What's your gender?

"What's your gender?" was originally part of a "binary and beyond" themed game jam and developped in less than 36 hours.

"What's your gender?" takes the player on an adventure into a non-eucledian labyrinth, exploring terms and concepts related to gender and identity.


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Controls

Move with WASD, Arrow Keys or Mouse
Jump (optional) with Space
LMB/E to interact
Gamepad support

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Credits

Soundtrack Meekness by Kai Engel
Soundtrack (original jam release) Flawless by Ryan Andersen
Assets: 100% handmade by Pingu (Purplesloth Studio)
VA:  Ente & Katze (Purplesloth Studio)
Research & Levellayout: Ente (Purplesloth Studio)
Code: fuchsi* and radow (Purplesloth Studio)
Shader: fuchsi* (Purple Sloth) special thanks to Ronja

Source

https://git.hemio.de/purpleSloth/antigender
(the working title was a play on 'Antichamber')

Download

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WhatsYourGenderWin.zip 34 MB
WhatsYourGenderLinux.tar.xz 36 MB

Development log

Comments

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my record is 34.97 seconds

I believe this is WR at this point

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For hitting Exit?

Good time! WR atm is currently at 28s 850ms
https://www.speedrun.com/de-DE/wyg?h=Exit&x=9kv3qjo2

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Gotta step up my game then :)

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love it sm

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i'm a mekanik

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this was so lovely! noneuclidian spaces are a really clever way to explore how expansive and complex gender can be, and i also liked how you included information about each respective term. i also really liked the pronoun room, it was really fun to try some new ones. great work! ^^

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I love the somewhat non-euclidean exploration here, though I feel like there could be a lot more done with it. Also there is a fem room but no masc room, which feels wrong to me. Trans men tend to get ignored in media, and this game not having a masc room makes it feel like it's intentionally ignoring them. I'd have also loved a gnc room, or some room that talks about presentation as being separate from identity in a way that isn't drag since drag is sort of like an art form

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Hey yeasstt,

thanks for the feedback.
Your observation regarding the lack of a masc room do make a fair point. At the time we felt that leaving out some of the terms people would immediately think of would make it clear that the list of terms covered in the game are necessarily incomplete. It  is not intended to delegitimize trans men.

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Is there any way a translation to spanish could be done?, I would be interesting in providing one! (that's my native language), I also have coding skills if it helps

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Hey that is an awesome offer!

If you are interested in working together to integrate a Spanish translation join our discord(https://discord.gg/BYWrpVjm9M) or write us a mail at info@purplesloth.studio and we'll figure out the details =)

cheers

radow

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Where is it though

DISCLAIMER: I still support other genders, I am just personally not one of them

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the game really shows how gender doesnt have to be what you dont want it to, it shows lots of emphasis on what **you** as someone, whoever you may be, are welcome to feel comfortable in whoever you are, and this game made me really happy, too <3 keep going guys, your gonna do amazing things

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this game is cute, I love how maze-like it was, like the protagonist is stuck in endless cycles trying to find their gender, with the answer being so close, yet somehow out of reach. The only thing that made me not quite as immersed was that the game ran kinda shitty in some parts, but that's cause I've got a less powerful device so...

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I'm glad that this game is still getting good ratings and reviews despite the ignorance of some people in the comments. 

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❤️

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omg i love the end!

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i noticed that once you walk into the first room with the pink and blue doors, the back wall will close in on you as you walk to the doors so the room becomes much smaller than it used to be. very nice little detail! i enjoyed it!

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My genda? I'm a mekanik

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really love it, but some how my vision is always pulled right

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I love it, though I couldn't get myself to walk through the "he" door, just too hard :')

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Great game I like it!!

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This is so cool. I love the end where you turn around and there are so many doors <3

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Is there a masc room? I only saw a fem room.

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This game has some serious potential. An annoying thing was the music, it will loop with a large gap of silence after each one.  The whole layout makes as much sense as you would think (obviously), but the overall coolness meter is 10/10

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hell yeah. gender/10

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Great work! Gameplay mechanics are a bit of a dysphoria simulator, but at least it reflects the theme (don't believe a word, I am not a gamer).
But honestly, great idea. Love it! Will definitely come back to figure out how it works

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This game is amazing, i really like the pronoun room it was a nice way to try out some new pronouns.

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The room with the pronoun doors was the most helpful by far. It strengthened me in my choice of pronouns and that she/her are definitely the right ones for me.

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Im gonna be honest I've never understood why gender matter so much i feel like my gender identity is 'me' thats it not cis trans or anything else. I still dont understand the emotions behind it but I now understand what they mean so thats nice.

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somethn about the way "a person walks through the door" felt the most correct

like i consider myself cis just with a really weird relationship with pronouns but dayum hearing that just felt... clean? idk how to describe it

this was cool

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Thanks, it really helped me what all the things mean. and it helped me confirm what I am. but sadly this game doesn´t help with my not accepting parents

kinda reminds me of antichamber

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Really would have been nice to know there was VERY LOUD narration that starts out with "HOW DO I KNOW WHAT MY GENDER IS", when I decided to play it on speakers in my family room :)

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cool 😎

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this game is so far left

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ok

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obviously. only leftists care about equal rights for all humans

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wtf is wrong with the controls

agreed

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soooo beautiful! I really like the idea for euphoria/dysphoria room. so creative! thanks <3

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It is cool but when I was reading I could barely find the way out and I almost threw up, but its still pretty cool.

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there are only 2 genders

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Sorry to say, but even if you mean to say there are only two biological genders that would still be wrong. People can be born intersex

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no there are 2 genders

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Dude, google "Hermaphrodite"

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there are no human hermaphrodites

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that would be incorrect

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yeah, there may be two genders, in your opinion, but respect that others have their own too.. dude.

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If you post that in this games comments you are asking for trouble 

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there are 2 genders only

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But apparently only one comment from you

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no, there are not

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theres only one gender and its

mine

you can't have it

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there's 2 genders idiot

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And I'm neither

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This game feels like I'm reliving my self-discovery journey - learning about the terms, the pronouns, the community... Seeing myself trapped between two doors only to find out that, in the end, there was always a choice for me.

Even if people try to shut it out, hide, lie, and oppress it, none of that could make me change my mind about my true identity. None of that could erase the joy I felt in finding a community in which I finally fit.

This game is not only a great educational tool for those who are not familiar with all of these "new" terms and gender identities, but it's also a portrait of the beautiful experience of self-discovery. Thanks so much for this, I love you and I hope you're okay.

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wake up to reality you delusional twat, dont blind yourself in this idiocy. there are only 2 genders and reality wont change just because you wish for there to be more.

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everytime people say stuff like this, another gender is created

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it turns out I'm a piece of shit!

Thanks.

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this is really something. ♥

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Such a lovely game!

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This was brillant 

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