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Accessibility Notes
Game Details
Release Date: 25/06/2013, updated in 2017
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Players: 1-6
Genres: Action, Platform, Shooting (Collecting, Fighting and Traversal)
Accessibility: 16 features
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Developer: Exok Games (@Exok_Games)
Costs: Purchase cost, In-Game Purchases and In-Game Pass
Controls
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in TowerFall Ascension 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.
Remap Controls
Can customise the controls for the game as follows:
Remap Mouse and Keyboard: Can remap mouse and keyboard key bindings, on systems that support these controls.
Controller Vibration
Vibration Optional: Controller vibration not used in the game or you can disable it.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play TowerFall Ascension, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (9 Controls Features)
- Celeste (9 Controls Features)
- Wee Tanks (7 Controls Features)
- Mr Sun's Hatbox (7 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Difficulty in TowerFall Ascension 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
Select Difficulty: Select the level of difficulty from a range of presets. This not only offers a way to adjust the challenge of a game but enables you to do so without dealing with individual criteria.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Difficulty
If you want to play TowerFall Ascension, but it doesn't offer the Difficulty accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Difficulty accessibility:
- Toy Tanks (3 Difficulty Features)
- Very Very Valet (3 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Getting Started in TowerFall Ascension 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.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play TowerFall Ascension, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Celeste (7 Getting Started Features)
- Mr Sun's Hatbox (6 Getting Started Features)
- Cosmic Defenders (6 Getting Started Features)
- Wee Tanks (5 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Reading in TowerFall Ascension 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.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play TowerFall Ascension, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Grapple Dog (7 Reading Features)
- Help! I'm Haunted (5 Reading Features)
- Gonner (5 Reading Features)
- Celeste (5 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Navigation in TowerFall Ascension 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
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play TowerFall Ascension, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Cosmic Defenders (8 Navigation Features)
- Toy Tanks (5 Navigation Features)
- Butter Royale (5 Navigation Features)
- Chompy Chomp Chomp Party (4 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Visual in TowerFall Ascension 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.
Visual Distractions
No Flashes: No flashing strobe effects or you can disable them. This includes the absence of flashing from dramatic visual effects, explosions or weather effects like lightning.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play TowerFall Ascension, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- 12 Orbits (9 Visual Features)
- Toy Tanks (7 Visual Features)
- Grapple Dog (7 Visual Features)
- Cosmic Defenders (7 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in TowerFall Ascension 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 TowerFall Ascension, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Chompy Chomp Chomp Party (3 Audio Features)
- Very Very Valet (3 Audio Features)
- Grapple Dog (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.
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 has a range of accessibility settings. Some are system only, some work in games (invert colours and button mapping).
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.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Andy Robertson
