![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Recently the company penned a blog post detailing its ‘body swap’ feature and how the developer had gone out of its way to design ‘female’ versions of its male characters and ‘male’ versions of its female characters.Īs part of the game’s Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, unlocked after achieving a $160,000 stretch goal, Yacht Club Games would do its bit for gender equality. But flipping that narrative right on its head, showing that gender parity is more than worth the effort is the team behind Shovel Knight, indie developer Yacht Club Games. A commonly heard excuse when explaining why a game couldn’t feature playable female characters is that it’s ‘too much work.’ It’s why Ubisoft found itself in hot water in 2014 when it trotted out the line to explain why Assassin’s Creed Unity only lets you play as men. ![]()
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