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Any recommendations for good computer games for visually impaired 5 year old? (self.Blind)
submitted by Rw0004
My little boys as been left visually impaired from retinoblastoma treatments and he is at that age where all of his school friends are starting to get in to PlayStation and Xbox.
I have both at home so are accessible and he has been playing some of the old sonic games. Although I think he has some sense of what is happening I feel it’s just too busy for him with the colourful backgrounds.
Does anyone have any recommendations of games that are slightly more visually basic for him?
I did wonder if there is someone out there that has maybe modded the older games to remove backgrounds but I cannot find anywhere unfortunately.
I have both at home so are accessible and he has been playing some of the old sonic games. Although I think he has some sense of what is happening I feel it’s just too busy for him with the colourful backgrounds.
Does anyone have any recommendations of games that are slightly more visually basic for him?
I did wonder if there is someone out there that has maybe modded the older games to remove backgrounds but I cannot find anywhere unfortunately.
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Rw0004 [OP] 1 points 4y ago
That’s good to hear that you get enjoyment from them, that was the logic behind getting him in to some of the classics rather than the newer stuff. Hopefully with some of the advice from here I’ll be able to change the visuals slightly to ease him in a little more. He’s still learning to interpret what he sees now as he was still quite well sighted (not sure if that’s the right term) until about a year ago so it’s a big transition for him I think.
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Rw0004 [OP] 4 points 4y ago
It’s a bit difficult to know right now. When he’s asked about his vision he has nothing to compare to it so says that it’s fine. In my personal experience he can see blocks of colour and is better when things are on a plain background so that he can focus on the moving object more.
He lost his right eye when he was born and then through a combination of laser therapy and chemo it caused severe damage to his retina and optic nerve so the expectation is that maybe he can see broken parts of a scene in front of him, but because the severity of the damage they can’t say if a particular area of vision would be better or worse I.e. looking up or down for instance.
I know the VR ‘features’ themselves wouldn’t work as he only has one eye but it would be interesting to see if by blocking out all of the other stuff around him it might give him better focus in the goggles.
His interests change like the wind like pretty much all kids, but generally safe with cars and action heroes.
He lost his right eye when he was born and then through a combination of laser therapy and chemo it caused severe damage to his retina and optic nerve so the expectation is that maybe he can see broken parts of a scene in front of him, but because the severity of the damage they can’t say if a particular area of vision would be better or worse I.e. looking up or down for instance.
I know the VR ‘features’ themselves wouldn’t work as he only has one eye but it would be interesting to see if by blocking out all of the other stuff around him it might give him better focus in the goggles.
His interests change like the wind like pretty much all kids, but generally safe with cars and action heroes.
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Amonwilde 2 points 4y ago
How about Minecraft? It's pretty slow paced and I know low vision people who love it.
Rw0004 [OP] 1 points 4y ago
That’s a thought. Although I don’t have a clue how to play minecraft or even the objective and he usually looks to me for help so I might struggle. Any tips?
Amonwilde 2 points 4y ago
Minecraft has no objective, it's a sandbox. That either sounds amazing or terrible depending on your outlook, but for boys 8-13 it's irresistible. I'd play it a little yourself first. One thing to understand is that you're not meant to just boot it up and play, you'll be confused. Most of the knowledge about how to build things comes from reading the wiki or, in practice for kids, watching YouTube. After loading up the game, have a tablet or computer with you and do a lot of Googling, like look up "make shovel minecraft" and similar.
I'd set a goal of making an item out of iron when you play. If you achieve that, you'll know enough to help your son with most things until he's self-sustaining. The steps you would take to do that are:
1. When you appear in the world, look for a tree.
2. Hit the tree with your fist until it drops some wood.
3. In your inventory, put the wood in the gird of 4 boxes and then click the output box to get the wooden planks. You're making the wood into wooden planks.
4. Make sticks. (You'll have to start looking things up here, you use the planks to make the sticks.)
5. Make a wooden pickaxe.
6. Use the wooden pickaxe to collect stone.
7. Make a stone pickaxe, shovel, and axe.
8. Collect more wood using the axe. If night is approaching, use the shovel to dig and hide yourself until morning. This can be annoying, go get a cup of coffee until the sun comes up. Once you're good at the game you can make a shelter in the first day and this kind of thing isn't necessary. Basically, when it gets dark, monsters appear and you will die right away, more or less. If you bury yourself somewhere you won't die. Just dig three squares down and put some dirt above you to cover yourself up.
9. Build a furnace. Burn wood to make coal.
10. Make torches and a stone sword.
11. You're ready to explore a cave. Stumbling around you may have seen a cave. Use the torches to light your way and if you see a monster, hit it with the sword. Make sure you're not hungry, otherwise your health won't come back.
12. Find iron ore in the cave, which can be tricky. Also find some more coal.
13. Use the ore and the coal in the furnace to make an iron ingot.
If you can do even part of this you'll be in a good position to help your son. It's a great and actually rather wholesome game more focused on building than destroying. You create your own objectives as you realize you need more and more stuff to complete projects. Like, for example, sometime in the above you're going to want to make a house, and perhaps even a farm to grow food.
Good luck, and hope you get to play this game with your son! It will last him a long, long time if he gets into it, and you can also play with him.
I'd set a goal of making an item out of iron when you play. If you achieve that, you'll know enough to help your son with most things until he's self-sustaining. The steps you would take to do that are:
1. When you appear in the world, look for a tree.
2. Hit the tree with your fist until it drops some wood.
3. In your inventory, put the wood in the gird of 4 boxes and then click the output box to get the wooden planks. You're making the wood into wooden planks.
4. Make sticks. (You'll have to start looking things up here, you use the planks to make the sticks.)
5. Make a wooden pickaxe.
6. Use the wooden pickaxe to collect stone.
7. Make a stone pickaxe, shovel, and axe.
8. Collect more wood using the axe. If night is approaching, use the shovel to dig and hide yourself until morning. This can be annoying, go get a cup of coffee until the sun comes up. Once you're good at the game you can make a shelter in the first day and this kind of thing isn't necessary. Basically, when it gets dark, monsters appear and you will die right away, more or less. If you bury yourself somewhere you won't die. Just dig three squares down and put some dirt above you to cover yourself up.
9. Build a furnace. Burn wood to make coal.
10. Make torches and a stone sword.
11. You're ready to explore a cave. Stumbling around you may have seen a cave. Use the torches to light your way and if you see a monster, hit it with the sword. Make sure you're not hungry, otherwise your health won't come back.
12. Find iron ore in the cave, which can be tricky. Also find some more coal.
13. Use the ore and the coal in the furnace to make an iron ingot.
If you can do even part of this you'll be in a good position to help your son. It's a great and actually rather wholesome game more focused on building than destroying. You create your own objectives as you realize you need more and more stuff to complete projects. Like, for example, sometime in the above you're going to want to make a house, and perhaps even a farm to grow food.
Good luck, and hope you get to play this game with your son! It will last him a long, long time if he gets into it, and you can also play with him.
B-dub31 2 points 4y ago
I’m not sure what his interests are, but I’ve read here that EA Sports games have accessibility features like haptic vibrational cues for certain in-game events. I’ve played video games all my life (I’m 40), but it’s been very difficult after my vision loss last year. I don’t play much now and mainly replay games I'm familiar with. However, I know that there are options out there, so I’m watching the feedback here too.
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