, and plays. How many of that target audience will play an mmo in the same vein?
My guess is that it will be enough to keep this indie project going strong for a long time. But that is just my guess. Based on the popularity of the IP in other entertainment mediums, the originality of this concept in the mmo landscape, and the continued integration of all things digital and casual into mainstream culture. It could end up huge.
I think i can speak for all men and say that we love women in our games..a LOT,however i don't think it is a good idea to start segregating sexes in games.Instead of trying to design a game fro a specific women how about just design a game that appeals to both sexes with the same sort of ideals.
On a side note,i think perhaps not having the "EVER" in the title would also be a good thing,i think perhaps trying to get a little more noticed using a popular game title.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
I think the real question that needs to be answered is...
Will there be full-loot?
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