We've documented 18 accessibility features for Tricky Towers, including Large Text, Select Difficulty, Play Without Hearing, Visual Cues and Audio Cues. Its accessibility is strongest in Visual and Getting Started but it also has features in Reading, Audio, Controls, Navigation and Difficulty to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Tricky Towers accessibility 3 years ago.
Accessibility Notes
Text is generally very large and often accompanied by icons. However, some of the tutorial text is quite small, particularly on Switch in handheld mode.
Game Details
Release Date: 05/07/2016, updated in 2017
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Players: 1-4 (4 online)
Genres: Puzzle (Action and Brain Game)
Accessibility: 18 features
Components: 2D Side-On
Developer: Weird Beard Games (@WeirdBeardGames)
Costs: Purchase cost, In-Game Purchases and In-Game Pass
Controls
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Controls in Tricky Towers 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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Tricky Towers, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Tetris Effect: Connected (17 Controls Features)
- Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (8 Controls Features)
- Peggle (8 Controls Features)
- Hidden Folks (8 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Difficulty in Tricky Towers which deals 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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Difficulty
If you want to play Tricky Towers, but it doesn't offer the Difficulty accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Difficulty accessibility:
- Tetris Effect: Connected (2 Difficulty Features)
- Bonkies (2 Difficulty Features)
- Puyo Puyo (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Getting Started in Tricky Towers 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.
No Jump Scares: No sudden loud noises or popping-up scary visuals that unexpectedly appear without warning, or the option to disable them.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Tricky Towers, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Otteretto (8 Getting Started Features)
- Peggle (7 Getting Started Features)
- Hidden Folks (6 Getting Started Features)
- Save Room (5 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Reading in Tricky Towers 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
Large Clear Text: All essential text is large and clear or can be adjusted to be. The general text used throughout the game in menus, instructions and other key information (excluding subtitles that are assessed separately) is at least 1/20 (46 pixels on 1080 screen) the height on landscape screens and at least 1/40 height on portrait screens. We base this on the full line-height, including the space above and below the letters.
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 Tricky Towers, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Pokémon Café ReMix (6 Reading Features)
- Collapsus (5 Reading Features)
- Hidden Folks (5 Reading Features)
- Suika Game (4 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Navigation in Tricky Towers 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
Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play Tricky Towers, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Peggle (4 Navigation Features)
- Tetris Effect: Connected (3 Navigation Features)
- Hidden Folks (3 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Visual in Tricky Towers 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 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.
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.
Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play Tricky Towers, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Otteretto (8 Visual Features)
- Pokémon Café ReMix (6 Visual Features)
- Hidden Folks (6 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Audio in Tricky Towers 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.
Audio Events
Visual Cues for Audio Events: Text or other visual indicators of audio events. This mirrors audio indicators of progress in the game with a corresponding visual indication.
Play Without Hearing
Play Without Hearing: No audio cues are necessary to play the game well.
Communication
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Communication in Tricky Towers which deal with how you can communicate with other players in the game and what options are available to customise and control this interaction. The following games are similar to Tricky Towers, and offer accessibility features for Communication:
- Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (1 Communication Feature)
- Heave Ho (1 Communication Feature)
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