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Cygen @cygen.bsky.social · 1d

Quick take: Games should open with the settings menu prior to anything else including logos and splash screens. Or at least make the logos skippable and the pause menu available during opening cutscenes. Helps with volume and resolution issues and accessibility issues beforehand.

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David @dxmthemachine.bsky.social · 6h

The Quarry has some really nice accessibility features as well. It's good to see it becoming more of a standard feature in games.

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Stacey Lwyd @lifetoldbystacey.bsky.social · 6h

I'm such a big fan of the accessibility features in Insomniac's Spider-Man games. QTEs and counter systems can be tough to deal with due to my disabilities, so it's great to have them made easier without missing out on anything.

#GameSky #Accessibility #MarvelsSpiderman2

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Morgan Baker @momoxmia.bsky.social · 2h

It’s been a few weeks since FC26 launched! Did you know it’s one of the first competitive PvP games to support a High Contrast Mode in ALL modes? 😲

Learn more about how FC devs are innovating the sports genre here: youtu.be/MhtRi5BW_Qc?...

Portal page for more dets: www.ea.com/able/resourc...

Accessibility Resources
EA SPORTS FC™ 26

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3llebelle 🔜 TC San Diego ✈️ @3llebelle.bsky.social · 7h

TwitchCon time!

I'm so excited to get to share the stage with this incredible group of people to talk about accessibility in the streaming space!

@ashlinaa.bsky.social
@mikethequad.bsky.social
@thormungandr.com
@stevesaylor.net
Mod - @sweetxsage.bsky.social

Friday Oct 17th 6-7pm PJSugar Stage 💜

Headshots of panel members mentioned in tweet (Ashlinaa, 3llebelle, MikeTheQuad, Thormungandr, Stevesaylor) Moderator - sweetxsage

Level Up; Accessible Streaming for Everyone

Friday October 17th 6-7pm PT @ Twitchcon PJSugar Stage

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Morgan Baker @momoxmia.bsky.social · 1h

Look, I’m posting a bunch of cool EA Accessibility stuff cause this is my last week before Mat Leave (!!!!!) & we launched like a bazillion games in 6 months. SORRY 🤣♥️♥️

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 9h

He is not associated with AG, he left in the lead up to this www.ign.com/articles/for...

Former Employees, Community Members Allege AbleGamers Founder Fostered Abuse Behind Closed Doors - IGN

Over 20 years, AbleGamers has become synonymous with the accessibility movement as its presence and influence grew across the industry. However, new reports from former employees and members of the ac...

www.ign.com

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 9h

Personally I'd have said..

"Hey #gamedev one of the literal easiest wins you can get in your game is to not use tiny text. If you decide that upfront it's free, one of the simplest things you can do in terms of accessibility, and addresses the most frequently complained about accessibility issue."

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 9h

I'm not trying to say you had ill intent, I know it was coming from a very good place. There's just that extra context though.

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 9h

And again there's that persistent harmful myth that if you just swap out your font to another one (one that doesn't help most dyslexic people anyway) then you've made your UI 100% accessible to dyslexic players. So you can see why it's important to avoid unintentionally perpetuating that myth right?

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 9h

Like not using tiny text, not using full caps, not using long line width, not using central or justified alignment.. they all have substantial impact on various demographics of dyslexia, and they all cost $0/0 lines of code

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah exactly that's the point though, that doing so doesn't create a dyslexia friendly experience regardless of which font it is. It can still be an intensely dyslexia unfriendly experience unless a bunch of other things are also done, and those things are actually mostly easier than a font toggle ☺️

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 1d

Some of the background journey through assault android cactus and unpacking would be good to cover too :)

How about a 30 minute talk for GAConf in April? Remote pre-record?

Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 1d

Data from 10,000 storefront tags - "After discovering a game through the Accessibility in Games marketing channel, more than 10% of visitors go on to purchase that title." #gamedev #accessibility
developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/...

What's New in Microsoft Game Dev Tools and Services

Check out an overview of the latest updates to Microsoft Game Development tools and services.

developer.microsoft.com

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 2d

We've implemented colourblind filters

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 2d

Ah fantastic, that's what we hope for so very glad to hear that! Cc @tarav.bsky.social

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 2d

We've implemented colourblind filters

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 3d

Yep that's entirely valid. However also I'm sure you can understand that being someone who is involved in a lot of accessibility awards - running, establishing, advising, judging - I don't appreciate the joke ☺️

Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 3d

But also accessibility by design is a hot topic, and accessibility award worth its salt takes it into account

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 3d

No, they are not more likely to, 0% is not more likely than 0%.

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Morgan Baker @momoxmia.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Battlefield 6 launch day! Here’s the accessibility info, check out those remapping options and hold to toggle features… 👀

www.ea.com/able/resourc...

BATTLEFIELD™ 6 Accessibility Resources - An Official EA Site

www.ea.com

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 3d

Another very important measure is ensuring online is an equitable an experience as possible rather than a secondary thing to the in person event, particularly as there are plenty of people who simply can't attend in-person events no matter what measures are in place.

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 3d

There are other measures in place too, such as bookings being capped at way under capacity, & using very spaced out cabaret layout. A number of attendees do mask. We've had 8 confs since lockdowns lifted, so far 0 reported infections at the event, and multiple infectious people caught by the testing

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SpecialEffect @specialeffect.org.uk · 5d

🎮💚This incredible collection of games, put together by @greenmangaming.com in support of SpecialEffect, is available for one more week!

Every purchase helps to level the playing field for physically disabled gamers all over the world: www.greenmangamingbundles.com/bundles/one-...

A graphic showing key art for Robocop, Citizen Sleeper and Old World as part of a game bundle for One Special Day.

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 3d

Does that make more sense?

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