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Xbox X|SWe've documented 26 accessibility features for Korine, including Large Subtitles, Low Pressure, No Button Combos, No Repeated Pressing and No Holds. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Visual but it also has features in Getting Started, Reading, Audio and Navigation to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Korine accessibility 2 years ago.
Accessibility Notes
Vibration is used to indicate you have been hit. Also indicates if you hit the wall when dashing. Doors light up to indicate where to go next.
In general the game elements are large, although there are some collectibles that are smaller. Environmental sounds are directional but not intended to lead players in a particular direction. The game camera doesn't have a lot of movement, and you can disable effects like lens distortion to ease motion sickness.
Game Details
Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: PC
Players: 1
Genres: Action, Traversal (Adventure, Fighting, Narrative and Puzzle)
Accessibility: 26 features
Components: 2D Overhead and Cartoon
Developer: Korine Game (@KorineGame)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 7 accessibility features for Controls in Korine 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:
Multiple Buttons & Single Stick: Can play with multiple buttons and a stick.
Mouse And Keyboard
Can play with the following:
Keyboard Alone: Can play with just the keyboard.
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).
Controller Vibration
Informative Vibration: Controller vibration indicates events or interactions in the game, echoing visual and audio cues. This can provide additional information about progress, approaching enemies or hitting a target.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Korine, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Controls accessibility:
- Wytchwood (19 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Korine 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 Korine, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon (2 Difficulty Features)
- Legend Of The Skyfish (2 Difficulty Features)
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1 Difficulty Feature)
- Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (1 Difficulty Feature)
Getting Started
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Getting Started in Korine 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.
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.
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 Korine, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Wytchwood (7 Getting Started Features)
- Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon (5 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Reading in Korine 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.
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.
Subtitles
Large Clear Subtitles: Subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast. They are at least 1/20 (46 pixels on 1080 screen) the height of a landscape screen and at least 1/40 height on portrait screens, or can be adjusted to be. We base this on the full line-height, including the space above and below the letters. Considered separately from the general text of the game, the subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Korine, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (6 Reading Features)
- Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon (5 Reading Features)
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (5 Reading Features)
- The Wild At Heart (5 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Navigation in Korine 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
Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play Korine, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon (7 Navigation Features)
- Wytchwood (6 Navigation Features)
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (4 Navigation Features)
- Headland (3 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 7 accessibility features for Visual in Korine which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.
Interactive Elements
Large Game Elements: Game characters and other elements are large and distinguishable. Enemies and player characters are at least 1/6 of the height of the screen. Or there is a zoom feature to make them larger.
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.
Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.
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.
Audio
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Audio in Korine 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.
Audio Events
Visual Cues for Audio Events: Text or other visual indicators of audio events. This mirrors audio indicators of progress in the game with a corresponding visual indication.
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 Korine, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Audio accessibility:
- Weaving Tides (4 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 Andy Robertson
