War Twat is fierce. And despite it’s unrelenting difficulty, actually demonstrates some very fine accessibility traits.1. It uses a nice and simple control scheme (the cursor keys and the CTRL key to fire) that also works to start and restart…
Author: Barrie Ellis (page 12)
Vocal Joystick
There’s a great update posted at cnet News on the “Vocal Joystick” (previously mentioned here). It’s a really interesting device that could suit some people well. I can’t help but think that the “Tongue Drive System” would be a faster…
Retro Remakes Big Compo 2008: A Game For Helen
Retro Remakes ”A Game for Helen” competition links up with the Special Effect project of the same name to bring an inclusive arcade experience to kids and young adults in the hospices Helen and Douglas House. This is especially aimed…
Design Tips For: Head Tracker Gamers
A Head Tracker is a device that translate human movement to on-screen pointer control. As with an Eye Tracker, a Head Tracker also replicates what a mouse does in function. A typical head tracker consists of an all-in-one camera and…
Design Tips For: Eye Tracker Games
Written in collaboration with SpecialEffect. An EyeTracker is an interface that translates and maps eye movements to on-screen pointer control. Where ever your gaze falls on the screen, your pointer will also fall. In many ways, an EyeTracker simply replicates…
Design Tips For: One Switch Games
A pure “One Switch Game” is one that can be started, played and replayed using just one control. Typically that will be via the SPACE BAR and the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON (both doing exactly the same thing). For disabled gamers…
New Technologies – New Accessible Opportunities?
Lumisonic – “Deaf children have been testing software that enables them to see a visual representation of sound waves. Called Lumisonic the software translates sound waves into circles that radiate on a display. It creates a real time representation of…
Retro Remakes Competition 2008 Blog
It’s coming… This could be something really special for accessible gaming… If you can program keep an eye… If you can support the competition, please do, whether by sponsorship or by spreading the word… More soon.
CamSpace – “any game, any webcam”
“CamSpace is a program that allows the user to control his favorite games and applications with any webcam. Use your body and arbitrary objects to replace the mouse and joystick! Currently, CamSpace only works for Windows, but Mac and Linux…
In Israel
Aisrael.org have a pretty thorough three part article on game accessibility in Hebrew. It covers physical disabilities and solutions, moving onto barriers facing visually impaired and blind gamers onto deaf gamers. Part 1, Part2 and Part 3 all here.