Release date: 2025/08/14
First off, we'd like to give a huge shout out to our closed accessibility branch testers. Their feedback and suggestions were invaluable. Most of our testers were able to finish the content currently available in Story Mode without sighted assistance. With that said however, there are some limitations that we hope to address in the Early Access period.
The feature might function on MacOS, but may not follow system VoiceOver settings. It does not work on Linux at all.
Rhythm Doctor runs in the Unity game engine. Due to how Unity handles UI information, we can't add "true" screenreader support that would work like a webpage or native application. Instead, we use a plugin that recreates functionality similar to a screenreader from scratch.
Unfortunately, aside from Windows SAPI and MacOS VoiceOver, the plugin only supports the NVDA screenreader on Windows through the NVDA controller client. Some features of NVDA might not work inside Rhythm Doctor, and other popular screenreaders such as JAWS, Zhengdu, and Sense Reader are not supported.
Much of our storytelling is done through the art and animations. We've tried to make them more accessible by writing scene descriptions, but we still have more work to do! Currently only the main levels of the story (known as the "day-shift" levels) are described. Descriptions for optional challenge levels (known as the "night-shift" levels), collaborations, and other bonus levels will come at a later date.