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Xbox X|SWe've documented 24 accessibility features for Night Skate, including Fully Voiced (Or No Speech), Low Pressure, No Button Combos, 1 Button and One Tap Anywhere. Its accessibility is strongest in Visual and Getting Started but it also has features in Controls, Navigation, Reading and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Night Skate accessibility 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 2 years ago.
Accessibility Notes
Because the game is one button, you don't need to check the controls. To start the game you need a targeted tap and on gamepad would use the stick. During play it's just one button or one tap anywhere on the screen.
Progress is recorded each time you fail a level. In this way the game offers frequent checkpoints.
The default mode is quite good contrast and you can switch to "Good Night" which has been designed to offer high contrast play. It highlights any interactive elements in bright yellow, including your character's board.
Game Details
Release Date: 25/02/2022
Out Now: Android and iOS
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Rhythm, Traversal (Platform and Simulation)
Accessibility: 24 features
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Developer: Odd Animal Games (@OddAnimalGames)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in Night Skate 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: Can play with a single button.
Touchscreen
Can play with the following. Additional gestures may be required for games played with a screenreader like VoiceOver.
One Tap Anywhere: Can play with touchscreen, tap anywhere.
Button Combinations
Specific button operation required to play
No Simultaneous Buttons: Only one button or key required at a time, in addition to direction stick(s).
Controller Vibration
Vibration Optional: Controller vibration not used in the game or you can disable it.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Night Skate, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Advent Neon (7 Controls Features)
- OCO (7 Controls Features)
- Exoracer (6 Controls Features)
- Shadow Frog (6 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Night Skate 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 Night Skate, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Advent Neon (2 Difficulty Features)
- Doodle Jump (2 Difficulty Features)
- Geometry Dash (1 Difficulty Feature)
- Bubbles The Cat (1 Difficulty Feature)
Getting Started
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Getting Started in Night Skate 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.
Practice Area: You can practice freely without opponents or time pressures. This can be a specific practice option, or the ability to play levels with the easiest opponents to improve understanding and skill.
View Control Mapping: You can view a map of controls during play. This clearly displays the mappings of actions to buttons/keys/mouse/keyboard without having to leave the game. This includes games that always display buttons to press during play.
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 Night Skate, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Getting Started accessibility:
- Advent Neon (8 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Reading in Night Skate 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
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Night Skate, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- HarmoKnight (6 Reading Features)
- Pyro Jump Rescue (5 Reading Features)
- Help! I'm Haunted (5 Reading Features)
- Temple Run 2 (4 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Navigation in Night Skate 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.
Menu Navigation
Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.
Digital Menu Navigation: Menu choices with Gamepad can be made without using an analogue stick to guide a cursor to a selection. For example, using D-Pad, buttons or the Stick to change menu selection in a single action.
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.
Visual
We've documented 7 accessibility features for Visual in Night Skate 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
High Contrast: There is high contrast between elements that need to be distinguished from each other, such as characters, interactive objects and game environment, either by default or a high contrast mode. This is different to a slider that increases contrast or brightness between light and dark.
Interactive Elements
Outline Interactive Elements: Characters, platforms and enemies can be outlined or highlighted for visibility. This can be with a large border around the character or a special visual mode that adjust the colour to make characters more visible.
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.
Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.
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.
Audio
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in Night Skate 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 Night Skate, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- HarmoKnight (3 Audio Features)
- Vectronom (3 Audio Features)
- Jetpack Joyride (3 Audio Features)
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.
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 Andy Robertson
