[UbuntuWomen] What makes a video game "female friendly"?

[Lucy]

On 27/02/2008, Thierry <psyping at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  We are trying to make this this game as enjoyable as possible for both
>  genders. Which means we are working hard to make sure there's nothing
>  offensive for female players. We also try hard not to include any content
>  that is specific to one gender.

Hi Thierry,

Thats a very difficult question to answer and I hope you get lots of replies ;)

Just to start the debate, my personal opinion is that you should try
to ensure that the female characters avoid any obvious stereotypes -
not just in clothing but in roles and skill sets too. Try to make sure
they have the same skills as the male characters (no better either!).
Also try to ensure there are equal numbers and varieties of female
characters as male.

If you're asking what sort of games appeal to women, then that's a
much harder question to answer and depends very much on the
individual. Personally I'm not much of a gamer, so I'm probably not
the best to answer, but I'm pretty sure that women are interested in
just as wide a variety of games as men.

Finally, do you have any women helping with the development? If not,
maybe some women here would be interested joining your team? That way
you can guarantee at least some women will be interested in the game
;)

Lucy