salamoun wrote:shakey2 wrote:blaziken wrote:Why not
He is the god of that game ( creator )
Its not unusual to see creator insert themself into the game even in japan and other game
See the thing is most of those self-inserts are easter eggs or minor side characters that serve no role in the main story. Most professional writers will tell you to avoid self inserting like this, now I won't say the reason for this as I don't want to be that rude. It's not a big deal for a free game like this made as a hobby but it does break immersion for some people. If we take a look at a well known popular game called undertale there is self-inserting in the form of the annoying dog but its a joke character that has no significant role and could be cut entirely. It's the same in adult games, take a look at CoC, another self insert in the form of an imp background character with no role to speak of.
Well I won't continue any more as I don't want to derail, and it's not even that big a deal. I just wanted to voice my full opinion to the creator the good and the bad (and honestly that was the only bad part for me).
I understand your reasoning and the problems this makes. In my original plan, I wanted to make my character completely optional, avoiding the creators fantasy of inserting themselves as the all mighty deus ex machina in his game just because he can, but after I gathered a small team to work on the game (no longer making this alone), we've decided to make it part of the main story due to some involvement in lore and such. On the other side, the character itself will be much more flawed and not really representative of me, having my name as the easter egg itself, mainly because of one of the endings planned. We will further discuss this topic and maybe change the name since it's kinda irrelevant and less fan-fic looking?
Personally, I'd say that having his character or creator be a main part of the game is actually better than not. I mean, the name of the game is called God Complex. What better way to show exactly what the title suggests than making his character be Godlike?