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Any recommendations for PC controllers for small hands? Thinking of an xbox one controller. Bluetooth preferred. Also thanks for recommending donut county and moving on; both are big hits!
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This is a bit of a silly recommendation, but when my kids were really little I gave them a fightstick to use. It works in most games that aren't FPS, plus you can fist the control stick and easily mash any of the buttons. Gamecube controllers are the smallest form factor that I know of and are easy to get USB versions of, but not BT.
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Jan 8, 2024 02:23
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Ne Cede Malis posted:Any recommendations for PC controllers for small hands?
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Jan 8, 2024 03:47
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ExcessBLarg! posted:I'm generally a fan of 8BitDo controllers. If you don't need analog sticks, the M30 is one of my favorites reasonably small. If you want something for seriously tiny hands, maybe the Micro? Awesome these are great! Thank you!
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Jan 8, 2024 04:59
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~Coxy posted:This is a bit of a silly recommendation, but when my kids were really little I gave them a fightstick to use. It works in most games that aren't FPS, plus you can fist the control stick and easily mash any of the buttons. I can second this. The first game my son really got into was Shredder's revenge on my mame cabinet.
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Jan 8, 2024 05:24
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Jose Valasquez posted:My 3 year old loves the PBS Kids Games app on iOS. It's got probably a hundred plus "games" of various difficulties, a lot of simple stuff like dress up or really easy hide and seek games, but some are much more involved and would still be good for kids a year or two older too. It's all free and there are no in app purchases. Region restricted to the US, sadly. Not sure I really understand why -- it's not like they're selling it elsewhere? I guess it costs money to put a free app on the stores?
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Jan 8, 2024 08:32
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ExcessBLarg! posted:I'm generally a fan of 8BitDo controllers. If you don't need analog sticks, the M30 is one of my favorites reasonably small. If you want something for seriously tiny hands, maybe the Micro? For my daughter, I bought their SNES-like: https://shop.8bitdo.com/products/8bitdo-sn30-pro-wired-gamepad-for-switch-pc-retropie-raspberry-pi It works really well with our HTPC for all kinds of games. Even for 4-year old hands. The D-pad is so much better than the Xbox 360 controller I had before. Only drawback is I had to get a USB extension cord. I didn’t want the wireless because I hate dealing with battery charge.
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Jan 8, 2024 08:42
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Lead out in cuffs posted:Region restricted to the US, sadly. It likely has something to do with media licensing and how complicated that can get across regions. I'd bet it's much easier (legally speaking) for PBS to only distribute to the US than deal with whatever hurdles they'd have to go through to distribute their media in other regions.
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Jan 8, 2024 14:36
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My kids are way too old for it, but I’ve heard good things about this app (Pok Pok) for kids under 8 or so. https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/pok-pok-preschool-games/id1550204730  doesn’t require a network connection either!
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Jan 11, 2024 19:19
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I'm reading Frog Detective 1: Mystery of the Haunted Island to my second child. It's such a fun lil read and the game parts are incredibly simple. The dialog is back and forth and it's got a good rhythm for silly voices read aloud. If you can rope your spouse or an older reader in them it's a real hoot.
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Jan 13, 2024 18:13
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A whole 'nother category that could go in the OP is "Games Kids Like To Watch You Play". Turn-based games offer a lot of opportunity to talk through what's going on and for questions to be asked, I think those are a lot easier for turning it into a collaborative activity. My 5 year-old son and I played Battletech together, me playing and him watching. It had everything that a boy that age could want. The mech bay lets you more closely inspect the robot models and you get to see robots shooting missiles and lasers at each other. He loved clicking the big ATTACK button I let him watch me play Subnautica in the shallower parts of the game. It's a perfect young-kid game if you're just goofing off, gathering resources, gathering fish, building up your base, etc. I beat the game a year ago but he still occasionally begs for me to go back to it Orcs Must Die 3 was a good one, it's all cartoon violence and is primarily about laying traps. Little kids love seeing a huge spring flinging 30 orcs lava, or a giant boulder rolling into a hoard of goblins Psychonauts would probably be a really good choice We played Monster Train together a bit last night, it was reasonably good for a play-together experience
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Jan 17, 2024 18:00
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My 3 year old seems to show some interest in "Dave the Diver"
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gently caress, I was playing og Doom when I was 7. Should I show Doom to my 7 year old?
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depends on the kid imo
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QuarkJets posted:gently caress, I was playing og Doom when I was 7. Should I show Doom to my 7 year old? There weren't as many options available to us at the time comparatively, so we took what we could get. Obviously, kids vary and your kid might be totally ready. I'm trying to think of any kid-friendly boomer shooters around, and none come to mind (admittedly, it's not my favorite genre). Something like Slime Rancher could scratch that FPS itch. Or try to scrounge up a copy of Chex Quest.
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Good-Natured Filth posted:There weren't as many options available to us at the time comparatively, so we took what we could get. Obviously, kids vary and your kid might be totally ready. I'm trying to think of any kid-friendly boomer shooters around, and none come to mind (admittedly, it's not my favorite genre). Something like Slime Rancher could scratch that FPS itch. Or try to scrounge up a copy of Chex Quest. everyone should introduce slime rancher to their kids, and also their friends and loved ones
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Jan 18, 2024 02:52
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Good-Natured Filth posted:Or try to scrounge up a copy of Chex Quest. Good news, it's free and has been updated with a third episode! http://www.chexquest.org/index.php?topic=1664.msg87302#msg87302
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Jan 18, 2024 21:15
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My kid enjoyed watching the construction vehicles in workers and resources but she found it less fun to watch me plan things out. poo poo I should try construction simulator again
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Jan 18, 2024 21:48
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Benagain posted:My kid enjoyed watching the construction vehicles in workers and resources but she found it less fun to watch me plan things out. Time honored tradition of Dad playing with miniatures and child being duct taped to a seat forbidden from touching anything.
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Jan 18, 2024 21:52
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Benagain posted:My kid enjoyed watching the construction vehicles in workers and resources but she found it less fun to watch me plan things out. have you tried mudrunner/snowrunner? it was a hit when i showed it to a kid who loves construction vehicles
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My 3 year old likes to watch games sometimes. i think it's too difficult to learn how to play anything when the controller is so huge. she cant manage the camera and the movement and push the buttons. If the characters talk in the game she enjoys watching way more than if i read the screen to her. However these are the most popular: Anno 1800 - She does not care for the city building mode, but she loves the first person mode because there are lots of things to look at. Portal 2 - She loves Wheatly. She lunged at the TV upon sight of the companion cube, this deeply concerns me. Star Wars Jedi survivor/fallen order - Cal and BD1 caused her to make BD1 sounds all day. These guys need a TV show.
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Jan 21, 2024 14:45
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My 5yo son's current MO when he gets screen time is to pick up either Untitled Goose Game or Donut County, erase his save file, and play from start to finish. He's beaten those games a dozen times each. He's well on his way to speed running them.
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Jan 28, 2024 19:20
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One of these days I think I'm gonna put on a TAS video and fiddle with the controller like I'm playing the game. To establish dominance and wow with spectacle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGwjGGF4M5g
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My daughter currently really likes to play minecraft, I'm looking for a cross platform game (ps5 + pc) that is the next 'step up' from that in a survival game or a stardew like. Seem to be a couple of interesting ones in early access atm, but none of them are on ps5, anyone have any suggestions?
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Paracausal posted:My daughter currently really likes to play minecraft, I'm looking for a cross platform game (ps5 + pc) that is the next 'step up' from that in a survival game or a stardew like. Seem to be a couple of interesting ones in early access atm, but none of them are on ps5, anyone have any suggestions? I’m interested in this too, though I don’t need PS5 cross-play. Hmm!
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Paracausal posted:My daughter currently really likes to play minecraft, I'm looking for a cross platform game (ps5 + pc) that is the next 'step up' from that in a survival game or a stardew like. Seem to be a couple of interesting ones in early access atm, but none of them are on ps5, anyone have any suggestions? You might have to wait a little while but Raft and Corekeeper are coming to consoles. Grounded is also losing Microsoft exclusivity. Astroneer is on PS5 (no idea about crossplay)
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My 3 year old really likes Uno she's requested to play it three times this week I pulled out all the draw +2, +4, reverse and wild cards, I didn't feel like trying to explain those concepts. But she really likes the number/color matching part
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The bane of my existence is anything by Budge Studios. They make a bunch of popular licensed mobile games and the worst part is that they're actually pretty well made, but they all have an awful subscription which is like $50 a year per game, insanity! My kids like to play Othello, the rules are fairly easy to understand and it's visually appealing, there are plenty of them for mobile/tablet.
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My kid is better than me at Hollow Knight. He really took to it. His skill journey went from him being frustrated to the point of crying at the first mini-boss and me being called in to beat the boss to him doing absolute final super radiance casually whenever he likes and also doing a steel soul run in single digit hours. He's 10. All the jump puzzle areas like the path of pain are called parkour sections.
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My nephew's 10 and is sorta getting into speed-running territory with his games too. I should suggest Hollow Knight for him, not sure why I haven't thought of it before, thanks.
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Feb 21, 2024 14:28
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Probably not news to the people in this thread, but Overcooked: All You Can Eat is an updated version of the Overcooked games that allows for granular difficulty reduction for whole family coop, which is very useful when one of the players is a kid. Even more importantly, it allows to select the chefs from the start, without having to unlock them. Chicory is on Gamepass, the player is a cute dog with a magical paintbrush, everybody is named after various foods, painting landscapes and dressing up are gameplay elements, so the game is also a hit. Puzzles can be a bit hard though.
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One of the kids I work with absolutely loves Hollow Knight. It's a shame there's input lag on the PS5 that apparently can't be fixed.
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fez_machine posted:You might have to wait a little while but Raft and Corekeeper are coming to consoles. Grounded is also losing Microsoft exclusivity. Thanks for this, Microsoft just confirmed the date grounded is coming to ps5, that might be a goer https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/02/21/new-platforms-new-players-xbox-games-switch-playstation/
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My toddler saw me playing Mount and Blade the other day and asked to play; she enjoyed making the horsey rear and jump. When she got home from daycare today she asked to play again, so I had to quickly slaughter an entire village for her.
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Apparently I never saw Grounded when it was coming out then thought “oh cool it’s a coop where you build and have a honey I shrunk the kids vibe”. Then I saw the trailer and realized I would give my little ones nightmares fighting insects.
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Anyone try buying a cheap 3rd party switch controller? I don't want to drop $70 on another pro controller when the only goal is to keep my kid's grimey greasy hands off my pro. Also one of my joycons have drift but I don't want to bother getting an all new set for the very rare occasion we do 3 player Mario.
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Renegret posted:Anyone try buying a cheap 3rd party switch controller? I don't want to drop $70 on another pro controller when the only goal is to keep my kid's grimey greasy hands off my pro. Earlier on this page there was some discussion about 8bitdo controllers. I think those work with Switch as well and are generally good.
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Renegret posted:Anyone try buying a cheap 3rd party switch controller? I don't want to drop $70 on another pro controller when the only goal is to keep my kid's grimey greasy hands off my pro. Nintendo will repair your drifting joycon for free. I've done it twice. https://repair.nintendo.com/cc/soConsumer.html?lang=en&sys=SWTCH&type=JOY-CON
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Farquar posted:Nintendo will repair your drifting joycon for free. I've done it twice. Oh sweet thanks I'll look into this. They were actually drifting shortly after I got the switch but I was too lazy to do anything about it since I had no reason to ever use the joycons. Never would I expect six years later I'd be using them with my own little chaos gremlin to farm the Hoppo stage in Mario Wonder.
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My 7 year-old still really likes watching youtube videos over pretty much anything else. I'd like it if he spent more time doing things and less time watching things. I can get him to watch me play games, when I have time for that, but I can't get him to just sit down and play something on his own - if it's Mario for instance, then we have to be playing together, likewise for Mario Kart. He's discouraged by the difficulty of things that hasn't tried yet. I'm not sure what to do. Currently, he is watching me play Stardew Valley and Armored Core 6, and he actually likes watching Stardew Valley more. It feels like a game he could be playing with me in coop mode, but he's not very interested.
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