Idle Camera Sway

[vocal cypress]

I'm making this suggestion in regards to the idle camera sway (specifically when crouched). Being crouched in this game while hiding was/is difficult atm since the swaying of the camera is nauseating. Standing idle is not an issue as it is SUPER minimal

I'm really hoping this can have a toggle or even a slider to lower and/or completely disable this as myself and many other players are affected by motion sickness during gameplay.

Today i was playing with a friend for the first time and we couldn't get past the first level due to this feature. I really hope this can be changed soon because we absolutely love The Backrooms and really want to continue this playthrough, at this point in time its just not doable for us
-Lo :))

[karmic crater]

yea its kinda annoying

[shrewd orchid]

to be fair you've chosen the worst possible spot for it.
i had to launch the game and see, if idle camera sway was even in my game because i never really noticed it.
but if you have a wall to each side of you, it becomes noticable. when not crouching directly in a box, i feel like it becomes barely noticable.
i wouldn't mind if the sway was a bit slower tho

but my thought would be; if i became motion sick from idle crouching cameras, i'd avoid idling and crouching in enclosed spaces like that instead of throwing the game away 😅
idk, sounds a bit extreme

[severe crest]

Logangstaaa

Я делаю это предложение относительно раскачивания камеры в режиме ожидания (особенно когда она приседает). Приседать в этой игре и прятаться было/трудно, так как покачивание камеры вызывает тошноту. Бездействие не является проблемой, поскольку оно СУПЕР минимальное.

Я очень надеюсь, что у него будет переключатель или даже ползунок, позволяющий понизить и/или полностью отключить эту функцию, поскольку меня и многих других игроков во время игры охватывает укачивание.

Сегодня я впервые играл с другом, и из-за этой особенности мы не смогли пройти первый уровень. Я очень надеюсь, что это можно будет изменить в ближайшее время, потому что мы очень любим The Backrooms и очень хотим продолжить это прохождение, на данный момент это просто невозможно для нас.
-Ло :))

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[desert comet]

not doable seems a bit extreme

But there should be an option for it

[karmic crater]

if i was getting motion sick from a game i'd drop it too

[shrewd orchid]

well they got motion sick by doing one, super specific thing
wouldn't you just.. not do that one specific thing then?

as previously mentioned, i think the sway could be a bit slower while crouched to prevent that.
but if you're not surrounded immediately by walls, you won't rly notice there is any sway at all, at least in my experience

[karmic crater]

the sway is everywhere tho

its literally just when you crouch

[karmic crater]

also, "one specific thing", like hiding from the entity like you're supposed to?

[shrewd orchid]

in this case, yes
hiding in the most claustrophobic place of the whole game, obviously the sway will be most noticable there.
if you just crouch in the middle of a room in level 37, you won't notice it or barely notice it

[karmic crater]

the point is

it's not "one specific thing"

its a thing that you need to do

also this change wouldn't harm your experience at all, why argue "just don't crouch lol"

[shrewd orchid]

i agreed saying the sway while crouching could be slower to conquer the issue. nobody here argued afaik

[karmic crater]

you offered not doing it as a solution

[shrewd orchid]

"one specific thing" was adressing that they said they couldn't play the game when crouching;
so my logical step was to not crouch. yes, that might be the worst solution to the issue, but in my eyes it's not necessary, period. i can play through the complete game without crouching once, so if i had a game-breaking issue with it, yes, i just wouldn't do it

[karmic crater]

when the thing you do is a thing you need to do

[shrewd orchid]

debatable, but this is neither the time nor the place to debate that

[karmic crater]

"debatable" like everyone who's playing the game for the first time is gonna know about the skip

it's intended for you to crouch and go in the hole

at which point you have no incentive to uncrouch