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Painted Waters Review
Posted: 4 months ago.
Author: @JonahMonaghan and @GeekDadGamer.
Overview
Play involves directing your fish or Walker Doodle using a single button (mouse button, any key, controller button, or other camera peripherals like Tobii, Eyegaze). In the world you make single press choices about the turns and directions to go. In this way you explore from place to place and find a range of miniature adventures (mini-golf, pachinko, board game, and block bashing).
Each of the mini adventures are also played with a single button, but also provide ingenious ways to make strategic choices and timed throws. For example you make your way around the edge of a mini-golf hole and can choose when to hit the ball and in that way control the angle of your shot.
Completing one of the adventures rewards you with a prize that you can then use to decorate and customise the world. This might be a giant cherry to hear a joke, a seed to grow a flower, a block, button or statue. You can also find items in some of the mini adventures that let you customise those spaces, and how those games play.
Painted Waters is currently available in a trial mode as part of early access. The game is in ongoing development and will see many content updates and fixes as it moves towards a full release.
Game Details
Expected Content Rating: PEGI 3
Skill Rating: 3+ year-olds
Release Date: 28/01/2021
Price: Free
Platforms: PC
Genres: Adventure, Creative, Open World and Puzzle
Accessibility: 36 features
Developer: Numinous Games (@Numinous_Games)
Players: 1
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3+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Young children with physical impairments should find the challenge approachable and accessible. You only need to be able to press a single button with very light timing.
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Accessibility
Before you get to menus the game onboards you to select your controller method. It is played by a single "press" and supports mouse button, any key, controller button, or other camera peripherals like Tobii, Eyegaze. There is touch screen controls for Windows Tablets.
You are provided a cookie trail in the game to indicate which direction to go. As you approach interactions an icon appears to indicate the choice to make if you press the button.
Menu text and subtitles are generally clear to read, although there are some environmental prompts (like words on lolly/popsicle sticks) that are less clear. The quests text can be hard to read as it doesn't have a background.
There are no depth of field or motion blur elements that may trigger motion sickness. You can slow down the speed of movement to ease this as well.
There are some light timed-reaction aspects to some mini games, but you can reduce the movement speed of your character and interaction speed to ease this. You can also always retry if you missed your window of opportunity. You can save progress in each mini game, but not half way through one of these challenges.
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