Terraria

Avatar of the game Terraria
  • Type:  Traditional game
  • Genre:  Action-adventure, Platformer, Sandbox
  • Developer:  Re-Logic (Accessibility mod developer: ChipsAhoyMcCoy)
  • Release date:  May 16, 2011
  • Status:  Paid
  • Platform:  Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation (PS3, PS4), Xbox (360, One), Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android
  • Language:  Multilingual
  • Rating:  8/10

Terraria is a vast adventure in a procedurally generated 2D world, where exploration, survival, and character development intertwine into an ever-evolving story that you create yourself.

Discover Unknown Worlds

Every new world is unexplored territory. You start with minimal equipment and gradually learn to navigate the environment: gather resources, craft tools and weapons, build shelters, and prepare for encounters with dangerous enemies. Terraria doesn’t guide you by the hand; objectives emerge naturally through curiosity, risk, and the gradual unlocking of new possibilities.

Gameplay and Style

Terraria combines sandbox, action, and RPG elements. You freely choose your playstyle: engage in melee combat, use ranged weapons, rely on magic, or summon allies. Defeating key enemies changes the world itself, unlocking new biomes, events, and difficulty levels. Dungeon exploration, surviving nights, rare enemy invasions, and epic boss battles create a tense and varied game rhythm.

Accessibility

Thanks to an accessibility mod developed by ChipsAhoyMcCoy, Terraria becomes playable for blind and visually impaired players. Features include:

  • Voice narration of interface, messages, and dialogues.
  • Audio navigation and cursor tracking.
  • Environmental audio cues to make the world “readable” by sound and logic.

The mod is actively developed, gaining new features and improvements over time, turning Terraria into a fully immersive audio experience where the world can be understood without sight.

Installation of the Accessibility Mod

  1. Ensure Terraria and tModLoader are installed on your system.
  2. Copy NVDAController64.dll into the tModLoader installation folder, usually at:

steamapps/common/tmodloader.

  1. Place ScreenReaderMod.tmod and enabled.json into the tModLoader mods folder:
  2. Documents/My Games/Terraria/tModLoader/Mods.

Place inputs.json in:

Documents/My Games/Terraria/tModLoader.

(Paths may vary depending on OS version and user settings.)

Feedback and Community

Join the official Discord to provide feedback, share ideas, or suggest improvements.

The mod evolves largely thanks to player feedback, with many current features implemented directly from community suggestions.

Cooperation