{"id":1517385,"date":"2026-03-04T17:12:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gVBMK5fJxq7QWHs4bUEcNT"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:12:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:12:21","slug":"indie-dev-says-best-i-can-do-is-sentient-tofu-after-fans-demand-a-male-protagonist-they-respond-oh-yeah-actually-mr-tofu-works-fine-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/indie-dev-says-best-i-can-do-is-sentient-tofu-after-fans-demand-a-male-protagonist-they-respond-oh-yeah-actually-mr-tofu-works-fine-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie dev says &#8216;best I can do is sentient tofu&#8217; after fans demand a male protagonist\u2014they respond oh yeah, actually Mr Tofu works fine, thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Quick question: when you make a character in a game, do you play as your own gender or get wild with it? Me, I always used to play as a man (which I am, notionally, in real life) as a kid, but these days I play a woman 99% of the time. Women? Cool. Women with a gun\/sword\/lightsaber\/inherited-and-possibly-magical-farmyard? Even cooler. It&#8217;s simple maths.<\/p>\n<p>But some people are bad at maths, like one fan of upcoming delivery sim <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2961860\/Honcho\/\">Honcho<\/a>, who took to the game&#8217;s Steam forums to make a humble request: please let me play as a dude.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s really only one thing that I am hoping for, and that&#8217;s the ability to build a play as a male character if you want to,&#8221; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/2961860\/discussions\/0\/597411322165084578\/\">wrote<\/a> the user. &#8220;I&#8217;m not a fan of playing female characters. Kind of ruins my immersion, honestly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That request was made last September and quickly fell into the ashbin of Steam-forum history, until the developer, Greg Pryjmachuk, popped their head in two days to declare the problem solved. &#8220;I&#8217;ve added the ability to play as Mr Tofu, who is a sentient block of Tofu which hides the player&#8217;s body with [an] option to also hide hands.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pryjmachuk actually highlighted the exchange themself on their <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/minskworks.bsky.social\/post\/3mg5xl7u5ts2r\">Bluesky<\/a>\u2014in what has turned into a cunning bit of viral marketing for the game that I confess to have fallen hook, line, and sinker for\u2014summarising their own response as &#8220;Me (indie dev in this economy): &#8216;Best I can do is sentient tofu.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:n3ypahbzsulo3bo2o3waj7fo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mg5xl7u5ts2r\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreif6qul5jkaogtpzkoxqsp7j6gm2ufi7325eomq5xicfnbpqqu7f7q\">\n<p lang=\"en\">Steam community: \u201cCan we play as a male character?\u201dMe (indie dev in this economy):\u201cBest I can do is sentient tofu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 @minskworks.bsky.social (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:n3ypahbzsulo3bo2o3waj7fo?ref_src=embed\">@minskworks.bsky.social.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/minskworks.bsky.social\/post\/3mg5xl7u5ts2r\">2026-03-04T16:19:38.033Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Honcho is not yet released, but when it is, you will be able to play Mr Tofu by entering your name as Tofu at the game&#8217;s beginning. &#8220;This game is funded by hopes and dreams, so it&#8217;s unlikely I&#8217;ll have the breathing room to add a fully rigged male character with their own unlockable outfits and story beats,&#8221; Pryjmachuk wrote on the original Steam forum thread. &#8220;Hopefully, the above is a reasonable compromise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be honest, my favourite part of this whole story is the original player&#8217;s response to Mr Tofu. &#8220;That would be good for some of us, at least for now,&#8221; they wrote. &#8220;Regardless of what character we play as, I support you wholeheartedly. Been a fan of your work for years, and it&#8217;s an honour to even get to see the work you&#8217;ve put out so far.&#8221; It&#8217;s honestly quite heartwarming!<\/p>\n<p>You might immediately think a player reluctant to play a lady would be some kind of boring chud, but I think they&#8217;re just someone who prefers to play as a guy. It&#8217;s not my cup of tea, and I think it&#8217;s maybe a little bit limited in imagination, but hey! To each their own. Or, to one set of players, a lady, to the others, Mr Tofu, a sentient block of tofu.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"a5df42cd-6376-4fb1-9eb4-fe3e2043f983\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/indie-dev-says-best-i-can-do-is-sentient-tofu-after-fans-demand-a-male-protagonist-they-respond-oh-yeah-actually-mr-tofu-works-fine-thanks.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"a5df42cd-6376-4fb1-9eb4-fe3e2043f983\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/indie-dev-says-best-i-can-do-is-sentient-tofu-after-fans-demand-a-male-protagonist-they-respond-oh-yeah-actually-mr-tofu-works-fine-thanks\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick question: when you make a character in a game, do you play as your own gender or get wild with it? Me, I always used to play as a man (which I am, notionally, in real life) as a kid, but these days I play a woman 99% of the time. Women? Cool. Women with a gun\/sword\/lightsaber\/inherited-and-possibly-magical-farmyard? Even cooler. It&#8217;s simple maths. But some people are bad at maths, like one fan of upcoming delivery sim Honcho, who took to the game&#8217;s Steam forums to make a humble request: please let me play as a dude. &#8220;There&#8217;s really only one thing that I am hoping for, and that&#8217;s the ability to build a play as a male character if you want to,&#8221; wrote the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/indie-dev-says-best-i-can-do-is-sentient-tofu-after-fans-demand-a-male-protagonist-they-respond-oh-yeah-actually-mr-tofu-works-fine-thanks\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1517386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748],"class_list":["post-1517385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Indie dev says &#039;best I can do is sentient tofu&#039; after fans demand a male protagonist\u2014they respond oh yeah, actually Mr Tofu works fine, thanks | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Quick question: when you make a character in a game, do you play as your own gender or get wild with it? 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