Jan 1st is the first day of CVAA compliance for games; as of this date games launching for the US market that have any communications functionality must ensure that functionality (and any UI/information needed to navigate to and operate it)…
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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
GAConf – Now Also in Europe!
After two successful conferences in San Francisco, we welcome you to the first Game Accessibility Conference in Europe, co-organised with CNAM! CNAM, Paris, 22nd of October 2018. Tickets available soon at gaconf.com The date is right after IndieCade Europe (19-20…
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…
Accessibility Content Survey
One of the IGDA game accessibility SIG’s current activities is to revisit the content and structure of this website, to ensure it is as useful as it can be for as many people as people. As part of that work…
The IGDA Gaming and Disability Scholarship Sponsored by Microsoft
IGDA-GASIG and Microsoft are pleased to announce a $5,000 USD scholarship towards university tuition costs, aimed at supporting the entry of developers with disabilities into the games industry. The scholarship will be awarded to one student who is enrolled or…
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…
GDC 2017 Roundtable Notes
Below are the notes from the 2017 GASIG GDC round table. In line with the general feel of GDC this year there was an uptick both in attendance and in the level of AAA representation. Record attendance, lots of both…