No Barriers to Fun!

We met our friend Giddeon at the AbleGamers Accessibility Arcade in Atlantic City, New Jersey. When he first sat down with the AbleGamers crew, Giddeon didn't want to play any games. He told us that with his disability gaming was difficult. Giddeon has a rare disease that caused the growth of his arms .. Read More
A Window to the World

Shepherd University invited the AbleGamers Foundation to come on campus and do one of our Accessibility Arcades for the students and local disabled community. The event was a roaring success with hundreds of children and adults coming out to see the technology and in some cases experience gaming the first time. Read More

About the AbleGamers Foundation

Since 2004, the AbleGamers Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity, has served more than 56 million members of the disabled community by advocating greater access in video games. Today, AbleGamers is a leader in the development of equipment, programs and services to those living with disabilities, hardships, and quality-of-life issues that are a result of chronic illness or trauma. It is our goal to ensure that all people, regardless of their disability, can use gaming as a tool to have enriched social experiences with friends, family, and the world at large.

AbleGamers' Web Game of the Week: Cut the Rope

Written by Patrick Hancock

Published on 05 February 2012

cut-the-rope

AbleGamers' web game of the week is none other than Cut the Rope. This game has gotten immensely popular on mobile devices around the world and now it's available for free on this mysterious "Internet" boondoggle. The browser version doesn't have as much content as the mobile game, but it's a nice bit of fun to sink your teeth into.

cut-the-rope-fb For the unacquainted, Cut the Rope is a physics-based puzzle game that requires you to get the candy to the creature by cutting the rope holding it up. While the main goal is usually simple enough, it's collecting the various stars scattered throughout each puzzle that really challenges your problem-solving skills. As any good puzzle game does, the game introduces new variables throughout the earlier stages to keep you on your toes. Then, as you progress, the game will continue to uses its variable is different ways to keep you thinking so it never feels stale.

The game is very accessible to many people. Everything is done with the mouse. By default you need to click and drag the cursor to cut rope, but there is an option in the game to cut rope by simple clicking on it. An issue may come up as cutting occasionally is required within a short time window in order to manipulate the rope physics to get past an obstacle. As the puzzles get more intense, the timing becomes stricter. Hearing-impaired gamers will be just fine, as sound is not required to play the game. Colorblind gamers and low-vision gamers should also be fine because the graphic style is very vibrant and makes each item have a certain "pop" to it. Gamers with cognitive disabilities will likely struggle while playing Cut the Rope.