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Inua - A Story in Ice and Time Accessibility ReportWe've documented 14 accessibility features for Inua - A Story in Ice and Time, including Low Pressure, No Quick Reactions, No Button Combos, No Repeated Pressing and Play Without Hearing. Its accessibility is strongest in Reading and Controls but it also has features in Getting Started, Visual 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, Ben Kendall, first checked Inua - A Story in Ice and Time accessibility 22 months ago.
Accessibility Notes
There is no time pressure on any actions, and the game progresses at your own pace due to its point-and-click nature, where your actions are the only thing that makes the game move forward.
While the text is high contrast, and parts of it are large, there are some sections where it is quite small and subsequently quite difficult to read.
At any given time, everything you can click on will always be visible on the screen, and each character has a bright dot over their head, but objects and areas where you find memories and thoughts are often well-hidden. While the game is mostly static, there are sometimes movements, such as the rocking of a ship, that could be disorientating. There is also a quite severe chromatic aberration effect.
As all the game's information is conveyed visually (or textually), there is no need for sound to play the game.
Game Details
Release Date: 10/02/2022
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, Switch and iOS
Content Rating: PEGI 12
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Adventure, Communication (Narrative, Point-and-Click, Puzzle, Role-Play and Sequencing)
Accessibility: 14 features
Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon
Developer: The Pixel Hunt (@ThePixelHunt)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Controls in Inua - A Story in Ice and Time 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.
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).
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Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Inua - A Story in Ice and Time 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 Inua - A Story in Ice and Time, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
Getting Started
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Getting Started in Inua - A Story in Ice and Time 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.
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Reading
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Reading in Inua - A Story in Ice and Time 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
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: Textual captions indicate who is speaking (or there is only ever one person speaking). This can also be indicated visually in the game with character icons or placing text in speech bubbles next to the person speaking.
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Navigation
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Navigation in Inua - A Story in Ice and Time 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 Inua - A Story in Ice and Time, and offer accessibility features for Navigation:
Visual
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Visual in Inua - A Story in Ice and Time 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 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.
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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Audio
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Inua - A Story in Ice and Time 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.
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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:
Android
Android has accessibility settings including ways to navigate and interact, although not all games support this.
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.
iOS
iOS has a very extensive suite of accessibility settings including ways to navigate with voice and comprehensive screen reading, though most of the features don't work with games.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Ben Kendall
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