{"id":10078,"date":"2025-07-01T14:03:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/?p=10078"},"modified":"2025-07-24T13:27:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:27:31","slug":"our-free-accessible-games-now-available-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/news\/our-free-accessible-games-now-available-on-android","title":{"rendered":"Our free accessible games \u2013 now available on Android!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yes, we have mobile games! As featured on the Google Play Store<\/a>, you can now download and enjoy V1.0 Android versions of many of our games like Open Drive<\/em><\/a>, Othello<\/em><\/a>, Solitaire Gem Quest<\/em><\/a>, Sudoku<\/em><\/a> and Sudoku Monsters<\/em><\/a>, plus an exciting new tower defence game called Badger Badger<\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They\u2019re the first titles taken from our popular range of games for PC, and all are specifically designed with a wide range of motor-accessibility settings that embrace many ways to play. These include touch, accessibility switches, game controllers, keyboard keys, pointers and gaze control. The games will recognise which input method you\u2019re using and automatically configure the appropriate control scheme.<\/p>\n

More games from our catalogue will follow, including board games like Chess<\/em>, Marble Popper<\/em>, Mole Miners<\/em>, and the space racing game EyeDrive<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The first of the iOS versions of the games, Open Drive<\/em>, is expected later in the summer, with other titles to follow on this platform. Like our games on PC, these games will also be optimised for gaze-control on iOS.<\/p>\n

All the Android titles are available to download for free (with no in-app purchases) on the Google Play Store<\/a>. More information on the individual controls supported in the games can be found on each of their store pages.<\/p>\n

We hope that the games can be an example to game developers on how more input methods, like eye gaze, can be supported on mobile devices. The development process has also helped to inform our developer resources such as the SpecialEffect DevKit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Image above shows detail from the promo screens of Sudoku Monsters, 4 In A Row, and Open Drive.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yes, we have mobile games! As featured on the Google Play Store, you can now download and enjoy V1.0 Android versions of many of our games like Open Drive, Othello, Solitaire Gem Quest, Sudoku and Sudoku Monsters, plus an exciting new tower defence game called Badger Badger. 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