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Balloon Smacker
Short browser timing game where you smack a falling balloon after an audio cue. Includes keyboard controls, hidden-balloon mode, and browser speech for instructions and results.
Short verdict
Blind players who want a free, quick audio-driven reaction game in the browser and are comfortable with a game that does not use the screen reader focus model.
Facts
- Developer
- Dabble Games
- Platforms
- Web browser / HTML5
- Game type
- Audio game, Action, Timing game
- Language
- English
- Accessibility rating
- Playable without sight using audio cues and browser speech, but without screen-reader support
- Accessibility Score
- 80/100
- Platform
- Web browser
- Vision / need
- Blind, Low vision
- Accessibility
- Audio cues
- Game type
- Audio game, Action
- Last updated
- 2026-07-30
Where to find the game
- itch.io: Balloon Smacker
Covers: Web browser / HTML5
Accessibility
- The game is built around audio cues: the cue sound plays when the balloon is safe to smack.
- A hidden-balloon mode lets the balloons be invisible, so play can rely on sound/timing instead of sight.
- The code uses browser Speech Synthesis to read long instructions, shown/hidden balloon choices, results, and high scores.
- Keyboard controls: choose your own smack key, Space to confirm/start, and Space plus Arrow key for quit/restart.
- Single-player and local two-player modes are described on the itch.io page.
Known limitations
- The developer says the game does not support screen readers; accessibility comes from audio cues, keyboard control, and browser speech.
- The itch.io page says you must left-click the game area to enable keyboard input and fullscreen. This may require help or a known mouse/browser routine the first time.
- Speech and audio depend on the browser's Web Speech/audio support and may vary by browser and operating system.
- I did not find independent community testing yet; this rating is based on itch.io documentation and inspection of the published HTML5 build.
- Norwegian language support is not confirmed.
Price/status
Free to play in the browser on itch.io.
Free HTML5 browser game published on itch.io in July 2026 for the Making Games Accessible jam.