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Xbox X|SWe've documented 24 accessibility features for Rain on Your Parade, including Large Subtitles, Low Pressure, Custom Difficulty, No Button Combos and Play Without Hearing. Its accessibility is strongest in Getting Started and Controls but it also has features in Reading, Visual, Navigation, Difficulty and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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External examiner, Jakub na, first checked Rain on Your Parade accessibility 21 months ago. It was re-examined by Jakub na and updated 21 months ago.
Accessibility Notes
Game Details
Release Date: 15/04/2021
Price: 67% Off
Out Now: Mac, PC, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Action, Puzzle (Adventure, Sequencing and Simulation)
Accessibility: 24 features
Components: 3D Third-Person, Hand-Made and Weather
Developer: Unbound Creation (@UnboundCreation)
Costs: Purchase cost, In-Game Purchases and In-Game Pass
Controls
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in Rain on Your Parade 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:
Keyboard Alone: Can play with just the keyboard.
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).
Controller Vibration
Vibration Optional: Controller vibration not used in the game or you can disable it.
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- Test Tube Titans (14 Controls Features)
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- Little Kitty, Big City (7 Controls Features)
- Weaving Tides (7 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Difficulty in Rain on Your Parade 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.
Difficulty Options
Customise Difficulty: Customise different aspects of the game to create a challenge of an appropriate level. Adjusting elements individually enables you to tailor gameplay to suit your needs and style of play.
Adjust After Setting
Adjustable Between Levels: You can adjust the difficulty between levels/rounds. Although you have to restart your checkpoint or level, this enables you to adjust the difficulty after selecting it at the beginning of the game.
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If you want to play Rain on Your Parade, but it doesn't offer the Difficulty accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Difficulty accessibility:
- Rainbow Billy (3 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Getting Started in Rain on Your Parade 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.
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.
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.
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.
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If you want to play Rain on Your Parade, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Test Tube Titans (7 Getting Started Features)
- Rainbow Billy (6 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Reading in Rain on Your Parade 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
Large Clear Subtitles: Subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast. They are at least 1/20 (46 pixels on 1080 screen) the height of a landscape screen and at least 1/40 height on portrait screens, or can be adjusted to be. We base this on the full line-height, including the space above and below the letters. Considered separately from the general text of the game, the subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast.
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.
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- Sneaky Sasquatch (6 Reading Features)
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Navigation
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Navigation in Rain on Your Parade 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
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.
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If you want to play Rain on Your Parade, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Navigation accessibility:
- Rainbow Billy (4 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Visual in Rain on Your Parade 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
Large Game Elements: Game characters and other elements are large and distinguishable. Enemies and player characters are at least 1/6 of the height of the screen. Or there is a zoom feature to make them larger.
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.
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.
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If you want to play Rain on Your Parade, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Rainbow Billy (6 Visual Features)
- Weaving Tides (6 Visual Features)
- Untitled Goose Game (6 Visual Features)
- Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered (5 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in Rain on Your Parade 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.
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If you want to play Rain on Your Parade, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Weaving Tides (4 Audio Features)
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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.
Xbox One
Xbox One has a system features, the excellent co-pilot share controls mode and adaptive controller support for all games.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
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