an option to turn off and/or replace flashing lights throughout the plaza!
bright, flashing lights and rainbows trigger severe migraine and nausea episodes for me and itās very disappointing having to push through the pain of migraines, making myself incredibly sick in the process, or avoid playing most the game with how prevalent flashing, pulsing, and bright lights are. an option to replace these lights with still, solid textures or even just stationary lights would make the game a much better, safer experience for photosensitive players like myself!
several buildings (fountain, casino, arcade) and attractions (ferris wheel, bumper cars, minigames) around the plaza have flashing lights to varying degrees. the majority of them very quickly trigger my migraine episodes, which is sad because i really love the game and the atmosphere, but i like to play the game without being in pain or feeling sick
the arcade in particular is a hotspot for photosensitivity triggers. literally everything except for the floor flashes in some way or another, and itās very frustrating not being able to interact much with any of the games. so many machines in the arcade have such awful flashing that i canāt even look at them for more than a few seconds without getting sick. tornado, wheel of fortune, ring god, super hoopers, mind tester, meteroid mania, gears of coin, dizzy, mas fuerte 2k, the offering, coin river, and starfield lanes all have very bad flashing or pulsing lights when youāre not even playing them. even the token machine flashes every time tokens are bought
i understand the atmosphere of the arcade might be difficult to maintain with less flashing lights, but it really detracts from my ability to play and enjoy the arcade games, as i canāt even enter the arcade without it being detrimental to my health. i would really like to play the game for longer than i can now, and i would especially like to play without getting sick every time. completely removing any and all flashing lights is a tedious task and may take away from the design of the plaza, and adding an option to replace so many textures would be equally as tedious, but it is seriously difficult to navigate the plaza without finding any flashing, pulsing, or otherwise moving, bright lights
additionally, in bowling, the flashing lights on the side of the lane and the lights that move up and down the lane when getting a strike is a problem for me. iād personally find the sides lighting up a solid color that doesnāt flash for the same duration as they light up now to be a more photosensitive-friendly option. i donāt know if removing the horizontal light would be best for us players, or possibly adding an option in the settings to toggle it off and on, but somehow lessening those lights would be a nice change
the text prompts for moving the mouse during bowling also flash quickly, and although itās not as bad as the rainbow lights, it is still noticeably triggering. having the prompts maintain their opacity but not flash might be a better option made available for photosensitive players, and would still catch the attention of non-photosensitive players when they pop up
there are more spots that are troubling, like the casino. there are flashing lights on the walls outside of the building around all of the doors. when you enter, the lights at the top, middle, and bottom of the walls are flashing rainbow colors and pulsing. replacing them with or having an option to toggle all of the lights to a solid color or still texture would be really helpful. also, the screens on the sides of the inner entrance to the nightclub are incredibly bright, and transfer through the whole rainbow. the flashing, waving, pulsing lights in the nightclub itself are the most triggering lights out of the entire plaza.
i have no experience in game development, so i donāt know what the best or easiest option would be for reducing the flashing, pulsing, bright, rainbow lights in the plaza. i donāt believe that totally replacing them is the only option, but i donāt have any other ideas at the moment aside from adding a toggle for them. iām sure there are players that enjoy the flashing lights and would miss them if they were gone, and there are other players who need some of the flashing lights in order to see and interact with the environment. thank you for all of the effort and love put into the game, and thank you for your consideration!!