Controls

We've documented 6 accessibility features for Controls in Flower 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.

Motion

Games that can be played with different sorts of motion controllers.

Motion Tilting: Can use movements of the controller to replace steering or simple movement otherwise controlled by left/right movement of a stick.

Remap Controls

Can customise the controls for the game as follows:

Invert X/Y Axis: Can invert the direction required to control looking and aiming. This enables you to match your instinctive orientation when looking.

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).

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls

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

• The Gecko Gods (13 Controls Features)
• Lifeslide (12 Controls Features)
• Farewell North (11 Controls Features)
• Beasts of Maravilla Island (11 Controls Features)

Getting Started

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

Practice Area: You can practice freely without opponents or time pressures. This can be a specific practice option, or the ability to play levels with the easiest opponents to improve understanding and skill.

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.

Bank Progress With Frequent Checkpoints: If you fail you can retry that level or aspect of the game without losing a lot of progress (less than 5 minutes). This is often provided via Frequent Checkpoints combined with restarting without losing time, equipment or score.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started

If you want to play Flower, 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)
• Lushfoil Photography Sim (10 Getting Started Features)
• Sequence Storm (10 Getting Started Features)
• Skye Tales (8 Getting Started Features)

Navigation

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Navigation in Flower 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 Flower, and offer accessibility features for Navigation:

• Skye Tales (6 Navigation Features)
• Art Of Rally (6 Navigation Features)
• Paradise Marsh (5 Navigation Features)
• Spilled (4 Navigation Features)

Audio

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Flower 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 Flower, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:

• PixelJunk Eden (4 Audio Features)
• Farewell North (3 Audio Features)
• Skye Tales (3 Audio Features)
• Paradise Marsh (3 Audio Features)