We've documented 7 accessibility features for Aviary Attorney, including Large Text, Low Pressure, No Quick Reactions, Fully Subtitled (Or No Speech) and Moderate Reading. It has features in Getting Started and Reading to reduce unintended barriers.
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.
Game Details
Release Date: 22/12/2015, updated in 2020
Out Now: Mac, PC and Switch
Players: 1
Genres: Narrative, Puzzle (Brain Game and Communication)
Accessibility: 7 features
Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made
Developer: Sketchy Jeremy (@Sketchy_Jeremy)
Costs: Purchase cost, In-Game Purchases and In-Game Pass
Controls
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Controls in Aviary Attorney which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs. The following games are similar to Aviary Attorney, and offer accessibility features for Controls:
- Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney (10 Controls Features)
- Upheaval (7 Controls Features)
- The Procession to Calvary (6 Controls Features)
- Oxenfree II: Lost Signals (6 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Aviary Attorney 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 Aviary Attorney, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (2 Difficulty Features)
- Card Shark (2 Difficulty Features)
- Upheaval (1 Difficulty Feature)
- Return to Monkey Island (1 Difficulty Feature)
Getting Started
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Getting Started in Aviary Attorney 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.
Reaction-Time Not Critical: Individual game actions don’t need quick reactions, or there are settings to lower the requirement for quick reactions. This means you don't need to quickly press a button in response to an on-screen prompt, target a fast-moving target or skillfully complete a scenario against the clock.
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.
Save Progress Anytime: The game automatically saves progress or you can save any time. This doesn’t mean you never lose progress, but it does mean you can stop whenever you want (without having to get to a save point) without losing progress.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Aviary Attorney, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Lil’ Guardsman (9 Getting Started Features)
- Card Shark (7 Getting Started Features)
- Upheaval (6 Getting Started Features)
- Heaven's Vault (6 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Reading in Aviary Attorney 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.
Moderate Reading: Moderate reading required. The quantity and complexity of reading are at a level that a high school student (14-year-old) would appreciate.
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 Aviary Attorney, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Lil’ Guardsman (7 Reading Features)
- Return to Monkey Island (7 Reading Features)
- Heaven's Vault (7 Reading Features)
- Verne: The Shape of Fantasy (5 Reading Features)
Navigation
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Navigation in Aviary Attorney 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. The following games are similar to Aviary Attorney, and offer accessibility features for Navigation:
- Lil’ Guardsman (5 Navigation Features)
- Oxenfree II: Lost Signals (4 Navigation Features)
- Verne: The Shape of Fantasy (3 Navigation Features)
- The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (2 Navigation Features)
Visual
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Visual in Aviary Attorney which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game. The following games are similar to Aviary Attorney, and offer accessibility features for Visual:
- Lil’ Guardsman (8 Visual Features)
- Upheaval (7 Visual Features)
- Unworded (7 Visual Features)
- A Case of Distrust (7 Visual Features)
Audio
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Audio in Aviary Attorney 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. The following games are similar to Aviary Attorney, and offer accessibility features for Audio:
- Lil’ Guardsman (3 Audio Features)
- Oxenfree II: Lost Signals (3 Audio Features)
- Verne: The Shape of Fantasy (2 Audio Features)
- The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (2 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 Andy Robertson