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Hey GameDevs and IndieDevs. What's your take on including subversive messages in videogames?!

Barry Herbers

@barryherbers.bsky.social

11 July 2023

It is good in all places, as many places as possible, regardless of medium

Frabjous Studios

@devs.frabjousstudios.com

There's a difference between including a message and getting preachy. When does it get in the way of the player experience?!

11/7/23, 8:14 pm0 reposts0 likes

Frabjous Studios

@devs.frabjousstudios.com

11 July 2023

...asking for a friend. 😅

Barry Herbers

@barryherbers.bsky.social

11 July 2023

As much as I love video games, a better world matters more, so they're a bad inclusion when they're turning away more people than they're convincing/galvanizing. That's probably going to be when they're irrelevant to the actual game/story

Barry Herbers

@barryherbers.bsky.social

11 July 2023

if your question is more "but how do I write them well" that's like a way deeper question, and I'm barely a writer, so best I can say is: always make sure it comes back to a properly dramatized character psychology.