HERE FOR THE COMPETITION.

author=Housekeeping
I'm the only sane person in this entire thread.

And it's appreciated. Such people do occasionally pop up in internet discussions, albeit not often enough.

I probably won't get more than a demo showcasing the various factions before the deadline, and there's an element of the gay vs. lesbian plot that's important to the satire.

Your idea of a closeted gay homophobe leading a crusade against their own is something I've considered, but figured it'd better fit into a prequel of some sort, if I ever get that far, called "Friend of Dorothy" in which an FBI squad is formed to investigate a homosexual conspiracy (based on true events).

author=Sooz
When the current vice president sincerely believes in gay conversion "therapy" and The Gay Agenda, I feel like maybe we're not at the level where this "satire" works. I mean so far it's literally just repeating what a lot of people legit believe, which is super iffy, since it's also presenting a "you choose who to be!" viewpoint.

I dunno, maybe you're capable of pulling it off in a respectful manner, but at the moment I can't even tell what you're satirizing. Like, yes, satire involves taking views to absurd extremes, but so far you don't seem to be explicitly showing these views as absurd, you're just using them as a setting. :/

If you can't see what about my concept is absurd, I don't think there's anything I can do to help you. What it's criticizing should be equally obvious.

I don't think anyone, not even Mike Pence, legit believes that gays want to murder all heterosexuals and take over the world, but some do believe that ot being allowed to discriminate against gays is somehow a conspiracy to discriminate against them. It's is a satirical exaggeration of real right wing paranoia.

author=Indra
Do you even listen to yourself?
People who start by saying "OH IT'LL BE SATIRE HEHE" are exactly the people who don't know how it works and are just being asses.

Do you have another example? It seems like you have experience with these types of situations, unless you just made that up just now to call me an ass and get away with it.

At any rate, no, "breeder" is not a "porn term": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_(slang)

I actually picked it up reading blogs on the voluntary human extinction movement, which is also subtly parodied in the game.

I don't even watch video porn. I do read porn comics sometimes, but I've never come across such, and I'd challenge you to find sauce for me (maybe via PM since that's probably not a good public convo).

author=Liberty
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At any rate, BE is a game about absolutely repulsive and abhorrent behavior that is clearly tolerated within the game, which has absolutely no redeeming social value whatsoever. You can argue that we're not supposed to empathize with the character, but the ending pretty clearly wants you to, and there's no "radiant transformative magic" to the game's themes - it's about an evil character being evil, plain and simple.

He is not presented as wrong for his actions, nothing happens to him, he is forgiven. And we're talking about stuff that's many, many times worse than using no-no words.

By contrast, I'm talking about making something that has some offensive dialogue that isn't rewarded, and the game's blatant lack of seriousness is to mock a bigoted viewpoint, not to say, "Hey, look, there's worse!"

Basically, what I'm hearing from you is that you don't want anti-gay characters portrayed in a positive light, and that's not an issue.

I'm not gonna say I was't looking forward to people's reactions to my idea, but I thought it'd be more from people like my dad than from LGBT supporters. How any of you can possibly take such a ridiculous game idea so seriously is beyond me.

I do apologize for my bad attitude. I'm going through a lot right now, and I am rather angry. I don't mean to take it out on people here... but when people accuse me of being anti-gay, a "hater", an "ass", and all that other stuff, the fangs can pop out easier than I mean.

author=Altered
Hello, welcome, please cool your bum, if people are this upset you should probably take a breath and step back and look at your project

Says someone with an avatar like that, hahaha.

Man, at least I'm not on the pizza.

Thanks for the welcome.

author=InfectionFiles
If you're pissing off LGBT people then maybe you should rethink some things there, bud.

I'm LGBT people. And LGBT people are still only people, although I'm not sure anyone in this thread other than myself is, and very few of the concerns raised so far have been valid.

Emotional knee-jerk reactions != valid concerns. Raise some and we'll talk, but what you just said is some of the worst advice you could ever give to someone making art.

"You struck a nerve. Your ideas make people feel something. Try being more bland."