Our own female character for a game

[GeneralOvertime]

See the way Ailis started was just as a female character who was a hard ass old lady which is something i rarely see in games typically their old and sweet. But with Ailis the original concept was to have her young but instead i wrote her as an older women to see she would do as a character. Because we had to many younger characters. To be quite frank it never had to do with whether she was a sexist idea or not more that she kind of ended up playing against the stereotype afterward

 

[GeneralOvertime]

Fair point

 

[bug_of_war]

To be quite frank it never had to do with whether she was a sexist idea or not more that she kind of ended up playing against the stereotype afterward

As I said in an earlier post, she doesn't fully play against any stereotype, the character that OP has posted and the description he has given actually makes her akin to an old car with new wheels and paint. So if you did just write her that way for the sake of writing her that way, great! But I wouldn't go around saying she is a character that fights against all the stereotypes and what not.

 

[bug_of_war]

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Please do keep posting more about this. Even though there's a lot of us disagreeing with what you've thought of your characters I for one find this kinda interesting. Please post more characters or species and what not, it's obvious your both passionate about this and a good way to build characters is to have multiple people give feedback.

 

[Torkuda]

She wasn't made to "fight sterio types", but she does meet the test set down by Extra Credit a while ago. The general is right in pointing out that she was conceived first and we later realized she qualified. Basically we hate the sterio types to begin with. We have one dumb blond chick, but she has a doozy of a back story... pretty dark to be honest. That and only so many of the game companions will even be interested in her since she's too young for them. Want to tell them about Dolly General?

Fair point

 

[Risingblade]

Being sexist towards men makes her a non sexist character?

 

[bug_of_war]

She wasn't made to "fight sterio types", but she does meet the test set down by Extra Credit a while ago.

Interesting, any chance you could link this video?

The general is right in pointing out that she was conceived first and we later realized she qualified. Basically we hate the sterio types to begin with. We have one dumb blond chick, but she has a doozy of a back story... pretty dark to be honest. That and only so many of the game companions will even be interested in her since she's too young for them.

I'mma assume you meant to write, "will not even...". Anyways, until you can provide the "test" set out by Extra Credits we're all just going by hear say. There's nothing wrong with stereotypes however, it's just the manner and consistency in which they're used. If it isn't integral to the story/ and or enhances the experience, then why add it? That should be your number 1 guidline to creating a character. Also, you say you have a very large amount of companions, may I suggest you think carefully about this as sometimes more is less.

Want to tell them about Dolly General?

Go for it

 

[GeneralOvertime]

Dollys concept is actually the darkest character overall. Basically the concept behind her was to show the world can be a dark place. So we had her being kidnapped by an evil mage who then tortures her and just overall is horrible to the girl and the whole time shes only a teenager. Basically the mage was trying to take her and change her biological makeup by making her half nephilim which is this race: http://kiltekstudios.deviantart.com/art/Nephilim-female-400893255 and make her look like his long dead wife who was a nord: http://kiltekstudios.deviantart.com/art/Human-Female-400892941

Which he successfully did make her half and half and also ended up hurting and destroying her so bad she signed up with an evil demon who can take possession of her body in a crisis and goes completely bat shit crazy on everyone. This girl is basically to show that in the world not everyone's innocent and even during times of piece dark things happen. Dollys draw up however isnt done yet and wont be for at least another couple weeks.
My overall want for this is to show the player that yes shit happens and it can be nasty but theirs always hope. Because dolly does escape and a side mission were talking about doing with her is that you might get to go and kill her evil "creator" in the game.

 

[bug_of_war]

Dollys concept is actually the darkest character overall. Basically the concept behind her was to show the world can be a dark place. So we had her being kidnapped by an evil mage who then tortures her and just overall is horrible to the girl and the whole time shes only a teenager. Basically the mage was trying to take her and change her biological makeup by making her half nephilim which is this race: http://kiltekstudios.deviantart.com/art/Nephilim-female-400893255 and make her look like his long dead wife who was a nord: http://kiltekstudios.deviantart.com/art/Human-Female-400892941

Which he successfully did make her half and half and also ended up hurting and destroying her so bad she signed up with an evil demon who can take possession of her body in a crisis and goes completely bat shit crazy on everyone. This girl is basically to show that in the world not everyone's innocent and even during times of piece dark things happen. Dollys draw up however isnt done yet and wont be for at least another couple weeks.
My overall want for this is to show the player that yes shit happens and it can be nasty but theirs always hope. Because dolly does escape and a side mission were talking about doing with her is that you might get to go and kill her evil "creator" in the game.

Seems interesting, your going for the whole so psychologically damaged that she has kinda created a ditzy facade to cover up her emotions and shit. If you were to get this up and running people like Anita Sarkesian (Think that's how it's spelt) would probably tear it to pieces for being the stereotypical, "Woman damaged by man". In some ways it's true, but I've always said that if a character has a purpose and their backstory integrates into the overarching story and world than it's ok to use them.

 

[Sellon88]

She would be a happy soul. An energetic character helping a man who has seen horrifying things lighten up and experience life again. of course she'd be capable maybe with magic or something or a healer.