r/disabledgamers

I find holding my head up hurts my neck pretty easily

Most of what I do i just plug a screen by my bed and lay down and watch YouTube [I do wanna be able to be at my desk more tho]

At my desk is my streaming stuff and a nicer display to watch more YouTube

But I find sitting at my desk super hard to do

I have a gaming chair with a pillow and blanket and a pull out foot thing but i find myself leaning forward a lot and therefore hurting my neck

Any ideas appreciated

Note

While I do have a mouse and keyboard I tend to use a controller to navigate my PC [if you're interested in doing that too ReWASD [paid] / AntiMacroX [free] I'm not aphiliated it's just what I use across different devices]

I apologize if this is repetitive. Where can I go or who do I ask for gaming controllers. I am disabled in my right hand and right foot. I currently play on tablet but want to get into computer gaming. I have already figured it would cost more but how much and what products could I use.

I currently use the Logitech g502 lightspeed because of the many buttons on the mouse.

I've tried these items to varying degrees of success. To replace a keyboard for left hand gaming.

The Razer tarturus. So far has been the best option. However no analog movement.

The splitfish frag Chuck. Not bad at all but not enough buttons

The ps3 navigation controller, good for a simple shooter like cod but bad for all others.

The og steam controller, the trackpad customization is nice but it's too hard to hold one handed.

The Razer Wolverine v3, might be the best option out there if I could 3d print a strap to help with the weight. Far to heavy.

The hori tactical assault commander g1 the half ps4 looking controller. Would be perfect but they cheaped out on the button switches so you have to really press the button firmly to activate it thus making it a useless controller.

I was thinking next I'll try the byowave adaptble controller.

Edit: I’m fairly sedated at the moment - sorry for any stupid thoughts or questions. The thought of using a controller at a desk vs a sofa. Maybe I could move my PC to the lounge. Sounds like a headache having a keyboard and mouse from the couch just to be able to get to launchers.

I've just had an operation that might affect me permanently (unable to twist my wrist to use a keyboard). The last console I had was the Xbox 360.

From what I gather the PS5 is better choice than the Xbox? Is the PS5 Pro worth the extra money over the base PS5? What are your favourite exclusive games?

If anyone has switched from PC to console, are you permanently having to use auto-aim or did you eventually build enough skill to be able turn it off and aim accurately?

What're the biggest pros and cons moving from PC to console?

Edit: I know I can use a controller on PC but I'not sure I'd enjoy going up against players with pinpoint accuracy when playing multiplayer shooters... or is this not as much of a struggle as I'm thinking?

Hello everyone! I wanted to share a project I made in Python to help players who struggle with complex, fast-paced directional inputs in Helldivers 2 due to mobility or physical limitations.

This tool lets you map any complex Stratagem sequence into a single keypress. It is fully customizable to fit your specific setup and needs. The Stratagem mapping feature is completely free, and it includes a 3-hour trial for the premium features.

I will leave the launch trailer and download details in the comments section below. Hope this helps some of you spread managed democracy more comfortably! 🚀

gamers with chronic pain who game for long periods of time (2+ hours) how do you do it? mostly looking for methods that arent pill based, but willing to hear all methods, tips and tricks out.

I came here to rant. I was born with low vision. I have Achromatopsia, for those who don't want to google, it's a fancy word for colorblind. I know millions live with colorblindness in their day to day life and it doesn't really effect them, but there are a group fo us that suffer from apretty harsh case of it. It comes along with many other problems. Light sensitivity, headaches, Very nearsighted, and so on.

I came here for a rant and that was an opening about why I'm ranting.

I love cozy games. I've put hours into games like Stardew valley, When a new game comes out, and there are quests or something, why do they have to be written SO FREAKING SMALL. I'm looking at a game called Farm to Table. The quests are aweful small, and the little ticket at the top of the screen that shows a picture of the food being orderred are so small and look so much alike, This is only an example because it's a lot of games, and I turn away from them because I can't play them, or I contact the devs and talk about accessability changes. The responses are so far out there.

A few years back, Tharsis (a dice survival game) was being put out, and hwen I got to beta test the game, the dev made changes based on feedback from me as I was one of the few testers with vision problems, and he worked hard to make changes, that kept the visual aspect of the game clean, but added accessability for people. Well, the dev for Farm to table told me "Thank you for letting us know. Right now, accessibility options are still limited, but hearing about issues like this is really helpful and gives us a clearer direction for future updates.

At the moment, my main focus is on fixing bugs and adding critical features, but over time, more features and accessibility options will become available. Thank you again for sharing your experience and feedback."

While I respect they are fgixing bugs and adding features, hearing that "accessibility is on the backburner" is so disheartening. Not to mention one of the members of the discord responsed with "the quests aren't that hard so it'sf ine" Well bud, it doesn't matter if they are the easiest quests in any game ever gamed, if I can't read them, what's the point?

Sorry that's just my rant as a gamer with a disability.

I do well enough for myself, but are there any? An interesting life,ofc :) Could be medieval, futuristic, contemporary, supernatural, whatever, but farming sims don't interest me

I was wondering if anyone would be able to assist. I'm trying to find some solutions for my wife, a lifelong gamer, who has started struggling with arthritis making her unable to play on PS5.

She is much more comfortable on a keyboard and mouse, but seems like there is limited support for it and few games are playable this way.

Has anyone else experienced this and found a solution? I see there is a hardware called XIM (seems used frequently for cheaters in online FPS games)

I'm concerned that she may get her account banned if we use something like that?

Anyone who may have a solution would really be appreciated.

Hello everyone,

High quadriplegic (no use of hands) gal who is trying to get back into gaming

I own a PS5 (it's actually my sister's) and was wondering what you guys use for gaming
I haven't played anything after getting injured and really want to play the new Resident Evil: Requiem

Are PC setups better?

Thanks,
Emily

Hi everyone. I like playing games where you can make various characters (Sims, the miis in various wii games, that sort of thing) , and while sometimes I will just make whatever seems fun sometimes I have a specific character or oc in mind, and when that character is disabled this unfortunately becomes very difficult. So I was wondering if you all would know of a game with a character creator wherein you have more options to make a disabled character that I could get.

First time doing something like this so I'm a but nervous

I'm disabled and stuck at home most days with only discord and my ps5 for company. My disabilities have gotten a lot worse over the last 2 years and I've slowly found myself isolated from all my irl connections. Im hoping to find some people who are looking for gaming buddies or just chill hangouts over voice chat

Little bit about me: I'm goth, trans, queer, pagan, neurodivergent, and a huge nerd. Into anime, DnD & other TTRPG's, Warhammer (Death Guard & Skaven main), horror, musicals (I love to sing!), mythology, folklore, art, music, reading, animals, and the fantasy genre as a whole. Some of my favorite video games include Lollipop Chainsaw, Bioshock Infinite, Diablo 4, Borderlands 2, Saints Row 3, Tomb Raider 2013, and the entirety of the Far Cry franchise so far.

I really love playing co-op games but rarely have someone willing to play with me so if any of the above interests you pls feel free to hmu. I'm also just down to have a nice chat, we don't have to game

I met a girl who seems to be around her 20s via a peer support group I host for folks with chronic illness/ disabilities, and she just lost a fight with a train (she had a medical emergency at the worst possible time and passed out on the tracks). Damn thing took her arms and legs, so she's a quadruple amputee now. She's got a lot of moxie though and I already would kick someone's ass for her even though we only just met. Adjusting to life with such severe sudden limitations is going to be hell for her though, so I'm doing a little research to see what games are accessible to her at the moment.

Her jaw has to stay wired shut for a while while her spine heals up a bit more, so mouth tracking won't work for her YET, but she's pretty skilled with gaze controls. She has played Monopoly that way. I suggested Slay The Spire on iOS since that's a game I personally enjoy a lot and know is great. I was wondering if anyone here might have some experience playing this with gaze tracking and how that went for you? I would test it out on my own iPad, but the one I have isn't compatible with gaze controls unfortunately.

If you have any other game suggestions I can pass along to her, please let me know! Thanks in advance. 😊

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I don’t think I’m the only one who dislikes battery-powered products. Power wheelchairs, smartphones, wireless earbuds, and most of all, Bluetooth adaptive switch interfaces! Whenever I have a nightmare, it almost always involves a battery problem. Is it just me? Wireless devices that rely on batteries promise freedom, but it’s really only temporary freedom.

The Bluetooth adaptive interface I’ve been using for years has recently started to make me a bit anxious about its battery. As you know, these things are pretty expensive. The cheapest ones are around $300, right? I debated whether I should buy a new one, then thought, why not just make a wired device myself? I have a strong interest in gaming devices, so I knew about very cheap products with similar capabilities, and I outsourced the programming to AI.

For this attempt, I bought an EPS32 C3 board and two 3.5mm mono sockets (one as a backup). My parents helped with the wiring. Programming? That’s hardly even a challenge these days! I’m writing this with that very setup right now.

I just had surgery to correct a tendon problem in my wrist, and I will need to have the same surgery on my other wrist in the future (the classic de quervain's tenosynovitis). The main triggers are hand-writing, drawing, the pipetting I have to do for work and, of course, gaming. I hope to prolong the amount of time before I need to get my left wrist fixed. Any recommendations on meaningful console gaming without involving my thumbs?