Yesterday, I had a terrific conversation with Renee Gittins, and she is the founder of Stumbling Cat, who created this very cool game known as Potions: A Curious Tale. Before I talk about my talk with Renee, I want to talk about this game.

Potions: A Curious Tale is about a girl named Luna, who is this young witch who apparently majored in Potions at Hogwarts. Okay, there’s no Hogwarts in this game, but this game definitely has its roots in fairy tales, from all countries. It looks like you can pick up ingredients so you can make potions for overcoming obstacles that you will en

What is interesting about Potions is its “Resource Limitation Combat”. Part of this game is that combat can overcome obstacles, but there are more non-violent solutions if the player wants. Then there are also puzzles, which are my favorite, honestly.

In talking with Renee, she talked about how there are few women in the gaming business, and an article about her on VentureBeat stated that 22 percent of people in the gaming industry are female.

The sad part is that when I talked to Renee, she has had some negative experiences where she would receive death threats before attending certain video game conferences. I think this is pretty shameful, and honestly, shouldn’t we be past the “No Girls Allowed” level when it comes to video games? The same thing happened when Renee has done cosplay, and received some negative comments that I just don’t want to repeat.

Personally, I like the acceptance that I have felt at video game conventions, but I can’t understand why anyone would do this, to anyone. But hey, that’s enough preaching.

I wanted to say that I appreciate what Renee is doing with this game, and it is on Kickstarter now, and recommend supporting it.