I've been enjoying the demo so far, but I'd like to point out the first Quinni scene is defined as "Trans/trap" in the menu. "Trap" is basically a slur for trans people because it implies they are trying to scam you. I think the game would benefit from removing it, even if I understand that it's a common tag.
I disagree. I have many trap friends that enjoy the term and do not find it offensive. This line of thinking is equal to saying girls shouldn't wear makeup because it hides what they look like. Trap is a fine term and loved by some while it is hated by others. Never yuck someone else's yum. But if you do then your logic should be used against you in turn.
Look at the numbers for their comment. Don't change things just because one person said so. Look how many people disagree. If that person is valid then all of those that disagree are valid too. In which case it is a numbers game. The alternative is letting people write what they want for the tag in game. For example
Girly male= femboi
Female with male equipment= futa
And so on. It is like naming your character or naming the relationship between characters. Some even let you choose how some characters refer to you.
Name alexander
Character A is my (best friend)
Character A calls me (Jackass)
Character b is my (roommate)
Character b calls me (Alex)
Character c is my (ex)
Character c calls me (Xander)
Doing it like this takes a long time though. Ultimately it is up to the dev of their game to decide how to handle complaints from random players. Id understand if someone was funding them but adjusting something just because one person said so is not healthy. Think of the others(5 people myself included at time of comment.)
I completely understand your point, and I have many trans friends that do NOT vibe with the term 'trap' because I agree with the OP that it implies that they're deceiving people of their true identity. They'd use it jokingly amongst each other but they would not want to be actually labelled as such by others. And that's not to invalidate those who are fine with the 'trap' term.
If we're just looking at Quinni as a character, I made her canonically trans. Never in the dialogue do I use the word 'trap' once except in the options menu when I allow the player to choose her genitals. And if I’m being frank, I only did that because it’s the commonplace H-game terminology — which is why terms like “futa”, "femboy" and “trap” appear on the page as shorthand genre descriptors. So I felt omitting one mention of the word in the actual game was worth avoiding offence.
By setting the options to "has a penis (intended)" and "has a strap-on/vagina (alternative)", it leaves her label open for anyone to self-insert what they like to view her as most. You are free to label her as a 'trap' if you so wish just like how you can choose for her to be a cis girl with a vagina if you so wish, the dialogue does not change a single bit with that decision. I've previously encouraged anyone who questioned Quinni's identity by telling them that she's whatever they want her to be and that's okay.
And you’re absolutely right — I shouldn’t let one person dictate how I dev the game but I’ve turned down plenty of requests before. This time, it just happened to be something I genuinely agreed with and had the power to change. People can disagree, and that’s fine — I’ll always make the calls that feel right to me. I just make games that I wish existed and I'm just glad people enjoy it too.