i love this game so much! the art, the characters, the interactions, the wholesomeness - i am so happy that it'll be released in my birthday month, ha. i'm also super excited that there's non-binary inclusion since that's rare or rarely done well.
i'd like to ask you for one change: in the character creation screen you can choose a hairstyle that you're calling "dread locks." i know the term is used widely but it's actually a very demeaning term (the word dread is negative and it's a Black hairstyle, so it's used to shame and degrade Black people). i am sure you weren't aware, neither was i for a long time. but please change it :) you can simply call it "locs", as far as i (a white person) know. thank you!
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Thank you! That's really nice of you to say and it's cool the game will come out near your birthday ^^
For "dreadlocks" it's a welcomed term for some people in some contexts, the "dread" doesn't always have negative connotations. So in a game for lots of different people, whether or not to include something that's not liked by some but has importance to others is a hard choice. We'll definitely keep listening to players and if it does end up causing more harm than good we'll change the name to "locs" or something else! It is kind of you to be considerate of that c: