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Xbox X|SWe've documented 18 accessibility features for Skies of Chaos, including No Button Combos, No Repeated Pressing, One Motion Targeted, Play Without Hearing and Colour Blind Friendly. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Reading but it also has features in Visual, Navigation, Getting Started and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Skies of Chaos accessibility 17 months ago. It was re-examined by Andrew Robertson and updated 17 months ago.
Accessibility Notes
There are difficulty settings, but this is mainly to make things harder rather than easier. You start on Easy and can unlock Medium and Hard for each level. As you play the game pops up tips of what's coming up, power-ups, enemies and so on.
Text is high contrast and generally of good size. Some button text and scoring is much smaller. Main subtitles are larger but some secondary dialogue offering tips is much smaller.
Especially in later levels, where there are more objects on the screen, it can be very difficult to distinguish enemies from other objects, adding to the already substantial challenge. There are significant screen shake and flash effects when you defeat enemies or are hit.
Game Details
Release Date: 28/10/2022
Out Now: Android and iOS
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Action, Shooting and Collecting
Accessibility: 18 features
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Developer: Broxcorp Games (@BroxcorpGames)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in Skies of Chaos which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.
Touchscreen
Can play with the following. Additional gestures may be required for games played with a screenreader like VoiceOver.
One Motion Targeted: Can play with touchscreen, tap and swipe or hold gesture.
Button Combinations
Specific button operation required to play
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).
Sensitivity
You can adjust
Adjust Mouse/Stick/Touch Sensitivity: Adjust how sensitive touch/mouse/stick controls are.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Skies of Chaos, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Minecraft Dungeons (12 Controls Features)
- Plants Vs. Zombies (10 Controls Features)
- Hades (9 Controls Features)
- Drone The Game (9 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Skies of Chaos 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 Skies of Chaos, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Trifox (2 Difficulty Features)
- Air Twister (2 Difficulty Features)
- Vampire Survivors (2 Difficulty Features)
- Sol Cresta (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Getting Started in Skies of Chaos 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 Skies of Chaos, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Angry Birds (7 Getting Started Features)
- Trifox (6 Getting Started Features)
- Space Marauder (6 Getting Started Features)
- Minecraft Dungeons (6 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Reading in Skies of Chaos 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
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
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 and their Tone: Textual captions indicate who is speaking and their tone (or there is only ever one person speaking). This can also be indicated visually in the game with character icons or character expressions with text in speech bubbles next to the person speaking.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Skies of Chaos, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Space Marauder (7 Reading Features)
- Star Wars: Squadrons (6 Reading Features)
- Air Twister (5 Reading Features)
- Assault Android Cactus (5 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Navigation in Skies of Chaos 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 Skies of Chaos, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Minecraft Dungeons (10 Navigation Features)
- Jets'n'Guns 2 (5 Navigation Features)
- Vampire Survivors (5 Navigation Features)
- Star Wars: Squadrons (5 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Visual in Skies of Chaos 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 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.
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.
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.
Colour Options
Colour Blind Friendly: Game doesn’t rely on colour or can switch to colour blind friendly mode with double coding or similar way to avoid colour dependance.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play Skies of Chaos, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Trifox (8 Visual Features)
- Thoth (7 Visual Features)
- Minecraft Dungeons (7 Visual Features)
- Zoe Begone (5 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Skies of Chaos 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 Skies of Chaos, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Star Wars: Squadrons (4 Audio Features)
- Trifox (3 Audio Features)
- Vampire Survivors (3 Audio Features)
- Zoe Begone (2 Audio Features)
System Accessibility Settings
In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:
Android
Android has accessibility settings including ways to navigate and interact, although not all games support this.
iOS
iOS has a very extensive suite of accessibility settings including ways to navigate with voice and comprehensive screen reading, though most of the features don't work with games.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Ben Kendall
