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[Defcon1]

Wow I'm excited for this, following!

[Jalapenosbud]

Im really digging the atmosphere of the game or what ive seen so far from the video atleast. And the explosion is spot on!

[blindskystudios]

This looks incredible! Loving the ritualistic vibe.

[MarteloNero]

Our kickstarter campaign will have badges available!

[io3 creations]

Thanks for the compliment!

About the issues you pointed:

1) You're god damn right. Yeah the flag will be animated.In fact thats what we meant for the video not representing the final quality of the game xD Nice link u got there, we will use as reference! tks!

Great!

2) Oh he is not male.

Interesting.  So, the character is more of a "spirit".

Also there is no "male" or "female" intrinsic way of running. These are social constructions.

That depends on your perspective.  Much like men (on average) are taller and stronger than women, there are certain behaviors that are more common for each gender.  e.g. hip movement is a good example.  Though, true, running isn't that different but I've seen many girls/women run the same way your character holds up *it's* arm during running but haven't noticed it for men.  These came from my own observations and not from other people's ideas.

[MarteloNero]

That depends on your perspective.  Much like men (on average) are taller and stronger than women, there are certain behaviors that are more common for each gender.  e.g. hip movement is a good example.  Though, true, running isn't that different but I've seen many girls/women run the same way your character holds up *it's* arm during running but haven't noticed it for men.  These came from my own observations and not from other people's ideas.

I know this is hard to understand at first time. But really there are no certain behaviours that are more common for each gender. They vary with culture.

Your observation is just the observation of the place you live. On the whole world things aren't the same. In some tribes woman rule. In some places people eat human meat or dog meat and is fine. In some places woman put rings on their neck until it grows 4x or 5x the size of a normal neck. Do you think these woman would be able to run like this?

The character running is similar to your reference of how a woman run, but it doesn't mean that all woman run like this, or that there is a female way of running.

The very only thing you could say about gender diferantiation is some slight difference in physical size when taking the average data. And thats pretty much it. But its is not true for every case (just a tendency, not a rule), so you really can't assume anything.

[MarteloNero]

Some new animations of the martian nihilist..

[DireLogomachist]

Love it!  I'm a sucker for old-school diving helmets!

[TonyManfredonia]

Hahahah, loving the diving helmet . A great addition!

Very "BioShock."

[MarteloNero]

thanks guys! i love old diving helmets too hahaha

here're the martians concepts i forgot to post here

[io3 creations]

I know this is hard to understand at first time. But really there are no certain behaviours that are more common for each gender. They vary with culture.

Your observation is just the observation of the place you live. On the whole world things aren't the same. In some tribes woman rule. In some places people eat human meat or dog meat and is fine. In some places woman put rings on their neck until it grows 4x or 5x the size of a normal neck. Do you think these woman would be able to run like this?

The character running is similar to your reference of how a woman run, but it doesn't mean that all woman run like this, or that there is a female way of running.

I agree, that my observation is based on my experience and is not typical of every women.  However, my experience is actually based on living in a few metropolitan locations with multiple cultures and after noticing it the first time, I was surprised to see many times after many times.  Also, the other aspect is that I haven't seen any men run with moving their lower arms horizontally like that.  If you can show me a reference video, I'd be interested to see.

So, that type of running reminds of how I saw some women run and therefore (to me) is feminine. 

Similarly, there is another project on this board: Irkalla, where someone commented that the main character's movement (in a mech suit) seemed feminine.  Later the developer revealed that the main character is indeed a woman.

As for how players of the game will perceive the running ...  After releasing the game, player feedback (may) tell how people percieve it.

The very only thing you could say about gender diferantiation is some slight difference in physical size when taking the average data. And thats pretty much it. But its is not true for every case (just a tendency, not a rule), so you really can't assume anything.

The height difference isn't just my assumption nor is it a slight difference.  If you look at  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Average_height_around_the_world  the average difference between men and women is about 12cm (~5 inches) and is consistent that men (on average) are taller.  Lots of men would be happier if their "manliness" was that "slightly" longer. 



And now back to the game.  The martian nihilist looks great! 

[MarteloNero]

I know this is hard to understand at first time. But really there are no certain behaviours that are more common for each gender. They vary with culture.

Your observation is just the observation of the place you live. On the whole world things aren't the same. In some tribes woman rule. In some places people eat human meat or dog meat and is fine. In some places woman put rings on their neck until it grows 4x or 5x the size of a normal neck. Do you think these woman would be able to run like this?

The character running is similar to your reference of how a woman run, but it doesn't mean that all woman run like this, or that there is a female way of running.

I agree, that my observation is based on my experience and is not typical of every women.  However, my experience is actually based on living in a few metropolitan locations with multiple cultures and after noticing it the first time, I was surprised to see many times after many times.  Also, the other aspect is that I haven't seen any men run with moving their lower arms horizontally like that.  If you can show me a reference video, I'd be interested to see.

So, that type of running reminds of how I saw some women run and therefore (to me) is feminine. 

Similarly, there is another project on this board: Irkalla, where someone commented that the main character's movement (in a mech suit) seemed feminine.  Later the developer revealed that the main character is indeed a woman.

As for how players of the game will perceive the running ...  After releasing the game, player feedback (may) tell how people percieve it.

The very only thing you could say about gender diferantiation is some slight difference in physical size when taking the average data. And thats pretty much it. But its is not true for every case (just a tendency, not a rule), so you really can't assume anything.

The height difference isn't just my assumption nor is it a slight difference.  If you look at  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Average_height_around_the_world  the average difference between men and women is about 12cm (~5 inches) and is consistent that men (on average) are taller.  Lots of men would be happier if their "manliness" was that "slightly" longer. 


And now back to the game.  The martian nihilist looks great! 

if u think that 12 cm avg being the only difference between man and woman is not a slight difference, you are missing the big picture.

our game is about expanding your mind and sexism will not be tolerated

[io3 creations]

if u think that 12 cm avg being the only difference between man and woman is not a slight difference, you are missing the big picture.

If you think that height difference is the only difference between the men and women (on average) ... than read Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus or any other books that talk about differences between the sexes.  Plus, to add one very obvious difference:  how many men can give birth to children?

[MarteloNero]

We were interviewed by Mithical Entertainent!
Take a moment to hear our awesome voices!

http://mithicalentertainment.com/mithical-beginnings-tower-of-samsara/

[and]

Very cool! How did you find being interviewed?

Also, how do you embed a youTube video on here?

[MarteloNero]

Very cool! How did you find being interviewed?

Also, how do you embed a youTube video on here?

haha that was weird. We were too anxious even if it wasnt a big deal and was very hard to speak good english. Also we learned a lot about mics and how it is important to disable them when not speaking from preventing external noise XD

About youtube videos, just post the link itself! Tig will make it a video!

[SpaceDuck]

Amazing artworks! I really love your style!

[MarteloNero]

Amazing artworks! I really love your style!

Thanks space duck!

[MarteloNero]

We got our first fan artwork!!

Thats awesome!

[MarteloNero]

Finally, the tower of samsara!

The Tower is a path and a mirror, a vector that pushes you out of the center, a spiral that expands and breaks the circle from within, a rainbow bridge that leads you to higher realms.