Even if she's based on the kind of character Han Solo is, that doesn't really mean anything. The Star Wars universe is full of scoundrels; it's basically one of the main Star Wars character archetypes. Look at, like, everyone in Rogue One, or basically any of the Star Wars games in which you're not playing as a Jedi, etc.…
Now you're posting links to people who complain that the "far left" are infiltrating video games? How many seconds in do I have to go to find the first "Sweet Baby Inc" complaint? It's on my bingo card. I think it's incredibly disingenuous to make a topic complaining about a female character design where basically all your…
In what was does that image show they're going for that? Those images are nothing alike. Is wearing a jacket the smoking gun? Movable eyebrows? Hair colour? I'm going to be honest, when you keep posting all this shit like "some people are saying..." You just come off as tacitly agreeing with it. There's no insight to…
I do wonder if the games industry should take a more involved approach with fans during development. At the moment its very NDA limited, we never really get to see what a games development is like behind the scenes or have any real input during production. Like interviews with character teams would be great to follow along…
Lol, I do enjoy writing. And its great to read different perspectives and analyse design decisions. I have been doing more art, though I've had some time recently since 2 of the main characters I was working on are complete and positively reviewed. I was mainly doing the female character to diversify my work, so what…
I'm going to try my best and engage with some of the things posed in a good faith manner, even though these conversations tend to be kind of exhausting and go in circles. So just to get it out of the way here is how I generally feel about these conversations: Regarding appeal: It's one of those things that is ultimately…
i think you've demonstrated why having fewer inputs is probably for the better. you are a single person and have pages of opinions about a character. multiply that by hundreds or thousands of fans and what is the character designer going to do with all of that? a programmer builds a tool to search all the responses and…
I just feel that given its Star Wars, the game has appeal by default. So they can certainly be flexible with their character'd design and narrative and take risks. That said, I don't know if this game is being used to promote advocacy as suggested in this video which gives more insight behind the motivations of the team…
Ideally, the internal design team should be skilled enough and aware that their choices would resonate with audiences. When consulting its more with professional consultants in the field while taking general feedback from the audience as an approach to engagement. For example I learn a lot from this expression scientist…
Wha?? Am I in the minority in thinking the character looks great!? I especially like her hair. It immediately gave off 70's Farrah Fawcett vibes, which would fit into the era of the original trilogy, but still looks modern and fresh. Don't know if that was intentional on their part, but felt like a cool design detail to…