this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2025
59 points (100.0% liked)

Games

18790 readers
333 users here now

Video game news oriented community. No NanoUFO is not a bot :)

Posts.

  1. News oriented content (general reviews, previews or retrospectives allowed).
  2. Broad discussion posts (preferably not only about a specific game).
  3. No humor/memes etc..
  4. No affiliate links
  5. No advertising.
  6. No clickbait, editorialized, sensational titles. State the game in question in the title. No all caps.
  7. No self promotion.
  8. No duplicate posts, newer post will be deleted unless there is more discussion in one of the posts.
  9. No politics.

Comments.

  1. No personal attacks.
  2. Obey instance rules.
  3. No low effort comments(one or two words, emoji etc..)
  4. Please use spoiler tags for spoilers.

My goal is just to have a community where people can go and see what new game news is out for the day and comment on it.

Other communities:

Beehaw.org gaming

Lemmy.ml gaming

lemmy.ca pcgaming

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
59
What game(s) would you use to introduce someone to WASD/Mouse controls? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
60 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

My partner is interested in learning some of the games I play, so I'm trying to find some introductory games to get her used to the common control schemes.

Off the top of my head, it'd probably have to be games that...

  • Have few inputs beyond the basics
  • Are not difficult or punishing
  • Are approachable mechanically (So as not to overwhelm them when they're focus on learning basic controls)
  • 2D is probably preferable, since its easier to understand and process whats happening at a glance.
  • Multiplayer would probably also be a strong bonus, but also not required

The only game that particularly comes to mind is Portal, but hopefully others will have some better ideas.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I was gonna say portal but you already had that idea hah

The other option is start her off with dark souls and tell her it's one of the easy games, to really test the strength of your relationship /j

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Oh and minecraft if you own that :3

That's also pretty simple controls wise.. just play on peaceful to start

Edit:

Oh maybe something like stardew valley too, though that does have combat in the mines which may be a challenge :3

I suddenly remembered all the games only after making my first comment hah x3

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Minecraft is pretty mechanically complex if you're at the "need to learn how to move in a video game" stage

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Moving around in "peaceful" should be ok as a playground for learning the controls.

load more comments (3 replies)
load more comments (3 replies)
load more comments (4 replies)