![]() ![]() Just not directed at someone’s sexuality, gender, or race. That doesn’t mean prejudice isn’t in the game, of course. Pronouns become part of everyday language a part of introductions similar to surnames and honorifics.” “As people mixed and mingled, all the tribalism based off birth location or skin tone or gender identity melts away. In A Long Journey to an Uncertain End, humanity has been confined to spaceships for centuries, and Coats explains that in this world, it does have an effect on the people. What does a universe without racism or homophobia or transphobia or misogyny look like?” Some would say that would be impossible, but sci-fi is all for big ideas and conflict can be found outside the world of hatred – at least, a hatred that is rooted in opposing ideologies anyhow. As Coats tells it, the universe here is “a mix of optimism and big sci-fi ideas. “We wanted to create something that was both essentially queer,” Coats explains, “but also accessible for non-queer audiences.”īut the world of this game isn’t as simple as that. The world of A Long Journey to an Uncertain End however, actively challenges the gaming sphere by showing us that queerness is not just in the people we meet, but in the very structure of society in-game. Matias is a drag queen – and an absolutely fabulous one at that. ![]() Sci-fi worlds like Mass Effect and Cyberpunk 2077’s Night City can look the part of the future, but their tone and attitude are still deeply stuck in the past. It isn’t just the companions and people you meet that are diverse, however, but the world itself. But in reality, it’s just Crispy Creative not giving priority to straight, white, male gamers and that approach is well, radical within the gaming industry. ![]() For some, it’d be called force diversity. More importantly, no longer did it feel as though we, as queer players, were the odd ones out. For each character they create, “they can not be heterosexual and able-bodied, and cis-gendered and monogamous.” And it works very well, as one of our favourite things about the characters in the short demo we previewed was how utterly unique and interesting they all were. For A Long Journey to an Uncertain End, Coats and the rest of the dev team have flipped that thinking by including a ‘diversity matrix’ of sorts. ![]()
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