Mortze wrote:Thank you for your honesty. I respect and understand your opinion. I'd like to know why you didn't liked FM either though. Maybe you could speak your mind on the FM thread?
I respond to your comment because I also must be honest. I share a different opinion about teenagers depicted in this medium (I'v already developed this subject somewhere else on this forum) and initially Maggie's age (18) wasn't supposed to be disclosed, so that people could think she'd be under 18, which she was supposed to be at first. But I got counsel that it should be wise to put the line there saying she's 18. I didn't like doing it. I also think it is dumb to design teenage (or child) characters and just say they are adults. That's an hipocritic legal protection. I think it hurts more than it does good.
I had to come true on that subject after seeing your comment.
I considered this a very intriguing question.
Always thought that Tlaero games, consequently the Mortze games, much more ethical, where women have consistency and value. She share her games for free for so long, took so long to go to Pat.reon, while hundreds of others developers are already born in there. The reward range, below 3k with many complete games is much smaller than some developers with a single incomplete game that abuses of the incest theme. It seems very ironic to see them accused of using underage models just to make money. The opinion is valid, although, but seems to target others more than those two.
This discussion is very broad, in our project we changed one character based on the model teen Josie, that cost some dollars, because even applying and older shape, it was looking too young. I bought Blaire to replace, and some people can still says that she looks like under 18. Oh, and I really prefer mature women, but the specific role needed a young.
There are many variables related to culture, common biotype from the region, faster or slowly developments. I personally think that the range between 15 and 20 years can vary according to the printing. I can say that a girl has 15 and in fact she have 20, or I can say 20 and she have 15. Boys with 18 years always need to be extra careful to don't be mistaken. Tv series shows cases like that all the time. So, if any creator tell me that his character has 18 and it looks like in this range, I tend to believe. The fact is that true pedofiles go much lower than this range.
I never saw Tlaero or Mortze making campaign to take profit, Tlaero share a tool to help any developer to make his own game. What is the greed in that? When I played Pandora for the first time, I stayed with the doctor and the pilot in the head. So I guess the younger girl is not even the most appealing character. I didn't play the second part yet, but the first part still makes part of the game, so I keep this option.
Resuming is a valid point, but for me Tlaero and Mortze are far from using underage to make profit.