Beautiful Escape: Dungeoneer

Beautiful Escape: Dungeoneer has got a fair amount of attention on places outside RMN, and I decided I should talk a bit about it here because this is the game's home. You can check all the links at the External tab. This blog post is just meant to say what to look for.

Some reviews that were posted on other sites:
Beautiful Escape: Dungeoneer Review by Zhou Xuanming - The Independente Games Review
Zona indie: Beautiful Escape: Dungeoneer by zzzerotime - Nivel Oculto
Tortuous Love by Kaushik Narasimhan - Kaushik's Web
Beautiful Escape: Dungeoneer. Come home with me by erigity - Gamin.ru
Freeloadable: the best serial killer game the Daily Mail missed by Edwin Evans-Thirlwell - VideoGames Daily

And these are some more in-depth reviews (I guess this disctinction was somewhat arbitrary):
Beautiful Escape: Dungeoneer (Review) by Jordan Rivas - Jordan Rivas BLOG
RRR Official Review: Beautiful Escape: Dungeoneer by X-M-O - RPG RPG Revolution
1183 on Beautiful Escape: Dungeoneer by Harbour Master - Electron Dance
Comments on a Game About Serial Killing by Amanda Lange - Second Truth Blog

Two of the guys who reviewed the game also decided to interview me. The second interview also talks about Marvel Brothel and general game design:
Interview w/Beautiful Escape Developer by Jordan Rivas - Jordan Rivas BLOG
Playing Inside the Mind: Nicolau Chaud by Harbour Master - Electron Dance

This is my own blog, and in this post I talk about how I came up with a torture game concept, and what the process was like. It's in Portuguese, but I'm linking the Google Translator version:
Beautiful Escape: Dungeoneer by Calunio - Nicoisas

This is a very insightful discussion on gender ambiguity on games (illustrated by the character Daily from the game) posted on PopMatters:
On Gender Ambiguity in a Binary Paradigm by Kris Ligman - PopMatters

Popmatters also did an article on sociopathy on games, discussing how the "dating sim" part of BE:D reflects the heartlessness of the game mechanics.
Considering the Politics of Sociopathy in 'Beautiful Escape: Dungeoneer' by Kris Ligman - PopMatters

This matter was also discussed in this amazing RPS article, which also has some very interesting takes on other things, like Daily's sexuality, comparing torture to art, the metacritical elements of the torture rating, monsters gaining sympathy in pop culture, and real-world torture:

Wot I Think: Beautiful Escape: Dungeoneer by Kieron Gillen - Rock, Paper, Shotgun

There is one particular comment in this RPS article which caught my attention, and I'd like to mention it here:

So I have now stripped, tied up, burned, lacerated, partially drowned, drilled, and chainsawed half a dozen strangers (+1) to make “art”.

Why does placing a rape trap make me feel queasy? I almost refused to put it down, until I examined my other actions and asked myself why it makes a difference.

That's to all of you who call it a rape game.

A third article on PopMatters adresses the impact of rape, and discusses player guilt in games:
Player Guilt Revisited in 'Beautiful Escape' by Kris Ligman - PopMatters

All the discussion that follows the RPS article is very interesting, I recommend you read that.

To wrap this up, I make another wallpaper for the game, this time featuring Daily:

Beautiful Escape: Dungeoneer Daily Wallpaper

If you missed the previous one:

Beautiful Escape: Dungeoneer Verge Wallpaper