Grounded is excited to include a variety of accessibility features for both our console and PC players to provide the best backyard experience possible.

GENERAL

Arachnophobia Safe Mode

When this is higher, Spiders look less spiderlike. Gameplay and difficulty remain unchanged.

Options:

1. No changes to spider visuals.
2. Reduces number of spider legs to four.
3. Removes all spider legs.
4. Removes all spider legs. Removes spider fangs.
5. Removes all spider legs. Changes spider mesh to simple shapes.
6. Removes all spider legs. Changes spider mesh to simple shapes. Changes spider materials to simple colors with shiny textures.

Colorblind Mode

Certain game elements will be altered to be more legible for one of three types of colorblindness.

Options: None, Deuteranopia, Protanopia, and Tritanopia

Highlight Objects

Change which objects will be highlighted when you look at them.

Options: None, Items Only, Not Base Buildings, and All

Wide Interaction

When this is enabled, you can interact with nearby objects even when not looking directly at them.

Large Text

When this is enabled, some UI screens will use larger text size for better readability.

Read To Me

Read To Me

When this is enabled, the game will narrate aloud the text content of on-screen elements.

Read to Me Voice

The installed voice the Read To Me feature uses.  Voices can be installed through your operating system.

Read to Me Speed

Adjusts the speed of the interface narrator's speech.

SUBTITLES

Subtitles

Changes what sounds and voices display subtitles.

Options: Dialogue Only, All, and None

Subtitle Text Size

Adjusts the size of the game's subtitle text.

Options: Small, Medium, and Large

Background

When this is enabled, subtitles will have a dark background in the HUD.

RETICLE

Reticle Size

Increase or decrease the size of the reticle to improve readability.

Reticle Opacity

Increase or decrease the opacity of the reticle to improve readability.

CHAT

Chat Text to Speech

When this is enabled, incoming text chat will also be read aloud by the narrator.

Chat Speech to Text

When this is enabled, incoming voice chat will also be displayed as chat messages.

Background

When enabled, the chat log in the HUD will have a dark background.

ADDITIONAL SETTINGS

Controller Vibration

Toggles the controller vibration function in the game. Vibration is used as an extension of the game world and certain interface actions.

Invert X Axis

When this is enabled, the horizontal axis of camera control is flipped. Right becomes left, left becomes right.

Invert Y Axis

When this is enabled, the vertical axis of camera control is flipped. Up becomes down, down becomes up.

Toggle Crouch

When this is enabled, crouching becomes a toggle rather than a button hold.

Toggle Sprint

When this is enabled, sprinting becomes a toggle rather than a button hold.

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These features and more can be found in the Options Menu which can be accessed from both the loading screen and while in the game. Changing any of these features while in the game will automatically be applied to prevent further interruptions while you are exploring.

If you would like to see a feature included in Grounded, please contact us with your suggestion so we can share it with the team. We appreciate your feedback and hope you enjoy your time in the backyard!