Gender-inclusive game design made the Dance Central series a more fun and joyful experience for players, according to Harmonix game designer Matt Boch.
Speaking at the Queerness and Games Conference at the University of California, Berkeley this weekend, Boch — who is currently the creative director on Fantasia: Music Evolved — said that he pushed for Harmonix to have gender-inclusive dance routines in Dance Central because it would result in a better game.
With Xbox 360 and a Kinect peripheral now cheap as chips, I finally got down with my funky self with Dance Central.
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Dance Central will feature a 32 song soundtrack, custom choreography designed for VR, practice mode, customizable avatars, and competitive and cooperative online multiplayer.
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Dance Central was an amazing series. Everything about it was so well done. Hope it gets a comeback on the next gen.