An elegant solution.
Board game apps tend to be hit-and-miss when it comes to accessibility features, so when I encounter a color vision issue I often just uninstall and move on.
Lost Cities started out problematic for me. The card colors are subtle, and the faded card-placement spots above them even more so. In particular, I could not identify the two colors on the far right. My handy-dandy WhatColor tool told me the pixels in those areas included the following:
- Dark Olive Green, Dark Khaki, and Peru
- Coral, Light Salmon, and Sienna
But everything changed when I entered the magic settings screen. Options were basic, consisting of two volume controls (sound effects and music) and this heavenly option.
High Contrast Mode changes the card colors to a brighter, more easily-distinguishable palette. Now I’m back in the game, finding lost cities and destroying my foes!
Kudos to The Coding Monkeys for their work on this app (and Carcassonne, among others), and their attention to accessibility. You can find Lost Cities for iOS on the app store.
