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Xbox X|SWe've documented 24 accessibility features for Nobody Saves The World, including Large Subtitles, Large Text, Low Pressure, Remap Buttons and Play Without Hearing. Its accessibility is strongest in Reading and Getting Started but it also has features in Navigation, Controls, Visual and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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External examiner, Angela Hickman Newnham, first checked Nobody Saves The World accessibility 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Ben Kendall and updated 13 months ago.
Accessibility Notes
There is no way to manually adjust the difficulty in the game and no assists available, so it should be noted that the challenge level of the world outside the dungeons scales with your level and can quickly get challenging to walk around between locations if you spend a lot of time leveling up and unlocking forms and abilities without progressing the main quest.
There is a depth-of-field effect at the top of the screen, and some things at the bottom can also be out of focus if they're close to the camera, but these are static relative to the screen, so are unlikely to induce motion sickness.
Game Details
Release Date: 17/01/2022
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Players: 1 (2 online)
Genres: Role-Play, Traversal (Action, Fighting, Puzzle and Sequencing)
Accessibility: 24 features
Components: 2D Overhead and Pixels
Developer: Drink Box Studios (@DrinkBoxStudios)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in Nobody Saves The World 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 & Two Sticks: Can play with multiple buttons and two sticks.
Mouse And Keyboard
Can play with the following:
Keyboard Alone: Can play with just the keyboard.
Remap Controls
Can customise the controls for the game as follows:
Remap Buttons: Can re-map all buttons so that you can use alternatives that better suit your play.
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 Nobody Saves The World, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Minecraft Dungeons (12 Controls Features)
- Full Metal Furies (11 Controls Features)
- ScourgeBringer (9 Controls Features)
- Hades (9 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Nobody Saves The World 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 Nobody Saves The World, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Mr Sun's Hatbox (2 Difficulty Features)
- The Binding of Isaac (2 Difficulty Features)
- Full Metal Furies (2 Difficulty Features)
- Minecraft Dungeons (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Getting Started in Nobody Saves The World 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.
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.
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 Nobody Saves The World, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- ScourgeBringer (8 Getting Started Features)
- Full Metal Furies (7 Getting Started Features)
- Mr Sun's Hatbox (6 Getting Started Features)
- Minecraft Dungeons (6 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 6 accessibility features for Reading in Nobody Saves The World 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.
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
Large Clear Subtitles: Subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast. They are at least 1/20 (46 pixels on 1080 screen) the height of a landscape screen and at least 1/40 height on portrait screens, or can be adjusted to be. We base this on the full line-height, including the space above and below the letters. Considered separately from the general text of the game, the subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast.
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.
Captions
Speaker Indicator: Textual captions indicate who is speaking (or there is only ever one person speaking). This can also be indicated visually in the game with character icons or placing text in speech bubbles next to the person speaking.
Navigation
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Navigation in Nobody Saves The World 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.
Head-Up Display
Game Map: View a map of the game world during play, with the landscape, points of interest and missions highlighted throughout the entire game. This enables the orientation of the player and the world, confirming a direction of movement and the location of destinations or points of exploration.
Menu Navigation
Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.
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 Nobody Saves The World, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Navigation accessibility:
- Minecraft Dungeons (10 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Visual in Nobody Saves The World which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.
Audio Cues for Visual Events
Audio Cues for Visual Events: Audio is provided to indicate visual events. Game events or progress highlighted by visual icons, effects or animations are also accompanied by audio to signify that progress. This is useful for blind players.
Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.
Motion Sickness Friendly
Motion Sickness Friendly: Doesn't have 3D movement elements that may trigger motion sickness, like motion blur, depth of field and field-of-vision. Or includes the ability to disable motion blur, depth of field and field-of-vision effects.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play Nobody Saves The World, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Minecraft Dungeons (7 Visual Features)
- Death's Door (6 Visual Features)
- ScourgeBringer (6 Visual Features)
- Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon (5 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in Nobody Saves The World 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.
Adjustable Audio
Balance Audio Levels: Set music and game sound effects separately. This enables you to select your preference as well as ensure critical game sounds aren't obscured by other audio.
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 Nobody Saves The World, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Enter The Gungeon (3 Audio Features)
- Dead Cells (3 Audio Features)
- Children of Morta (3 Audio Features)
Communication
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Communication in Nobody Saves The World which deal with how you can communicate with other players in the game and what options are available to customise and control this interaction. The following games are similar to Nobody Saves The World, and offer accessibility features for Communication:
- Monster Hunter (3 Communication Features)
- Full Metal Furies (1 Communication Feature)
- Minecraft Dungeons (1 Communication Feature)
- Children of Morta (1 Communication Feature)
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.
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 has a range of accessibility settings. Some are system only, some work in games (invert colours and button mapping).
PlayStation 5
PlayStation 5 has a range of system-wide accessibility settings.
Xbox One
Xbox One has a system features, the excellent co-pilot share controls mode and adaptive controller support for all games.
Xbox Series X|S
Xbox One has a system features, the excellent co-pilot share controls mode and adaptive controller support for all games.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors @growingupgamers, Andy Robertson and Ben Kendall
