Hi Allie,
Honestly the reason why the voice & the body option being separate was entirely a technical thing.
We started the development of this game with only a one-off type of very short nsfw game in mind, where we could only hear the main character's voice and not see their body.
Later on, because we loved the story so much, we decided to add the full body option & make this a larger game with a main storyline.
So, the body option was added much later as a separate variable to voice & pronouns.
I think one of the screenshots still have the previous version of the character creation screen, which should give you the idea.
That being said, you did rise a very interesting question and as we are still early in development it's completely possible for me to create a transition route as you worded it.
I guess my only hesitation would be that as a side plot, can it be as impactful as you suggested? Because the last thing I'd want to have is to brush the subject off with a simple "Ta da! Now you have a different voice. Anyways, where were we?"
I have a very clear main storyline in my mind and I don't wish to steer off course, but you are right about this option having a really nice potential for enriching the story.
I don't want to promise more than I can deliver, but I can promise you that this is something that I'll definitely be actively thinking about as I continue writing. At the very least, thank you for telling me your side of the situation.
I hope I can deliver a story that'll be soothing & exciting at the same time for many people! 💖
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Glad to have at least brought thoughts on the matter to mind, and I do wholly agree that it's better to leave it out altogether than to just brush over it as if it isn't something important. Admittedly it doesn't have to be a whole massive thing, as long as it isn't just glossed over, because at the end of the day, being trans isn't our entire personality, haha.
And I do absolutely understand if it isn't something that'll make it into the game, because it's totally a big ask. Either way, I'm definitely looking forward to playing more of the game as it's released! As it stands, I don't mind playing as a cis female protagonist. So I'm confident I'll enjoy everything the new story has in store for us! ❤️
I'm glad it's been insightful! At the end of the day, my original post was primarily to offer insight based on how I personally experienced the situation as a trans woman. The fact that it also gave me the chance to make a suggestion to the developer as well, was just a wonderful case of feeding two birds with one scone, haha.
It's something most cis people just don't even consider, which is entirely fair! I can't blame cis people for not consciously thinking about how trans people view the world around them. Expecting that would be just as unfair as expecting non-blind people to actively think about the way blind people experience the world around them. Granted I'm not blind, so I obviously fall in the same category of not considering those things unless I'm actively given a reason to consider them.
And as the developer themselves said, they hadn't really put a lot of thought into the body/voice and pronoun situation themselves, as those things were initially added for the sake of development if I recall their post correctly. So the fact that those elements of the game can now potentially be used to tell a minor story of their own, that's just a happy coincidence born from me broaching the subject in my initial post.