Hi folks!
We've been building an accessibility app for people with low mobility/dexterity so they can play games. I'd played Stardew Valley a bit before, but wanted to comeback and test it with some of our new control inputs
I'm using head movements for cursor control, head tilting for Left & Right, smiling for Up, opening my mouth for Down, kissing to left click, moving my mouth to the right for right click, hotbar selecting with eyebrows raised and speech to bring up backpack!
This is the coolest thing I've ever seen!! Please continue this amazing work!! Share it in other Stardew subreddits (from different countries), I'm sure someone will have a family member or friend who wants to play Stardew but can't due to physical limitations.
Thank you!!! We're testing out lots of different game types with it to see if any tweaks are needed
ConcernedApe, get in here!
Look at what your kindness and generosity is leading to and inspiring others to do!
This is amazing, thank you for thinking of others!
It's our user feedback that really helps with input methods and how we can tweak it
This is absolutely amazing! Is there a way that we can support the project? :)
help spreading the word is always welcome! we're a two person family startup
This is really cool man, you're doing very important work! Even if it helps only one person to be able to play this game, it's totally worth it. Thank you very much for all you did! ☺️
This is really great! I hope this gets a lot of traction - are you able to pick which gestures do which things? Some people might be able to raise their eyebrows but not head tilt for example. Also just curious - what gesture detection library are you using?
Yes, there's 22 facial gestures to choose from and can tweak everything to preferences, range of motion etc as well as various control characteristics, still lots to add!
go in the mines, i need to see you furiously kissing for your life
it's going to take some practice to get to the lower levels!
This is making me cry, good tears. I’ve been in chronic pain for a few months and was playing stardew valley this morning, in some pain. I found out yesterday I likely have an incurable degenerative disease, so knowing I might be able to play video games even as my potential disease progresses gives me some comfort. Ty for doing work to help make fun things accessible <3
I’m sorry to hear this, but hope we can help in some way!
This is so cool!
I'm really impressed! Awesome job
this is AWESOME!!!!
woah amazing
Incredible!!
This is absolutely wonderful! I am so proud of this community for its kindness and generosity for all players. It is so great to see such goodness in the world.
Wow this is a great project! Is there a link where we can read more about you? Do you also do this for other games?
It runs native on the PC and uses the standard cursor, so should work for most games that use keyboard and mouse as inputs - each game needs some setup though and tweaking for an individual. Our website is https://sensepilot.tech/
i was like "huh, i wonder how this would work in the caves" and you showed it right away!! this is awesome!!!!!
It'll take some practice to get good at combat for the lower levels!
a nice face workout while i kill some ghosts!
Fantastic, superb, magnificent, excellent, amazing, awesome, majestic, spectacular, sublime, wonderful, marvelous, sensational
I'm running out of synonyms for kick-ass here.
People who make games more accessible for people with disabilities have a special place in heaven.
This is just lovely!
It makes me think a lot of Jeremy, the son of my dad's friend that I knew for years growing up. Jeremy was a few years older than us. His dad built him custom chairs and a "horse" style one that he mostly used when gaming. His father also took apart the regular NES controllers and the NES advantage ones to build him custom controls. He also had controllers that weren't custom so that he and we could also play along with him. It was Jeremy who introduced us to video games over 3 decades ago and my love for them has never lessened. His father and ours taught us that not everyone looks alike or has the same abilities, but with a little personalization we can all enjoy the world together! Even after years of practice my brother and I could not beat him in any game or challenge we chose. I can still hear him laughing and gloating in victory. We lost touch decades ago after they moved, but I can't play Super Mario Bros without remembering him!
SDV is such a wonderful game, but I just want to say as a gamer in general thank you so much for helping bring joy to all gamers, and aiming to help them succeed with their own abilities!
Really freaking cool
W o w, it is amazing!
I would love to share it with my mom, maybe she will enjoy stardew like this!!!
it's free to try it out, so more than welcome to have a playaround and see if it works for her!
Oh, nice! I will try! Thank you for tour work!!!! 🔥🔥💜
if im not mistaken, have you done a similar project for minecraft? it looks familiar. anyway, amazing work! this is very cool.
It works native on the PC so we’ve been testing it with lots of games!
I feel like CA would just love this. His whole ethos is making the game as community-focussed as possible, accessibility is so key to that theme.
Damn. Imagine fighting in the mines. You'd be literally kissing monsters to death. 😂😘💀
Wow!!
Ohh, this is cool.
Wow, this is very exciting to see! I'm glad accessibility options will be available for those who need it!
That is so sickkk!
congrats and much success on your project!!
thanks!
oh this is sick as HELL
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!
This is brilliant. Everyone should be able to have access to gaming. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Love this, gaming is such a happy haven for all :D
Best thing ever, if there is any way we can help please let us know. If there is a game that deserve this type of assistance is this one. Thank you very much for doing this.
I love this so much. Thank for working to improve the lives of others!
Gaming is for everyone, accessibility rules. Thank you for all your hard work on this!
this is amazing omg
I hope ConcernedApe sees this, its so cool.
This is INCREDIBLE.
There it is my 2026 tears of joy
I imagine u/ConcernedApe will be thrilled!
This is so awesome! Love anything to do with making things in life more accessible to everyone!
What a wonderful thing you are doing not only for the Stardew/gaming community, but humanity as a whole. You’re awesome. Thanks for sharing! 💜
This is awesome! I can’t think of a better game for this. It fits in so well.
This is so great
im js thinking how sore my face would be when im spam fighting monsters XD. but this is amazing!!
We’ve got some toggle options which hold a click down so you don’t have to keep repeating the facial gestures - I don’t have them set in the video but it can help if the game allows holding a click/press vs a repeat input
Don't sneeze or you'll place bombs.
THIS IS SO COOL!!!
woah! i don't need this, but i would love to play like this
It’s free to test out if you want to give it a go!
Love the idea, and great that it works so well!!
But maybe choose another face for walking up & walking down, right now it only looks like a creative "Try not to laugh-Challenge" for me.
I can set eye direction, but it’s a tricky thing to show in a recording
This is amazing. Thank you so much for your work
This is so cool.
Wow, this could open a whole new world to disabled people! So cool!
Woah 😮. Pretty cool 👌✨ I think this is gonna be great to use
Very random but what is that pink fish in the tank?
A blobfish!
This is awesome! Fantastic project and could really help people
I think this definitely has some duel use. Bringing accessibility to gaming and training for flirting. *raises eyebrows and does a kissy face 😙 * . In all seriousness this is such amazing work! Thank you for sharing your talents to help people enjoy these fun games too.
I love this! I would be delighted to be able to help a family member of mine use this to play.
You’re more than welcome to try it out!
Thank you. I will at some point. 😊
Absolutely incredible. You are amazing!
I love this! What a fabulous idea!
Nope, John Conner: wtf
Dude this is incredible
This is absolutely amazing! Great job!
very cool!
now use this for a speed run!
(no pls don't you'll get facial spasms)
Honestly: this kills the OG game for me and I don’t know how to feel about it…
Mod?! Nice : let me move unexpectedly fast or challenging slower to reach a goal never set