The Arkh Project
thanks to a mouse at wank_report for the write-up
So, the Arkh Project is a game in development, made by queer POC and focusing on queer characters of color. True, they've been targeted by bigots, but that's only served to bring more attention to the project. All good, right?

Well... maybe not so much. For starters, they're ultimately trying to fundraise $100K-250K to make this game, which seems a bit... ambitious for crowd-sourcing. It gets iffier when you find out that none of the people involved seem to have actually completed a game and that they explicitly chose IndieGoGo because it wouldn't require them to refund the money if the project goes bust. To make things even worse, all they have so far is some concept art; there's no concept or design document, and they plan to farm out all the art, design, and programming to other people (as detailed on their IndieGoGo campaign). They do plan to release a design document by the end of the month, but that's about it for now.

To make things worse, there's evidence that one of the main people behind the project, dumbthingswhitepplsay, is gisei_nashi_ni:
see this chain of links: Sf_drama

plus they were the only genderqueer person working for Kinou Games, last seen being hounded off various LJ communities for being a hypocritical, abrasive jerk (greatest hits at sf_d, trigger warning for racism and rape ).

Anyway, I hate linking to tumblr, but some notable posts (+notes) include:
anti/criticism posts:
http://ardeb.tumblr.com/post/16890249680/okay-ive-been-wanting-to-make-this-post-for-a
http://ardeb.tumblr.com/post/17144475360/alright-this-is-a-more-in-depth-post-about-the
http://privilegedenyingdude.tumblr.com/post/16599011960/image-courtesy-of-a-commenter-on-themarysue-com

pro posts:
http://dumbthingswhitepplsay.tumblr.com/post/16892324535/bay-sick-all-lee
http://clitt-tastic.tumblr.com/post/17116402049/reasons-why-i-say-fuck-all-of-you-that-are-boycotting
http://alexandraerin.tumblr.com/post/17183434038/anybody-who-thinks-that-when-people-are-offering-to

You can also look at the tag though not everything is tagged, of course.

There is also a new post at SF_D, with highlights in the comment including links to gnn talking in other communities on lj about working on a game that clearly is The Arkh Project, and possible tracing of some of the character art that The Arkh Project has posted.

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ekaterinv
2012-02-09 06:46 am UTC (link)

Except "depressive realism" isn't actually realistic. When I had depression, I believed I was completely correct and finally seeing the world as it was. One of my main beliefs then was that no one loved me, no one had ever loved me, and no one would ever love me. Another was that I was a complete and utter failure and would never amount to anything or do anything right. And a third was that I'd never be happy again.

I thought I was being "realistic" with those beliefs, and that everyone else was walking around in a silly, overly-optimistic haze. I was drastically wrong.

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sandglass
2012-02-09 07:02 am UTC (link)

:hugs if they're welcome: I know how you feel.

I definitely didn't mean to imply that most people are overly-optimistic, just that there's that small inclination to overestimate oneself and one's situation that is necessary to sanity. And of course, depression is a lot more than just your outlook on things. But I've heard non-depressed people lament that they don't/can't properly estimate themselves, and wish that they could have realism without depression, which positively enrages me.

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ekaterinv
2012-02-09 07:15 am UTC (link)

I don't know what I'd do if someone said that where I could hear or see it. I can't even imagine. I've lived my whole life seeing wonderful people whom I loved think of themselves as less than nothing. (I'm lucky: I seem to have had the shortest case of depression in my family, possibly because I went straight to a cognitive psychologist about it.)

I think people who are not depressed usually estimate themselves a lot more accurately than people who are, because people who are depressed tend to think they are worse than worthless. People with depression do not estimate themselves realistically at all.

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	frenzy 2012-02-10 02:15 am UTC (link)
	I sure hope I'm estimating myself more accurately now than I was when I was depressed, because holy shit. Just thinking about the way I felt about myself back then chills me to the bone. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	felinephoenix 2012-02-10 06:14 am UTC (link)
	Same. Even if this is me being overly optimistic, fine, at least now I can live with myself. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	cmdr_zoom 2012-02-09 03:24 pm UTC (link)
	This, exactly. I've also read a lot of portrayals of paranoia - accuracy is suspect, of course - where the paranoid is convinced that they're seeing things more clearly than everyone else who doesn't notice the connections. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	enrythe8th 2012-02-15 12:17 am UTC (link)
	This exactly. Before I got on medication and started going to therapy, I was entirely convinced that I was doomed to failure and was just too scared of what my parents would say if I gave up. I wouldn't call that "realistic" by any stretch. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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