Thalassophobia Mode Idea

  • I've heard a lot of requests for accessibility for people with Thalassophobia, but I can agree that it's hard to implement it in a way that doesn't break the immersion of the game. I did however think of a quick idea that may not entirely remove the fear, but help players feel more certain about the depths of the ocean

    What if players could enable a "ocean floor" that doesn't actually exist, but acts more like a skybox in the floor to provide players with Thalassophobia some comfort knowing what's at the bottom of the ocean. Since nothing really jumps out at you from there, I don't see why this would hurt immersion

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  • I've heard a lot of requests for accessibility for people with Thalassophobia

    Sadly first Ive heard of this. But where does this stop? Fear of skelephobia, phasmophobia?
    Plus: thalassophobia is not just fear of bottom less ocean, it Large bodies of water...the whole Ocean...the world of Sea of Thieves. How do you...fix that?

  • @boneheart1237

    Players with thalassophobia could also realize they're playing a coded game and the only things in the water are sharks and sirens; or just not play a game that revolves entirely around the ocean.

  • @worst-tdmer Buddy if that was how phobias worked, they wouldn't be phobias. A phobia is an irrational fear. Irrational meaning it does not necessarily conform to logic. Arachnophobia modes in games exist because people who have arachnophobia get an irrational fear response when seeing the fake spiders. They know they're fake, no one with these fears actually thinks the video game spiders are real or that they have any chance to drown in the ocean while on their couch at home. It's just something hard coded into their brain.

  • @potatosord

    or just not play a game that revolves entirely around the ocean.

  • @worst-tdmer I'm not saying that people who have thalassaphobia should play SoT, I'm saying that your logic of trying to rationalise yourself out of an irrational fear is like telling a person in a wheelchair to "just walk" or someone who has glasses that seeing "isn't hard" so they don't need them. If you could rationalise yourself out of it, it wouldn't be an irrational fear. Crazy how you moved the goalposts when you got called out though. Where did I say they should? Where did I talk about people playing the game at all? All I did was correct your misunderstanding of how phobias work.

  • @potatosord

    Phobias aren't hard coded in terms of severity, they exist on a spectrum, which is why I gave two options.

    Crazy how you moved the goalposts when you got called out though.

    I quoted the second part of the sentence you were responding to, literally the opposite of moving goalposts.

  • @worst-tdmer I didn't mention that in terms of them playing the game, those were examples that could apply to any games. The point was that people are aware that the thing is not real and that does not change their ability to control the fear over it, whether its digital or real. At no point did I say they should play games or that games should cater to these groups, I simply stated that regardless of the reality of something someone is afraid of, they cannot "realize they're playing a coded game" and suddenly not be afraid of it.

  • @potatosord

    Phobias aren't hard coded in terms of severity, they exist on a spectrum, which is why I gave two options.

  • @worst-tdmer Learn how to actually have a point and stop moving the goalposts and whatabouting.

  • Ok I have PTS…….. should haunted houses cater to my needs? Should the world bow to me as I have triggers? No, I am responsible for my triggers, if the game or anything in life causes me to have issue I simply remove the trigger…. Or figure out a way to deal/cope with it. Rare doesn’t owe me or anyone special treatment. As @BurnBacon said “where does it stop”

    The game added jester makeup and ship set some people are super scared of clowns, should it be removed? Do we ban players for wearing clown makeup and triggering other players?

    Ie @Worst-TDMer said or don’t play a game that revolves around your trigger.

    No goal post shifting, no snarky replies, simply reposting his original message.

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