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submitted by tj_the_blind_gamer
This is a very exciting moment in terms of disabled gaming. At least in my opinion, there was an article written about my exploits with in Call of Duty World War 2. https://www.dexerto.com/call-of-duty/blind-gamer-with-over-7500-kills-in-call-of-duty-wwii-shares-his-story-125014
MostlyBlindGamer 10 points 5y ago
Cool!
I managed to finish Fallout 4 with my one "good" eye with a terribly cloudy cornea (on top of already low vision).
I couldn't imagine playing multiplayer.
I managed to finish Fallout 4 with my one "good" eye with a terribly cloudy cornea (on top of already low vision).
I couldn't imagine playing multiplayer.
[deleted] 6 points 5y ago
Hey congratulations, thats a great article. I had to stop playing Eve due to sight loss but you have inspired me to give this a shot. Thanks for posting
Terry_Pie 4 points 5y ago
Nice work mate. I watched your video the other week too, was good stuff.
Posts in this thread make me feel pretty good about my own difficulty playing games these days too. I can't play Company of Heroes against human players any more because I have to pause the game so much to find my mouse and issue orders. I started a game of Arcanum the other month, but got frustrated trying to distinguish things and spot the NPC I was looking for. Then there's Minecraft. Rarely can I see the crosshair, and the contrast between blocks so I can see where edges are and different blocks etc is a real challenge. I often lose my patience and stop playing after a little bit.
There's really only one game I absolutely, 100% want to play and get through though: Cyberpunk 2077 (when it's released). I've been following it from day one and I'll be devestated if it's too difficult for me to play it.
Posts in this thread make me feel pretty good about my own difficulty playing games these days too. I can't play Company of Heroes against human players any more because I have to pause the game so much to find my mouse and issue orders. I started a game of Arcanum the other month, but got frustrated trying to distinguish things and spot the NPC I was looking for. Then there's Minecraft. Rarely can I see the crosshair, and the contrast between blocks so I can see where edges are and different blocks etc is a real challenge. I often lose my patience and stop playing after a little bit.
There's really only one game I absolutely, 100% want to play and get through though: Cyberpunk 2077 (when it's released). I've been following it from day one and I'll be devestated if it's too difficult for me to play it.
MostlyBlindGamer 5 points 5y ago
Have you tried different texture packs for the blocks?
Would a solid color outline around blocks be helpful?
As far as the crosshairs go, I think there are programs that can overlay a bigger or more contrary one in the middle of the screen. Some gaming monitors even offer that feature out of the box.
Would a solid color outline around blocks be helpful?
As far as the crosshairs go, I think there are programs that can overlay a bigger or more contrary one in the middle of the screen. Some gaming monitors even offer that feature out of the box.
Terry_Pie 3 points 5y ago
If you have some texturepack suggestions, that'd be great. There were some I used in the past which I found quite good, but they're not updated these days. E.g. Gay's 4x4 texture pack. That thing was fantastic. I've tried a range of "clean" and "basic" type texture packs, but I'm yet to find the perfect one. Solid outline might be a good thing to try, I think that'd help. Any suggestions re crosshair would be good too.
MostlyBlindGamer 1 points 5y ago
Terry_Pie 2 points 5y ago
Cheers mate, I should be able to check it out this arvo.
MostlyBlindGamer 1 points 5y ago
I haven't been in the Minecraft scene for a while, so I don't know about any nice current ones.
As far as outlines go, you could probably edit the default pack on MS Paint.
Let me see if I can whip something up.
As far as outlines go, you could probably edit the default pack on MS Paint.
Let me see if I can whip something up.
Terry_Pie 2 points 5y ago
Cheers, if I find some time I might have a play around. There's so many damn textures these days though, and I'm not too sure about how they're packaged etc though I'm sure it's very simple if I looked into it.
Nixon154 3 points 5y ago
Do you ever use a partner to navigate menus and help you play? Not sure if using screen capture and having someone walk you through it would help but I would be happy to see if I could help in any way! When does it release?
Terry_Pie 4 points 5y ago
I've never used partner navigation. Co-op or screen capture (provided it was real time) with someone to assist identifying features probably could be useful for certain games. I wouldn't mind finding people to do that sort of thing with, but I really don't game that much these days so I'm not really driven to do so - I work 9-5, Mon-Fri, and have a lot of hobbies.
Edit: For clarification, I'm talking video games. Do plenty of tabletop stuff still, more than I used to in fact. Playing a game at a table with people makes things much easier in terms of assistance as required.
Edit: For clarification, I'm talking video games. Do plenty of tabletop stuff still, more than I used to in fact. Playing a game at a table with people makes things much easier in terms of assistance as required.
MrBlueSky9999 1 points 5y ago
Any tabletop game(s) that you can recommmend me?
Terry_Pie 1 points 5y ago
All of them. What do you like and what are you looking for (theme, player count, gameplay style etc)? How much visual information can you handle?
I've been thinking of starting a blog where I rate games based on their accessibility for people who're VI/blind and talk about how to make it easiest for people who're VI/blind to play those games.
I've been thinking of starting a blog where I rate games based on their accessibility for people who're VI/blind and talk about how to make it easiest for people who're VI/blind to play those games.
appleskittles 3 points 5y ago
This is incredible. Congratulations! My husband plays Call of Duty so I'll show him your article. He'll be interested to hear about you.
tj_the_blind_gamer [OP] 3 points 5y ago
Thank you, there are links to my YouTube channel with in the article as well.
appleskittles 2 points 5y ago
We'll check it out!
MrBlueSky9999 1 points 5y ago
I just saw your vídeo on playing call of duty i even wrote you a comment there as well recomme nding you also to try 2d fighting games i had seen people playing street fighter and injustice without issues of course just a little adaptation.
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