Black Voices in gaming - more games?

[Klesk 🌈 Нептун 🇺🇦]

Hi,

more games like the ones on sale?

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/bvig

I got

https://store.steampowered.com/app/938860/Get_In_The_Car_Loser/

[Elucidator]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Klesk 🌈 Нептун 🇺🇦:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/388420/In_Between/

Is there also an open-world explorable 2 (or 2.5)d action platformer with areas locked behind tools or skills that you discover later (and thus require backtracking) that has secret rooms or areas here and there?
(a.k.a: metroidvania)

That game you posted lastly kinda makes me think that there should be one.. xd

[Spindles]

Most of the games being posted are made by white people. The entire point is to give money and attention to black developers and companies, and not companies like Bethesda making games with a black character in it to profit off a movement.

[Klesk 🌈 Нептун 🇺🇦]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Elucidator:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Klesk 🌈 Нептун 🇺🇦:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/388420/In_Between/

Is there also an open-world explorable 2 (or 2.5)d action platformer with areas locked behind tools or skills that you discover later (and thus require backtracking) that has secret rooms or areas here and there?
(a.k.a: metroidvania)

That game you posted lastly kinda makes me think that there should be one.. xd

Wow, that's a strangely specific question for a fictional setting 😅
I'd say ... I don't know ... and yes, there should be one ... I think. 😆

[Klesk 🌈 Нептун 🇺🇦]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από WarpSpider:

Most of the games being posted are made by white people. The entire point is to give money and attention to black developers and companies, and not companies like Bethesda making games with a black character in it to profit off a movement.

That's a point.

[Unexpected]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από WarpSpider:

Most of the games being posted are made by white people. The entire point is to give money and attention to black developers and companies, and not companies like Bethesda making games with a black character in it to profit off a movement.

why would that possibly matter? as long as they are respectfully depicted then i see no issue with it, just the same as how i dont complain when japanese developers make white characters, or how a turkish game like mount and blade has picts and norwegians you can play as, because the representation is authentic

[Klesk 🌈 Нептун 🇺🇦]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από WarpSpider:

The entire point is to give money and attention to black developers and companies

Just checked The Wagadu Chronicles and it really matches this definition :)

[Klesk 🌈 Нептун 🇺🇦]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1430350/Zakumba_Astraia/

The game is coming & there already is a demo. :)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2956996909

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2956996919

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2956996983

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2956996968

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2956996928

https://www.afroduckstudios.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxrRsmMloyQ Zakumba: Astraia (Indiegogo Campaign Trailer #1)

[Klesk 🌈 Нептун 🇺🇦]

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[Elucidator]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Elbmek:

any deliberate installation of 'black' voices into games can be construed as racist. Everyone is supposedly the same so any racial preference is racist.

Its something they do in the US. Where I live, we just have people.
People with a different skin or skintone, but still just people.
In the US they like classifying people based on their skintone for whatever reason. They do this so much that civillians could believe that they're of a different culture even if they're next door neighbors for years.I think this is sad really, because in essence people stop seeing eachother as part of the same family or friends.

I'm interested in games featuring darker skintoned protagonists as well, just like any other game. I find it cool that they focus on something different from the overused main character stereotype appearance. Of course, I am mostly interested in the game's content, rather than the protagonist (lore, story, type of game, etc.). I'm trying to say with this that to me, its about the game.

But there is a second reason that I look at these. It is because I can imagine people who have a similar skintone to that of the protagonist of a game are more easily able to connect with such character (especially children); and so the game is to them a lot more immersive from the get go. I think immersion is important to make the game more appealing and fun for people.
I'm hoping I could find a good game for people who haven't been able to immerse into the game properly due to something like this that I think they could enjoy properly, without the need of looking at the protagonist as a separate person who they make fun off instead.

And for myself obviously. I like metroidvanias for example. Someone is making a list of games, I check out the games that I wouldn't otherwise see advertised on the Store mainpage. I learn of games that way.

So its not really about the development team or who created it to me. I get the movement is for the developers, but basically, I think if they create good games people will automatically praise and support them, so-- just be normal I guess?

[Klesk 🌈 Нептун 🇺🇦]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1693280/view/3727332756620130921

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1693280/Supplice/

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Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Elucidator:

Its something they do in the US. Where I live, we just have people.
People with a different skin or skintone, but still just people.

Just several decades ago 95% would've been White, no diversity.

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Elucidator:

In the US they like classifying people based on their skintone for whatever reason. They do this so much that civillians could believe that they're of a different culture even if they're next door neighbors for years.I think this is sad really, because in essence people stop seeing eachother as part of the same family or friends..

Because they are. You don't just dump in over 100,000,000 new people and expect them to instantly drop their culture from their home country and act like what used to be the 95% White population.

[Elucidator]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Rivers:

You don't just dump in over 100,000,000 new people and expect them to instantly drop their culture from their home country and act like what used to be the 95% White population.

You're taking what I mean the wrong way.
Culture is also extremely local. Each family has a unique culture inside their home.
but there is a shared culture in each neighborhood.
What I mean is that these people do not seek eachother out and pretend they're different species basically / untrustworthy.

Also I recommend not labeling people into separate groups.
If you look at history, people were labeled based on religion and then racism happened (basically), witch hunts, etc.
It just happens, because one group has to be... somehow... better than the other, because within each group there is at least one person with Self Worth issues that starts behaving narcissistic. (no offense intended, but to get security, they need to be / feel better)
They start stirring the group claiming they have 'better parties', 'better gardens', etc.
And that is when you create belittling behavior and eventually hatred.

Simply grouping people does that.
You address people by their skintone, you're going to get belittling behavior if not hatred based on skintone

[Shinoskay]

you should buy rimworld and kenshi, let your black voices be heard

[peppermint hollows]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Elucidator:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Rivers:

You don't just dump in over 100,000,000 new people and expect them to instantly drop their culture from their home country and act like what used to be the 95% White population.

You're taking what I mean the wrong way.
Culture is also extremely local. Each family has a unique culture inside their home.
but there is a shared culture in each neighborhood.
What I mean is that these people do not seek eachother out and pretend they're different species basically / untrustworthy.

Also I recommend not labeling people into separate groups.
If you look at history, people were labeled based on religion and then racism happened (basically), witch hunts, etc.
It just happens, because one group has to be... somehow... better than the other, because within each group there is at least one person with Self Worth issues that starts behaving narcissistic. (no offense intended, but to get security, they need to be / feel better)
They start stirring the group claiming they have 'better parties', 'better gardens', etc.
And that is when you create belittling behavior and eventually hatred.

Simply grouping people does that.
You address people by their skintone, you're going to get belittling behavior if not hatred based on skintone

Ignore this troll. They are obsessed with posting about race.

[yesskillch]

I judge my games on the content of their character, so I wouldn't know.