hide screen key

[jeffnews]

Anyone else like it when a developer has a key you can hit to hide game screen?

 

[Zeus179]

I generally play windowed and have my mouse near the minimize button since ive only ever played 1 game with a button to hide the screen, that being said I think it should become more of a norm for games

 

[fromabove]

I don't play games near people who might judge me for what's on my screen, so I have no need for a panic button. Perks of having a house to myself.

Of course that doesn't mean that devs shouldn't implement one for people who need it.

 

[Zeus179]

I don't play games near people who might judge me for what's on my screen, so I have no need for a panic button. Perks of having a house to myself.

Of course that doesn't mean that devs shouldn't implement one for people who need it.

As someone who needs it on occasion, it defo should be implemented more. Had way too many close calls lol

 

[Alex1980]

No, for the reason that I don't play games like that everywhere I go.

 

[remboo1]

alt + f4 works fine for me

 

[Zeus179]

alt + f4 works fine for me

what happens with saves? do you just save rlly often?

 

[remboo1]

what happens with saves? do you just save rlly often?

its a panic button i dont care about the save game progress is recoverable my dignity no

 

[RellikMD]

Back when I needed it I just made a shortcut for my keyboard that opened steam or some other program. Sadly my PC froze one time and I had to yank the power cable out of the wall to save myself

 

[MattShizzle]

If it's possible I don't play fullscreen.

 

[Zeus179]

its a panic button i dont care about the save game progress is recoverable my dignity no

cant argue with that logic, altho i think a panic button would save some hassle depending on ur last save, i just think in general its a good idea. i have no clue about coding and making games so idk how difficult it would be

 

[thenumber34567]

I like the idea but I panic to hard and will miss the panic button.

 

[RellikMD]

I like the idea but I panic to hard and will miss the panic button.

for some of the games it can be a button but for others it can be a key on your keyboard and if that's sounds to hard just think of it as a different pre-nut mini-game like the one everyone has played at least once and that is "shit I forgot to grab a tissue"

 

[RellikMD]

sorry that might have been too highbrow there, what I meant was "shit where's that sock"

 

[Zeus179]

sorry that might have been too highbrow there, what I meant was "shit where's that sock"

do people actually use socks? its always been a cliche but it just seems weird to me

 

[RellikMD]

I've never have but had to say it as one of my favorite jokes from the SAO Abridged team was "It was the winter of 9th grade and my socks were hard as stone and not because of the cold."

 

[MattShizzle]

They should include a button in the game that makes it look like some other kind of game.

 

[RellikMD]

There once was one that made it look like you had a spreadsheet open for accounting. My guess the guy that made it or they had a friend that wanted to spank the monkey at work

 

[AlBetGam]

I've never seen a game with a 'panic button' that was actually more convenient than Alt+Tab or Shift+Tab. Or the little 'Show Desktop' button on the corner of the taskbar.

 

[MattShizzle]

I've never seen a game with a 'panic button' that was actually more convenient than Alt+Tab or Shift+Tab. Or the little 'Show Desktop' button on the corner of the taskbar.

If it's full screen, you can't see the taskbar, either.