How developers are rethinking sex in video games
because of how they allow people to examine their ideas of romance and relationships, according to one developer.Designer and writer Sharang Biswas gave a Game Developers Conference talk exploring how sex is, and can be, depicted in games.
“Expanding the conversation about sex through our various artforms, including games and playful experiences, is important,” Biswas said. Robert Yang is one of the best-known developers tackling sexuality through games like Hurt Me Plenty that explores consent and care.Consentacle is about navigating boundaries and figuring out how to please a sex partner.
“There is no one way that people have sex,” he says, nor is there one specific body type that should be allowed to.and consider “mechanics that aren't directly about sexual acts.”