Playing with Gender: A Design Framework for Character Customization
Tuesday, August 22, 2023 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM · 1 hr. (Europe/Berlin)
Stage 11 - Nördliches Sitzungszimmer
Live
-All-CultureDiversity, Accessibility & InclusionGame Design
Information
Are you a boy or a girl? Many games open with this question. Your choice might dictate your appearance, how NPCs talk to you, story choices or more. But what if you want to be a guy with long hair? Or wear a skirt and a beard? Or play as neither a boy nor a girl?
This talk will analyze games that offer more gender-expansive options, what makes them work, and potential pitfalls for your own projects.
Creating inclusive gender choices is not a scary task – it’s one of the most creative and rewarding design challenges of the moment.
Target Audiences
This talk is for game designers and developers working on character customization, and anyone interested in more inclusive gender options in games.
Experience Level
Intermediate
Key Take Aways
You will gain a framework of five design questions to ask yourself when designing character customization that will make your game more gender inclusive.
You will learn a new understanding of gender that questions defaults and enables you to find new solutions unique to your own game.
Session Type
Talk
