we implemented the inverted control option for controllers since it is quite common for those, but we hadn't considered that some players might favor it for mouse + keyboard as well.
Do you feel this option would make playing the game more enjoyable or accessible? We can definitely look into adding such a feature with future updates and/or in future games.
It probably would. Older gamers like myself grew up when first-person games tended to default to inverted look. In fact, it used to be so common, that some of the earliest, like Quake, actually referred to the old "pull back to look up" method as "normal" and the "push up to look up" standard as "inverted".
I'm not sure when or why that changed, but I do remember when games started to default to the modern standard being thrown off when I pulled the right stick or mouse back and end up looking down instead of up as I was used to. (Now that I think of it, I remember a mini-game in Rayman 3 where I encountered it first.)
Anyway, considering how many commercial games still offer inverted look, I'd consider it some kind of legacy accessibility feature I wish smaller devs would include more often, even if a majority of gamers these days don't use it.
loved this game, the geometry? not so much, nothing on your fault, non eucledian geometry just hurts my head, but i still loved the game itself, and i am quite fascinated with non eucledian geometry in general
Wow, this was such an immersive interesting exploration! I was intrigued by the many genders there were, some that I already knew but read additional information, and some that I completely didn't know! This was a great educational walk through just to understand the basics, I'm so glad I was able to experience it.
This put the nail in the coffin for me not being cis gender. I had thought about it before, given that I'm already part of the LGBT, but walking through that "they" door really awoke something in me. It felt comforting, like home, like me.
Ich hatte keine Ahnung, dass es so viele deutsche Neopronomen gab! Es is sehr interessant, dass they oder hen (was Schwedisch ist?) auch auf deutsch benutzt kann!
honest to god I saw this game, thought it was just an abstract walking sim titled "what's your gender", and immediately was like "yeah that about sums it up honestly," but I now see it's actually NOT just a playful "yknow sometimes being nonbinary just means feeling like a glowing tree" and it's ACTUALLY a semi-informational art piece about gender and how gender is perceived.
edit: Just finished the game, holy shit. This was really cool. I have to say that, even though irl I'm pretty mentally indifferent about having to go to spaces meant for women if given a "man or woman" option, like bathrooms, for some reason that beginning genuinely made me lock up. I think that I've become so used to digital spaces being where I can truly express my ideal self to where the idea of having to do those same things in this "safe environment" actually DOES get to me. I actually felt even a tad ashamed that something as simple as pink and blue doors in a digital art piece made me genuinely freak out internally. Fortunately, my suspicions about it were correct, and the whole point of that part WAS to throw some for a loop, and show how gender overall is far more than just going through a colored door that's been assigned to a specific group by society.
On a side note, something that could've been interesting to add in would've been explaining neopronouns, or mentioning zenogenders, as those things are often treated quite poorly and many don't know what the actual purpose and reason behind their existence are. There's a good deal of obscure history relating to them, and they're also connected to queer ND people (and especially a lotta autistic folks!). To be fair I'm biased, since I'm autistic and a part of that specific community, but I think it'd be a neat addition if you were to ever update or expand on this experience!
Absolutely wonderful overall, really good with explanations, and the artwork is so good. Love the fluid room especially!
I LOVE IT. it is so...otherworldly. It feels like a dream. It's so cool. also i found out the i'm they/her. You should make one about sexuality, (no rush)
This came with my bundle. I was about to add it the pile of things I have no interest in checking out (get a few of those from big bundles like this). I mean, who wants to be labeled by a game as to what gender they are?
Though I decided to just to take a peek and I see it's not that. The game design is rather interesting. Something I have not played before. I will add this to the games to check out later. I even got past being triggered by the word CIS.
Oh this should not have happend. Since both switch and gate dont seem to move I assume there is some sort of error that caused these behaviours to halt. You can still move around on the platform I assume? With WebGL its kind of hard to say what exactly is going on, but I'll try and see if I can reproduce the issue, thanks for reporting it =)
absolutely wonderful seeing a take on the visual and mechanical style of Antichamber, but in a setting I can relate to :) the visual metaphors are strong, and lovely to reflect on!
My hand is aching because I played this on mobile. I was expecting a very stereotyped quizz but I'm glad I was mistaken! And yaaay, there's the word gendervoid in it, that's my label 🥰
loved this game :D My brainless bro and I played it together, and it was really fun and educative to explore this map. I loved the aesthetic of the place and use of color along with the representation of the terms. <3 yes also I copied this message cuz bro said so hehehe anyways amazing game maybe make one for sexuality? UwU
I loved this game :D My sister and I played it together, and it was really fun and educative to explore this map. I loved the aesthetic of the place and use of color along with the representation of the terms. <3
the space map was so interesting, some of the transitions made my computer lag. tho the story was interesting even though I knew the terms (somewhat) the representation of them through the space was interesting, really good
Frustratingly some spaces (the euphoria room and outdoors ares in particular) can be somewhat taxing on ones hardware. They stack a few mechanics on top of each other that made optimisation a bit more complicated than we had originally hoped. Glad you were able to enjoy the game non the less =)
this is a beautifully constructed game and really wonderfully designed. while i already knew most of these terms, there were some others i wasnt aware of and it taught me something. not to mention i had a pleasantly peaceful time exploring the map. i love the way it loops and connects. hope to see more of your work in the future <3
Really liked exploring these spaces! A great idea to play on the idea these are more complex than people think...
[content references follow] I love how the first room/term I've found was trans, and that apparently there's a only fem room... (haven't tried walking through color-coded doors, turned around...). Also the room which allows to choose and experience pronouns is a great way to explore options and check on feelings
I loved this so much not only did it help with who i am today, it also helped me with my parents understand the meaning of the different parts of identity <3
although there were still some unanswered questions lol keep up the amazing work
This is a very thoughtful experience, I had to think on it for a while. I see a lot of things describing me like not many other places can. Its real good work.
Very creative use of space! It made me emotional. I felt like I was being seen in a way that a lot of queer media just doesn't have. I like that you added less well-known terms like hijira and gendervoid, and neopronouns like xe, ey, and one.
As a trans person, the trans/passing room hit me pretty strongly. When you're trans and pre-everything, you want to pass so badly, but it just feels distant and unreachable, so you're left gazing wistfully at other people and wishing you could look like them. And when you're passing, it feels... limiting. Walking along that narrow bridge, wishing you could be out and proud, if only it didn't run a risk to your safety. Wanting to break free of gender roles, but still wanting to be seen as your gender.
I like seeing people interpret rooms different ways. For me the one that stood out most was the euphoria room where the path came up when you walked forward. I made it across, but every time I tried going back I just kept falling over and over into the gray below it. Even if unintentional, I felt like it really represented how reaching a state of gender euphoria is for me, where I had it at one point but as time went on I got confused and lost all over again. But then I just climbed the stairs the devs put in, and slowly found the right way to walk so that I could keep the path forming for me. Loved everything about this game. <3
Reading about the different interpretations people have about a game is one of the most interesting aspects of making them. Thank you for sharing yours <3
Can I just mention the brilliance of the pronouns room? I spent a while in there just walking through all of the doors, thinking about which sentence I felt truly referred to me. A lovely educational tool and self-exploration tool.
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Why does invert work with the gamepad, but not the mouse?
Hi Shane,
we implemented the inverted control option for controllers since it is quite common for those, but we hadn't considered that some players might favor it for mouse + keyboard as well.
Do you feel this option would make playing the game more enjoyable or accessible? We can definitely look into adding such a feature with future updates and/or in future games.
Cheers
It probably would. Older gamers like myself grew up when first-person games tended to default to inverted look. In fact, it used to be so common, that some of the earliest, like Quake, actually referred to the old "pull back to look up" method as "normal" and the "push up to look up" standard as "inverted".
I'm not sure when or why that changed, but I do remember when games started to default to the modern standard being thrown off when I pulled the right stick or mouse back and end up looking down instead of up as I was used to. (Now that I think of it, I remember a mini-game in Rayman 3 where I encountered it first.)
Anyway, considering how many commercial games still offer inverted look, I'd consider it some kind of legacy accessibility feature I wish smaller devs would include more often, even if a majority of gamers these days don't use it.
loved this game, the geometry? not so much, nothing on your fault, non eucledian geometry just hurts my head, but i still loved the game itself, and i am quite fascinated with non eucledian geometry in general
✨HE✨AHHH
holy poop!!! this game is so educational & makes me feel so accepted
Lovely!
Wow, this was such an immersive interesting exploration! I was intrigued by the many genders there were, some that I already knew but read additional information, and some that I completely didn't know! This was a great educational walk through just to understand the basics, I'm so glad I was able to experience it.
I'm a they/them!
same
enby gang!
eyyyyyyy! I found a clan I belong in!!
This put the nail in the coffin for me not being cis gender. I had thought about it before, given that I'm already part of the LGBT, but walking through that "they" door really awoke something in me. It felt comforting, like home, like me.
im so happy you helped figure out who you are good job bestie! /gen
I'm not sure but great educational game!
Loved this game!
Ich hatte keine Ahnung, dass es so viele deutsche Neopronomen gab! Es is sehr interessant, dass they oder hen (was Schwedisch ist?) auch auf deutsch benutzt kann!
honest to god I saw this game, thought it was just an abstract walking sim titled "what's your gender", and immediately was like "yeah that about sums it up honestly," but I now see it's actually NOT just a playful "yknow sometimes being nonbinary just means feeling like a glowing tree" and it's ACTUALLY a semi-informational art piece about gender and how gender is perceived.
edit: Just finished the game, holy shit. This was really cool. I have to say that, even though irl I'm pretty mentally indifferent about having to go to spaces meant for women if given a "man or woman" option, like bathrooms, for some reason that beginning genuinely made me lock up. I think that I've become so used to digital spaces being where I can truly express my ideal self to where the idea of having to do those same things in this "safe environment" actually DOES get to me. I actually felt even a tad ashamed that something as simple as pink and blue doors in a digital art piece made me genuinely freak out internally. Fortunately, my suspicions about it were correct, and the whole point of that part WAS to throw some for a loop, and show how gender overall is far more than just going through a colored door that's been assigned to a specific group by society.
On a side note, something that could've been interesting to add in would've been explaining neopronouns, or mentioning zenogenders, as those things are often treated quite poorly and many don't know what the actual purpose and reason behind their existence are. There's a good deal of obscure history relating to them, and they're also connected to queer ND people (and especially a lotta autistic folks!). To be fair I'm biased, since I'm autistic and a part of that specific community, but I think it'd be a neat addition if you were to ever update or expand on this experience!
Absolutely wonderful overall, really good with explanations, and the artwork is so good. Love the fluid room especially!
Using Antichamber's weirdness with space to talk about our relationship with gender is a cool idea.
The pronoun room is especially good
This game is one of the best that I've played. My favorite part was the pronouns section, it made me so happy walking thru the "they" door. :D
I LOVE IT. it is so...otherworldly. It feels like a dream. It's so cool. also i found out the i'm they/her. You should make one about sexuality, (no rush)
This came with my bundle. I was about to add it the pile of things I have no interest in checking out (get a few of those from big bundles like this). I mean, who wants to be labeled by a game as to what gender they are?
Though I decided to just to take a peek and I see it's not that. The game design is rather interesting. Something I have not played before. I will add this to the games to check out later. I even got past being triggered by the word CIS.
Antichamber but gender. I love it.
`Hi! I think I might have found a bug.
I got stuck on the elevator and the switch doesn't work. There is no other exit behind me.
Oh this should not have happend. Since both switch and gate dont seem to move I assume there is some sort of error that caused these behaviours to halt. You can still move around on the platform I assume? With WebGL its kind of hard to say what exactly is going on, but I'll try and see if I can reproduce the issue, thanks for reporting it =)
absolutely wonderful seeing a take on the visual and mechanical style of Antichamber, but in a setting I can relate to :) the visual metaphors are strong, and lovely to reflect on!
My hand is aching because I played this on mobile. I was expecting a very stereotyped quizz but I'm glad I was mistaken! And yaaay, there's the word gendervoid in it, that's my label 🥰
Wait, is this game a quiz at all? I don't want to play a game that tells me what I am.
nope not at all!
Nope, it's not!
very cute loved walking in n out of that he door a couple times
loved this game :D My brainless bro and I played it together, and it was really fun and educative to explore this map. I loved the aesthetic of the place and use of color along with the representation of the terms. <3 yes also I copied this message cuz bro said so hehehe anyways amazing game maybe make one for sexuality? UwU
found out I like Zey/Zem pronouns today :)
Congrats!
I loved this game :D My sister and I played it together, and it was really fun and educative to explore this map. I loved the aesthetic of the place and use of color along with the representation of the terms. <3
Thank you so much <3
the space map was so interesting, some of the transitions made my computer lag.
tho the story was interesting even though I knew the terms (somewhat) the representation of them through the space was interesting, really good
Frustratingly some spaces (the euphoria room and outdoors ares in particular) can be somewhat taxing on ones hardware. They stack a few mechanics on top of each other that made optimisation a bit more complicated than we had originally hoped. Glad you were able to enjoy the game non the less =)
this is a beautifully constructed game and really wonderfully designed. while i already knew most of these terms, there were some others i wasnt aware of and it taught me something. not to mention i had a pleasantly peaceful time exploring the map. i love the way it loops and connects. hope to see more of your work in the future <3
Thanks for the kind words <3
A new game of ours should come relatively soon =)
Thank you so much. it made me such gender euphoria and it taught me a lot of things I did not know. Really beautiful game. <3
<3
everything was...well an experience to me as I'm just learning whether or not I am what I am and this just made me understand a lot better.
It's so great to read that the game is able to help in any way. Thanks for playing and commenting <3
Really liked exploring these spaces! A great idea to play on the idea these are more complex than people think...
[content references follow] I love how the first room/term I've found was trans, and that apparently there's a only fem room... (haven't tried walking through color-coded doors, turned around...). Also the room which allows to choose and experience pronouns is a great way to explore options and check on feelings
I loved this so much not only did it help with who i am today, it also helped me with my parents understand the meaning of the different parts of identity <3
although there were still some unanswered questions lol keep up the amazing work
This is a very thoughtful experience, I had to think on it for a while. I see a lot of things describing me like not many other places can. Its real good work.
Very creative use of space! It made me emotional. I felt like I was being seen in a way that a lot of queer media just doesn't have. I like that you added less well-known terms like hijira and gendervoid, and neopronouns like xe, ey, and one.
As a trans person, the trans/passing room hit me pretty strongly. When you're trans and pre-everything, you want to pass so badly, but it just feels distant and unreachable, so you're left gazing wistfully at other people and wishing you could look like them. And when you're passing, it feels... limiting. Walking along that narrow bridge, wishing you could be out and proud, if only it didn't run a risk to your safety. Wanting to break free of gender roles, but still wanting to be seen as your gender.
This really helped me, I wanna tell my friends about this
<3
I like seeing people interpret rooms different ways. For me the one that stood out most was the euphoria room where the path came up when you walked forward. I made it across, but every time I tried going back I just kept falling over and over into the gray below it. Even if unintentional, I felt like it really represented how reaching a state of gender euphoria is for me, where I had it at one point but as time went on I got confused and lost all over again. But then I just climbed the stairs the devs put in, and slowly found the right way to walk so that I could keep the path forming for me. Loved everything about this game. <3
Reading about the different interpretations people have about a game is one of the most interesting aspects of making them. Thank you for sharing yours <3
Can I just mention the brilliance of the pronouns room? I spent a while in there just walking through all of the doors, thinking about which sentence I felt truly referred to me. A lovely educational tool and self-exploration tool.
Amazing game.Added all genders known.Infinite/10.
I also love the added pronouns.