There are very few flaws with Blue Prince, a new indie puzzle game about exploring a mansion whose room layout changes daily — with said room placement decided by the player as they explore and discover the mysterious properties of each room and the mansion as a whole. The game does have a big problem for a certain segment of players, however, which is that it has color-based puzzles in both the Billiard Room and the Utility Closet, and theres no setting as yet to make these puzzles more accommodating for colorblind players.
Polygon has reached out to the developer to learn when the color assist mode will be available, but has yet to hear back. At this time, its a listed option in the games settings, but its grayed out, as it has not yet been released. This screen notes that its a feature thats “currently being developed and tested and will be included in a forthcoming update. This is a priority for us, so thank you for your patience.”
There is some minor good news for colorblind folks who dont want to wait to play this game, however, which is that you dont need to solve these particular puzzles in order to make progress or even complete the game. [Ed. note: Minor descriptions of the puzzles follow in the next paragraph. If you dont want to know any details at all about Blue Princes puzzles, dont read on.]
The Billiard Room puzzle, for example, appears every time you choose that room to be included in your daily mansion layout, but you can skip the puzzle thats in the room and keep on walking through the rest of the mansion and solving the larger mysteries in the game. Solving the daily puzzle in the Billiard Room does reward you with great (different) items every time, but these are items that you can earn through other means. The Utility Closet puzzle is a different situation in that you only need to solve it one time, and then youre all set, and it also isnt a puzzle you have to solve to beat the game, but it will give you a specific permanent item-related benefit if you solve it. Asking a friend for help with it might be a good move in the meantime.
