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Xbox X|SWe've documented 17 accessibility features for One Person Story, including Large Text, No Repeated Pressing, No Holds, 1 Button and Play Without Hearing. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Visual but it also has features in Reading, Getting Started, Navigation and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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Accessibility Notes
Game Details
Release Date: 23/08/2018
Out Now: PC and Switch
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Narrative, Traversal and Puzzle
Accessibility: 17 features
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Developer: Lampogolovii (@Lampogolovii)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Controls in One Person Story 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.
Mouse And Keyboard
Can play with the following:
Keyboard Alone: Can play with just the keyboard.
Mouse Alone: Can play with just the mouse/mouse-button/mouse wheel.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play One Person Story, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Switch 'N' Shoot (7 Controls Features)
- A Fold Apart (6 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in One Person Story 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.
Getting Started
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Getting Started in One Person Story 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.
Assistance For Progressing
These features aid your progress through the game offering different ways of maintaining your progression.
Assisted Progress With Hints: The game notices if you get stuck (or you can press a button) and provides information to help you progress. This can offer hints or tutorials popping up during play. This includes hints after you have died, where it can suggest strategies or difficulty settings to adjust or offer to skip past problematic levels.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play One Person Story, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Ensamey (7 Getting Started Features)
- One Hour One Life (5 Getting Started Features)
- A Fold Apart (4 Getting Started Features)
- Playerless: One Button Adventure (3 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Reading in One Person Story 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.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play One Person Story, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Ensamey (6 Reading Features)
- Playerless: One Button Adventure (6 Reading Features)
- A Fold Apart (6 Reading Features)
- Press X to Puzzle (4 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Navigation in One Person Story 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.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play One Person Story, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Ensamey (4 Navigation Features)
- Switch 'N' Shoot (2 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Visual in One Person Story 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
Medium Contrast: Game uses generally well contrasting and bright visuals, or has a slider to make this the case.
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.
Outline Interactive Elements: Characters, platforms and enemies can be outlined or highlighted for visibility. This can be with a large border around the character or a special visual mode that adjust the colour to make characters more visible.
Visual Distractions
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.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play One Person Story, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Press X to Puzzle (8 Visual Features)
- One Hour One Life (8 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in One Person Story 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 One Person Story, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- One Hour One Life (4 Audio Features)
- Switch 'N' Shoot (2 Audio Features)
- A Fold Apart (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.
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 Andy Robertson
