Well kudos for trying something different at least, though I'd recommend making all that very clear in the game's description...otherwise with the reputation Gorean stuff has, you're going to have some people automatically avoiding it, and other people getting disappointed it didn't have what they expected.
And fwiw, the 'intensely creeped out' comment was an exaggeration, compared to the rest of the dark alleys of the internet I'm sure Gor stuff is relatively tame, it's more that I get annoyed at the way it tends to worm its way in to everything else. Just like Homestuck and MLP. (Both of which I enjoy but damn do their batsh*t fans make me not want to admit that, ever.)
Anyway, good luck with your game, though it does sound pretty ambitious for a first project. Just curious, have you played/written any IF games before this?
HegemonKhan wrote:ah, gender equality...
all civilizations are the source of female oppression, whereas with tribals, there's no female oppression, and even rape is non-existentant.
No time to get into a big debate here, but I'd have to disagree with you. The idea of the 'noble savage' living in harmony with nature and each other and yadda yadda is an attractive but usually completely fictional one. Human beings are still human beings no matter what society they're living in.
Though what defines a 'civilization' anyway? You used Mongols as an example...they didn't count? Because they were nomadic, or what?
Either way, while it's true the upper-class women had more rights than women in other cultures at the time, that wasn't exactly considered some fundamental right, and I don't think anyone would try to argue that the Mongols didn't take slaves or do their fair share of raping along with all the conquering and killing.
The Comanche were similar to the Mongols in a some ways and they were also big fans of slavery and rape. Boys and men would hunt and fight and practice horse riding while women were expected to do all the actual work. And let's not forget all the tribes still around today where women aren't valued to the point that newborn baby girls are often abandoned to die of exposure. Large parts of India are still tribal, and a very bad place to be a woman, especially if your husband dies. (Though being ostracized by your family and community is still much better than being burned alive...that's at least
one good change 'civilization' brought about, right?)
...dang, didn't mean to write this much, I guess this
did turn into a big debate.