WCAG Quest: The Dragon's Hoard
A short, playable way to learn WCAG - using your own screen reader. Explore the Inaccessible Dragon's hoard, find the accessibility bugs guarding each treasure, and fix them to win. No lecture slides, no video to sit through - just real broken HTML patterns you diagnose and repair yourself.
How It Works
WCAG Quest is a self-contained browser game, played inside your Superable Learning account with whatever screen reader you already use - NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, or Narrator. Each room of the dragon's hoard hides a real accessibility failure: an improper heading, a missing alt attribute, vague link text, an unlabeled form field. You navigate the page as a screen reader user would, identify what's wrong, and choose the correct fix from a short list of options.
Every issue in the quest maps to a specific WCAG 2.2 success criterion, so what feels like a game is quietly teaching the same concepts a formal WCAG training would - just by doing instead of reading.
What You'll Practice
Along the way, you'll identify and correct issues tied to criteria including:
- 1.1.1 Non-text Content - recognizing missing or unhelpful alt text
- 1.3.1 Info and Relationships - spotting a broken heading hierarchy
- 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) - catching vague link text like "click here"
- Form labeling & Name, Role, Value - finding inputs with no accessible label
By the end, you'll have a much sharper eye for these patterns in real websites - including your own.
Who It's For
Developers and designers who want a fast, memorable intro to WCAG concepts; content creators curious what a screen reader actually catches; teams looking for a low-lift shared activity; or anyone who wants a fun first step into accessibility testing before diving into something more in-depth like Hands-On, Sight Off.
Get Access
Price: $19 one-time - instant access
Runs on Superable Learning, the accessible learning platform I co-built for exactly this kind of hands-on training.
Buy WCAG Quest - $19 (opens in a new tab)Right after checkout, Stripe will show you a registration code and a link to create your free Superable Learning account and start playing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes - the quest is designed to be played with a screen reader active, since that's how you'll actually notice the accessibility failures hiding in each room. NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, and Narrator all work.
Most people finish in one sitting, typically 20-40 minutes depending on how much time you spend exploring each room. Your progress is saved, so you can also split it across a couple of sessions.
Stripe's confirmation page shows you a registration code immediately after checkout, along with a link to create your Superable Learning account. Enter the code during registration (or afterward, from your dashboard) to unlock the quest.
Definitely - it's short enough to do as a team kickoff to an accessibility discussion, and playful enough that it doesn't feel like homework. If you'd like a facilitated version for a larger group, and we can talk through options.