Ian Hamilton
@ianhamilton.bsky.social
Accessibility specialist, helping studios avoid excluding disabled players. DMs are open, if you prefer email [email protected]
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Hey #gamedev #indiedev, pretty cool to see all these accessibility awards flying around eh? Would be handy if someone made a list of what and when they all are and when to submit, right?
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docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Hey #gamedev #indiedev, pretty cool to see all these accessibility awards flying around eh? Would be handy if someone made a list of what and when they all are and when to submit, right?
🫡
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
🫡
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Hey #gamedev #indiedev, pretty cool to see all these accessibility awards flying around eh? Would be handy if someone made a list of what and when they all are and when to submit, right?
🫡
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
🫡
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Hey #gamedev #indiedev, pretty cool to see all these accessibility awards flying around eh? Would be handy if someone made a list of what and when they all are and when to submit, right?
🫡
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
🫡
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Awards season is the best time of the year. So much blood sweat and tears goes on behind the scenes from so many people to make accessibility a reality, it always makes me so happy to see people publicly recognised for it.
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Awards season is the best time of the year. So much blood sweat and tears goes on behind the scenes from so many people to make accessibility a reality, it always makes me so happy to see people publicly recognised for it.
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Here are the nominees for Innovation in Accessibility at #TheGameAwards:
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Atomfall
- Doom: The Dark Ages
- EA Sports FC 26
- South of Midnight
Link to vote: bit.ly/tgavote
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Atomfall
- Doom: The Dark Ages
- EA Sports FC 26
- South of Midnight
Link to vote: bit.ly/tgavote
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Here are the nominees for Innovation in Accessibility at #TheGameAwards:
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Atomfall
- Doom: The Dark Ages
- EA Sports FC 26
- South of Midnight
Link to vote: bit.ly/tgavote
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Atomfall
- Doom: The Dark Ages
- EA Sports FC 26
- South of Midnight
Link to vote: bit.ly/tgavote
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Congratulations to the nominees for the Innovation in Accessibility Award at this years @thegameawards.com!
November 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Congratulations to the nominees for the Innovation in Accessibility Award at this years @thegameawards.com!
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Congratulations to everyone nominated!!
And selfishly very happy to see one of our games being nominated alongside titles who've done amazing work in the #accessibility field this year.
Knowing that lots of those games had friends working on them, it feels like a big family picture <3
And selfishly very happy to see one of our games being nominated alongside titles who've done amazing work in the #accessibility field this year.
Knowing that lots of those games had friends working on them, it feels like a big family picture <3
Awards season is the best time of the year. So much blood sweat and tears goes on behind the scenes from so many people to make accessibility a reality, it always makes me so happy to see people publicly recognised for it.
November 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Congratulations to everyone nominated!!
And selfishly very happy to see one of our games being nominated alongside titles who've done amazing work in the #accessibility field this year.
Knowing that lots of those games had friends working on them, it feels like a big family picture <3
And selfishly very happy to see one of our games being nominated alongside titles who've done amazing work in the #accessibility field this year.
Knowing that lots of those games had friends working on them, it feels like a big family picture <3
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Congratulations to these amazing games for being nominated in the "Innovation in Accessibility" for @thegameawards.com
- Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Atomfall
- DOOM The Dark Ages
- EA FC 26
- South Of Midnight
- Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Atomfall
- DOOM The Dark Ages
- EA FC 26
- South Of Midnight
November 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Congratulations to these amazing games for being nominated in the "Innovation in Accessibility" for @thegameawards.com
- Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Atomfall
- DOOM The Dark Ages
- EA FC 26
- South Of Midnight
- Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Atomfall
- DOOM The Dark Ages
- EA FC 26
- South Of Midnight
Awards season is the best time of the year. So much blood sweat and tears goes on behind the scenes from so many people to make accessibility a reality, it always makes me so happy to see people publicly recognised for it.
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Awards season is the best time of the year. So much blood sweat and tears goes on behind the scenes from so many people to make accessibility a reality, it always makes me so happy to see people publicly recognised for it.
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Some abled gamers want easy games.
Some abled gamers want hard games.
Some disabled gamers want easy games.
Some disabled gamers want hard games.
Accessibility and customization lets everyone enjoy they challenge they're looking for
Some abled gamers want hard games.
Some disabled gamers want easy games.
Some disabled gamers want hard games.
Accessibility and customization lets everyone enjoy they challenge they're looking for
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Some abled gamers want easy games.
Some abled gamers want hard games.
Some disabled gamers want easy games.
Some disabled gamers want hard games.
Accessibility and customization lets everyone enjoy they challenge they're looking for
Some abled gamers want hard games.
Some disabled gamers want easy games.
Some disabled gamers want hard games.
Accessibility and customization lets everyone enjoy they challenge they're looking for
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My partner Bea got to talk about gaming with adhd for Gaming Accessibility Conference #GAConf 2025.
Incredibly proud of her. She could talk on this subject all day (probably whilst playing Hades II… and/or Baldurs Gate 3)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtXN...
Incredibly proud of her. She could talk on this subject all day (probably whilst playing Hades II… and/or Baldurs Gate 3)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtXN...
Lost in a Side Quest: Gaming with ADHD
YouTube video by IGDA GASIG
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My partner Bea got to talk about gaming with adhd for Gaming Accessibility Conference #GAConf 2025.
Incredibly proud of her. She could talk on this subject all day (probably whilst playing Hades II… and/or Baldurs Gate 3)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtXN...
Incredibly proud of her. She could talk on this subject all day (probably whilst playing Hades II… and/or Baldurs Gate 3)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtXN...
Accessibility=$$
i played a bit of Air Riders with some of the accessibility settings turned on and it was a MUCH more enjoyable experience (especially the higher FOV and less stuff on the screen), so i pulled the trigger and pre-ordered the game 🙈
November 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Accessibility=$$
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we're nominated 😱😱
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
we're nominated 😱😱
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Looking for examples of national (scoped to a single country) gamedev awards that have an accessibility category. So far have ADGA (Aus), Pavs (NZ), Pégases (France), Premios Iris (Spain), and MCV Develop/TIGA/Develop Stars (UK). Anyone know of any others?
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Looking for examples of national (scoped to a single country) gamedev awards that have an accessibility category. So far have ADGA (Aus), Pavs (NZ), Pégases (France), Premios Iris (Spain), and MCV Develop/TIGA/Develop Stars (UK). Anyone know of any others?
Looking for examples of national (scoped to a single country) gamedev awards that have an accessibility category. So far have ADGA (Aus), Pavs (NZ), Pégases (France), Premios Iris (Spain), and MCV Develop/TIGA/Develop Stars (UK). Anyone know of any others?
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Looking for examples of national (scoped to a single country) gamedev awards that have an accessibility category. So far have ADGA (Aus), Pavs (NZ), Pégases (France), Premios Iris (Spain), and MCV Develop/TIGA/Develop Stars (UK). Anyone know of any others?
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Congratulations to the nominees of the accessibility categories of this year's @indiegameawards.gg and @grandgameawards.bsky.social!
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Congratulations to the nominees of the accessibility categories of this year's @indiegameawards.gg and @grandgameawards.bsky.social!
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Happy to see so many great games investing in accessibility! Wish we could be on that list one day 👉👈 For now, Oppidum is nominated in the Spanish Premios Iris in the Accessibility category 🫶
Congratulations to the nominees of the accessibility categories of this year's @indiegameawards.gg and @grandgameawards.bsky.social!
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Happy to see so many great games investing in accessibility! Wish we could be on that list one day 👉👈 For now, Oppidum is nominated in the Spanish Premios Iris in the Accessibility category 🫶
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today played an unplayable game and I must say when I tried without any of the game’s accessibility features… it really was unplayable haha.
once I started turning on the features, it became really fun to play!
well done @badgameszip.itch.io ! looking forward to your future games!
once I started turning on the features, it became really fun to play!
well done @badgameszip.itch.io ! looking forward to your future games!
an unplayable game?! on Steam
a game about accessibility settings that's just a *bit* too hard for you to play effectively. 10-15 minutes in length with 30+ minutes of developer commentary!
store.steampowered.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
today played an unplayable game and I must say when I tried without any of the game’s accessibility features… it really was unplayable haha.
once I started turning on the features, it became really fun to play!
well done @badgameszip.itch.io ! looking forward to your future games!
once I started turning on the features, it became really fun to play!
well done @badgameszip.itch.io ! looking forward to your future games!
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I have said before that Accessibility does not equal easy modes, but it can help. Difficulty modes are just one part of what can make a game accessible to more players. So Konami adding a Casual mode allows more players to play the game is accessibility. So accessibility FTW.
Casual Difficulty added to Silent Hill f https://www.konami.com/games/silenthill/f/news/us/en/patch-note_v110
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I have said before that Accessibility does not equal easy modes, but it can help. Difficulty modes are just one part of what can make a game accessible to more players. So Konami adding a Casual mode allows more players to play the game is accessibility. So accessibility FTW.
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Japan / Asia game awards, only has 5 categories and one of them is accessibility!
www.gematsu.com/2025/10/play...
#gamedev #accessibility
www.gematsu.com/2025/10/play...
#gamedev #accessibility
PlayStation Partner Awards 2025 Japan Asia set for December 3
Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia will host PlayStation Partner Awards 2025 Japan Asia on December 3, the company announced.
www.gematsu.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Japan / Asia game awards, only has 5 categories and one of them is accessibility!
www.gematsu.com/2025/10/play...
#gamedev #accessibility
www.gematsu.com/2025/10/play...
#gamedev #accessibility
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For this Indie Spotlight Marijn played An Unplayable Game?!
Limited controls and a few assists turn this free game into a thoughtful exercise in accessible game design. Showing that accessibility isn't about removing challenge, but making it possible.
caniplaythat.com/2025/11/11/i...
Limited controls and a few assists turn this free game into a thoughtful exercise in accessible game design. Showing that accessibility isn't about removing challenge, but making it possible.
caniplaythat.com/2025/11/11/i...
Indie Spotlight: An Unplayable Game?! - Can I Play That?
An Unplayable Game?! is a thoughtful exercise in accessible game design, showing it's not about removing challenge, but making it possible.
caniplaythat.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
For this Indie Spotlight Marijn played An Unplayable Game?!
Limited controls and a few assists turn this free game into a thoughtful exercise in accessible game design. Showing that accessibility isn't about removing challenge, but making it possible.
caniplaythat.com/2025/11/11/i...
Limited controls and a few assists turn this free game into a thoughtful exercise in accessible game design. Showing that accessibility isn't about removing challenge, but making it possible.
caniplaythat.com/2025/11/11/i...
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Before #Oppidum 🍃comes to Nintendo Switch this December, we want to remind all the accessibility options available in the game.
From the design phase, we had in mind that Oppidum had to be enjoyable for the greatest number of people possible.
Link below 👇
From the design phase, we had in mind that Oppidum had to be enjoyable for the greatest number of people possible.
Link below 👇
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Before #Oppidum 🍃comes to Nintendo Switch this December, we want to remind all the accessibility options available in the game.
From the design phase, we had in mind that Oppidum had to be enjoyable for the greatest number of people possible.
Link below 👇
From the design phase, we had in mind that Oppidum had to be enjoyable for the greatest number of people possible.
Link below 👇
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100% this
It’s 2025 why are disabled gamers still having to wait until the last second to make an informed purchase!
It’s 2025 why are disabled gamers still having to wait until the last second to make an informed purchase!
The Outer Worlds 2 is less than a week away, but I can't seem to find much information about the accessibility in the game!
@obsidian.net do we have some updated information? 👀
The accessibility in your other games has been on point, and I hope this will follow suit!
@obsidian.net do we have some updated information? 👀
The accessibility in your other games has been on point, and I hope this will follow suit!
October 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
100% this
It’s 2025 why are disabled gamers still having to wait until the last second to make an informed purchase!
It’s 2025 why are disabled gamers still having to wait until the last second to make an informed purchase!
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Hey! So this is huge (for me at least), I'm going to my first GDC and I'm doing a talk!
I and the amazing @jessicaroache.bsky.social will present how to advocate for accessibility on your team! I'll be giving the content creator & disabled player's perspective!
schedule.gdconf.com/session/how-...
I and the amazing @jessicaroache.bsky.social will present how to advocate for accessibility on your team! I'll be giving the content creator & disabled player's perspective!
schedule.gdconf.com/session/how-...
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Hey! So this is huge (for me at least), I'm going to my first GDC and I'm doing a talk!
I and the amazing @jessicaroache.bsky.social will present how to advocate for accessibility on your team! I'll be giving the content creator & disabled player's perspective!
schedule.gdconf.com/session/how-...
I and the amazing @jessicaroache.bsky.social will present how to advocate for accessibility on your team! I'll be giving the content creator & disabled player's perspective!
schedule.gdconf.com/session/how-...
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Just spent 6 hours optimizing a custom Hello Kitty Island Adventure mod. 😼 Seriously, the devs need to prioritize accessibility. The world needs better options. #OpenSource #Gaming #Accessibility
November 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Just spent 6 hours optimizing a custom Hello Kitty Island Adventure mod. 😼 Seriously, the devs need to prioritize accessibility. The world needs better options. #OpenSource #Gaming #Accessibility
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air ride accessibility options save me
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
air ride accessibility options save me