
It also has an Arachnophilia mode, which states "You will encounter so many spiders" and unlocks spider-specific content in the game. In the options menu, the game offers an Arachnophobia option, which makes it so you won't encounter any spiders. You can change the difficulty at any time, and failing a battle multiple times gives you a temporary completion to the challenge. The game will provide recall assistance by recapping details frequently.

Some side quests will not be tracked automatically but you can take notes on the chalkboard as well. You are able to access the chalkboard in the Detective Agency at any time to look at your to-do list for your Main Quest and any side quests you have officially accepted. The game is 2D and doesn't use the type of movement usually associated with the "Invert X-Y Axis" option, but it does have the option to invert the Y-axis, which swaps up and down inputs. Only the Keyboard controls can be remapped, not the gamepad or mouse inputs. However, the menu text that has a lot of relevant information for gameplay (such as your inventory, character sheet, journal, effects and perks on your character, and your abilities in combat) uses a text size that is smaller than is comfortable. There is a lot of text in the game, a large portion of gameplay is reading story vignettes and sometimes choosing responses, and most of the text in the game is very clear and high contrast, but lands on the small side of the acceptable range accessible text. There are 5 difficulty options (Easy, Relaxed, Normal, Hard, and Eleven). Example: HDR Rendering (High Dynamic Range Rendering)- This is a graphics setting that isn't relevant in a game with only black and white line art, it's so unnecessary that it is absurd and there as a joke. Shadows Over Loathing is a comedy game and has some settings in the options menu that are presented in such a way as to be funny or even only exist for comedic effect, so if you encounter an option that doesn't seem to do anything significant, it is probably intended for fun.
