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This report is created with input from accessibility experts and the player community to help people find games that have the accessibility features they require. Once you have found potential games on the database, there are excellent specialist accessibility sites that offer in-depth reviews to guide your purchasing decisions.
Our accessibility examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Bakeru accessibility 9 months ago.
Accessibility Notes
Text is all high in contrast but less than 1/20th of screen height, with no option to adjust its size. Some dialogue is voiced, but only in Japanese (with English subtitles). The game is generally bright and colourful, and contrast between objects is good, but there is no explicit high contrast mode. Some actions result in screen shakes which cannot be disabled, as well as bright flashes centred around your character. There is also a depth-of-field effect applied that cannot be turned off.
There are no in-game maps or pointers and so navigating to the end of the stage can be tricky in more open areas, although there is generally a fairly clear linear path forward. The objective is always the same - reach the end of the level.
Game Details
Release Date: 03/09/2024
Out Now: PC and Switch
Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Action, Platform (Adventure, Narrative, Puzzle and Traversal)
Accessibility: 21 features
Developer: spikechunsoft e (@spikechunsoft_e)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 7 accessibility features for Controls in Bakeru 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 & Two Sticks: Can play with multiple buttons and two sticks.
Mouse And Keyboard
Can play with the following:
Mouse and Keys: Can play with mouse and multiple keys.
Remap Controls
Can customise the controls for the game as follows:
Invert X/Y Axis: Can invert the direction required to control looking and aiming. This enables you to match your instinctive orientation when looking.
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.
Controller Vibration
Vibration Optional: Controller vibration not used in the game or you can disable it.
Informative Vibration: Controller vibration indicates events or interactions in the game, echoing visual and audio cues. This can provide additional information about progress, approaching enemies or hitting a target.
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 Bakeru, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (9 Controls Features)
- It Takes Two (9 Controls Features)
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure (9 Controls Features)
- New Super Lucky's Tale (9 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Bakeru 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 Bakeru, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Psychonauts 2 (3 Difficulty Features)
- The Smurfs Mission Vileaf (2 Difficulty Features)
- Kirby's Epic Yarn (2 Difficulty Features)
- Yoshi's Crafted World (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Getting Started in Bakeru 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.
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.
Assistance For Progressing
These features aid your progress through the game offering different ways of maintaining your progression.
Bank Progress With Frequent Checkpoints: If you fail you can retry that level or aspect of the game without losing a lot of progress (less than 5 minutes). This is often provided via Frequent Checkpoints combined with restarting without losing time, equipment or score.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Bakeru, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Unravel Two (6 Getting Started Features)
- Ruffy and the Riverside (5 Getting Started Features)
- Super Mario Odyssey (5 Getting Started Features)
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (4 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Reading in Bakeru 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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Bakeru, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Psychonauts 2 (7 Reading Features)
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure (7 Reading Features)
- Super Mario Galaxy (7 Reading Features)
- New Super Lucky's Tale (7 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Navigation in Bakeru 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
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
Digital Menu Navigation: Menu choices with Gamepad can be made without using an analogue stick to guide a cursor to a selection. For example, using D-Pad, buttons or the Stick to change menu selection in a single action.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play Bakeru, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Ruffy and the Riverside (6 Navigation Features)
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (5 Navigation Features)
- New Super Lucky's Tale (4 Navigation Features)
- Astro Bot (3 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Visual in Bakeru 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.
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.
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 Bakeru, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- A Hat in Time (7 Visual Features)
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (5 Visual Features)
- Psychonauts 2 (5 Visual Features)
- It Takes Two (5 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in Bakeru 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.
Adjustable Audio
Balance Audio Levels: Set music and game sound effects separately. This enables you to select your preference as well as ensure critical game sounds aren't obscured by other audio.
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 Bakeru, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Balan Wonderworld (3 Audio Features)
- Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (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 Ben Kendall