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Xbox X|SWe've documented 22 accessibility features for Unworded, including Guaranteed Progress, Low Pressure, No Quick Reactions, No Button Combos and No Repeated Pressing. Its accessibility is strongest in Visual and Getting Started but it also has features in Controls, Reading, Navigation, Audio and Communication 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, Angela Hickman Newnham, first checked Unworded accessibility 24 months ago.
Accessibility Notes
The text is all high contrast, but a little small. The puzzle piece letters come in a variety of sizes and have already been adjusted to the necessary size and rotated for the puzzle.
If you stop in the middle of a book, you will be able to restart at the nearest chapter (usually the puzzle you left at) but it will be reset.
Game Details
Release Date: 17/11/2000, updated in 2017
Out Now: Android, PC and iOS
Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Puzzle (Brain Game, Communication and Narrative)
Accessibility: 22 features
Components: 2D Side-On
Developer: Bento Studio (@Bento_Studio)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in Unworded 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).
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 Unworded, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- A Little To The Left (13 Controls Features)
- Windosill (8 Controls Features)
- Lost Words: Beyond the Page (6 Controls Features)
- Otteretto (5 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Unworded 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 Unworded, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:
- Nanotale - Typing Chronicles (3 Difficulty Features)
- Subwords (1 Difficulty Feature)
Getting Started
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Getting Started in Unworded 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.
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.
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.
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 Unworded, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Otteretto (8 Getting Started Features)
- Windosill (7 Getting Started Features)
- Zip Zap (7 Getting Started Features)
- A Little To The Left (7 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Reading in Unworded 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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Unworded, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Nanotale - Typing Chronicles (7 Reading Features)
- LOK Digital (5 Reading Features)
- Windosill (5 Reading Features)
- Zip Zap (5 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Navigation in Unworded 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 Unworded, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Zip Zap (3 Navigation Features)
- Nanotale - Typing Chronicles (3 Navigation Features)
- LOK Digital (2 Navigation Features)
- Lost Words: Beyond the Page (2 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 7 accessibility features for Visual in Unworded 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
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 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.
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 Unworded, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Subwords (9 Visual Features)
- LOK Digital (8 Visual Features)
- Otteretto (8 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Unworded 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 Unworded, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- A Little To The Left (3 Audio Features)
- Lost Words: Beyond the Page (3 Audio Features)
- LOK Digital (2 Audio Features)
- Otteretto (2 Audio Features)
Communication
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Communication in Unworded which deals with how you can communicate with other players in the game and what options are available to customise and control this interaction.
Player-to-Player Online Communication
This is how players communicate with each other in online games. This can be to plan strategy, chat as they play or co-ordinate resources.
No Online Chat (Or Preset Phrases Only): Game is played online but no verbal or textual player communication. This includes games that offer no communication or communication with word-less icons, sounds or preset phrases.
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.
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 Angela Hickman Newnham
