Can't currentlly play BAD with Direct touch on iOS 17.3, so why?

Hello,
Everytime I launch BAD on the iPhone 11 I have, I can't really get into it/direct touch is in the way. I'm trying to play as a visually impaired user and to turn on accessibility mode. however, everytime I try doing this, my notifications and all sorts of iPhone stuff comes up, and it appears that BAD doesn't respond but is still open. this is frustrating, so is it a bug?