May I ask what part of playing makes it difficult? Duration? Dexterity? Specific motions, etc? If it’s too much, please feel free to ignore me.
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chunes@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Silksong. My muscle disease has progressed too much to physically play it. That really stings because Hollow Knight was one of my favorite games ever.
Fmstrat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
chunes@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Doing anything repetitive with my hands causes quickly worsening nerve/muscle pain in the entire arm. And something demanding like a platformer will get it going in less than a minute.
And the really crappy thing is, the longer I try to push through it, the longer the pain lasts. If I stop when I first notice the pain, it’ll only last an hour or two, but if I keep pushing it can last for days.
Fmstrat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh man I’m sorry to hear that. Is it limited to just your hands? While not for me, I’ve been interested in alternative control models (head, arm, feet, XBox adaptive controller, etc). I hear it’s a challenge to learn the muscle memory, of course.
chunes@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Unfortunately my neck and legs are even more screwed up than my arms. Alternative controllers could maybe by me more time by giving my arms a rest, though.
A while back, someone made a post about an AI model that can play video games. People were just trashing it in the comments but I genuinely believe it could help me by taking over during high-APM moments and I could give it strategic advice and sort of turn any game into an idle game.
BTW, good luck finding a solution for your person. I’m not familiar with alternative control or I could give some advice.
yakko@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
That fucking suuuuuuuuucks. I wonder if there’s a mod that could accommodate you somehow. I’m not trying to spawn a big debate about difficulty in games here, but I really wish you’d be able to play it for yourself, somehow.
chunes@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m sure there’s a cheat engine invulnerability hack or something I could use, but it would kinda take the fun out of it.
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Have you considered the Xbox Adaptive Controller? I know Microsoft designed this controller with different extensions an such to assist people with disabilities.
yakko@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I agree. I was imagining maybe a time dilation mod that you could toggle on/off to make your inputs less physically demanding, but I don’t know if that exists. That’s how I’d do accessibility in this game personally. I don’t know anything about your condition though, so really I’m just spitballing and daydreaming simultaneously.