Spiral Atlas Games

The reason I made this blog is that I felt like having a place I could ramble about what I'm up to that allowed for proper comments.

So what have I been up up to? Why, working on some major changes for my dating sim version of Northanger Abbey! Namely:

• Allowing the ability to switch between patriarchy or matriarchy (which flips all the binary gendered characters)
  
• Incorporating Renpy's new accessibility options
  
• Adding optional image descriptions

I also added the option for players not to give their character an assigned gender, in which case the game just avoids the topic. I feel kind of bad for not doing that from the start.

The other changes are quite wide ranging, so are taking a while to implement. I'm going through scene by scene, drawing rule 63 versions of the characters as they come up, checking for any missed gendered language, adding image descriptions, and then testing.

The designs are still pretty sketchy while I get everything set up, but here's some original and flipped versions I've designed so far: Mrs Allen, Henry Tilney, and a footman.


The protagonist already had the option to present as male/female/genderqueer so they haven't changed.
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