Steampunk Feminists Vs. Zombies

[Mouse One]

I'd kind of point fingers at things like the old "Space 1889" game, along with various "Wierd West" games like "Deadlands" given that around the time the victorian stuff was going on in Europe, we had a lot of the late end western stuff going on down here in the US.

Cool, somebody remembered Space 1889! Actually, first a PnP RPG before it became a videogame hampered by the tech of its time, then on to become a radio series, and currently a tie-in book series. One of the main characters is a typical "American tough gal" (Annabelle Somerset) who is a cowgirl turned space explorer. Total Annie Oakley type-- not a suffragette but doesn't really have time for men who think she's likely to faint at the first sign of a Big Dangerous Alien. There were a lot of real women like that on the frontier (see also Nellie Bly-- like you said, a totally real and kick butt feminist of the time. She went around the world in LESS than 80 days!).

I think Space 1889 and similar universes have the right idea: put it all on fiction versions of Mars and such. Modern sensibilities wince at some of the patronizing attitudes the colonials had towards natives, but nobody blinks when you call the bestial High Martians bestial. Because, after all, they are!

 

[RJ 17]

You missed a word, it should have been "Feminist Nazis vs Steampunk Zombies."

 

[Vault101]

I think the comic kind of faild in that everyone wants this imaginairy game...I know I do

 

[Something Amyss]

I would totally play that game.

Hell yes!

...Actually, when I first heard "Tropes vs Women," I thought it was going to be something like that concept art.

And this one has steampunk! And zombies!

So seriously! Someone make this and I will actually kickstart it!

 

[frizzlebyte]

Looks a whole lot like Lady Mechanika, actually. Still, I'd totally throw money at that proposal.

 

[Wolfbane_Daoine]

I'd kind of point fingers at things like the old "Space 1889" game, along with various "Wierd West" games like "Deadlands" given that around the time the victorian stuff was going on in Europe, we had a lot of the late end western stuff going on down here in the US.

Cool, somebody remembered Space 1889! Actually, first a PnP RPG before it became a videogame hampered by the tech of its time, then on to become a radio series, and currently a tie-in book series. One of the main characters is a typical "American tough gal" (Annabelle Somerset) who is a cowgirl turned space explorer. Total Annie Oakley type-- not a suffragette but doesn't really have time for men who think she's likely to faint at the first sign of a Big Dangerous Alien. There were a lot of real women like that on the frontier (see also Nellie Bly-- like you said, a totally real and kick butt feminist of the time. She went around the world in LESS than 80 days!).

I think Space 1889 and similar universes have the right idea: put it all on fiction versions of Mars and such. Modern sensibilities wince at some of the patronizing attitudes the colonials had towards natives, but nobody blinks when you call the bestial High Martians bestial. Because, after all, they are!

Whoa. Space 1889 flashback inbound! I'm glad someone else remembers that game. I could never really get into it, being as young as I was at the time, but it seemed wonderfully complex and completely awesome in scope. I've still got the disks and manual I believe, but no way to install it. (Sadness)

On topic: This does seem like it could be turned into something fairly grand, with the right team on it. And I agree with some of other folks, the artwork presented is simply fantastic!

 

[jamuszero]

Alright, I'm done~ Here's my treatment of "Steampunk Feminists Vs. Zombies". Post that gorgeous header art from the comic, clean up the concept cards, record some bold statements about the game's revolutionary educational values, and you can get yourself a Kickstarter worth tens of thousands. Have fun:

http://alexszeto.blogspot.com/2012/07/game-design-bonus-tuesday-steampunk.html

 

[Evil Smurf]

*throws money at screen*

, but its not very effective.

credit card in the cd slot works

 

[Ghonzor]

This actually reminds me of Sucker Punch (the movie, not the company)

 

[Hiroshi Mishima]

Ya, funny that. A cynical person may suspect those who bombed her, or at least started the bombing, as being plants.

I'll tell you what's funnier. I've become increasingly cynical and jaded with a rather depressingly pessimistic view on life and Humanity in general.. and I wouldn't have pegged those as plants.

Probably cause I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I guess.

OT: I actually did think this was a real game. I don't know if I'd want to play it, but I certainly loved the concept artwork he did, and I do agree that it kind of overshadowed the intended joke.

I don't visit Kickstarter much, only ever went there because of the Double Fine Adventure which I donated about $30 to. We get plenty of updates and it sure seems like everyone is hard at work and having a good time making something they enjoy working on. I realize this may not be the norm, but that was my impression of what Kickstarter was intended to do. Whether it is or isn't, is a matter of opinion.. or more likely people from the future who could look back and see how it turned out. *shrug*

 

[ZexionSephiroth]

What do you mean it's not a real kickstarter?

Shut up and find someone to take our Money!

... Um... If you wouldn't mind.

Wait, did I just get possessed by Fluttershy?

...

 

[Ohlookit'sMatty]

Grey, you mentioned wanted to make this into a mini-series // I say go for it, with your twisted sense of humor and Cory's Art it will be a winner

-M

 

[draythefingerless]

ehhhh lose the zombies. but a steampunk feminine team? would work as an RPG, 3rd person shooting and melee, would work good.

 

[Lan_EX]

Ha ha. Morons are the biggest consumists, true fact

 

[Formica Archonis]

please please please please make a wallpaper of that first frame.

I'm not one to "this", but thiiiiiiiiiiiis.

Seriously, that drawing is awesome and we need it with as big a resolution as possible. I will make it fit my monitor. I will get a bigger monitor if I have to.

 

[Ukomba]

Ya, funny that. A cynical person may suspect those who bombed her, or at least started the bombing, as being plants.

I'll tell you what's funnier. I've become increasingly cynical and jaded with a rather depressingly pessimistic view on life and Humanity in general.. and I wouldn't have pegged those as plants.

Probably cause I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I guess.

OT: I actually did think this was a real game. I don't know if I'd want to play it, but I certainly loved the concept artwork he did, and I do agree that it kind of overshadowed the intended joke.

I don't visit Kickstarter much, only ever went there because of the Double Fine Adventure which I donated about $30 to. We get plenty of updates and it sure seems like everyone is hard at work and having a good time making something they enjoy working on. I realize this may not be the norm, but that was my impression of what Kickstarter was intended to do. Whether it is or isn't, is a matter of opinion.. or more likely people from the future who could look back and see how it turned out. *shrug*

Which is fine, I'm just following the money. It's like EA staging a protest against Dante's Inferno. I do believe most after the uproar got started are real, but for $158,917 and notoriety some people would be willing to break their own leg.

 

[CaptainKarma]

You missed a word, it should have been "Feminist Nazis vs Steampunk Zombies."

Haha so hilarious. Those feminists eh? Wanting equal treatment and all, aren't they just like nazis.

Grow the fuck up.

 

[mdqp]

You missed a word, it should have been "Feminist Nazis vs Steampunk Zombies."

Haha so hilarious. Those feminists eh? Wanting equal treatment and all, aren't they just like nazis.

Grow the fuck up.

I think he just meant that the guys in the strip could add another "keyword", to stir up the controversy, helping the game to get more money (that was the point of the fake game title, I think).

 

[Eternal_Lament]

You missed a word, it should have been "Feminist Nazis vs Steampunk Zombies."

Haha so hilarious. Those feminists eh? Wanting equal treatment and all, aren't they just like nazis.

Grow the fuck up.

Not to necessarily speak on the person's behalf, but I'm pretty sure they were making a joke. No need to get seriously mad about it.

Anyways, as for the comic: As someone said, I'm getting some serious Suckerpunch vibes from the concept art (well done BTW, I was confused when I saw it in the main page carousel and thought it was an actual game concept), which would actually deter me from donating money. Last thing we need is another Suckerpunch.

 

[RJ 17]

You missed a word, it should have been "Feminist Nazis vs Steampunk Zombies."

Haha so hilarious. Those feminists eh? Wanting equal treatment and all, aren't they just like nazis.

Grow the fuck up.

Hoe Lee Shit...wow. If you believe I was actually using a joking comment in response to a joking comic-strip to make a political statement about my thoughts on Feminists, then it's not I that needs to grow the fuck up, it's you that needs to lighten the fuck up.

Nazis are just as popular a trope as zombies and steampunk. But fine, since you're so incrediby dense, allow me to reword my joke so as not to offend your ridiculously over-amped sensibilities.

Ahem.

"You missed a word, is should have been "Feminist Zombies vs Steampunk Nazis.

"

There, are you happy now? Good fucking god, I know inflection is hard to transmit via text, but if you can't tell a joke when you see one then you must live a horrifically sad and humorless life, and for that I pity you.

Edit:

I think he just meant that the guys in the strip could add another "keyword", to stir up the controversy, helping the game to get more money (that was the point of the fake game title, I think).

Not to necessarily speak on the person's behalf, but I'm pretty sure they were making a joke. No need to get seriously mad about it.

Thank you, and thank you.