This game looks a LOT like something I would love to play, Pixel art, retro, DnD references, and co-op? Yes please. But I don't see any non-White characters in the screenshots or trailers. Are there non-White characters in the game, or can you customize the main character to have a different skin tone? I kinda prefer to play games that have characters that look like me any my family, especially if I want to share them with my kids.
No offense, but even as I do understand how cool it feels to immerse yourself with a character that represents you, you said it yourself, that's a preference, not a requirement. Games don't need to have inclusion of every gender, ethnicity and anything else, that's something that's been demanded more recently but I simply can't understand why.
I will take offense to that. I didn't say it was a requirement for anyone, not even myself. I said it was my preference. I PREFER such games, especially if I am going to share them with my kids. I want them to see themselves reflected in the media they consume, especially if that can be in the role of a hero.
In pixel games I imagine it is even easier than most other art styles becuase it is as simple as alternate sprite sets. The same way you can run into green, red, and blue versions of a single type of monster? That works for characters and NPCs.
I would ask what's the point of objecting to someone asking about that? Especially if they aren't sating it is mandatory. What result were you hoping to get from someone asking, "I like X, is there any of that in your game?"
Calling representation a “preference” ignores the reality that for marginalized people, absence isn’t neutral. When games default to all-white casts, it reinforces the idea that some identities are universal while others are optional add-ons. Saying this is a “recent demand” erases the fact that Black people existed in the 80s and have always existed in these spaces, even when media chose not to show us. You’re free to make whatever creative choices you want, but those choices still communicate values, intentionally or not. Creative freedom doesn’t mean those choices are beyond critique, especially when they contribute to a long-standing pattern of exclusion. Wanting to see racial difference reflected isn’t entitlement... it’s a reasonable response to being consistently left out.