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Xbox X|SWe've documented 22 accessibility features for Water Me Please!, including Fully Voiced (Or No Speech), Low Pressure, No Quick Reactions, Select Difficulty and No Button Combos. Its accessibility is strongest in Visual and Controls but it also has features in Getting Started, Reading, Difficulty, Navigation and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Water Me Please! accessibility a year ago.
Accessibility Notes
The contrast between important elements in the stages is good, although some non-essential text and UI elements in menus are of poorer contrast.
In the settings menu, you can mute the music and SFX separately but cannot adjust their volumes granularly.
Game Details
Release Date: 17/02/2016, updated in 2016
Out Now: Amazon Fire, Android and iOS
Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Puzzle and Sequencing
Accessibility: 22 features
Components: 2D Overhead and Grid
Developer: Kira Games (@KiraGames)
Costs: Free. In-Game Purchases, In-Game Pass and Advertising
Controls
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in Water Me Please! which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.
Touchscreen
Can play with the following. Additional gestures may be required for games played with a screenreader like VoiceOver.
One Motion Targeted: Can play with touchscreen, tap and swipe or hold gesture.
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).
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If you want to play Water Me Please!, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Paquerette Down the Bunburrows (15 Controls Features)
- Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure (9 Controls Features)
- Tents And Trees (9 Controls Features)
- Patrick's Parabox (9 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Difficulty in Water Me Please! 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.
Difficulty Options
Select Difficulty: Select the level of difficulty from a range of presets. This not only offers a way to adjust the challenge of a game but enables you to do so without dealing with individual criteria.
Adjust After Setting
Adjustable Between Levels: You can adjust the difficulty between levels/rounds. Although you have to restart your checkpoint or level, this enables you to adjust the difficulty after selecting it at the beginning of the game.
Getting Started
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Getting Started in Water Me Please! 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.
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 Water Me Please!, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Tents And Trees (9 Getting Started Features)
- Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure (8 Getting Started Features)
- Paquerette Down the Bunburrows (8 Getting Started Features)
- Patrick's Parabox (7 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Reading in Water Me Please! 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.
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 Water Me Please!, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Pight (5 Reading Features)
- Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure (5 Reading Features)
- Paquerette Down the Bunburrows (5 Reading Features)
- Bleep Bloop (5 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Navigation in Water Me Please! 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
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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play Water Me Please!, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure (5 Navigation Features)
- Ploppy Pairs (5 Navigation Features)
- Carto (5 Navigation Features)
- Paquerette Down the Bunburrows (4 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 6 accessibility features for Visual in Water Me Please! 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.
Visual Distractions
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.
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 Water Me Please!, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Ploppy Pairs (10 Visual Features)
- Subwords (9 Visual Features)
- Paquerette Down the Bunburrows (8 Visual Features)
- Carto (8 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Water Me Please! 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 Water Me Please!, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Carto (4 Audio Features)
- Paquerette Down the Bunburrows (3 Audio Features)
- Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure (2 Audio Features)
- Tents And Trees (2 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 Ben Kendall
