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Xbox X|SWe've documented 19 accessibility features for Tearaway Unfolded, including Fully Voiced (Or No Speech), Large Subtitles, Low Pressure, No Button Combos and No Repeated Pressing. Its accessibility is strongest in Reading and Controls but it also has features in Getting Started, Visual, Navigation and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Tearaway Unfolded accessibility 7 months ago.
Accessibility Notes
Some individual moments require fairly quick reactions and timing of jumps and movement to get across moving objects in time, but generally, the game is low-pressure.
Text in menus and tutorial sections is high in contrast, but can be small. Subtitles, however, are both large and high in contrast.
Although in general it's clear where to go, there are some instances where this isn't the case, and the lack of any map or navigational assists means you can occasionally get lost.
There are some background/foreground effects that can distract from the action, such as paper flying across the screen. There is also occasional screen shake, although this is fairly subtle.
Game Details
Release Date: 22/11/2013, updated in 2015
Out Now: PS Vita and PS4
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Adventure, Traversal (Creative, Narrative and Platform)
Accessibility: 19 features
Components: 3D Third-Person and Hand-Made
Developer: Media Molecule (@MediaMolecule)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in Tearaway Unfolded 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.
Motion
Games that can be played with different sorts of motion controllers.
Motion Tilting: Can use movements of the controller to replace steering or simple movement otherwise controlled by left/right movement of a stick.
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 Tearaway Unfolded, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Paper Trail (13 Controls Features)
- Tchia (11 Controls Features)
- Dreams (10 Controls Features)
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (9 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Tearaway Unfolded 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 Tearaway Unfolded, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Rainbow Billy (3 Difficulty Features)
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2 Difficulty Features)
- Kirby's Epic Yarn (2 Difficulty Features)
- Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Getting Started in Tearaway Unfolded 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.
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.
Assistance For Progressing
These features aid your progress through the game offering different ways of maintaining your progression.
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 Tearaway Unfolded, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Paper Trail (8 Getting Started Features)
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land (7 Getting Started Features)
- Tchia (7 Getting Started Features)
- Rainbow Billy (6 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Reading in Tearaway Unfolded 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
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.
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 Tearaway Unfolded, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Paper Trail (7 Reading Features)
- New Super Lucky's Tale (7 Reading Features)
- The Gunk (6 Reading Features)
- It Takes Two (6 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Navigation in Tearaway Unfolded 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 Tearaway Unfolded, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Ruffy and the Riverside (6 Navigation Features)
- Lost in Random (6 Navigation Features)
- Tchia (5 Navigation Features)
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (5 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Visual in Tearaway Unfolded 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 Tearaway Unfolded, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- A Tiny Sticker Tale (7 Visual Features)
- Tchia (7 Visual Features)
- Rainbow Billy (6 Visual Features)
- Weaving Tides (6 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Tearaway Unfolded 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 Tearaway Unfolded, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Weaving Tides (4 Audio Features)
- Paper Trail (3 Audio Features)
- Teacup (3 Audio Features)
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits (3 Audio Features)
System Accessibility Settings
In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 has a range of accessibility settings. Some are system only, some work in games (invert colours and button mapping).
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Ben Kendall
