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Xbox X|SWe've documented 23 accessibility features for I Commissioned Some Bees, including Fully Voiced (Or No Speech), Guaranteed Progress, Low Pressure, No Quick Reactions and No Button Combos. Its accessibility is strongest in Getting Started and Visual but it also has features in Controls, Reading, Navigation and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked I Commissioned Some Bees (Series) accessibility 4 months ago.
Accessibility Notes
Text in menus is high in contrast but not large.
The contrast is (intentionally) often very low between bees and their surroundings, so even if you use the arrow to guide you they can still be hard to see, especially for colourblind or partially sighted players.
Game Details
Release Date: 30/05/2022, updated in 2024
Price: 50% off
Out Now: PC
Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Puzzle (Collecting and Point-and-Click)
Accessibility: 23 features
Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon
Developer: Follow The Fun Dev (@FollowTheFunDev)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in I Commissioned Some Bees 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 and Keys: Can play with mouse and multiple keys.
Button Combinations
Specific button operation required to play
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).
Sensitivity
You can adjust
Adjust Mouse/Stick/Touch Sensitivity: Adjust how sensitive touch/mouse/stick controls are.
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If you want to play I Commissioned Some Bees, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Beasts of Maravilla Island (11 Controls Features)
- Unpacking (10 Controls Features)
- Hidden Folks (8 Controls Features)
- Under Leaves (7 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in I Commissioned Some Bees 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 I Commissioned Some Bees, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Harmony's Odyssey (2 Difficulty Features)
- Unpacking (2 Difficulty Features)
- Here Kitty! (1 Difficulty Feature)
Getting Started
We've documented 6 accessibility features for Getting Started in I Commissioned Some Bees 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.
No Jump Scares: No sudden loud noises or popping-up scary visuals that unexpectedly appear without warning, or the option to disable them.
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.
Assisted Progress With Hints: The game notices if you get stuck (or you can press a button) and provides information to help you progress. This can offer hints or tutorials popping up during play. This includes hints after you have died, where it can suggest strategies or difficulty settings to adjust or offer to skip past problematic levels.
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.
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If you want to play I Commissioned Some Bees, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- A Building Full of Cats (8 Getting Started Features)
- Under Leaves (7 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Reading in I Commissioned Some Bees 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.
No Reading: No reading is required, other than simple menus. The game either has no text or can communicate textual content with visuals and interactions. If reading isn't required because the text is voiced the All Dialogue is Voiced feature indicates this.
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.
Voice Acted
All Dialogue is Voice Acted (Or No Speech In Game): All of the game dialogue and narrative can be voiced, or there is no speech in the game. This means there is no requirement to read the dialogue and narrative text to play the game.
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If you want to play I Commissioned Some Bees, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Beasts of Maravilla Island (7 Reading Features)
- Luigi's Mansion 3 (5 Reading Features)
- Harmony's Odyssey (5 Reading Features)
- Where is Cat? (5 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Navigation in I Commissioned Some Bees 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
Visual Directional Cues: Additional in-game visual cues that signpost where to go next and how close you are to arriving. This can be with camera movement to focus on your destination or important items. It can use light, breadcrumb trails, in-world pointers to identify your mission's target location.
Menu Navigation
Menus Don't Wrap: Menus don't wrap and stop the cursor at the bottom of the list if you press down. Or menus do wrap but make it clear that you are back at the top of the list with sound or narration.
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If you want to play I Commissioned Some Bees, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Unpacking (5 Navigation Features)
- Luigi's Mansion 3 (4 Navigation Features)
- Luigi's Mansion 2 (4 Navigation Features)
- Beasts of Maravilla Island (4 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Visual in I Commissioned Some Bees which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.
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.
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.
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 I Commissioned Some Bees, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Harmony's Odyssey (7 Visual Features)
- Hidden Folks (6 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in I Commissioned Some Bees 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 I Commissioned Some Bees, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Harmony's Odyssey (3 Audio Features)
- Beasts of Maravilla Island (3 Audio Features)
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
