There is a Kickstarter to make an "old school" game.

After reading through it, I submitted this question. I will post the link to check it out once I get an answer:

Hi,

I'd be interested to support this project, as a longtime fan of oldschool RPGs, but I'm a little concerned by the way the story is set up thus far. I read through both the original story and the expanded story. If characters are customizable, can I at least make Connelly female if I want? What about hispanic, or black? Queer? Personally, I would have no problem playing a Connelly that has a wife and two kids waiting for her back at home-- or a husband and two kids waiting for him. I would prefer to have these options available, just as I think it's important to be able to make my character reflect any ethnicity I would like my character to be-- especially should I be of that ethnicity.

If I can't make Connelly any of these things, what does that tell me about the Cole story? Not only do I not get to play as a woman (or any of the other things) if I want to, I'm not permitted to get a woman's story at all UNLESS you make nearly double your initial goal? This makes getting to see a video game about a lady character quite literally a prize.

I like the basic idea of what you guys are doing, and I believe you have good intentions. However, it's extremely important to me as a player that, when I'm promised the ability to choose who my character is as I discover that character's story, I really truly do get to pick who my character is from the ground up.

So I sincerely hope your answer is, "Yes! Yes, you can pick all of those things, and you will be able to play whatever you want! In fact, you can even play Connelly as one of the alien races if you really want-- because no matter what Connelly is, this is Connelly's story!"

Edit: A happy ending, I think. The response:

The main character will be "Connelly", but you can change, gender, first name.....

So here's the project: An Old-School RPG by Brenda Brathwaite and Tom Hall