This is a summary article for the IGDA GA-SIG Roundtable at the 2024 Game Developers Conference. An audio recording of the meeting was used to revisit in detail the topics that were covered and then distill their related conversations into…
Author: Thomas Westin
Video from #GAConfEU in Paris
Many inspiring talks in Paris today Program: https://www.gaconf.com/schedule/ Speakers: https://www.gaconf.com/speakers/ Best, Thomas
GDC 2018 Roundtable – Session Recap
When the GA-SIG had the first roundtable at GDC 2004, there was one (1) attendee… who had gone to the wrong room. Fast forward 14 years: there were now more than 50 attendees from the largest players in the industry…
2018 Game Accessibility Conference (GAConf)
Going to GDC or San Francisco on March 19th? Make sure to join us at the 2018 Game Accessibility Conference (GAConf) Monday March 19th 2018. Read more at Gamasutra Best, Thomas, co-chair, IGDA Game Accessibility SIG
Update: Mailing list working again
IGDA moved to a new mailing list server and our new list address is games_access@lists.igda.org All users should have been exported to the new server. If you have not received mail-list emails from January 11, please get in touch with…
IGDA GA-SIG Track at ArtsIT Conference!
I’m very happy to announce that we will have a Special IGDA GA-SIG track in collaboration with IFIP at the ArtsIT conference in Greece! See the call for papers here It has not yet been published on the conference website but…
Accessibility Highlights of 2016
Update: this has been reposted on Gamasutra 2016 has been a hugely significant year for accessibility in game development. The following is a compilation of articles, news stories and advances from throughout the year. Many are news stories shared on…
GA Workshop
Please consider joining this academic workshop about game accessibility http://cedric.cnam.fr/~dupirej/IFIP-WG14.9/WAG.html Best regards, Thomas W.
Global Accessibility Awareness Day
24 hours of free online accessibility talks for Global Accessibility Awareness Day Includes three on accessibility in gaming: http://www.inclusivedesign24.org/ (Thanks Ian)
Accessibility Sessions @ GDC Vault
All of the accessibility sessions are up on GDC vault now, most of which have been made freely available without subscription. Great selection of topics and record attendance too. http://ian-hamilton.com/gdc16s-accessibility-sessions/ Thanks Ian!