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11.7.20

A complete list of android accessible games for blind and visually impaired | Part 4


Today I'm going to share a complete list of Android accessible games for the blind and visually impaired players. This is part 4 of this series. you may also like part 1, part 2 or part 3. Accessible games are specially designed for the people with disabilities, fully supported with screen readers or games are equipped with their own accessibility features.
Unlike video games, accessible games use sounds or text labels for different actions, events, objects and game controls. Following is a complete list of accessible games to play with your Android device.

Choice of the petal throne

Designed by Choice of games LLC, Choice of the petal throne is an interactive fictional novel written by Danielle Goudeau where your choices control the story. You play the role of a captain in one of the armies of tsolyani empire whose princes and princesses are vying for their father’s throne and thereby waging  the civil war in the kingdom. You can choose your gender and play as a brave forthright soldier, a self-indulgent intriguer or a devious double agent.
Use multiple weapons against your rivals from sword-craft to strategy and sorcery. Tons of choices to make! This is a complete text-based game without graphics and sounds completely compatible with screen readers.

Creature such as we

Creature such as we is another role-playing/interactive novel authored by Leigh Alexander and designed by Choice of games LLC. The game was awarded with second place in 20th annual interactive fiction competition. It is all about romance, video games, nature of the art and life on moon. Like other interactive novels, you can play as a male/female or choose to be romantic or stick to your professionalism.
The game is completely text-based without sounds and graphics with complete screen reader support. Enjoy living on the moon alone and don’t be afraid!

D&D style medieval RPG (choice game)

D&D medieval RPG is a series of text-based interactive stories by Delight games. Play a wizard, a succubus, a ranger and a rogue in this game. There are hundreds of achievements to uncover and ability to go back on your choices out of suspense. Your choices will control your stats and bad stats can cause instant death.
The game is equipped with all the features of a good interactive game such as gender inclusiveness, romance, suspense, war, a lot of choices and screen reader support.

Dark unknown planet

Designed by better.apps, dark unknown planet is an interactive text adventure game originally written by barrie Eaton in 1987. Your goal is to survive on a dark unknown planet where your ship was crashed and your fuel tank has been ruptured and empty. Repair your tank, find fuel and fresh water to escape this planet. The game has graphical inventory system and automap to track your location.
There are two styles to play: play the game just by tapping the screen or play by using keyboard. Also, you can use gestures to navigate through the map. The game has several accessibility features for blind and visually impaired players including speech input to issue commands, ability to read text aloud  and font adjustments.

Detective’s choice

Written by William miller, Detective’s choice is another choice-based interactive game by Delight games where You play the role of a detective named Jack Jericho but you are not a normal defective investigating routine affairs. You have to inspect psycho-killers, the mob and the sorcerers. Your goal is to survive the dangers, collect the money and satisfy your detective nature.
Achieve high/rank by making the reasonable choices. Screen readers are completely supported fulfilling the diverse needs of persons with disabilities.

Dice in dark

Dice in dark is an open source project currently available in beta version. It is a tiny nice dice rolling game with the text to speech support for the blind and vision impaired. Simply select the dice by using left or right gestures, shake the phone to roll and results will be read out. You can increase the number of dice in a roll by scrolling up. Available dice are D4, D6, D8, D10, D12, D20 and D100.

Dice world – 6 fun dice games

Dice world is a package of six dice games including Markle, Yatzy, Threes, 1-4-24, Balut and Pig. You can play this game with anyone, anytime and anywhere around the world. It supports multiple styles of gameplay: single player mode, play against funny computer players, random opponents, friends or play in tournament mode. Also, you can play multiple games against more than one player at a time.
Dice world comes with many different user-friendly options and features such as tern-based gameplay, detailed help for each game, online score/leaderboards, chat during gameplay with audio option, track your opponent’s country/state and finally 100 percent talkback accessible!

DroidFlip

DroidFlip is a completely audio-based game without graphics and text labels. It has very simple gameplay, just listen the instructions carefully and follow them as quickly as possible without a single mistake. If you are too slow or perform one move incorrectly, your game will be over. As you progress through the game, the speed will get increase and game become more challenging.
Interesting game’s features include, CD quality sound effects, Unlimited gameplay, no ads or in-app purchases and suitable for both adults and children. Using headphones during gameplay provides you much better experience.

Engkwentro

Develop by Khid Zalameda, Engkwentro is one of the games especially designed for blind and visually impaired gamers but can be enjoyed by those who want to have auditory experience of entertainment. The story revolves around a blind man whose wife has been taken by a creature of darkness. despite of his blindness, the man struggles to save his wife from this evil creature. Could you fight for your love? If yes, this game is for you. enjoy!

Fear

Feer is a horror game equally enjoyable for both sighted and non-sighted players. Winner of several awards, Feer provides you with a stunning experience while running in between zombies and fairies. Your job is to kill the zombies but save the fairies, otherwise you become blind and run in the dark. According to the developer, “only those with the best ears can survive in this dark world or can save the fairies life”
The exciting features of the game include, multiple weapons to shoot the zombies, boosts to increase your speed and light, shield for your protection, online score/leaderboard and screen reader support, yes, the game is completely accessible with the screen readers.
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