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Xbox X|SWe've documented 16 accessibility features for Book of Travels, including Low Pressure, One Tap Targeted, Play Without Hearing, Audio Cues and Speaker Indicator. Its accessibility is strongest in Getting Started and Reading but it also has features in Visual, Controls, Navigation and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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External examiner, Angela Hickman Newnham, first checked Book of Travels accessibility 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Angela Hickman Newnham and updated 2 years ago.
Accessibility Notes
There are tutorial popups for how to do specific actions but you are not given an overall quest or objective when you begin. You are left to explore and discover the world, there does not seem to be a journal or quest tracking system to guide you, keep notes of where you've been and the people you've encountered, or track your progress, which can all make it hard to pick up and remember where you left off.
Game Details
Release Date: 30/08/2021
Out Now: Mac and PC
Players: 1
Genres: Adventure, Role-Play (Action, Communication and Simulation)
Accessibility: 16 features
Components: 3D Third-Person, Hand-Made and Open World
Developer: Might and Delight (@MightAndDelight)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Controls in Book of Travels which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.
Mouse And Keyboard
Can play with the following:
Mouse Alone: Can play with just the mouse/mouse-button/mouse wheel.
Touchscreen
Can play with the following. Additional gestures may be required for games played with a screenreader like VoiceOver.
One Tap Targeted: Can play with touchscreen, tap in specific locations.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Book of Travels, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Sea of Thieves (9 Controls Features)
- Wilderless (7 Controls Features)
- Weaving Tides (7 Controls Features)
- Smalland (7 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Book of Travels 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 Book of Travels, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Risk of Rain 2 (2 Difficulty Features)
- Stormworks: Build and Rescue (1 Difficulty Feature)
Getting Started
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Getting Started in Book of Travels 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.
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.
No Jump Scares: No sudden loud noises or popping-up scary visuals that unexpectedly appear without warning, or the option to disable them.
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 Book of Travels, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Wilderless (10 Getting Started Features)
- Feather (8 Getting Started Features)
- Smalland (6 Getting Started Features)
- Signs of the Sojourner (6 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Reading in Book of Travels 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.
Moderate Reading: Moderate reading required. The quantity and complexity of reading are at a level that a high school student (14-year-old) would appreciate.
Text Visibility
High Contrast Text: Text colour contrasts to the background or can be adjusted to be. The text in menus, instructions and other information is presented in high contrast with a solid background.
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 Book of Travels, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Smalland (5 Reading Features)
- Sea of Thieves (5 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Navigation in Book of Travels which deal 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
Game Map: View a map of the game world during play, with the landscape, points of interest and missions highlighted throughout the entire game. This enables the orientation of the player and the world, confirming a direction of movement and the location of destinations or points of exploration.
Menu Navigation
Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play Book of Travels, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Signs of the Sojourner (5 Navigation Features)
- The Tomorrow Children (4 Navigation Features)
- Wilderless (3 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Visual in Book of Travels which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.
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.
Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.
Motion Sickness Friendly
Motion Sickness Friendly: Doesn't have 3D movement elements that may trigger motion sickness, like motion blur, depth of field and field-of-vision. Or includes the ability to disable motion blur, depth of field and field-of-vision effects.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play Book of Travels, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Signs of the Sojourner (8 Visual Features)
- One Hour One Life (8 Visual Features)
- Weaving Tides (6 Visual Features)
- Sea of Thieves (5 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in Book of Travels 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.
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 Book of Travels, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Weaving Tides (4 Audio Features)
- Smalland (4 Audio Features)
- One Hour One Life (4 Audio Features)
- Feather (3 Audio Features)
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 @growingupgamers
