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I know several people who use they, some of whom look gender ambiguous and others who don't. Sometimes this results in gendering errors. ... even having less sympathetic characters purposely misgender the protagonist for the sake of historical accuracy would be problematic, as it doesn't take into ...

A good example ... included a gender neutral pronoun option and a non-binary character despite the story being set in a very gendered society. It worked well because there wasn't any sort of emphasis being put on the pronouns, they were just there. You don't have to get into exploring the concept o...

I think CometGears nailed my thought process (thanks!): I don't identify with they/them pronouns, so take this opinion with a grain of salt, but if I did, seeing it as an option in a game--not a huge deal, but just like being able to choose the MC name--I'd think it was a neat feature. I like escapi...

(still learning the board etiquette here, I hope it's okay for me to jump back in) First off, thank you all so much for the thoughtful responses! I really appreciate the input; reading through, I want to try to be more specific, so I hope you'll bear with me. I don't disagree with the concerns raise...

Lovely post! It's important to be able to trace your influences, I think-- that awareness is a big part of keeping them 'influences' instead of imitations, and exploring what's out there is a good way of winnowing down to what ideas, themes, and mediums you want to experiment with yourself! As a bit...

Hello! I am new to both Lemma and creating visual novels. Since my partner has interest in coding, and I've been looking for a new writing endeavor, we decided to collaborate on a project that challenges us both (and may hopefully involve a longtime friend and artist, should they have time). I'm a b...

Hello! After playing buckets of VNs, I'm working on writing my own for the first time, and am in a bit of a quandry. With the goal of being as inclusive as possible, I'm opting not to visually depict the main player character, and also to offer a choice of preferred pronouns (he/she/they). My concer...