What's the best way to handle gender input in the account creation form of my game? Should it just be Male/Female/Other? More options? A textbox instead of Other? Only a textbox, which seems kinda inconvenient for figuring out the pronouns?
Creating a new account is a hurdle your players have to clear before they can play your game. It's best to minimize the friction in this process so you can onboard your players as quickly as possible. Think about what really matters to your game; gender may not even play a big enough role in the game to warrant attaching one to every account. If the gender selection changes the style of the player's avatar, it would be wise to restrict the options to those that correspond to the avatars that are available. If you allow your players to manually type in a gender, be aware that some players will enter invalid responses either purposefully or by accident. In most cases, you can give your players only a couple options in the form of large buttons that allow them to select their response and continue.
That is insightful. Thx. What are some other features that are important for account creation?