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Tay Scribbles Feb 13, 2023 @ 9:24pm
Arachnophobia
My friend loves all things small, woodland, and base building and I'm so excited to show them this game! Just one issue -- they have very bad arachnophobia. Will there be settings to filter the appearance of spiders for those who are scared of them?
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Furyous Feb 16, 2023 @ 5:18am 
xD
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Stickb0y Feb 26, 2023 @ 4:37pm 
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lol
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Sleek Mar 1, 2023 @ 7:56pm 
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I have a phobia of snakes, I passout if i get near one and cant control it obviously, when i see one in game i don't feel anything because the threat isn't real. Being scared and having a phobia is two completely different things and the people who complain about spiders in games are just looking for attention and special treatment. Its not even how a phobia works...
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Wolf Mar 2, 2023 @ 12:19am 
They have said no in a previous post "Jadecraft" also covers it in a video
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Zerotalent Mar 4, 2023 @ 3:53pm 
See this as an opportunity to conquer his fear of spiders virtually before tackling it in real life. For the longest time I had a bad fear of snakes. So I bought a pet snake. After a few months I ended up loving the lil bugger. Conquer your fears! Don't let them rule over you. Video games are a great outlet for this.
*imagines a game where all the enemies are fluffy cuddly little baby bunnies...* no ty
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TamanduaGirl Mar 6, 2023 @ 1:54pm 
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Phobias are one psychological issue that is very treatable. It takes effort on the person's part and a good therapist(not an old school one that is like toss into a pit of spiders and get over it, lol). It's best to have a therapist helping you though long as a good one. Which may not be as out of reach as you might think. My local clinic actually offers some free therapy. But incremental exposure is part of helping with phobias. Like you might start with a game with more cartoony spiders like Webbed. Or if that's too much even more cartoony pictures.

Here's a good guide on finding a therapist if your friend would like to stop having his life overly impacted by fear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXsfSAJ5AQk&t=2398s
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Sutha Mar 7, 2023 @ 4:12am 
Originally posted by TamanduaGirl:
Phobias are one psychological issue that is very treatable. It takes effort on the person's part and a good therapist(not an old school one that is like toss into a pit of spiders and get over it, lol). It's best to have a therapist helping you though long as a good one. Which may not be as out of reach as you might think. My local clinic actually offers some free therapy. But incremental exposure is part of helping with phobias. Like you might start with a game with more cartoony spiders like Webbed. Or if that's too much even more cartoony pictures.

Here's a good guide on finding a therapist if your friend would like to stop having his life overly impacted by fear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXsfSAJ5AQk&t=2398s
Another alternative is to be exposed to giant wolf spiders about 3 times a day because the best rental you could find in the area was in the woods and they kept wanting to say hi......I don't recommend. It did get me over my paralyzing phobia fear of spiders though.
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Reminant Mar 10, 2023 @ 4:57pm 
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I know I'm going against popular opinion here but I see what the OP is saying. I've played games for quite some time and have a fear of falling. Said fear translates into games as I become quite immersed. I've tried talking it out in therapy, however not many people can afford therapy, and therapist that talk with you for free tend to be terrible. Grounded has an arachnophobe mode so it is possible to implement. Some fears are deeply rooted. Maybe they have tried therapy and cannot rid themselves of fear of even the game spiders. It's not up for other players to tell them no.
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Tay Scribbles Mar 10, 2023 @ 6:27pm 
Originally posted by Reminant:
I know I'm going against popular opinion here but I see what the OP is saying. I've played games for quite some time and have a fear of falling. Said fear translates into games as I become quite immersed. I've tried talking it out in therapy, however not many people can afford therapy, and therapist that talk with you for free tend to be terrible. Grounded has an arachnophobe mode so it is possible to implement. Some fears are deeply rooted. Maybe they have tried therapy and cannot rid themselves of fear of even the game spiders. It's not up for other players to tell them no.


Thank you for that :8bitheart: I myself don't have the fear, but she and I have tried other games with her and she struggles a lot and it makes me sad to see her scared. We've played a ton of MMOs together but unfortunately spiders are an easy go to for mob ideas.
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Reminant Mar 10, 2023 @ 8:27pm 
Originally posted by Tallygator:
Thank you for that :8bitheart: I myself don't have the fear, but she and I have tried other games with her and she struggles a lot and it makes me sad to see her scared. We've played a ton of MMOs together but unfortunately spiders are an easy go to for mob ideas.

It's no problem. Some people don't understand that fears are translated different by everyone. I hope they do have an option for the spiders for the sake of you and your friend. I used to be terrified of them as well and though it does not effect me now in games as it did I get it. It will be much more enjoyable for the both of you.

On another note, the developers seem to have a pinned comment that asked what people would like to see in game. They said they'd be actively reading it, maybe you'd like to post in there? c:
Last edited by Reminant; Mar 10, 2023 @ 8:30pm
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Teraphina Mar 10, 2023 @ 11:30pm 
so they tweeted this not sure if you have seen it...

https://twitter.com/playsmalland/status/1634226279590313990
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Reminant Mar 11, 2023 @ 4:27pm 
Originally posted by Teraphina:
so they tweeted this not sure if you have seen it...

https://twitter.com/playsmalland/status/1634226279590313990
Oh! Neat! So the setting does exist. Yay. ouo
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mcast1234 Mar 12, 2023 @ 5:34am 
Those settings are worse!

I'm not sure i can buy this game, grounded they looked cartoony, here they're too lifelike
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TamanduaGirl Mar 14, 2023 @ 11:50am 
Originally posted by Reminant:
Grounded has an arachnophobe mode so it is possible to implement.

That is actually an annoyance for me because Grounded added that and made a big show of how inclusive and accessible they were. Even asked what more they could do. Then even though asked by many and it being standard in many games never added other things, like, sound captions(they do have speech captions though). I'm glad it helps some people but it seems like they made a big tudo about one flashy feature people would talk about, then not actually add things commonly needed that many games do have since those wouldn't get them the attention.


Originally posted by Reminant:
I know I'm going against popular opinion here but I see what the OP is saying. I've played games for quite some time and have a fear of falling. Said fear translates into games as I become quite immersed. I've tried talking it out in therapy, however not many people can afford therapy,

Oh I understand. I have suffered from OCD(real clinical not pop culture idea of it), which at it's heart is a sort of phobia. Talking alone for sure wont be enough. Therapy is to give you the tools to think differently about it and to act on it. It takes a lot of time and effort but it can be gotten under control, even though never 100% gone.

I've also had to occasionally turn off a game and take a break to gather myself due to a situation triggering claustrophobia. So I know games can trigger actual fear. I empathize. I'm just saying it can be controlled and not just avoided. People have legit jumped out of moving vehicles due to spiders. It's best to confront the issue instead of letting it keep growing to a point that can be harmful like that.

and therapist that talk with you for free tend to be terrible.

That's not true and the video I linked talks about that. Even really expensive therapists often do some free or discount work for those in need. It's usually not advertised since they will have long waiting lists. It takes some work to ask around and find someone. That's why I linked the video. Many assume help is out of their reach financially when it may not be as far a reach as they might think.
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TheShadowHatter Mar 27, 2023 @ 10:04pm 
Originally posted by Teraphina:
so they tweeted this not sure if you have seen it...

https://twitter.com/playsmalland/status/1634226279590313990

That has to be the WORST arachnophobia mode I've ever seen. It's as if they think people only fear spiders for their legs and nothing more. The video ends with literally the entire face of the spider, all eyes and teeth still visible in the end, which is the biggest thing I fear from spiders. This setting did NOTHING to put my mind at ease, and it only infuriated me actually. Like, why can't arachnophobia mode be literally turning them into polygons or simply replacing their models with another insect altogether or SOMETHING that doesn't keep the same damn face that haunts me every night I try to sleep?

I apologize for the rant but this arachnophobia mode felt more like an insult to me than a solution.
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