It depends on what type of game you're looking for. I'ved played many games with elves in the casual market.
I also wrote one - where the main character is an elf, and she lives in a village of elves - some of the customers are elves. But its tags would centre on what the game is which is a casual game in a fantasy setting. I haven't used the tag elf because it didn't occur to me at the time to use such a tag.
Oh, but your game will not be accepted, since it is on Itch. If that fails, it will not be accepted because your elf looks more like a fairy. And if that fails, it will not be accepted because it is not centered enough.
And you are right about the tags. Such tags are not popular. People rather tag fantasy than elves.
What’s the point of that reply? OP can decide for themselves if they want to accept the game or not. If you think that OP is being too unspecific about what they ask for and too picky about what they accept, I agree - but either address OP directly or butt out of the conversation. Hassling third parties because they engage with OP is just harassment.
I forgot the age criteria, it seems ;-)
Curiously, your game was not rejected out of hand. Your main character seems to be some sort of flower fairy, like Tinkerbelle. She's mushroom sized on the cover of the game. I was under the impression that OP searched for Tolkien influenced elves. Pointy ears, tall, slender and all that.
I don't live in a country where elves or fairies are part of folklore - that leaves us free to imagine them any way we like. I'd assume the game would not qualify because of the type of game - aimed at girls - rather than other game developers - but oddly enough I didn't see the size of the character as an issue.
Fay. Elfay. Elv. It is the same word and what people think those mythical creatures are, varies a lot. Though I guess, most know them from movies and games.
Mentioning orcs, golbins and dwarves indicated to me, it's about the standard fantasy trope of elves, popularized by Lord of the Rings and later games like Dungeons & Dragons.
If this thread is about flower sized mythical creatures, that would explain a lot. There are not many games about them.
Yes, because I made the game first person: the player is playing as the elf, Trinkette.
However, she is the main character that the story revolves around and she's in every story segment - talking to something or someone.
I didn't put many of the story scenes in the screenshots, so I can see how you could get that impression.
It's a story rich game - you slowly get to know her through the story - or as much of her as she is willing to reveal. I was going to make it into a series, where you learn more about her as the series goes on but the game got so little traction I never bothered releasing Episode 2.
