HARMONIC'S PROFILE

author=ReynardFrost
But that's alright if you don't like it harmonic, my game isn't really intended for people like you.

..... "People like me?"

Care to explain what that even means?

Lore is a tricky thing. We really wanted to avoid unneeded fluff and make a 10-hourish, "tight" experience, rather than a daunting, sprawling sandboxy thing.

That said, there is a lot more "lore" type content later on, and there certainly is a huge wealth of back story that I used to build the world itself. For instance, the city design itself is beholden to the world setting, the hierarchical nature of a society dominated by Skyborn, what they have planned, and how they prefer to structure their humans. In the Port District, you finally meet foreigners, who drop hints about other human kingdoms, even subtle homages to "historical" names and places from one of my other games, Deadly Sin 2, which takes place about 700 years before Skyborn in the same game world. I have like, world maps, timelines, etc.

Knowing what I know now, I probably would have done a standard edition / collector's edition type thing. The SE would be what Skyborn is now, the CE would include a lot of extra content and all that "fluff" that was left out.

That said, Skyborn is very much a done deal. :) It's been out since March, no reason to go back and polish it. No time or energy for that these days anyway.

Thanks for playing. But...

There was no "abuse", it's a simple misunderstanding. The demo is indeed free, and 99% of commercial RM games use the exact same 1-hour trial method, and have for years.

So yes, of course it's free... for an hour. Of course it has a paywall. That is how this world works.

Link to the game's home site has been added.

author=Milos
To be honest, I agree with Solitayre. Only boys can be obsessed about women in the gaming industry. It reminds me of the time when you were a kid, and you wouldn't play with children "of the opposite sex". My personal opinion is that no-one should be judged by the organ he/she has down his pants, but rather by his skills and intelligence in this industry. Women can only help the industry by proving a view of the other side of the coin - since of the emotions 'n shit - and that may pop out more interesting titles. Otherwise, gamer chicks are hot. Too bad I never met any, for crying out loud. In ma city, damn duckface 13-year-old's-dressing-as-20-year-old's are pretty much the main catch. But that's another topic -.-

Women already do help the industry. No one is telling women not to do so. And frankly, it is rather sexist to say they can help "because of emotions 'n shit."

Do you know how hard it is for anyone to get in the game industry? Man or woman? And even if you do get in, do you know how hard it is for anyone to care what you think about game design? It's not just a "you have good ideas, here's a job" world. You start from nothing, scratch and claw for every opportunity, leverage every contact, and keep doing so until something clicks. In order to have direct input on actual game design, you have to build up quite a reputation with whatever institution pays your salary. Penis or vagina under the belt does not matter.

author=emmych
@harmonic: people explaining away oppression and telling you that you're too sensitive and that science backs up how irrational you are being is pretty fucking hurtful. Sexism is a legit thing that all women suffer, no matter their field, no matter where they choose to exist, and it always, always hurts. It's even worse when people look at you and say "PFFFT WHATEVER YOU ARE TOO SENSITIVE" when you point out that someone has said something that is pretty personal and hurtful, simply because they don't understand why it would be so.

I mean, think about it: you get to walk away from this thread later and continue to enjoy your existence, unaffected by this. I don't. I have to carry this stuff with me every day, because it's my life. Simply because I exist as a woman, I have to put up with sexist bullshit everyday. I don't get to take a break. I don't get to walk away.

And when people dismiss that burden, it really, really hurts. Obviously you can't understand that.

It really has nothing to do with the bland accusation of "ur too sensitive." Give me and my gender a little credit. :)

It's about cutting through the BS and getting to the truth, and it's impossible to establish true, objective reason when someone takes the automatic standpoint of a victim. It grants someone special rights that the other people involved do not enjoy. You get to throw accusations with impunity. It's been said that men will never understand a woman's mind. It's been strongly implied that men never suffer from any form of discrimination( as in "Obviously you can't understand that.") And these accusations come from the "victim"s, and are therefore, spawned from righteous indignation. You have the expectation that the non-victims will auto-accept this indignation and grant you your vindication.

Here's the thing. EVERYONE has been subject to some form of discrimination. Some forms are more overt, and more sensational, and thus more accepted by societal status quo, than others. For instance, being fat is a very poor defense in our popular culture, but using race or sexual preference as a defense is almost unopposed and is an automatic, ironclad path to moral superiority. That's just one example. Yes, fat is something you can change, but discrimination is discrimination. Just about anything that sets you apart from someone else can be used.

Yes, I'm an average white straight male. Society demands upon us an unreasonable model of stoic masculinity, skill with machinery, etc, that I and many men cannot fulfill. Being white, pop culture tells me that I'm dorky, uptight, can't dance, have no rhythm, am "dull" (as in the infamous "dull white guy" phrase,) and so on. I'm also a redhead. Thus, I don't fit in quite as well as other more common hair colors. Since I'm a man, I'm told I'm not supposed to enjoy feminine things. I'm not supposed to be scared of bugs, I'm not supposed to cry. There are no support groups, organizations, nothing whatsoever specifically targeted to empowering white straight men (those of us who aren't the supposed top 1% of society) as there are for every other race/sexual preference/gender. And your response to that is that "we don't need it." Right. We're told we're born entitled and privileged, don't have to work as hard, and don't deserve any breaks. Any suffering or failure is our own fault (not our race/gender, and any success is our race/gender's doing. Normally this would be fine, as everyone on earth should be judged by the content of their character, but obviously this is not reality, and when someone gets bombarded with empowerment of every single demographic other than white men on a constant basis, it gets a tad annoying.

Of course, I can choose to ignore the status quo, and not identify myself by the configuration of my genitalia or the color of my skin. Try *not* being a victim, and you will find how easily these, yes, very real acts of discrimination, will bounce off of you. My wife is a Peruvian immigrant - when people say ugly things like "she probably can't speak English" I get ridiculously angry on her behalf, but she shrugs it off, knowing full well it's just an uninformed passing comment by a person who doesn't matter.

Yes of course ugly things happen. And no one is denying that that sucks. We've all felt it. However, I'm referring to the reasonable people in this very thread, who are civilly trying to find a common ground with you. I want you to see past the "oh my god being a woman is my plight" and at least acknowledge that you're in a safe place, among friends, even if we don't automatically fall in line with everything you're saying.