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Xbox X|SWe've documented 19 accessibility features for Smushi Come Home, including Large Subtitles, Guaranteed Progress, Low Pressure, No Quick Reactions and No Button Combos. Its accessibility is strongest in Getting Started and Controls but it also has features in Reading, Visual, Navigation and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Smushi Come Home accessibility 11 weeks ago. It was re-examined by Ben Kendall and updated 11 weeks ago.
Accessibility Notes
Text in the game is generally large and high in contrast, although some text in menus and your journal can be smaller. Button prompts and tutorial text has no background so can be low in contrast depending on your current environment. Subtitles are always large and high in contrast. The pixellated font used throughout the game may be difficult to read for some players, and some text is animated for effect. Some characters you meet on your journey give you useful hints about what to do next.
Each area of the game is fairly small, but it is still possible to get lost from time to time.
At one point in the game, you need to use explosives to clear a path forward, which results in an extremely minor screen shake.
Game Details
Release Date: 10/06/2023
Out Now: Mac, PC and Switch
Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Adventure, Platform and Traversal
Accessibility: 19 features
Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon and Open World
Developer: Some Humble Onion (@SomeHumbleOnion)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in Smushi Come Home 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 & Two Sticks: Can play with multiple buttons and two sticks.
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).
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Smushi Come Home, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- The Gecko Gods (13 Controls Features)
- Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island (9 Controls Features)
- Lil Gator Game (8 Controls Features)
- Paradise Marsh (8 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Smushi Come Home 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 Smushi Come Home, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Time on Frog Island (1 Difficulty Feature)
Getting Started
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Getting Started in Smushi Come Home 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.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Smushi Come Home, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Feather (8 Getting Started Features)
- Mail Time (7 Getting Started Features)
- Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island (6 Getting Started Features)
- Alba: A Wildlife Adventure (6 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Reading in Smushi Come Home 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 Smushi Come Home, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Lil Gator Game (6 Reading Features)
- The Gecko Gods (6 Reading Features)
- Sneaky Sasquatch (6 Reading Features)
- Mail Time (5 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Navigation in Smushi Come Home which deals 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.
Menu Navigation
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play Smushi Come Home, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Sable (7 Navigation Features)
- Ruffy and the Riverside (6 Navigation Features)
- My Time At Portia (6 Navigation Features)
- Paradise Marsh (5 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Visual in Smushi Come Home 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.
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.
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play Smushi Come Home, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island (7 Visual Features)
- A Hat in Time (7 Visual Features)
- Sable (7 Visual Features)
- The Gecko Gods (6 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Smushi Come Home 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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio
If you want to play Smushi Come Home, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island (3 Audio Features)
- Lil Gator Game (3 Audio Features)
- Paradise Marsh (3 Audio Features)
- Alba: A Wildlife Adventure (3 Audio Features)
System Accessibility Settings
In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:
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.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Ben Kendall
