We've documented 9 accessibility features for Bandapes, including Fully Voiced (Or No Speech), Visual Cues, Fully Subtitled (Or No Speech), Minimal Reading and Save Anytime. Its accessibility is strongest in Reading and Getting Started but it also has features in Visual, Controls and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Andrea Walney, first checked Bandapes (Sokpop) accessibility 2 years ago.
Accessibility Notes
Visual indicators: The notes you need to play are visual and rely on colour. When you play correct sequences the notes are displayed visually with an accompanying sound. The music that you have to keep time with has no visual equivalent.
Game Details
Release Date: 03/04/2019
Out Now: Mac and PC
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Battle, Rhythm and Fighting
Accessibility: 9 features
Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made
Developer: Sock Pop Co (@SockPopCo)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Controls in Bandapes which deals 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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Bandapes, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Pawnbarian (8 Controls Features)
- Pokemon Go! (8 Controls Features)
- The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor (7 Controls Features)
- Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (7 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Bandapes 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 Bandapes, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Rainbow Billy (3 Difficulty Features)
- The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor (2 Difficulty Features)
- Pawnbarian (2 Difficulty Features)
- Rhythm Doctor (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Getting Started in Bandapes 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.
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 Bandapes, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor (6 Getting Started Features)
- Rainbow Billy (6 Getting Started Features)
- Pokémon Unite (4 Getting Started Features)
- Pawnbarian (4 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Reading in Bandapes 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.
Voice Acted
All Dialogue is Voice Acted (Or No Speech In Game): All of the game dialogue and narrative can be voiced, or there is no speech in the game. This means there is no requirement to read the dialogue and narrative text to play the game.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Bandapes, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- The Artful Escape (7 Reading Features)
- HarmoKnight (6 Reading Features)
- Pokémon Unite (6 Reading Features)
- Undertale (6 Reading Features)
Navigation
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Navigation in Bandapes 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 Bandapes, and offer accessibility features for Navigation:
- The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor (6 Navigation Features)
- Rainbow Billy (4 Navigation Features)
- Pokémon Unite (3 Navigation Features)
- Undertale (3 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Visual in Bandapes which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.
Visual Distractions
No Screen Shake: No screen shake effect or it is included but it can be disabled. This includes the absence of screen shake for dramatic effect as well as to indicate hits on a target.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play Bandapes, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Rainbow Billy (6 Visual Features)
- Pokémon Unite (6 Visual Features)
- The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor (5 Visual Features)
- Pawnbarian (5 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Bandapes 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.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio
If you want to play Bandapes, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- HarmoKnight (3 Audio Features)
- Pawnbarian (3 Audio Features)
- The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor (2 Audio Features)
- Rainbow Billy (2 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 Andrea Walney