I am seeking suggestions for games which are completely accessible with braille displays and suitable for my clients who are deaf-blind. The games I have come across so far provide feedback with sound. This will not work for my clients who cannot hear or see at all. One client in particular is looking for word games. I am very grateful for any suggestions you could offer! Thank you.
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I'd look into games that can…
I'd look into games that can be played in a terminal environment. Use the Frotz add-on on Windows which will let you play a variety of text-based games. You may have some success with Voiceover and the braille display, games I've enjoyed on there are King of Dragon Pass (admittedly pretty complicated) and A Dark Room, but there are more conventional games as well, look on here or on audiogames.net (not all games there are audio).
I'd look into games that can…
I'd look into games that can be played in a terminal environment. Use the Frotz add-on on Windows which will let you play a variety of text-based games. You may have some success with Voiceover and the braille display, games I've enjoyed on there are King of Dragon Pass (admittedly pretty complicated) and A Dark Room, but there are more conventional games as well, look on here or on audiogames.net (not all games there are audio).
DB Accessible Games
THough I'm able to hear at this time, I do enjoy games that can be played using a Braille display paired with an iPHone, especially in the car. Here are some that come to mind. All of these work well using only Braille and no speech or other audio feedback.
Word games:
7 Little Words and 7 Little Words Express.
Ordet.
CLever Clues.
Word Warp.
IAssociate 2.
Text Adventure and story-based games:
Frotz.
All games by Zarfhome, such as Shade, Dreamhold, Haedan Lands, etc.
Land of Livia.
A Dark ROom.
The Ensign.
Knight COmmander.
Evelyn's Farm.
Home Quest.
Path of Adventure.
Planet Life.
Seedship.
Nano Empire.
A Few Minutes of Glory.
Numbers, Cards, Dice, etc:
Dice World!
Pyramid13.
Numbers from ROot38.
Cards Alone.
Cribbage Pro.
Blackjack from the developers of Dice World!
I'll post more as I think of them. THere are several I need to test to see how well they work with Braille. Also, there are a lot of games out there that can be played by using a Braille display with one hand and the touchscreen with the other. A few examples of those are Crosswords from Standalone, Block Number and Wordundrum.
Please let me know if you have any questions about these games.
Thank you!
Skhye has provided a good list! There are several I have not tried, so will have to. Thank you!
I think Alter Ego is still available as well. I've played that with a braille display and didn't have any issues at all. I'm not a speech user, but also not a big gamer. The only game I play daily is Dice World.
Do wordgames still work with Braille display?
Hello,
I found this discuss. I tried to download all of wordgames to my Iphone 12, but I couldn't play they with my Braille display. What settings I should do, so they could work with a Braille display? In addition, what different games based vibrating are available in Apple Iphone? For example in Android device are available th
game of Catch (blind and deaf). I tested it last weekend. The game is based to vibrating. I'm deafblind and I'm full time Braille display user and I don't hear anything.
Infocom games
Any of the games by Infocom should be quite usable.
I don't know where to purchase them nowadays. They used to be available as a collection on CD-ROM.
There is also an interactive fiction community that, to the best of my knowledge, continues to produce new works.
Word game, no time limits, useable with braille display
I'm not a speech user either. I have found that Letteronic, I think it's called Accessible Letteronic, in the app store. That time limit can be turned off, there is feedback with sound, BUT, there are special settings for Braille displays, so the sound is not needed. I can play it COMPLETELY in braille. It's like Wordle, where you solve a word in six guesses. It's 99 cents, but I like it.
7 little words become several sware words
Well, for me anyway. They broke support for braille about a year ago now I believe. They are using that stupid platform that works with Android and iOS which is only useable with braille if the developer uses the accessibility plug in from Apple. Last I knew, that hadn't happened with this game.
SubWords, Clever Clues
I've been playing clever clues for a while, but it became my go to when 7 little words went bad. I'm so cross with the developers! They could have very easily set up a legacy version or something.
The other one I looked into today is SubWords, which feels a bit like 7 little words. If I find any more I'll post them here.