Monument Valley 1&2

[Aerctaure]

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/25548/Monument_Valley_Panoramic_Collection/

Pro-DEI messaging has this game features leaders as mostly female.

Monument Valley 2 has a bonus level featuring pro-environmentalist messaging sponsored by an anti-deforestation charity.

[Aerctaure]

Originally posted by TurtleShroom (HACKED, RECOVERED):

Posit:

1. Having mostly female leaders does not instantly make something Woke or pro-DEI. It has to involve promoting unrealistic and obnoxious Girl Boss stuff, and make men look weak and stupid, to meet that.

2. "Clear-cutting trees without planting trees in their place is bad" is not Woke, nor is it DEI/WEF Greta Thernberg propaganda.

If these are the only faults of the game, it should be ruled as Not Woke.

The real fault is that the setting is strongly implied to be set in old Persia (ya know, the place where they force hijab son women now). This makes it anachronistic and out-of-place WOMEN POWER message.

[Aerctaure]

Originally posted by TurtleShroom (HACKED, RECOVERED):

Originally posted by Aerctaure:

The real fault is that the setting is strongly implied to be set in old Persia.

If that was the case, that's an Advisory/Informational warning, not a true Woke tag. Bad casting choices in and of themselves, even for muh diversity, don't instantly make the game Woke enough to merit a negative warning to stay away from it.

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[› Furin]

Originally posted by Aerctaure:

The real fault is that the setting is strongly implied to be set in old Persia (ya know, the place where they force hijab son women now). This makes it anachronistic and out-of-place WOMEN POWER message.

I'm not sure I agree with this interpretation.

The art credited with serving as inspirations for the levels comes from a variety of sources, with many of them being depictions of Europe.

That being said, these games will be added as informational for the following reasons:

Monument Valley 1

The Ida's Dream dlc was made as part of a partnership with the Project RED charity:
https://monumentvalleygame.squarespace.com/faq

Monument Valley 2

-All characters are female. The story is about motherhood and gameplay revolves around the player character and her daughter.

-According to Art Director, David Fernández Huerta, the inspiration for Level 1 of The Archipelago was Drag Queen Kim Chi:
https://web.archive.org/web/20180904001614/https://milanote.com/the-work/the-surprising-inspiration-behind-monument-valleys-most-beautiful-levels

-As previously mentioned by Aerctaure, The Lost Forest level was added as part of a contribution to Playing for the Planet’s Green Game Jam 2021:
https://www.engadget.com/monument-valley-2-new-chapter-ustwogames-play4forests-conservation-141058416.html