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Xbox X|SWe've documented 20 accessibility features for Fancade, including Large Text, Select Difficulty, No Button Combos, No Repeated Pressing and No Holds. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Visual but it also has features in Getting Started, Reading, Difficulty, 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.
Accessibility Notes
Game Details
Release Date: 30/04/2020
Price: Free
Out Now: Android and iOS
Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds
Players: 1-2
Genres: Creative, Simulation (Action, Fighting, Puzzle, Race and Shooting)
Accessibility: 20 features
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Developer: Martin Magni (@MartinMagni)
Costs: Free. In-Game Purchases, In-Game Pass and Advertising
Controls
We've documented 7 accessibility features for Controls in Fancade which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.
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.
One Tap Targeted: Can play with touchscreen, tap in specific locations.
One Motion Targeted: Can play with touchscreen, tap and swipe or hold gesture.
Two Taps Targeted: Can play with touchscreen, two simultaneous taps in specific locations.
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.
No Simultaneous Buttons: Only one button or key required at a time, in addition to direction stick(s).
Difficulty
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Difficulty in Fancade which deals with how you can adjust the challenge of play, and whether this is locked once chosen or can be adjusted as you play.
Difficulty Options
Select Difficulty: Select the level of difficulty from a range of presets. This not only offers a way to adjust the challenge of a game but enables you to do so without dealing with individual criteria.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Difficulty
If you want to play Fancade, but it doesn't offer the Difficulty accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Difficulty accessibility:
- Race with Ryan (3 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Getting Started in Fancade 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.
Tutorials: There are helpful tutorials and instructions on how to play. Information is provided in a timely manner, with appropriate level of detail.
View Control Mapping: You can view a map of controls during play. This clearly displays the mappings of actions to buttons/keys/mouse/keyboard without having to leave the game. This includes games that always display buttons to press during play.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Fancade, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- A Short Hike (6 Getting Started Features)
- Game Builder Garage (5 Getting Started Features)
- Clawfish (5 Getting Started Features)
- Sneaky Sasquatch (3 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Reading in Fancade 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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Fancade, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Sneaky Sasquatch (6 Reading Features)
- A Short Hike (5 Reading Features)
- Press X to Puzzle (4 Reading Features)
- Game Builder Garage (4 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Navigation in Fancade 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 Fancade, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Game Builder Garage (2 Navigation Features)
- Race with Ryan (2 Navigation Features)
- Sneaky Sasquatch (2 Navigation Features)
- A Short Hike (2 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 6 accessibility features for Visual in Fancade 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.
Outline Interactive Elements: Characters, platforms and enemies can be outlined or highlighted for visibility. This can be with a large border around the character or a special visual mode that adjust the colour to make characters more visible.
Visual Distractions
No Flashes: No flashing strobe effects or you can disable them. This includes the absence of flashing from dramatic visual effects, explosions or weather effects like lightning.
No Busy Backgrounds: No distracting backgrounds or you can make them static or blank. This includes the absence of other movement elements in the background that might distract or confuse the action. Where foreground contrast is high, this includes games with some movement in the background that doesn't make it overly difficult to distinguish what is happening.
Audio Cues for Visual Events
Audio Cues for Visual Events: Audio is provided to indicate visual events. Game events or progress highlighted by visual icons, effects or animations are also accompanied by audio to signify that progress. This is useful for blind players.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play Fancade, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Press X to Puzzle (8 Visual Features)
- Clawfish (7 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Fancade 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.
Play Without Hearing
Play Without Hearing: No audio cues are necessary to play the game well.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio
If you want to play Fancade, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Shadow Frog (2 Audio Features)
- Sneaky Sasquatch (2 Audio Features)
- Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy (2 Audio Features)
- A Short Hike (2 Audio Features)
System Accessibility Settings
In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:
Android
Android has accessibility settings including ways to navigate and interact, although not all games support this.
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
