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Alligator Alley Entertainment is my company that will be publishing Witch Hunter going forward. My website isn't up yet so I will still be answering questions here.
That's good to know. For a moment I thought the game was going away. With how quiet it's been lately one can never be too sure.
I look forward to hearing more details.
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And please feel free to respond to the comments, as I wrote the response to your review.
Sure thing.
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The initial setting information for Witch Hunter: the Invisible World has not headed that far South, nor to the East. References present in the book are written in the voice of various Witch Hunters, most notably D.G. of Cambridge in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
I recognized that it was IC voices but that doesn't make the way they talk about such things any less off putting. Moreso when you consider how the IC voice isn't really all that sexist. The game was really great on bridging the gender divide and finding a way to make female gamers feel more comfortable and welcomed in the game. It doesn't do this nearly as well if you're a gamer of color. The IC voice can at times make us feel not welcomed in the game, this is especially true when you consider the lack of overall material that paints a different picture.
I think if you're going to do the IC voice (it has it's ups and downs afterall) that the next step is to make sure that people see different sets of voices. Otherwise you're left feeling like the game isn't really meant for you. Considering the overall lack of material that supports playing a non white or non European the game can come off as off putting at times. It also doesn't help that so far the only real diversity we have seen has been from the villains with the all black cult group from GtoA.
It's a matter that's fixable but considering the current material available it does make it hard to make non white gamers feel as welcome in this game as female gamers are made to feel.