Panels I attended at GXE17

[kanzeon_2040]

Saturday:

The Great Chasm of Nonbinary Content and How We Can Fill ItSpeaker gave examples of types of nonbinary characters in existing video games, and how to implement nonbinary options for players. Audience discussed how to write nonbinary characters without offending nonbinary gamers. One audience member pointed out that people who identify

Comments

[matrixmann]

The best way to create or design unconventional characters is - just write them from the hip. Write what exists in life. Or what can exist. Also in the area of sick people...
'Cause, trying to create a character which covers this or that minority group, this ends up in sounding artificial and also relying on cliches.
Also, take it as a rule: Don't write about stuff that you really have no idea about. Superficial shit is what nobody needs.
Empathy is the key.