Papers, Please

I have been wanting to check out this game forever. What’s more exciting than working the border and telling people who aren’t allowed in to bugger off? That’s pretty much the basis of Papers, Please. You check passports and paperwork to allow people into Arstotzka. You need to earn enough money to support your family, but all that info does no good if we can’t play it. So, how’s its accessibility?

Windowed Mode, Please

I can’t explain how excited I was to see this. Papers, Please launch screen where you can launch it in windowed mode. That’s right, you can get windowed mode before you even open the game! Thank you, developers! Windowed mode is borderless, so you can access your desktop with ease. My Windows‘ on-screen keyboard was a click away, but honestly wasn’t needed in this Accessibility First Look. So far, the game is pretty point and click. I haven’t found a way to control gameplay with the keyboard alone, but I will keep trying, and will definitely report back if a solution is found. Colorblind mode is also nowhere to be found.

Pleasant Papers

So far Papers, Please has been a joy for mouse-only players. The first level took nothing more than point and click, or drag and drop mechanics. The speed at which you complete each level does determine income, but during early levels I haven’t felt the need to rush thus causing user fatigue. Things may change at later levels, but don’t take my word for it… Check out Papers, Please and our other Accessibility First Looks!