I don't think we anticpated people wanting younger children to try this game, originally we were thinking 12+. Clearly we were wrong based on the posts in this thread, so we'll have to think about a path forward.

The storymode of this game was intended to have RPG elements, which tend to be branded as masculine. I wish more girls were encouraged to play RPGs, but I get that this isn't the world we currently live in. However, the game will have good representation as far as NPC gender/race breakdown.

Consider giving it the ol' "Crash Bandicoot in Japan" treatment, with an alternative version or special mode in the game that just loads different, cutesy resources — but the game is otherwise identical.

Western games localised for Japan is a great resource for making things kid-friendly since that's the aesthetic over there.

> RPG elements, which tend to be branded as masculine

It seems weird that RPGs tend to be branded as masculine, since, if I remember right, there's more female players (in proportion) than sport and FPS games

Is it really any wierder than gaming (almost) exclusively targeting men? There's some data here on what kind of numbers we are talking about. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_and_video_games#Genre_pr...

I think child would be more scared to see "AAM" instruction then any of the characters :)