We've documented 15 accessibility features for Pushy and Pully, including Control Assists, No Holds, Remap Buttons, Colour Blind Friendly and No Reading. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Visual but it also has features in Getting Started, Reading and Navigation to reduce unintended barriers.
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Accessibility Notes
The levels are all time-limited which can raise the tension. You have three lives to beat each stage, and the game saves your progress once you have beaten the boss level in each world. You can replay previously beaten stages at will.
Game Details
Release Date: 05/05/2020
Price: 50% off
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Players: 1-2 (2 online)
Genres: Puzzle (Action, Brain Game and Traversal)
Accessibility: 15 features
Components: 2D Overhead and Pixels
Developer: Resistance Stdio (@ResistanceStdio)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 6 accessibility features for Controls in Pushy and Pully 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 and Keys: Can play with mouse and multiple keys.
Remap Controls
Can customise the controls for the game as follows:
Remap Buttons: Can re-map all buttons so that you can use alternatives that better suit your play.
Remap Sticks: Can remap the stick controls to controller buttons for easier access of direction controls.
Remap One Action to Multiple Buttons: Can remap multiple buttons to perform the same action to reduce the need to memorise buttons and make the action easier to access.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Pushy and Pully, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Swim Out (11 Controls Features)
- Puddle Knights (11 Controls Features)
- Block Buster Billy (8 Controls Features)
- Lab Rat (8 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Pushy and Pully 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 Pushy and Pully, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Harmony's Odyssey (2 Difficulty Features)
- Not Chess (2 Difficulty Features)
- Chessplosion (2 Difficulty Features)
- Please Fix The Road (1 Difficulty Feature)
Getting Started
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Getting Started in Pushy and Pully 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.
Assistance With Controls: The game can automatically assist with aiming, steering, reloading, jumping, running etc. This reduces the challenge of certain aspects of play to remove barriers and make control of characters more accessible.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Pushy and Pully, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Block Buster Billy (8 Getting Started Features)
- Star Stuff (8 Getting Started Features)
- Puddle Knights (8 Getting Started Features)
- Please Fix The Road (7 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Reading in Pushy and Pully which deals 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.
No Reading: No reading is required, other than simple menus. The game either has no text or can communicate textual content with visuals and interactions. If reading isn't required because the text is voiced the All Dialogue is Voiced feature indicates this.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Pushy and Pully, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Bleep Bloop (5 Reading Features)
- Harmony's Odyssey (5 Reading Features)
- You're Pulleying My Leg (5 Reading Features)
- Chessformer (5 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Navigation in Pushy and Pully 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 Pushy and Pully, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Lab Rat (4 Navigation Features)
- Peggle (4 Navigation Features)
- Star Stuff (3 Navigation Features)
- Please Fix The Road (3 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Visual in Pushy and Pully 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.
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.
Colour Options
Colour Blind Friendly: Game doesn’t rely on colour or can switch to colour blind friendly mode with double coding or similar way to avoid colour dependance.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play Pushy and Pully, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Chessplosion (8 Visual Features)
- Harmony's Odyssey (7 Visual Features)
- You're Pulleying My Leg (7 Visual Features)
- Puddle Knights (7 Visual Features)
Audio
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Audio in Pushy and Pully 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 Pushy and Pully, and offer accessibility features for Audio:
- Automatoys (3 Audio Features)
- Harmony's Odyssey (3 Audio Features)
- Star Stuff (3 Audio Features)
- Chessplosion (3 Audio Features)
Communication
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Communication in Pushy and Pully which deal with how you can communicate with other players in the game and what options are available to customise and control this interaction. The following games are similar to Pushy and Pully, and offer accessibility features for Communication:
- Puddle Knights (1 Communication Feature)
- Bomberman (1 Communication Feature)
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.
PC
Windows has extensive accessibility features. Some, like colour correction, work with games. Lots of accessibility software can be used with PC games, from voice recognition to input device emulators.
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 has a range of accessibility settings. Some are system only, some work in games (invert colours and button mapping).
Xbox One
Xbox One has a system features, the excellent co-pilot share controls mode and adaptive controller support for all games.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative