Not sure if this is the right place, I didn’t see a 7CupsOfTea on lemmy. If this is out of scope, let me know and i’ll move/delete it.

For a while i’ve been doing game development and I have been thinking to both better develop my skillsets and engage with the community, streaming my development on YouTube or Twitch. The problem is, I am not really photogenic (i’m out of shape and working on it) and I don’t think people would be interested following just another development streamer.

Also, I want a female avatar, which makes little sense as someone who identifies as a man (bi at that), which has me really self-conscious and worrying i’ll be accused of sexism or egg. I’ve seen males using female models and don’t care anyways. I’d also have to pay for a model or make one in VRoid, and i’m all so green to it. Not that I don’t mind!

So, I dunno. I wish there were some tips for this to help me figure out if this is worth doing.

  • didnt_readit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I watch a variety of tech and programming related YouTube channels and I’ve never once cared what the presenter looks like. I wouldn’t worry about it.

    Your personality is way more important and that will matter the same whether you’re showing your real face or a VTuber avatar… arguably it’s even more important for a VTuber since you have to convey that personality without your normal facial movements and body language.

    So I’m not saying you shouldn’t do the VTube thing if you want to do it, but if the main reason is that you’re worried about being out of shape I can tell you 100% it doesn’t matter. The content will speak for itself if it’s good.