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Xbox X|SWe've documented 21 accessibility features for Trombone Champ, including Adjust Speed, 1 Stick, No Button Combos, Directional Visual Cues and Visual Cues. Its accessibility is strongest in Visual and Controls but it also has features in Getting Started, Audio, Reading and Navigation to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Trombone Champ accessibility 18 months ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 7 months ago.
Accessibility Notes
You usually have to click 99 times to open chests, but you can use the Reduce Chest Clicks to reduce the number of clicks required to open chests. You can use the motion controls on the Steam deck as an input for the mouse movement, although this is not very easy to use accurately. The Switch versions has a range of control modes using tilt and (hard to master) single stick mode.
The game has jumpscares but you can use the Minimize Jumpscares setting to make these less scary. has been moved to this new popup.
The game has flashes but you can use Minimize Flashing & Screen Effects setting to reduce the strength of flashing and moving screen effects that appear throughout the game, with the exception of opening and closing cinematics.
You can use the Remove Track Backgrounds to play against a black background rather than busy image to make the game contrast much higher.
The game provides both visual and audible feedback on whether you are hitting or missing notes, and whether this is too high or too low.
Game Details
Release Date: 16/09/2022, updated in 2023
Out Now: Mac, PC and Switch
Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds
Players: 1-4
Genres: Action, Rhythm and Physically Active
Accessibility: 21 features
Components: 2D Side-On, Cartoon and Grid
Developer: Holy Wow Studios (@HolyWowStudios)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 6 accessibility features for Controls in Trombone Champ 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 Stick: Can play with 1 stick.
Mouse And Keyboard
Can play with the following:
Mouse Alone: Can play with just the mouse/mouse-button/mouse wheel.
Mouse and Keys: Can play with mouse and multiple keys.
Motion
Games that can be played with different sorts of motion controllers.
Motion Tilting: Can use movements of the controller to replace steering or simple movement otherwise controlled by left/right movement of a stick.
Motion Gesture: Can motion with the controller to direct an in-game action. This can be a one-to-one motion for analogue sword or camera movement. It can also be a simple shake to trigger a one-off action. This is sometimes known as Waggle or Shake controls, as popularised by the Wii.
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 Trombone Champ, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Just Shapes & Beats (9 Controls Features)
- Rez Infinite (8 Controls Features)
- The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor (7 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Trombone Champ 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 Trombone Champ, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor (2 Difficulty Features)
- Just Shapes & Beats (2 Difficulty Features)
- Rez Infinite (1 Difficulty Feature)
- Just Dance 2022 (1 Difficulty Feature)
Getting Started
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Getting Started in Trombone Champ 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.
Adjust Speed: Adjust the speed of the game at critical moments or throughout, or rewind play for a second attempt, to ease reaction times. By slowing the game, you have more time to interpret what is happening and then execute your actions. It also reduces the pressure on getting things right quickly or the first time you attempt them.
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 Trombone Champ, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Getting Started accessibility:
- The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor (6 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Reading in Trombone Champ 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.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Trombone Champ, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Harmonium: The Musical (7 Reading Features)
- HarmoKnight (6 Reading Features)
- Just Dance 2022 (5 Reading Features)
- The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor (4 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Navigation in Trombone Champ 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
Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play Trombone Champ, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor (6 Navigation Features)
- Harmonium: The Musical (5 Navigation Features)
- Rez Infinite (3 Navigation Features)
- Jump Rope Challenge (3 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 7 accessibility features for Visual in Trombone Champ 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
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.
Audio Depiction of Event Location: Indication with positional/stereo audio of where directional events are on the screen for things like damage, footsteps, environmental elements. This is useful for blind players.
Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.
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.
Audio
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in Trombone Champ 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.
Audio Events
Visual Cues for Audio Events: Text or other visual indicators of audio events. This mirrors audio indicators of progress in the game with a corresponding visual indication.
Visual Depiction of Directional Audio: Indication on-screen with arrows, icons, located colour splashes and the like, to show where directional audio for damage, footsteps, environmental or way-finding sounds are coming from.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio
If you want to play Trombone Champ, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Harmonium: The Musical (3 Audio Features)
- HarmoKnight (3 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
