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OperatorPants

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« on: January 21, 2011, 01:53:03 pm »
What games out there allow you to play with little to no keyboard use. The only one I can think of is Starcraft.
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Ozyton

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« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2011, 01:54:35 pm »
Have you tried football, tennis, baseball, soccer, or any of those doohickies?
Tag? Dodgeball?
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« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2011, 01:57:57 pm »
Any game if you have a USB game controller.
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« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2011, 02:01:17 pm »
Quote from: OperatorPants on January 21, 2011, 01:53:03 pm
The only one I can think of is Starcraft.

You've never played multiplayer Starcraft, have you? :p
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« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2011, 02:01:27 pm »
Let me see...

Real Time Strategy games (sorta)

Turn Based Strategy games

Point and Click Adventures (my personal favorite)

Black and White 1 and 2 (ehhh)
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Sean Mirrsen

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« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2011, 02:05:12 pm »
The first Dungeon Siege. The second, to a lesser extent.

Dwarf Fortress with an onscreen keyboard (actually happened).
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Re: No Keyboards Allowed
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2011, 02:06:24 pm »
Most turn-based games. Any turn based game if you're willing to turn on the On-Screen keyboard, though that's freakishly inefficient in terms of time.

Many flash games, presumably the point and click games (don't play 'em, bleh).

RTSes can't meaningfully be played with only the mouse, barring a few exceptions. You pretty much have to use hotkeys to make it through.

Most browser-based games can probably be played with limited keyboard use.

Probably most things that allow/require a joystick (flight sims, mech games, etc, etc.).

Probably more :P
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« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2011, 02:07:12 pm »
Most strategy games and many RPGS. Diablo, Civilization (and Alpha Centauri), Warlords (and Warlords Battlecry), Wesnoth, Age of Wonders, and Heroes of Might&Magic all come to mind.
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« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2011, 02:07:49 pm »
Quote from: OperatorPants on January 21, 2011, 01:53:03 pm
What games out there allow you to play with little to no keyboard use. The only one I can think of is Starcraft.
Starcraft was awesome.

ANYWAY, not many. I'm planning on making a game that uses 2 mice...
Civilivation series, or at least 3. Powder Toy (not much of a game, more simulator), some flight sims like GL-117, MechWarrior 4 if you have a HOTAS joystick (*cough*Saitek x52 Pro*cough

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« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2011, 02:08:29 pm »
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RTSes can't meaningfully be played with only the mouse, barring a few exceptions

Most of the older ones can easily be played with only a mouse.

It is the newer ones where every unit needs to have its own unique power where the keyboard has been getting more and more important.
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Sean Mirrsen

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« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2011, 02:10:17 pm »
Speaking of games using two mice, Hammerfight.
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« Reply #11 on: January 21, 2011, 02:14:40 pm »
It depends on the RTS.


Unless you're getting seriously competitive, Supreme Commander or Sword of the Stars don't really require any keyboard input.


More twitchy(more micro than macro) games like Starcraft, however, will need you to use a keyboard. I mean, you can only select 10 units at once in Starcraft 1.
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« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2011, 02:19:39 pm »
X-Com series I don't think uses much of the keyboard except for typing the names of your meatbags.
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« Reply #13 on: January 21, 2011, 02:21:54 pm »
toribash, that's all i can think of. maybe civilization?
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« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2011, 02:50:19 pm »
Almost anything ported from console.  Even the FPS's, for which WASD+mouse is so superior, will allow use of a dual-stick controller.
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