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Xbox X|SWe've documented 24 accessibility features for Zool Redimensioned, including Guaranteed Progress, Custom Difficulty, Select Difficulty, No Button Combos and No Repeated Pressing. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Difficulty but it also has features in Getting Started, Reading, Visual, Audio and Navigation to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Zool Redimensioned accessibility 2 years ago.
Accessibility Notes
You can opt for a Hold to fire or Tap to fire mode. You can simplify the controls by assigning combinations of actions to one button. Careful use of this can ease the need to press multiple buttons simultaneously.
Additional shader effects have been applied in some circumstances to enhance how easy it is to see enemies.
Game Details
Release Date: 18/08/2021
Out Now: PC
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Action, Platform and Traversal
Accessibility: 24 features
Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon
Developer: We Are Secret Mode (@WeAreSecretMode)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 8 accessibility features for Controls in Zool Redimensioned 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:
Multiple Buttons & Single Stick: Can play with multiple buttons and a stick.
Mouse And Keyboard
Can play with the following:
Keyboard Alone: Can play with just the keyboard.
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 Mouse and Keyboard: Can remap mouse and keyboard key bindings, on systems that support these controls.
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).
Controller Vibration
Vibration Optional: Controller vibration not used in the game or you can disable it.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Zool Redimensioned, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Controls accessibility:
- New Super Lucky's Tale (9 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Difficulty in Zool Redimensioned 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.
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.
Customise Difficulty: Customise different aspects of the game to create a challenge of an appropriate level. Adjusting elements individually enables you to tailor gameplay to suit your needs and style of play.
Adjust After Setting
Adjustable Anytime: You can adjust the difficulty while playing, without having to restart the level you are on. This enables you to quickly adjust the game to suit your needs and see the difference immediately.
Getting Started
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Getting Started in Zool Redimensioned 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.
Assistance For Progressing
These features aid your progress through the game offering different ways of maintaining your progression.
Guaranteed Progress With God Mode: There is no fail state for any game level, where you lose progress or have to start again. Or there are options to make failing impossible: infinite health or lives, unlimited time. Sometimes called God Mode or Unfailable.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Zool Redimensioned, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Advent Neon (8 Getting Started Features)
- Eagle Island (4 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Reading in Zool Redimensioned 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.
Subtitles
All Speech Subtitled (Or No Speech In Game): All spoken content has subtitles, or there is no speech in the game. This means there is no requirement to hear spoken dialogue or narrative to play the game.
Captions
Speaker Indicator: Textual captions indicate who is speaking (or there is only ever one person speaking). This can also be indicated visually in the game with character icons or placing text in speech bubbles next to the person speaking.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Zool Redimensioned, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- New Super Lucky's Tale (7 Reading Features)
- Spyro Reignited Trilogy (6 Reading Features)
- Cookies Must Die (6 Reading Features)
- Super Mario Bros Wonder (5 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Navigation in Zool Redimensioned 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.
Head-Up Display
Head-Up Display Navigation: Indication of where to go next with overlaid arrows, minimaps and waypoint markers. This supplements in-game visual and audible cues with additional guidance about where you are and where you need to go.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play Zool Redimensioned, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Spyro Reignited Trilogy (4 Navigation Features)
- New Super Lucky's Tale (4 Navigation Features)
- Subway Surfers (3 Navigation Features)
- Advent Neon (3 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Visual in Zool Redimensioned 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.
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 Zool Redimensioned, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Jumpy Wall (6 Visual Features)
- Eagle Island (5 Visual Features)
- Advent Neon (4 Visual Features)
- Giblets (4 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Audio in Zool Redimensioned 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.
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.
Audio Events
Visual Cues for Audio Events: Text or other visual indicators of audio events. This mirrors audio indicators of progress in the game with a corresponding visual indication.
Play Without Hearing
Play Without Hearing: No audio cues are necessary to play the game well.
System Accessibility Settings
In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:
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.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Andy Robertson
