We've documented 12 accessibility features for Fly Together, including Play Without Hearing, Audio Cues, Minimal Reading, 1 Button & Single Stick and Frequent Checkpoints. Its accessibility is strongest in Visual and Controls but it also has features in Getting Started, Reading, Navigation and Audio 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.
Our accessibility examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Fly Together accessibility 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 12 months ago.
Accessibility Notes
There is an option to enable a colour-blind mode in the settings. However, this setting will only suit a portion of colour-blind players as it only tweaks the colour purple as far as we can tell.
There are audio cues to signify when a plane is ready for take-off.
You can play the game with a single button and Wii-Remote gesture.
Game Details
Release Date: 29/04/2021
Out Now: Switch
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Players: 1-8
Genres: Sequencing, Strategy (Action, Brain Game and Puzzle)
Accessibility: 12 features
Components: 2D Overhead and Hand-Made
Developer: Hey North Play (@HeyNorthPlay)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Controls in Fly Together 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:
1 Button & Single Stick: Can play with button and stick.
Motion
Games that can be played with different sorts of motion controllers.
Motion Pointing: Can use the orientation of the gamepad to move a cursor-target around the screen like a mouse.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Fly Together, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Moving Out 2 (10 Controls Features)
- Chariot (8 Controls Features)
- Bomber Crew (7 Controls Features)
- Moving Out (7 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Fly Together 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 Fly Together, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Toy Tanks (3 Difficulty Features)
- Very Very Valet (3 Difficulty Features)
- Moving Out 2 (2 Difficulty Features)
- Bloons TD 6 (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Getting Started in Fly Together 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.
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 Fly Together, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Conduct Together (7 Getting Started Features)
- Moving Out 2 (6 Getting Started Features)
- Konkan Coast Pirate Solutions (6 Getting Started Features)
- Cosmic Defenders (6 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Reading in Fly Together which deals 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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Fly Together, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Pico Park (5 Reading Features)
- Moving Out (5 Reading Features)
- Overcooked! All You Can Eat (5 Reading Features)
- Speed Crew (4 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Navigation in Fly Together 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
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play Fly Together, 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)
- Speed Crew (4 Navigation Features)
- Max Traffic (4 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Visual in Fly Together 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.
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.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play Fly Together, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Konkan Coast Pirate Solutions (9 Visual Features)
- Wilmot's Warehouse (8 Visual Features)
- Mini Metro (8 Visual Features)
- Toy Tanks (7 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Fly Together which deals 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.
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 Fly Together, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Konkan Coast Pirate Solutions (3 Audio Features)
- Mr Traffic (3 Audio Features)
- Very Very Valet (3 Audio Features)
- Unrailed! (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.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors @TylerBrinkman23 and Andy Robertson