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One particular story in Spiritfarer missed the mark, and the game’s developer has vowed to correct it.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n Spiritfarer<\/strong> developer Thunder Lotus has issued a statement apologising for how one story in the game represented a disabled character. Gustav, a once wheelchair-bound bird mentions in one conversation how death freed them from their wheelchair.<\/p>\n Kayla Whaley<\/a> argued how this perpetuates a view that death can be better than living with a disability, something that is insensitive to disabled people who excel in spite of their disabilities.<\/p>\n Thunder Lotus conceded that some of the writing is ableist, and promised to change it, and reexamine the game for any other material that may have similar ableist undertones.<\/p>\n “It has been brought to our attention that some of the writing in Spiritfarer is ableist, especially in the case of one character’s description of their own wheelchair,” wrote<\/a> Thunder Lotus.<\/p>\n