Controls

We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in When The Past Was Around 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 & Single Stick: Can play with button and stick.

Mouse And Keyboard

Can play with the following:

Mouse Alone: Can play with just the mouse/mouse-button/mouse wheel.

Button Combinations

Specific button operation required to play

Holding Down Buttons Optional: Holding down buttons for prolonged periods (a second or more) is not required or can be switched to toggling the action on and off. This is in addition to the movement stick/button which is not considered a hold for this purpose.

Rapid Repeated Pressing Optional: Quick, repeated button pressing (more than 2 times a second) is not required, can be skipped or switched to holding a button to trigger a repeated action.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls

If you want to play When The Past Was Around, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:

• Hindsight (9 Controls Features)
• Voyage (9 Controls Features)
• Teacup (7 Controls Features)
• A Memoir Blue (6 Controls Features)

Getting Started

We've documented 3 accessibility features for Getting Started in When The Past Was Around which deal 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.

Reaction-Time Not Critical: Individual game actions don’t need quick reactions, or there are settings to lower the requirement for quick reactions. This means you don't need to quickly press a button in response to an on-screen prompt, target a fast-moving target or skillfully complete a scenario against the clock.

Low Pressure: Game tasks aren't time-limited or there's a low-pressure mode. This avoids the pressure of being put on the clock for overarching missions, or failing tasks because you didn't reach a destination in time.

Assistance For Progressing

These features aid your progress through the game offering different ways of maintaining your progression.

Save Progress Anytime: The game automatically saves progress or you can save any time. This doesn’t mean you never lose progress, but it does mean you can stop whenever you want (without having to get to a save point) without losing progress.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started

If you want to play When The Past Was Around, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:

• Dordogne (9 Getting Started Features)
• Song of Bloom (9 Getting Started Features)
• Luna The Shadow Dust (6 Getting Started Features)
• Hindsight (5 Getting Started Features)

Navigation

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Navigation in When The Past Was Around 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 When The Past Was Around, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:

• A Memoir Blue (3 Navigation Features)
• Teacup (3 Navigation Features)
• Luna The Shadow Dust (3 Navigation Features)
• Talk to Strangers (2 Navigation Features)

Audio

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Audio in When The Past Was Around which deal 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. The following games are similar to When The Past Was Around, and offer accessibility features for Audio:

• Teacup (3 Audio Features)
• A Memoir Blue (2 Audio Features)
• Hindsight (2 Audio Features)
• Voyage (2 Audio Features)