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Xbox X|SWe've documented 17 accessibility features for Membrane, including Low Pressure, No Button Combos, High Contrast, Multiple Buttons & Single Stick and No Reading. Its accessibility is strongest in Getting Started and Visual but it also has features in Navigation, Controls and Reading 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.
External examiner, Seth Scott, first checked Membrane accessibility a year ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated a year ago.
Accessibility Notes
Game Details
Release Date: 05/04/2018
Out Now: Switch
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Brain Game, Platform, Simulation (Action, Creative and Traversal)
Accessibility: 17 features
Components: 2D Side-On, Blocks and Pixels
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Controls in Membrane 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:
Multiple Buttons & Single Stick: Can play with multiple buttons and a stick.
Button Combinations
Specific button operation required to play
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 Membrane, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Test Tube Titans (14 Controls Features)
- Bionic Bay (9 Controls Features)
- Ynglet (9 Controls Features)
- Celeste (9 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Membrane 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 Membrane, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Ynglet (3 Difficulty Features)
- Test Tube Titans (2 Difficulty Features)
- Celeste (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 6 accessibility features for Getting Started in Membrane 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.
Onboarding Before Play
Before you are presented with the home screen, onboarding settings aim to aid you accessing the menus you need to adjust the game to your requirements. They can also provide an easier way of turning on important adjustments without digging through menus.
Onboarding: The first time you open the game, you are asked to confirm options for control, navigation and accessibility settings. Games can differ in what they present at this stage, but will count for this, provided they include a streamlined onboarding process.
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.
View Control Mapping: You can view a map of controls during play. This clearly displays the mappings of actions to buttons/keys/mouse/keyboard without having to leave the game. This includes games that always display buttons to press during play.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Membrane, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Henry Halfhead (8 Getting Started Features)
- Test Tube Titans (7 Getting Started Features)
- Celeste (7 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Reading in Membrane which deals 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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Membrane, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- You're Pulleying My Leg (5 Reading Features)
- ElecHead (5 Reading Features)
- Celeste (5 Reading Features)
- Mosa Lina (4 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Navigation in Membrane 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.
Clarity
Large Clear Navigation: The in-game navigation and maps are clear to read. They offer large text and offer markers that are large and of high contrast. Where text or information is small, there are settings to zoom-in and increase visibility.
Clear Mission Objectives: The game provides clear, structured missions with directional guidance and advice on which can be attempted next. This also indicates (ideally on maps where they are provided) which missions can't be attempted because you do not have the appropriate items yet.
Menu Navigation
Menus Don't Wrap: Menus don't wrap and stop the cursor at the bottom of the list if you press down. Or menus do wrap but make it clear that you are back at the top of the list with sound or narration.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play Membrane, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Navigation accessibility:
- Celeste (4 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Visual in Membrane 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
High Contrast: There is high contrast between elements that need to be distinguished from each other, such as characters, interactive objects and game environment, either by default or a high contrast mode. This is different to a slider that increases contrast or brightness between light and dark.
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.
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 Membrane, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- You're Pulleying My Leg (7 Visual Features)
- Henry Halfhead (6 Visual Features)
- N Plus Plus (6 Visual Features)
- Blek (6 Visual Features)
Audio
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Audio in Membrane 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 Membrane, and offer accessibility features for Audio:
- Henry Halfhead (2 Audio Features)
- JellyCar Worlds (2 Audio Features)
- Test Tube Titans (2 Audio Features)
- N Plus Plus (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.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Andy Robertson
