Strain

ABOUT
Strain is a kind of comedic game about weightlifting, difficult controls and an unintended message about accessibility.

You join Strain, a gym specializing in finger strength, and da coach is THE man ready to teach you everything the owner taught him. 
With a few silly anecdotes da coach takes you through 6 trials of increasing difficulty challenging you, your keyboard and mouse.

HOW TO PLAY
The goal of playing is to hold keys down on your keyboard whilst clicking the left and right mouse buttons to lift whatever objects the coach presents to you. 

NOTICE
Strain was made in about 3 months just as a fun side project after the long development of my prior game Sunset Red, I wanted something to unwind with after 2 years of not making anything new or small. I do have some more ideas in the work for a future update/patch but I wanted to release sooner since the experience is fundamentally complete. And if I didn't there's a chance I'd get stuck in the cycle of constant improvement before just sending it out.

There may be a few cosmetic bugs here and there but there shouldn't be anything game breaking, if there is please let me know where. Right now there is 1 issue where returning to the main menu after a trial for the first time may softlock the game. This only appears to be an issue on first launch, so closing and re-opening the game alleviates this.

The game may not work on your keyboard, this is due to the difference in most mechanical and laptop keyboards, but most keyboards should work as long as you have a minimum key rollover value of 5. The game supports 5,6,8 and 10+ key rollover values. To check your own or get more info check this link:
https://www.mechanical-keyboard.org/key-rollover-test/

As such, the game is also intended to work on QWERTY keyboards and is not localized to other keyboard languages or configurations. I can't feasibly test this without buying one myself.

The game is also intended to be played by 1 player, explicitly with a keyboard and mouse. The game is totally possible this way, you're free to play however you wish within that limit. I of course cannot stop you if you wish to break that rule with a custom controller or with another person assisting you, but this would ruin the spirit of the game.
If you come up with any silly techniques or otherwise for playing feel free to share them in the comments of this page or tag me @Ivy_Leaves_ on Twitter.