Seeking Feedback on Timecrest: The Door

I'm having no problems with the app with Voiceover. I wish there were more than 2 options at a time though and the character you're helping does get some getting used to. Maybe an option to pause music would help in reading the messages.

After playing the game for a while, I have some suggesttions. First, perhaps send text to voiceover saying, for example, (character) is writing a message. This text will be spoken and show in braille through Voiceover. Next, add a slider control to change the volume of the music. I personally would love to play the game with speech, or braille if the next item is done well, but also have the music in the background. Next, perhaps have the choice just made, near the top of the screen, then directly below it, the output that (character) sends. I've not gotten far enough to know if Ash is the only communicable NPC, so (character) it is, lol. Also, if you wanna wade into shifty waters, you could create a custom "rotor" menu for voiceover. The "rotor," accessed by twisting two fingers on the screen, is how voiceover users access different options, such as reading the currently focused element by character, word, or to change voiceover options. In iOS10, Apple has allowed developers to make new rotor menus. you could, for example, make one to move directly to the output, by the user swiping down, think pressing down arrow on the keyboard. Then, with another swipe down, the user could move directly to the list of choices. I realize that iOS10 will not be out for months, but that's just another option. One more that I can think of is to automatically have Voiceover read, by sending text to it, the output after the user makes a choice. Once done, voiceover could then be moved to the choices section. The problem with that, though, is that reading messages sent directly to voiceover is often a pain for braille users, the longer the message is. So, I'd probably just stick to the regular user interface, and only send text to Voiceover itself if (character) is writing, or when something else very important happens. Sending things to voiceover is almost like a large bright message popping up on the screen, obscuring everything else, but lasting ... 1.5 seconds as the default in braille settings, lol. So use that sparingly. For an example, try using the messages app with voiceover. the "butty is typing," "message received, (message text)," are examples of what is fine for text sent to voiceover. Thanks for reading this rambling mess, I hope it helps somewhat, and isn't too confusing.

Make the map accessible for voiceover.
for example make the description of the map or places.

@Cowbunny first, I'd like to commend and express my thanks on you taking interest in trying to make your game fully accessible to VoiceOver users.
I haven't really tried the game yet so don't have any feedback, but I'll fix that soon!
:)
Thank you again for taking steps to make your game accessible, we can never have enough developers like you!

I just started playing the game a few days ago. As far as buttons are concerned, as a previous poster indicated, they should be more appropriately labeled. The only other thing that I find a minor annoyance is having to do a single finger swipe back and forth waiting for the next piece of the message from Ash to appear. Otherwise, I like the game.

I also want to add my appreciation to you the developer for caring about the visually impaired community. Hopefully you have more games in the works. Can't wait.

While true that some buttons are slightly weirdly labeled, it isn't too hard to figure out what most of them are meant to do, except for the back button and the buttons to buy gold and time cristalls. The only thing that I find makes the app hard to use is the music volume, which drowns out voiceover even when voiceover is at the maximum volume setting.

Double tap the less-than button, then double tap the settings icon button. Now swipe right until you find music. The switch button will be on, so just double tap the switch button to toggle the music off.

I second/third ensuring the Back button and the buttons to buy gold/time crystals are more clearly labelled.

Also some sort of text next to the count of gold/time crystals to indicate what they are - currently you just hear numbers read out. After playing for a little while I was able to figure out what these numbers meant, though it'd be helpful for the future.

As far as the music is concerned, I had to have my sighted husband help me in turning it off - I had a hard time finding the Settings and opening it to find the switch to turn off the music. I can't recall the exact issue I had with Settings - perhaps it didn't show up properly as actionable? It has been a few days and I haven't gone back to Settings since I got the music turned off.

Also - is it possible to ensure that Voice Over only focuses on the 'buy gold' or 'buy time crystal' windows when they are open? I seem to recall that the rest of the stuff underneath it could still be read, so it added to the confusion initially on what the unlabelled buttons did. I think this also happens on the "Relationships" tab when double tapping on a name of one of the characters to read a bio, etc.

These can all be worked around and the game is very fun - just need to fix a few rough edges to make it even better to play. :)

First of all, I love this game. I think that the only accessibility bugs are the back button, the plus buttons for time crystals, and the maps. The rest of the app seems to be fully accessibility.

I not only use voice over, but I also use the inverted colors. Is it possible to include a toggle for the background color? As I often have the colors inverted the background becomes too bright in the game for me as does Siri when I use her. Think I need to go leave a message for Apple.
Elsewise, I have been enjoying the game so far. So besides that toggle in the buttons everything else does seem pretty good. I have not made it to any maps yet though. It is excellent to see a developer actively interested in our opinions and viewpoints. Great job! Think of the flood of excellent ratings you should get.

Turf Wars has a very accessible map experience.

I also extremely enjoy Celtic Tribes (and Lords and Knights - same developer). They also have map functionality that is accessible, as well as very easy/intuitive navigation and movement between windows. They are also great examples of bridging between a good visual experience and a non-visual one, as well.

I'll have to brainstorm on other games that may be good examples, though those 2 jumped out at me as they have map features.

Hi,

I just wanted to say that I've been playing the game on Apple Watch, and so far haven't encountered any accessibility issues at all.

It is slightly tedious to move to the different tabs by using the page picker feature, and it would be good if this could be done using the standard two finger swipe left ande right. If that is supposed to work, I haven't managed to get it to work yet.

I also appreciate the ability to jump into the game from the notifications that appear. I played The martian, which is a very similar process,, and this one is definitely an improvement on that.

I was going to suggest having VoiceOver automatically speak the responses from the characters, but hadn't appreciated the impact this would have on braille users, so I can live without that. Or perhaps, make that a toggled feature, so that braille users can turn it off? A bit like the auto-scroll option in the Apple Watch version.

Thanks for your interest and an entertaining game.

King of dragon pass comes to mind as another game that is fully accessible and having a map. Although, have you considered just describing the map textually? I haven't reached the map so sorry if that doesn't work(.
Also may I suggest just throwing in an option to adjust music volume at least for now, so we can still use the app without missing out on the music?

I love this game!I haven't gotten notifications even when I turned them on.

Do not care to much having to wait for the main character to complete a task. I started it yesterday and still going. Also voiceover does not read well what he saids.

Hi Maria,
You will only get notified unless it saevers you haven't come back to the game for a while, like a few hours or a couple of minutes, that is when you get notified.

Wow! This will be a nice change as many places in Voiceover useage on the iPhone we see meters instead of minutes. Thanks for such attention to a small detail.

I really like the game so far. I have a suggestion. Can VoiceOver read the characters message automatically?

I gotta say, the new update is pretty awesome. Thanks allot.

The update is great!! I do have a suggestion the days when you get paid and can get a new transporter thing it would make sence if they ran off of Ash's time since these are things in his world. Just a thought.

I don't think that my music player is working properly. When I buy a song it doesn't play

And, is your other app accessible to? If it is, I would really like to try it

I love how the buttons are properly labeled and everything to where I am is understandable. I have one question though. I have a few time crystals and I try to exchange the gold to get more but nothing was happening. I don't know if I have to use out the crystals then exchange. someone clarify. thanks a lot.

You have it backwards you can trade 50 time crystals for 150 gold.

but when I tapped on it nothing was happening I only had a few crystals remaining and I wanted to get more. So may I have to wait till all is finished and then I might be able to trade the gold for the crystals.

Hi,
I haven't gotten that far in Timecrest, fated connections. So is Tmecrest: the Door a sequel in an update added on?
Also, where did you come up with the idea of tweeting to characters?
Will Ash be the only one who actually sends me messages? I'm just curious, I'm only on Chapter 3, so I might not know.

The door can be unlocked after part 1. In the next part you will start receiving mysterious messages. They are quite creepy.

Thanks for the explanation about the gold and the crystals.

Thanks for making it clearer now. I can't wait to progress more once my wait timer is over.
I'm even more excited to play more.

Anyone know what a muffy is? Is it like a monkey or something else?

What are the physical differences between humans and Alyncians (aka skin color, hair color, body build etc). If it doesn't spoil the story, what do Riley, Roger, Elise, and A.C. Look like? And Ash.

Thanks for the description! I too would like to know what the characters look like. Also how old is Ash supposed to be?

Was Ash meant to be male or female? It's kinda hard to tell, sounds like a girl name to me, also kinda sounds like a boy name.

Ash is male I agree that it sounds like a girls name but he is male. I do not want to say anything that will spoil this, but as you play on you will see.

I'm fine how it is now but will be alright either way. It’s interesting that Chronos sounds differently but I think I will forever compare him to Cronus from Greek mythology as their names sound similar to me.

I like that idea, because I often wonder how things are supposed to be pronounced in the game