It's tough! I don't think there's an answer that can please both sides in this case, but I do believe civil discussion is important. I hope neither side gets hate, though I know feelings can run hot when either side sounds aggressive. 🙇♀️ I hope no one feels too uncomfortable in our comment section.
Realistically (given our budget/time/energy as people doing this out of passion/hobby) we will probably maintain a female presenting MC (with a couple skin color options), but a male MC does mean a whole separate drawing/render pass.
Unless we magically blow up on TikTok it's unlikely the demand (for the game in general, not just male MC) will reach that level 😆 though maybe if I can style match Beanz's CGs enough, I can do a male MC version as the final update of the game after it's complete/near complete. (I wouldn't want to ask Beanz to do even more work 💀 they have their own projects and aspirations, so I don't want to keep them chained to this project. LOL)
(Adding a pronoun option should be much easier, though! I think we will try to get that in for our next major update.)
Thanks for your patience and for taking the time to write out your thoughts! 🙌