Blind, Deaf & Mute Challenge

You and your friends can now take on the challenge to work together and make the Scoutmaster proud that you did not let your disabilities hold you back!

• There are powers for each role that can be used to balance the difficulty or turned off to make things REALLY tough
• Each player gets a buff separate from the role powers
• Host Handshake and Config sync so host controls game rules
• Mute player can communicate via Emoji Menu with gestures or expressions
• Roles can be randomly given or host can manually assign Blind, Deaf and Mute to players in a menu
• Find the mod in the Peak Modding Discord under #mod-releases to discuss mod related topics like issues/reports/appreciation
• Use ModConfig mod to update configs mid-game to either set up the lobby rules as host or customize your hotkeys and UI as clients!

Features

Roles

• Blind - full blackout vision. Optional inventory / stamina / prompt overlays, silhouette or name-only inventory icons
• Deaf - no game audio (mixer forced quiet while Deaf is active)
• Mute - no voice. Uses the emoji menu instead

Blind power: Sonar

• Temporary vision pings through the blackout (HUD ring)
• Configurable ping count, vision time, fade, delay between pings, and cooldown
• Hotkey is client-local (default X)

Blind passive: Mobility

• Faster ground run / sprint
• Faster wall / rope / vine climb
• Can be disabled for hard-mode

Deaf power: Detection

• Luggage outlines through walls for a short window (HUD ring)
• Client-local outline color + thickness; far luggage stay readable with distance scaling
• Hotkey is client-local (default X)

Deaf passive: Bonus loot

• Chance for extra luggage items from a host-configured ItemID pool

Mute power: Lifeline

• Temporary Infinite Rescue Hook (default ItemID 167)
• Duration + cooldown; Ability HUD shows Lifeline
• Hotkey is client-local (default X)

Mute passive: Athletics

• Higher jump
• Reduced carried item weight
• Can be disabled for hard-mode

Mute: Emoji menu

• Peak-styled emoji picker, favorites, recents, quick-send hotkeys
• Optional reacting cue above your head while the menu is open
• Host can limit string length, block alphabet tiles, hide skin-tone variants

Ability HUD

• Dual cooldown / use rings for Sonar, Detection, and Lifeline
• Client-local position and colors

Multiplayer

• Host must have this mod (PEAKLib handshake)
• Host gameplay configs sync to clients
• Clients cannot run challenge gameplay if the host lacks the mod
• Random assignment: 1 player = none; 2 = Blind + Deaf; 3+ = even Blind / Deaf / Mute split (shuffled)

Config Options

You can change these in the mod's config file at:
BepInEx/config/tony4twentys.BlindDeafMuteChallenge.cfg

Host-synced = host's value is authoritative in multiplayer.
Client-local = each player keeps their own (hotkeys, UI, outline look).

Assignment

Blind

Deaf

Mute

Ability HUD (client-local)

Emoji

Host-synced rules: AllowEmojiString, MaxEmojiStringLength (1-16), BlockAlphabetEmojis, ShowSkinToneVariants, ShowReactingCue.

Client-local: menu key/modifier, size/columns/icons, colors/opacity, bubble size/seconds, view distance, favorites/recents, favorite hotkeys, IncomingEmojiCue asset, IncomingEmojiCueMode.

Installation

1. Download via Thunderstore
2. Place the .dll (and emoji assets folder if packaged) under: /PEAK/BepInEx/plugins/
3. Launch once to generate the config
   or use a Mod Manager

Recommended: put Blind Deaf & Mute Challenge in shared mod profiles so the host handshake and synced rules work for everyone.

Dependencies

• BepInExPack_PEAK
• PEAKLib Core
• PhotonCustomPropsUtils

Optional: ModConfig for in-game config editing.

Feedback

Suggestions, ideas, or issues?
Reach out via the PEAK Modding Discord

Credits

Author tony4twenty
My Other Mods tony4twenty

Work together. Make the Scoutmaster proud.

Changelog

[1.1.0] - 2026-08-13

• Sonar: host-synced SonarFadeInSeconds (fade blackout out into vision; default 0.2s, was a fixed quick-drop)
• Emoji menu: hotkey only opens; close via Close button (typing in search no longer closes the menu)
• Emoji catalog: load shortcodes.txt from beside the DLL or shortcodes/shortcodes.txt; match codes with/without fe0f
• Emoji browse: removed result cap so all matching emojis list when categories are on
• Emoji search: better shortcode / multi-word keyword matching
• Cleanup: removed experimental Blind canvas opacity / alternate sonar HUD leftovers

[1.0.2] - 2026-08-11

• Version bump to match Thunderstore manifest
• Unzips emojis.zip into emojis/
• Thunderstore upload uses plugins/ layout so the shortcodes folder ships correctly

[1.0.1] - 2026-08-11

• Ship emoji pack as emojis.zip next to the DLL; auto-extracts into emojis/ on first launch (and when the zip changes)
• Fixes Thunderstore packaging for large emoji assets (few files instead of thousands of PNGs)

[1.0.0] - 2026-08-11

• Initial release: Blind / Deaf / Mute challenge roles with host handshake + config sync
• Blind: Sonar + mobility buff; Deaf: Detection + bonus loot; Mute: Lifeline + athletics + emoji menu
• Random or manual role assignment; Ability HUD; ModConfig-friendly ranges