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Reigns: Her Majesty dev aimed to make a game about the "hardships of being a woman"

by rawmeatcowboy
21 March 2018
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Reigns: Kings & Queens was announced for Switch yesterday, and it will include both Reigns and Reigns: Her Majesty. Leigh Alexander, narrative designer and writer on the game, explained where the inspiration for the project came from in her GDC panel.

"I didn't want to make statements on power. I wanted to honestly explore a lot of these questions of my own privilege, while being a woman who also wants change. We have a system that can have you overwhelmed by choices, and that inspired me to make a game about the hardships of being a woman. I've come to strongly believe that reproducing an oppressive system is not a constructive way to approach our work."

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