The IGDA Game Accessibility SIG is proud to announce its partnership with Film Victoria! Film Victoria is an investment fund for game development run by the Victorian state government in Australia and has given grants for many different projects, from…
Year: 2011
Slalom, the Videogame
Wheelchair Slalom is a sport for people with cerebral palsy, in which the players go through a course made up of various obstacles and tests in the shortest time possible. ‘Slalom, the Videogame’ provides an insight into the sport without…
Technical Difficulties
We are currently experiencing some technical difficulties, and the home page is often not found We are working to address this issue. Thank you.
Remapping Controls
Remappable/reconfigurable controls has been one of the more successful calls for game accessibility in recent times, helped by the likes of Chuck Bittner and other advocates (examples: 1, 2, 3). There’s such a broad range of people using idiosyncratic ways…
Meeting Moved- July 7th
Hello! Our meeting from last week has been moved due to low attendance. The rescheduled meeting will be taking place Thursday, June July 7th at 10 AM Eastern time and a second one will take place at 7 PM Eastern…
Meeting – June 28th
Hello! It’s time for another meeting This meeting will be taking place Tuesday, June 28th at 10 AM Eastern time and a second one will take place at 7 PM Eastern time. If you have questions about what time they…
New Logo
The SIG now has gotten a new logo!
Game Accessibility Symbols
In their on-going work to form a solid game accessibility ratings system, SpecialEffect are looking for a symbol to represent Game Accessibility. They’re asking for people’s thoughts on the above. Which grabs you?
Attractor accessibility usage statistics
Attractor is a free video game with special accessibility options. In its development development, AccessAble Games decided to use one of the advantages of online games to collect usage statistics to collect accessibility options usage. These data were collected 3…
Article 31: The Right To Play
“The right to play is enshrined in Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified by the UK government in 1991, and most around the world (not the USA though). The government has a duty…