My First Queer Game!: A Postmortem

Wow!! Another game done! This is amazing!!

Considering my O2A2 experience last year, this was a huge, huge upgrade. I had a wonderful team and everything went very smoothly. That isn't common in game dev, so I was very pleasantly surprised. 

(Contains spoilers!!)

The conception of this game stems from one of my OCs that I made years back named Felicity. She was basically the same she is now, except her design was something I made in picrew because I can't draw. I decided to use her for O2A2 because I didn't want to create a new character and I was going through my old OCs doc and thought she would be perfect. And she is. Despite this game being only 1k words, I believe it's a good showcase of Felicity and her personality. A hardworking woman who was scorned by a man she trusted, she decided she had enough and wants to live happily. Whether you choose to accept or reject her feelings, she will be happy.

The first concept of this was actually...way different than what we have now. The title was In Case of an Emergency. This was the summary: "A confession tape from Felicity, a conglomerate CEO. In the tape, Felicity details her failed marriage and how she fell in love with her CFO. Also details how she came to terms with her sexuality after thinking she had it all figured out." Like two of the comments I read so far, it definitely insinuates the fate of her (ex)husband. Realizing this didn't exactly fit my year's theme of "pure, innocent love", I decided to switch it up after some feedback from peers. And thus, created the game!!

Here is Felicity's full character profile for those who are interested:

Name: Felicity

Age: 27

Ethnicity: White, American

Height: 5'6

Hair type: Normally blonde, but prefers to dye it colors. Currently into pink (the CFO's favorite)

Eye Color: Blue   

Style: Business formal, normally wears suits

Motivation: To confess her feelings and start a new life as herself instead of pretending

Social Class: Upper class, v rich

Intelligence: incredibly smart. High IQ

Extrovert or Introvert: Extroverted!! Really good at talking with people and making relationships. Seems to never run out of a social batter

Long sentences or short, crisp ones: Short sentences. Very succinct at talking. However, if she’s explaining something, she can drone on and on 

Surroundings: Surrounds herself with work. Being a CEO of multiple companies doesn’t leave time to have days off or relaxation. So she’s constantly at work 

Decisions: Felicity makes calm and calculated decisions. She won’t do anything if the risk is too high or won’t turn out in her favor

Observations: Very observational!! She wouldn’t own this many companies if she didn’t. She’s good observing people and situations

Sense of humor or seriousness: Felicity has a very good sense of humor!!! Pretty funny and good at keeping people in a positive mood

Now on to my wonderful team! I have nothing bad to say about them. Every single one of them worked diligently and got things in way more quickly than I thought! They're all insanely talented, and I couldn't have had a better team.

Pumpkin Spike: Thank you for the amazing art! I was over the moon when you wanted to work with me! I'm so in love with how you drew Felicity and brought her to life.

Eishelin: You program so well! It was a relief to know that the game was in good hands. Thank you for taking over because I know jack all about programming! 

Mad Scientist: I was amazed about how quickly you came up with such a clean GUI. And it was perfect! From the color, to how neat it looked, and how it fit the game's theme...thank you so much! Also thank you for dealing with my terrible logo making for the game title. 

Lauren: Your voice is absolutely stunning. When I first heard your voice acting, I just knew I wanted you for the role. I loved seeing all the lines implemented. You did absolutely fantastic. Great performance.

To everyone who has played the game and is supporting me, thank you. I truly loved making this game and adored how it came out. I hope all of you enjoyed playing it. If the game receives a total of 50 plays (both browser and downloads), I will release a side story with Felicity!! 

Till next time,

TheChosenGiraffe