Two small ideas

[GreyPilot]

Hey!

So - I know I'm new to the whole community - and honestly - I've only played the game for at best a month, but I would like to ask about two possible ways to improve gameplay and make it more accessible to people with certain disabilities:

1: Different cursor spot/radial menu:
I know eventually, you're going to want to do more seasons than just winter (at least - so I read here in other posts) but for now the game is pretty much all winter, all the time, and there is a slight issue here for some people with some visual impairments. White... on White snow. I know some people see the words "visual impairments" and instantly jump to the "completely blind" conclusion - but so far from accurate might as well be a different language. There are many shades of visual impairment...and there are many hues of colour that could be used for the cursor spot and radial menu that would make things a little easier on those gamers that do/will struggle with white on white (like myself, I can manage but it is a strain), just having the option to change the colour for them would be a huge help in accessibility.

2: Third Person:

I know this has been brought up on the Steam Community board - but bears repeating - some people have difficulties with motion sickness and some other conditions that make unchangeable first-person view gaming difficult to neigh-impossible, and allowing for third person view for gameplay so they can take a proverbial step back - would just really help things for them. I know that it isn't "realistic" in that we don't live our lives able to switch from first to third person views - but it's a game and this seems like such a small thing to adjust to open up to another section of the market that isn't going to ruin the general gameplay of TLD.

Just...two small points that I really hope the developers take into account and respond to. Great work all in all - just... yeah.

[Prestermatt]

Accessibility is always a good thing.  I think the first is a reasonable request that really should be implemented.  The second probably involves a good deal of work by the developers, so it might have to wait until TLD2, but it would be fun to see.   Great ideas!

[Mixxut]

28 minutes ago, Prestermatt said:

TLD2,

Well, that escalated quickly

[Prestermatt]

50 minutes ago, Mixxut said:

Well, that escalated quickly

I'm all for the idea, I just don't know how easy it is to add something like that to the current game, given that we don't see our worn clothing anywhere but the clothing inventory screen.

[GreyPilot]

12 hours ago, Prestermatt said:

I'm all for the idea, I just don't know how easy it is to add something like that to the current game, given that we don't see our worn clothing anywhere but the clothing inventory screen.

While yes - it would be difficult to implement initially it also isn't impossible - it's something done in a lot of games so I think with a little help from existing framework and a little time taken out by one of the designers it would be possible before a sequel. I know it's a big ask and I understand that they have a lot of things to do and it's a lot of coding (believe me I'm learning to code games myself so I know it's hard) but it just seems like it would help widen the audience for TLD which would help bring about a larger audience for sequels and other games Hinterland might want to release.