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Cody Beinert
Game/UX Designer
Images for the thumbnail come from:
https://fran-bow.fandom.com/wiki/Fran_Bow_Dagenhart
https://www.facebook.com/JRPGgallery/posts/feena-concept-artworks-grandia-1997artist-toshiaki-hontani/1602843279848566/
https://www.tuni.fi/playlab/a-girl-and-a-fox-walk-into-a-bear-never-alone-review/
https://bayonetta.fandom.com/wiki/Bayonetta_(character)
This was a semester-long project where I wrote a 43-page long deep dive essay about certain principles to potentially keep in mind when writing strong female characters for video games.
While it did end up with a 95% grade by the end of the semester, I made sure to keep improving it as much as I could after it was finished.
While working on my Deep Dive, I:
- Learned about the kinds of messages and values one can derive from female characters, and how they can generally be portrayed more realistically while preventing potential sexism
- Did extensive research from various sources, including peer-reviewed journal articles, video games, YouTube video essays, and magazine articles
- Presented my findings every week for feedback and constantly iterated on the paper based on the feedback I received
- Analyzed and researched characters such as Feena from Grandia, Fran from Fran Bow, Bayonetta from Bayonetta, and Nuna from Never Alone
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