Shoot 1UP
A side-scrolling shooter game.
Where Shoot 1UP comes up1 episode or test
- Busy animated backdrop
- Enemy ships blend in
- Bullets are hard to follow
- Backdrop fades back
- Enemy ships stand out
- Bullets are easy to track
Helps low-vision and colourblind players; a black rectangle can do it
From Shoot 1UP's background opacity setting
What was said about Shoot 1UP
Shoot 1UP lets players lower background opacity so enemies and bullets stand out. The side-scrolling shooter has a setting for the opacity of its background layers. Players with low vision or colourblindness can fade a busy backdrop so enemy ships and bullets are easy to track.
The technique can be cheap to build, as little as a black rectangle between the foreground and background layers. Animated backgrounds look good but can hide the things a player needs to follow.
Making Games Better for Gamers with Colourblindness & Low Vision | Designing for Disability
Lets players lower background layer opacity so enemy ships and bullets stand out, which can be as simple as a black rectangle between layers.
Shoot 1UP lets players lower background opacity so enemies and bullets stand out. The side-scrolling shooter has a setting for the opacity of its background layers. Players with low vision or colourblindness can fade a busy backdrop so enemy ships and bullets are easy to track.
The technique can be cheap to build, as little as a black rectangle between the foreground and background layers. Animated backgrounds look good but can hide the things a player needs to follow.
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