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Well, it's entirely up you if you wanna pass, but I don't really understand why you felt the need to come rant about it >.<
This was only the 2nd game I ever made, and it was made in under 1 week for a time-restricted game jam.
I included voice acting within that time limit cos VA is very important to me; it motivates me to finish a project.
Most of my games do actually feature pronoun choices, but it just wasn't a priority for this project as there simply wasn't time.
Adding pronoun choices would've meant more coding for me when it's a miracle I managed to make the jam deadline as it was.
So to be clear, not having pronoun options was not because I couldn't be bothered, as you say. It was because I didn't have the time. It's not like I was being paid to do any of it either >.<
I really don't see what the problem is having a gender-neutral approach anyhow. It's one way of being more inclusive rather than only offering the option to play as 1 specific gender.
The scenario is also entirely first-person, so it just plays out with the character speaking to the player. Pronouns just aren't really necessary in a scenario like that.
But whatever. You do you. I'm just a random person on the internet making free games x3 No need to have a go >.<
[Edit for additional context]
I'm an adult woman. I use she/her pronouns, but as a gamer, I'm happy to play any game that interests me regardless of the pronoun options available.
As a player, I'd much prefer to be referred to as gender neutral, or have gender completely unreferenced, than be forced to play as a dude.
Of course, everyone is different and will have different preferences, but for me personally, the only way immersion could be broken is if the game contained numerous bugs and/or typos, haha.
And as a dev, I make the games I wanna make. Not exactly looking to cater to people's specific preferences really cos that would just ruin the hobby for me >.<
Also, after seeing you decided to abuse the rating system to leave a negative 1* review for a game you haven't even played, I might as well point out that you have completely misunderstood what I even meant by saying it's gender-neutral.
I'm not forcing anyone to identify in any particular way, quite the opposite, in fact. It's gender-neutral so that players are free to decide for themselves who they want to be when they play. It was a quick way to make the project more inclusive on a super tight deadline.
You seem to have taken a great deal of offence over a complete misinterpretation for some reason.
I don't know what the heck has happened in your life for you to have found this to be such a sore subject, but no one's forcing anyone to be anything here. Heck, I'm a woman. Like I said in my original comment, I use she/her pronouns. I don't have some hidden agenda going on here where I'm forcing people to be gender-neutral when I'm not even gender-neutral myself, haha.
As far as I can remember, pronouns aren't even used at all in the game script. But heck, I couldn't swear on it cos I made this yeeeeears ago. Like way back in 2020 or something.
Anyways, like I said in my original reply, it was made in under 1 week. I'm one person. It's a free game. I don't know why anyone would expect a random dev to cater to people's specific preferences when they're not even being paid.
I'm not sure if it has ever occurred to you, but devs are people too. And going around moaning and shitting on people's games isn't exactly the best way to get the kinds of features you want implemented.
As I mentioned, I do include pronoun options in most of my games where time allows. I've even made entirely separate downloads to include additional gender options for both player characters and romantic interests. It just so happens that it wasn't possible to do that for this micro-project.
This is just a hobby for me. There's no need to get so worked up over what is essentially no big deal at all >.<