We've documented 22 accessibility features for Clam Man 2: Headliner, including Guaranteed Progress, Low Pressure, No Quick Reactions, No Button Combos and No Repeated Pressing. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Reading but it also has features in Getting Started, Visual, Navigation and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Clam Man 2: Headliner accessibility 2 weeks ago.
Accessibility Notes
There is never any need for quick reactions, and you can save at any time, allowing you to go back and change your choices if you want to. There is also no way to fail the game, although your choices can affect what happens.
Some dialogue is voice-acted, although your lines never are. Text is high in contrast, but often less than 1/20th of screen height. There is lots of text throughout, and at the start of the game, you need to set up your character, which could potentially be difficult to understand and slightly overwhelming for players new to the genre.
Game Details
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: Mac and PC
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Narrative, Point-and-Click, Role-Play (Adventure and Puzzle)
Accessibility: 22 features
Components: 2D Overhead and Cartoon
Developer: Clam Team (@Clam_Team)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Controls in Clam Man 2: Headliner which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.
Mouse And Keyboard
Can play with the following:
Mouse Alone: Can play with just the mouse/mouse-button/mouse wheel.
Mouse and Keys: Can play with mouse and multiple keys.
Button Combinations
Specific button operation required to play
Holding Down Buttons Optional: Holding down buttons for prolonged periods (a second or more) is not required or can be switched to toggling the action on and off. This is in addition to the movement stick/button which is not considered a hold for this purpose.
Rapid Repeated Pressing Optional: Quick, repeated button pressing (more than 2 times a second) is not required, can be skipped or switched to holding a button to trigger a repeated action.
No Simultaneous Buttons: Only one button or key required at a time, in addition to direction stick(s).
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- Saltsea Chronicles (18 Controls Features)
- No Longer Home (12 Controls Features)
- Shadows Over Loathing (12 Controls Features)
- Brok the Investigator (8 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Clam Man 2: Headliner 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 Clam Man 2: Headliner, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Rainbow Billy (3 Difficulty Features)
- Brok the Investigator (2 Difficulty Features)
- Shadows Over Loathing (2 Difficulty Features)
- Roadwarden (1 Difficulty Feature)
Getting Started
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Getting Started in Clam Man 2: Headliner 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.
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.
Guaranteed Progress With God Mode: There is no fail state for any game level, where you lose progress or have to start again. Or there are options to make failing impossible: infinite health or lives, unlimited time. Sometimes called God Mode or Unfailable.
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 Clam Man 2: Headliner, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Brok the Investigator (12 Getting Started Features)
- Tangle Tower (10 Getting Started Features)
- Shadows Over Loathing (8 Getting Started Features)
- Saltsea Chronicles (7 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Reading in Clam Man 2: Headliner 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.
Extensive Complex Reading: Extensive reading required. The quantity and complexity of reading is suitable for someone who loves long books and enjoys extended dialogue or narrative descriptions.
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
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.
Captions
Speaker Indicator and their Tone: Textual captions indicate who is speaking and their tone (or there is only ever one person speaking). This can also be indicated visually in the game with character icons or character expressions with text in speech bubbles next to the person speaking.
Voice Acted
Some Dialogue is Voice Acted: Some of the game dialogue and narrative is voice acted. This reduces the pressure on reading all the dialogue text, although not everything is provided audibly.
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- Brok the Investigator (7 Reading Features)
- Return to Monkey Island (7 Reading Features)
- Rusty Lake Hotel (7 Reading Features)
- Pentiment (6 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Navigation in Clam Man 2: Headliner 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.
Head-Up Display
Game Map: View a map of the game world during play, with the landscape, points of interest and missions highlighted throughout the entire game. This enables the orientation of the player and the world, confirming a direction of movement and the location of destinations or points of exploration.
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If you want to play Clam Man 2: Headliner, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Brok the Investigator (7 Navigation Features)
- Shadows Over Loathing (5 Navigation Features)
- Rainbow Billy (4 Navigation Features)
- Road 96 (4 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Visual in Clam Man 2: Headliner 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 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.
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.
Colour Options
Colour Blind Friendly: Game doesn’t rely on colour or can switch to colour blind friendly mode with double coding or similar way to avoid colour dependance.
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- Brok the Investigator (9 Visual Features)
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Audio
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in Clam Man 2: Headliner 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 Clam Man 2: Headliner, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- No Longer Home (3 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:
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 Ben Kendall