"Developers at all corners of the industry have an incredible opportunity at this moment to push back on the stigmatization of fat bodies. There are tools that can be designed, character creator systems that can be made, and stories that can be told that can make larger bodies as welcome in games as those inspired by athletes or runway models."
At studios of all descriptions, developers are taking an interest in featuring fat characters in broader and more interesting ways. Some are casting them in vital roles in a game's story, others are including them in character creators or making them part of character-focused multiplayer games. Others are going even further, using tools that enable body diversity to support the depiction of pregnant characters, characters affected by trans-affirming care, disabled characters, and beyond. Let's build on that work, and gather tips for game development based on what's gone right in making these characters over the last few years.
Read all about it over at Game Developer.