Accessibility Suggestion: Barnacled Dread + Ocean Crawler Lightning effect flashing

  • Hello there! With the addition of the new Barnacled Dread and it's onslaught of Adds came a new issue that one of my friends with Epilepsy now has to deal with: being unwillingly attacked by enemies that put flashing effects on his screen.

    While during the day and with appropriate lighting in the area the effects are not that horrible, at night and under the deck when the contrast of the flashing against the darkness is really high, it becomes a genuine health hazard. He has to close his eyes for extended periods of time when we are under attack by a Barnacled Dread, and given their persistence, it's not as simple as just getting away from them.

    No other effects are as unavoidable and as flashy as these enemy types, and I was hoping we could suggest allowing for players to reduce it's intensity as an accessibility feature so people like him can play the game when enemies like these show up on the ship still. Either that being reducing the amount of flickering that the effect causes, subduing how bright it is when it happens or/and removing the overlay on screen when you get shocked.

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  • @embero best bet is to raise the request here, it’ll take you directly to the support website to raise the accessibility request there. It’ll much more likely be worked on than getting lost in the void here in the forum.

  • @tesiccl Thank you so much for your suggestion, I really appreciate it!

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