Remakes, remasters, and ports are opportunities to improve the accessibility of (older) games.
This is why the closure of Bluepoint Games and canceling PC ports raises some concerns about the accessibility of PlayStation titles past, present, and future.
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The Games for Blind gamers game jam 5s rating period has begun!
Help support accessible gaming by playing, rating, and leaving feedback for these awesome devs!
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#Accessibility #A11y #IndieDev #GameDev #GameJam
Xbox Research wants to hear from anyone who plays video games! Tell us which settings and accessibility options, like text size adjustments, single-input options, screen readers, you use in our survey!
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#Accessibility #GameAccessibility #InclusiveDesign
We sat down with Ben “./yemáko” @badgameszip.itch.io, the creator of an unplayable game?!, to talk about the importance of accessibility, and how he approached designing a 15-minute game where turning on accessibility settings is required to, well… actually play the game. 😉🎮
Hello hello! For Access Granted, I'm looking to speak with disabled couples on how they play games. How do you and your partner(s) play with your disabilities? What games/accessibility tools are best for you and your partner(s)?
I love when I see a picture, and I think, “well who the fuck is that?” and then the alt text tells me who the fuck it is
Alexa Heinrich's Accessible Social is a free resource for digital marketers, communication professionals, content creators, everyday social media users, and anyone who wants to learn how to make their content accessible for people with disabilities.
www.accessible-social.com
Steam accessibility tag update - steamcommunity.com/groups/steam...
If any disabled worker is impacted by this decision, please feel free to send me a message or email. I can absolutely assure anonymity.
I would like to wish everyone a Very Merry "things published in 1930 will enter the public domain in 6 days."
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IN VALEN'S NAME, USE ALT TEXT FOR YOUR IMAGES.
You want to prove you're down for progressive causes? Do the most basic fucking thing ever and use alt-text. Also, use it to describe the image and provide context so that the people who rely on alt-text can experience your image as intended.
I think Later Alligator or Love, Ghostie for me.
Say it with me now- placeholder assets are supposed to be bright and obvious so you DON’T ship with them.
Also it doesn’t matter if no ai-generated assets are in the final executable?? The rising sea levels aren’t gonna be like “oh well no one saw that so the climate change doesn’t count”
no Swen, they have to be “more or less ok with the way you’re using it” because the CEO is pushing it on the entire studio so hard opposition will put a target on their back in an extremely unstable industry undergoing mass layoffs every other week.
unbelievably disappointing, @larianstudios.com
it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
Electronic Arts has added eight more patents to its Accessibility First Patent Pledge, including grapple assist technology, speech and audio generation tools, and improvements to its text size and contrast tool Fonttik.
www.gamesindustry.biz/ea-makes-eig...
Day 2 of the online GUR Speaker Series is today! Also, if you missed yesterday's videos, you can still watch them at any time in the speaker series playlist on YouTube. Today's talks are on game development for those new to GUR & framing better GUR questions. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
ICYMI – GDQ is hosting its first disability and neurodivergent special TODAY! I spoke with the hosts and organizers to explore the importance of proper disability representation in the speedrunning scene. Read more here:
Inclusive Avatar Design Guidelines:
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#gamedev
What I've been noticing lately in convos with students is that they *despise* the AI-slopification of everything as much or even more than I do. And yet our universities & their admin seem to believe that students for some reason want it integrated into everything. THEY DON'T.
The Release Candidate (RC) of NVDA 2025.3.2 is now available for download & testing. We encourage all users to download this RC & provide feedback. Unless any critical bugs are found, this will be identical to the final 2025.3.2 release.
Read more & download at www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-20...
I've been professionally critiquing and reporting on accessibility and disability for over six years. So how do you quantify what's happened in this industry since 2020? Read my latest essay for @polygon.com here:
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Reserving my like of this til I see what you put us all through next.
“individual employees asked to change behavior in response to catastrophic mistakes made by their high-level leadership over the past 3-7 years” really feels like the overarching story of the current times
Set of toggles for things like pattern matching, reaction, memory, rapid button presses, flashing lights
LEGO Party! from @smgstudio.bsky.social letting you filter which minigames to include in the playlist based on accessibility barriers
#gamedev #accessibility
A screenshot of Love, Ghostie with a luggage standing upright on a bed
A screenshot of Love, Ghostie with fries lying on the floor
A screenshot of Love, Ghostie with a shop open with an item available for purchase called "Dead Pickle In A Cage"
A screenshot of Love, Ghostie with two characters looking at each other
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! 👻🎃
If you're looking for a chill Halloween game to play, check out Love, Ghostie on Steam/Switch!
These are the only scary moments you'll have to deal with:
- luggage on the bed
- floor fries
- dead pickle in a cage
- a committed relationship
We have an exciting update!
We have just launched the Creator Discovery feature!
On AbleToPlay, you could already find games that match your accessibility needs — now you can take it one step further and discover inclusive, accessibility-focused creators who do the same!
I've reposted many posts made by folks who were recently laid off from Heart Machine, but here is a thread that highlights them all.
I am also including folks who were previously laid off & are still looking for work. I will be linking their Bsky posts, as well as LinkedIn.
Please, share this. 🖤
As someone who played Mirror’s Edge without Runners Vision on the first playthrough and died to pits that didn’t have grab points on the other side or died to bullets from going the wrong way then the right way while being chase, bring on the yellow.
