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Xbox X|SWe've documented 13 accessibility features for Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire, including Low Pressure, No Holds, Play Without Hearing, Partially Voiced and Speaker Indicator. Its accessibility is strongest in Reading and Controls but it also has features in Getting Started, Navigation, Visual and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire accessibility a year ago.
Accessibility Notes
While there is a day-night-cycle, the time doesn't go by at a set rate, rather it switches from day to night and vice when you're finished with your objectives, so the game is generally low-pressure.
During the opening of the game, the scene is narrated and has large and high-contrast subtitles, but later in the game, there is no voice-acting and the subtitles, while still high in contrast, are of a reduced (but still fairly large) size. The contrast between some plants, enemies, and objects and the background can occasionally be poor. During the daytime, there are no visual effects on the screen, but come night, there is a significant chromatic aberration effect applied to the edges of the screen.
Game Details
Release Date: 27/02/2023
Out Now: PC
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Players: 1-2
Genres: Action, Simulation (Creative, Role-Play and Strategy)
Accessibility: 13 features
Components: 2D Side-On, Cartoon and Day and Night
Developer: Digitality Games (@DigitalityGames)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Controls in Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire 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.
Mouse And Keyboard
Can play with the following:
Mouse and Keys: Can play with mouse and multiple keys.
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.
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- Craftopia (11 Controls Features)
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- Hades (9 Controls Features)
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Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire 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 Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Minecraft (3 Difficulty Features)
- Craftopia (2 Difficulty Features)
- Vampire Survivors (2 Difficulty Features)
- Hades (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Getting Started in Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire 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.
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.
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If you want to play Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Garden Story (7 Getting Started Features)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (7 Getting Started Features)
- Minecraft (7 Getting Started Features)
- Animal Crossing: Wild World (6 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Reading in Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire 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: 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.
Voice Acted
Some Dialogue is Voice Acted: Some of the game dialogue and narrative is voice acted. This reduces the pressure on reading all the dialogue text, although not everything is provided audibly.
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If you want to play Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf (6 Reading Features)
- Animal Crossing: City Folk (6 Reading Features)
- Nuts (6 Reading Features)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (6 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Navigation in Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire 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
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.
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If you want to play Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Lake of Creatures (7 Navigation Features)
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Visual
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Visual in Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire which deals 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 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.
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If you want to play Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (7 Visual Features)
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf (6 Visual Features)
- Animal Crossing: City Folk (6 Visual Features)
- Minecraft (6 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire 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 Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Minecraft (4 Audio Features)
- Vampire Survivors (3 Audio Features)
- Sun Haven (2 Audio Features)
- Dave the Diver (2 Audio Features)
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.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Ben Kendall
