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Xbox X|SWe've documented 13 accessibility features for Koloro, including Fully Voiced (Or No Speech), Large Text, 1 Button, Play Without Hearing and Fully Subtitled (Or No Speech). Its accessibility is strongest in Reading and Getting Started but it also has features in Controls, Visual, Navigation and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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External examiner, Pawel Warzycha, first checked Koloro accessibility 9 months ago. It was re-examined by Andrew Robertson and updated 9 months ago.
Accessibility Notes
Game Details
Release Date: 22/12/2018, updated in 2020
Out Now: PS4 and Switch
Players: 1-2
Genres: Platform and Communication
Accessibility: 13 features
Components: 2D Side-On
Developer: Qubic Games (@QubicGames)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Controls in Koloro 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: Can play with a single button.
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 Koloro, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- We Were Here (11 Controls Features)
- Chariot (8 Controls Features)
- Get Together (7 Controls Features)
- Koala Boutique (5 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Koloro 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 Koloro, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Bonkies (2 Difficulty Features)
- Toodee and Topdee (2 Difficulty Features)
- Koala Boutique (1 Difficulty Feature)
- Unrailed! (1 Difficulty Feature)
Getting Started
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Getting Started in Koloro 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.
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 Koloro, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Wilmot's Warehouse (5 Getting Started Features)
- Biped (4 Getting Started Features)
- Get Together (4 Getting Started Features)
- Unrailed! (4 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Reading in Koloro 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.
No Reading: No reading is required, other than simple menus. The game either has no text or can communicate textual content with visuals and interactions. If reading isn't required because the text is voiced the All Dialogue is Voiced feature indicates this.
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.
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.
Navigation
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Navigation in Koloro 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.
Menu Navigation
Digital Menu Navigation: Menu choices with Gamepad can be made without using an analogue stick to guide a cursor to a selection. For example, using D-Pad, buttons or the Stick to change menu selection in a single action.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play Koloro, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
Visual
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Visual in Koloro 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 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.
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 Koloro, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Wilmot's Warehouse (8 Visual Features)
- Pikuniku (6 Visual Features)
- Chariot (6 Visual Features)
- Unrailed! (5 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Koloro 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.
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 Koloro, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Get Together (3 Audio Features)
- Unrailed! (3 Audio Features)
- Little Bug (2 Audio Features)
- Biped (2 Audio Features)
System Accessibility Settings
In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch has some built-in features, including a lockable zoom, that can be used on all games.
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 has a range of accessibility settings. Some are system only, some work in games (invert colours and button mapping).
Read more about system accessibility settings.
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