Cricket Through The Ages Accessibility Report - Apple TV, Mac, Switch and iOS

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Cricket
Through The
Ages

Accessibility Report

10 Accessibility Features

We've documented 10 accessibility features for Cricket Through The Ages, including Fully Voiced (Or No Speech), Large Text, 1 Button, One Tap Anywhere and Minimal Reading. Its accessibility is strongest in Reading and Controls but it also has features in Visual, Getting Started, Navigation and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.

This report is created with input from accessibility experts and the player community to help people find games that have the accessibility features they require. Once you have found potential games on the database, there are excellent specialist accessibility sites that offer in-depth reviews to guide your purchasing decisions.

Cricket Through the Ages is a competitive sports game themed around cricket but with little to do with the rules of that game. Players face off and aim for each other as much as wickets. Controls work by holding or tapping the screen to spin limbs and release the ball (or whatever you are holding). It’s all very silly, in a quintessentially English way.

Our accessibility examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Cricket Through The Ages accessibility 2 years ago.

Accessibility Notes

This is quite a difficult game but does have a good tutorial and leads you into each level. Play the game by tapping or holding anywhere on the screen and then releasing at the right time. You can use a controller on iOS or Switch.

Game Details

Release Date: 03/10/2019, updated in 2024

Out Now: Apple TV, Mac, Switch and iOS

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Players: 1-2

Genres: Sports (Action and Simulation)

Accessibility: 10 features

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

Developer: Free Lives (@Free_Lives)

Costs: Purchase cost

Controls

We've documented 2 accessibility features for Controls in Cricket Through The Ages which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.

Gamepad

Can play with the following:

1 Button: Can play with a single button.

Touchscreen

Can play with the following. Additional gestures may be required for games played with a screenreader like VoiceOver.

One Tap Anywhere: Can play with touchscreen, tap anywhere.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls

If you want to play Cricket Through The Ages, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:

Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered (10 Controls Features)
FIFA (10 Controls Features)
Human Fall Flat (7 Controls Features)
Beastieball (6 Controls Features)

Difficulty

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Cricket Through The Ages which deal with how you can adjust the challenge of play, and whether this is locked once chosen or can be adjusted as you play. The following games are similar to Cricket Through The Ages, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:

Everybody's Golf (3 Difficulty Features)
Otto's Tennis Game (2 Difficulty Features)
FIFA (2 Difficulty Features)
Fruit Ninja (2 Difficulty Features)

Getting Started

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Getting Started in Cricket Through The Ages which deals with what support is offered to get started with the game. This includes customising the experience when you first open the game via any onboarding processes it provides as well as tutorials and other assistance when you first start playing.

Assistance Getting Starting

These features aid your play of the game in terms of cognitive load on learning controls, dealing with pressure and coping with the environment and challenges.

Tutorials: There are helpful tutorials and instructions on how to play. Information is provided in a timely manner, with appropriate level of detail.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started

If you want to play Cricket Through The Ages, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:

Beastieball (7 Getting Started Features)
Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered (5 Getting Started Features)
FIFA (5 Getting Started Features)
Clumsy Rush (4 Getting Started Features)

Reading

We've documented 3 accessibility features for Reading in Cricket Through The Ages which deal with how much reading or listening comprehension is required, how well the game provides visual and audible access to the text and whether subtitles and captions are a good fit for purpose.

Reading Level

How much reading is required to play the game's main path or story and how complex the language is. The presence of voiced characters doesn't reduce this requirement, as it's recorded as a separate datapoint.

Simple Minimal Reading: Minimal reading is required. The quantity and complexity of reading are at a level that a primary/elementary student (9-year-old) could understand.

Text Visibility

Large Clear Text: All essential text is large and clear or can be adjusted to be. The general text used throughout the game in menus, instructions and other key information (excluding subtitles that are assessed separately) is at least 1/20 (46 pixels on 1080 screen) the height on landscape screens and at least 1/40 height on portrait screens. We base this on the full line-height, including the space above and below the letters.

Voice Acted

All Dialogue is Voice Acted (Or No Speech In Game): All of the game dialogue and narrative can be voiced, or there is no speech in the game. This means there is no requirement to read the dialogue and narrative text to play the game.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading

If you want to play Cricket Through The Ages, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:

Otto's Tennis Game (6 Reading Features)
Beastieball (5 Reading Features)
Everybody's Golf (5 Reading Features)
Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered (5 Reading Features)

Navigation

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Navigation in Cricket Through The Ages which deals with how the game provides guidance and assistance to navigate its worlds. These are only for games that have traversal and exploration in 2D and 3D spaces.

Clarity

Large Clear Navigation: The in-game navigation and maps are clear to read. They offer large text and offer markers that are large and of high contrast. Where text or information is small, there are settings to zoom-in and increase visibility.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation

If you want to play Cricket Through The Ages, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:

Beastieball (4 Navigation Features)
Clumsy Rush (4 Navigation Features)
Everybody's Golf (4 Navigation Features)
Otto's Tennis Game (2 Navigation Features)

Visual

We've documented 2 accessibility features for Visual in Cricket Through The Ages which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.

Contrast

Medium Contrast: Game uses generally well contrasting and bright visuals, or has a slider to make this the case.

Interactive Elements

Large Game Elements: Game characters and other elements are large and distinguishable. Enemies and player characters are at least 1/6 of the height of the screen. Or there is a zoom feature to make them larger.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual

If you want to play Cricket Through The Ages, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:

Otto's Tennis Game (7 Visual Features)
Soccer Physics (6 Visual Features)
Fruit Ninja (6 Visual Features)
Beastieball (5 Visual Features)

Audio

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Cricket Through The Ages which deals with how you can adjust the audio of the game and whether audio cues compensate for aspects of the game that are hard to see.

Adjustable Audio

Balance Audio Levels: Set music and game sound effects separately. This enables you to select your preference as well as ensure critical game sounds aren't obscured by other audio.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio

If you want to play Cricket Through The Ages, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:

Otto's Tennis Game (3 Audio Features)
HyperDot (3 Audio Features)
FIFA (3 Audio Features)
Beastieball (2 Audio Features)

System Accessibility Settings

In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:

Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch has some built-in features, including a lockable zoom, that can be used on all games.

iOS
iOS has a very extensive suite of accessibility settings including ways to navigate with voice and comprehensive screen reading, though most of the features don't work with games.

Read more about system accessibility settings.

Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Andy Robertson