Some of these would have introduced puzzles in the game that would have required users to expertly time a jump, or have to perform an action or series of actions at a certain moment. It’s no secret that environmental control becomes a large part of the player’s toolkit, and at various points in development we have thrown in and out other powers.
XING includes many game mechanics that involve moving large objects around in order to clear a path for yourself. One of the muddier topics has been that of the go-at-your-own-pace rule. Temporal Accessibility Many of the accessibility solutions are clear, easy to ascertain answers. If there is a puzzle that has some musical or audio component, there is always a visual or symbolic way to solve the puzzle too.Ī piece of a story told through poetry that you pick up in the game. Any other piece of information that is conveyed through text is shown visually instead of through audio. We have a wonderful cast of voice actors read each poem aloud as you discover them, but the text is still available visually in the game world. Text & Audio The story of XING is told through poetry scattered about the various worlds the player travels to. In the above example you can see how important glowing and shape recognition is. Effort has gone into making a diverse and satisfying palette of colors for the effects and symbols of various game mechanics however, distinguishing those colors is not necessary for solving puzzles thanks to use of symbols and other clues. In regards to color blindness, no puzzle or mechanic relies strictly on color. With XING we have made careful consideration of styling game mechanics such that they are visually distinct from the environments but retain a feeling of belonging in the game world. The mechanics the player needs to interact with will often have vibrant color and lighting that sticks out from the duller background elements. Portal introduces new mechanics to the player and teaches them how to play in famously successful ways, and color choices are a huge reason why. One edifying source for color choice is the game Portal, of which playing was assigned as homework to the team of White Lotus Interactive while we were students in Level Design 1 at Chapman University. Color During development, we have had likely somewhere near a few hundred conversations about color choices.
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