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Ways to play

Every game and every What Makes Me tour can be played with a switch, with a keyboard, with a press and hold, or with bigger pieces. Set it once here: it's kept on this device, and every game and tour follows it.

Switches

Switch scanning

A highlight moves over everything that can be tapped. Most Bluetooth switches type Space or Enter, so no set-up is needed. Pieces are picked up and put down the same way: choose a piece, then choose where it goes.

OffOne switchThe highlight moves by itself; a press chooses.Two switchesSpace moves the highlight; Enter chooses.

How fast the highlight moves (one switch)

After three quiet trips round the screen it rests, and a press wakes it.

SlowEvery 2½ secondsMediumEvery 1½ secondsQuickEvery second

Taps

When a tap counts

For children whose hands brush or bump the screen. A press shows a dashed ring while it's held.

Straight awayAfter a press and holdHold for the time below, then let go.

How long to hold

Short0.3 secondsMediumHalf a secondLongOne second

Ignore a second tap that comes too soon

Helps with a tremor, an excited double tap, or a switch that bounces.

OffHalf a secondOne second

Seeing and moving

Bigger piecesOnLetters, numbers, cards and buttons in the games get about a third bigger.

Left-handedOnThe games' own buttons swap sides, and pieces start on the left.

Calm motionOnLess movement in every game and tour, even if the device isn't set to reduce motion: the tours' camera cuts instead of flying, and the celebrations stay still.

A lighter 3D settingOnFor older tablets: the What Makes Me tours draw fewer pixels, so they run more smoothly.

Try it here

With switch scanning on, press Space or Enter, or your switch. The highlight visits these three.

Without a switch

Keyboard: Tab moves between things; Enter or Space taps. To move a piece, press Enter on it, use the arrow keys to choose where it goes, and press Enter again. Escape puts it back.
Tap, then tap: in every game where pieces are dragged, a piece can also be tapped, and then the place it goes tapped. Nothing needs a steady drag.
Colours: any game that asks about colours also shows a pattern on each one, so a child who sees colours differently can still play.

These settings stay in this browser, on this device. They're never sent anywhere.

Updated 12 October 2026

Ways to play

Switches

Taps

Seeing and moving

Try it here

Without a switch

For grown-ups

Three ways to start

Questions grown-ups ask