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Accessibility Statement

Last updated: July 10, 2026. Applies to Land Flipper Tycoon at tycoon.acreford.com.

Our Commitment

Acreford is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We continually improve the user experience for everyone, and we apply the relevant accessibility standards to Land Flipper Tycoon (the "Game") and its supporting website at tycoon.acreford.com. We view accessibility as a continuing obligation, not a one-time audit — we review the Game against these standards as we ship new features.

Accessibility Standards

This website aims to conform to the following standards:

• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA — the internationally recognized baseline for web accessibility.
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title III — applicable to public accommodations, including public-facing websites.
• Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. § 794d) — the U.S. federal standard for web-based information and applications, used here as the procurement-style conformance reference.

Where ADA, Section 508, and WCAG 2.1 AA differ, we follow the more stringent requirement.

Accessibility Features

The Game's web interface currently provides the following:

• Skip-to-Main-Content link — a skip link at the top of each page lets keyboard and screen-reader users bypass repeated navigation and jump directly to the page's main content.
• Keyboard navigation — every interactive element (buttons, links, form fields, dialogs, the negotiation composer, parcel cards) is reachable and operable using the Tab, Shift+Tab, Enter, Space, and Escape keys alone. No feature requires a mouse.
• Focus trap in modal dialogs — when a modal opens (onboarding, return summary, purchase confirmation), Tab and Shift+Tab cycle within the dialog rather than escaping to the page behind. Focus moves into the dialog on open and returns to the trigger on close.
• Accessibility toolbar — a floating button at the bottom-right of every page opens a panel with four player-controlled toggles:
  • High contrast — switches the palette to black background, white text, and yellow accents.
  • Large text — increases the base font size approximately 125%.
  • Reduced motion — disables animations and transitions (also honored automatically when your OS is set to reduce motion).
  • Dyslexia-friendly font — swaps to a Verdana-based system stack with wider letter-spacing. (OpenDyslexic is not bundled — see Known Limitations below.)
  Toggles persist on your device via localStorage and apply before the page paints, so there is no flash of unstyled content on reload.
• Visible focus indicators — focused elements display a clear focus ring with contrast against the background so keyboard users can always tell where they are.
• Alternative text — meaningful images and icons expose descriptive alt text; decorative imagery is marked alt="" and hidden from assistive tech.
• Color contrast — body text and UI controls meet a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 (normal text) and 3:1 (large text and graphical objects), per WCAG 2.1 AA. Note: a few legacy text/background pairs are below this threshold; the High Contrast toggle is the immediate workaround while we audit the palette. See Known Limitations.
• Responsive design — layout reflows for phone, tablet, and desktop widths. Text remains readable up to 200% zoom in modern browsers without horizontal scrolling.
• Form labels and instructions — every form input has a programmatically associated <label>; required fields are marked; formatting hints are linked to their inputs.
• Error messages — form errors are announced to screen readers via aria-live regions, described in plain language, and tied to the relevant field with aria-describedby. Errors are never communicated by color alone.
• Landmark regions and headings — pages use header, main, nav, and footer landmarks, with a logical heading order (one h1 per page, descending without skipping levels), so assistive-tech users can navigate by region and section.
• Reduced-motion respect — animations honor the prefers-reduced-motion media query; non-essential motion is suppressed when the user has requested it. The Accessibility toolbar also lets players toggle this on manually regardless of OS setting.
• Automated regression gate — every page is scanned by axe-core on each pull request to catch new WCAG 2.1 AA violations before they ship. Pre-existing violations are tracked in our internal baseline and actively remediated.

Supported Technologies

The Game is designed to be usable with:

• Screen readers, including NVDA, JAWS (Windows), VoiceOver (macOS, iOS), and TalkBack (Android).
• Screen magnification software (ZoomText, browser zoom, system magnifiers).
• Speech-recognition software (Dragon NaturallySpeaking, macOS Voice Control).
• Keyboard-only and switch-device navigation.
• Current and prior major versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge.

Known Limitations

We are open about where the Game still falls short. As of this statement's effective date:

• Color contrast on some legacy text pairs. A handful of text elements (primarily subtitle/helper text using muted opacity variants of our palette) fall below the 4.5:1 contrast threshold. We are auditing the palette. Workaround: enable the High contrast toggle in the Accessibility toolbar, which swaps the entire palette to a black/white/yellow scheme that exceeds AAA contrast.
• Onboarding progress indicators. The step-progress dots in the first-time player onboarding use aria-label on <span> elements, which is flagged by automated tooling. The step text ("Step 1 of 6") is announced via the heading and button labels, so the information is available, but the dots themselves may not be announced by all screen readers. We are restructuring the dots as a proper list.
• Dyslexia-friendly font uses a system fallback. The Dyslexia-friendly font toggle switches to a Verdana-based system stack with wider letter-spacing, not to OpenDyslexic. OpenDyslexic is a downloadable font we have not bundled because of load-weight and hosting considerations. Verdana is recommended by several dyslexia associations for on-screen readability. If you require OpenDyslexic specifically, install it at the OS level and it will be picked up by the browser's font preferences.
• Real-time negotiation updates. The AI dialogue interface updates asynchronously as the persona "types" and replies. These streamed updates are not currently wrapped in an aria-live region, so they may not be announced by all screen readers as they arrive. Workaround: after a reply completes, the full transcript is present in the page's DOM and can be re-read with the screen reader's browse mode or "say all" command. We are adding an explicit aria-live="polite" region to the transcript container.
• Third-party checkout overlay (Paddle). When real-money purchases launch, the checkout flow is rendered by our Merchant of Record, Paddle.com, inside an overlay we do not control. Paddle publishes its own accessibility statement at paddle.com/legal/accessibility. If you encounter a barrier inside the checkout overlay that we cannot resolve, contact Paddle directly at support@paddle.com.
• Future parcel-map view. A geographic map view is on the roadmap. Maps present well-known accessibility challenges for screen-reader users (spatial layout, color-coded markers). We are designing non-map alternatives (text-only parcel lists with the same filtering and selection capability) so that map-agnostic access is always available.
• Screen-reader testing is in progress. The ARIA structure, focus management, and keyboard navigation are verified by automated tests (axe-core) and unit tests (focus-trap). Full human verification with NVDA, JAWS, and VoiceOver is in progress; if you encounter an unexpected announcement order, please report it via the Contact section below.

Contact

If you encounter an accessibility barrier, or have a suggestion, contact our Accessibility Coordinator:

• Email: service@acreford.com
• Subject line: "Accessibility — Land Flipper Tycoon"
• Include, if you can: the page URL, the screen reader or browser you were using, and a short description of what you expected vs. what happened. Screenshots help but are not required.

We acknowledge accessibility inquiries within 5 business days and provide a substantive response within 30 calendar days, consistent with the ADA's effective-communication expectation. Where a fix requires a code change, we will tell you the target release in our response.

Enforcement Procedure

If you experience a barrier that we cannot or do not resolve through the contact above, you have the following escalation path:

1. Contact us first. Email service@acreford.com with the details. We will investigate and respond within 30 days. Many issues are resolved at this step.
2. Request a formal remediation plan. If the initial response is unsatisfactory, request a written plan with target dates. We will provide one within 14 days of the request.
3. File a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice. If the matter remains unresolved, you may file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. The DOJ accepts ADA complaints online, by mail, or by fax; there is no cost to file. You may also file a complaint under your state's civil-rights or disabilities law, where applicable.

Nothing in this statement limits any right you have under federal, state, or local law.

About This Statement

This Accessibility Statement applies only to Land Flipper Tycoon at tycoon.acreford.com. It does not cover third-party websites we link to, content delivered by Paddle inside the checkout overlay, or any Acreford property other than the Game. We review this statement whenever we ship a major feature, change the checkout provider, or receive a qualifying accessibility report — at minimum, once per calendar quarter.