Kitty Q Accessibility Report - Android and iOS

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15 Accessibility Features

We've documented 15 accessibility features for Kitty Q, including Large Text, Guaranteed Progress, Low Pressure, No Quick Reactions and One Tap Targeted. Its accessibility is strongest in Getting Started and Reading but it also has features in Visual and Controls 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.

Kitty Q A Quantum Adventure is an escape-room where you use outside-the-box thinking to solve puzzles in an odd world with quantum physics themes. It's unusual not only because the puzzles are approachable and visual appealing but because they each reference observations, experiments and phenomena from this strange field of science.

External examiner, Philipp Stollenmayer, first checked Kitty Q accessibility 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Philipp Stollenmayer and updated 2 years ago.

Game Details

Release Date: 08/10/2021

Out Now: Android and iOS

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Players: 1

Genres: Brain Game, Puzzle (Point-and-Click and Sequencing)

Accessibility: 15 features

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Developer: Kamibox Ph (@Kamibox_Ph)

Costs: Purchase cost

Controls

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Controls in Kitty Q which deals 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 Targeted: Can play with touchscreen, tap in specific locations.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls

If you want to play Kitty Q, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:

Portal 2 (14 Controls Features)
Outer Wilds (12 Controls Features)
We Were Here (11 Controls Features)
Portal (11 Controls Features)

Difficulty

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Kitty Q 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 Kitty Q, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:

Schrodinger's Cat Burglar (2 Difficulty Features)
Math Makers (1 Difficulty Feature)

Getting Started

We've documented 6 accessibility features for Getting Started in Kitty Q 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.

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.

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.

Assisted Progress With Hints: The game notices if you get stuck (or you can press a button) and provides information to help you progress. This can offer hints or tutorials popping up during play. This includes hints after you have died, where it can suggest strategies or difficulty settings to adjust or offer to skip past problematic levels.

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 Kitty Q, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:

Song of Bloom (9 Getting Started Features)
Röki (7 Getting Started Features)

Reading

We've documented 4 accessibility features for Reading in Kitty Q 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

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.

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.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading

If you want to play Kitty Q, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:

Röki (7 Reading Features)
Portal 2 (5 Reading Features)
Cube Escape Collection (5 Reading Features)
Maquette (5 Reading Features)

Navigation

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Navigation in Kitty Q 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. The following games are similar to Kitty Q, and offer accessibility features for Navigation:

Outer Wilds (6 Navigation Features)
Schrodinger's Cat Burglar (3 Navigation Features)
Math Makers (1 Navigation Feature)
Portal 2 (1 Navigation Feature)

Visual

We've documented 4 accessibility features for Visual in Kitty Q 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.

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 Kitty Q, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:

Schrodinger's Cat Burglar (9 Visual Features)
Röki (8 Visual Features)
The Case of the Golden Idol (5 Visual Features)
Six Cats Under (5 Visual Features)

Audio

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Audio in Kitty Q 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 Kitty Q, and offer accessibility features for Audio:

Schrodinger's Cat Burglar (3 Audio Features)
Röki (3 Audio Features)
Portal 2 (2 Audio Features)
The Case of the Golden Idol (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