[games_access] Good practices for accessibility in video games

Tue Apr 10 13:45:54 EDT 2012

Have always been interested in Toy Accessibility. From a switch perspective - it would be so nice if electronic toy designers at least left a couple of easy solder points for external controls to be attached. Be good to get your thoughts/findings/developments on the list.

Guess you've seen this? http://switchgaming.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/switchamajig.html

Would love to see that kind of thing further developed for alternative controls for those unable to use touch-screens. I'm having a bash at it from an old year 2000 project - but time is very limited to chuck at it.

All the best,

Barrie

From: Richard (AudioGames.net) 
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:33 PM
To: Carme Mangiron 
Cc: Pilar Orero ; IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
Subject: Re: [games_access] Good practices for accessibility in video games

Hi Carme!

Hahaha - in a good or a bad way? ;-) That's so sweet of you!! Yes, I would have loved to come but unfortunately couldn't manage :-/ 

Busy with many different things. Here at  the HKU my focus is slowly turning towards play and Interactive Toy Design ("games are soo yesterday and toys are the new black"), mainly because as of next year we will have a course with the same name but also because I seriously do believe that interactive toys are a big part of What's Next. Therefore toy accessibility is also somewhere in my agenda ;-) 
Other than that I we had the DIGRA Think Design Play conference here in Hilversum and I put a lot of time into the Cultures At Play Game Jam in Istanbul last year. Adaptive Music Systems research still continues, as does my work at the Applied Game Design research program (http://agd.hku.nl/) and the Creative Design for Playful Impact research program (have you already seen our program's Game for Pigs: http://www.playingwithpigs.nl/ ?). 
And of course (my company) Creative Heroes 2 days a week :-)
So accessibility is pretty low on my to do list (let alone translation), although I am currently exploring the possibilities of a R&D project about games/toys with Sifteo cubes for children with (for instance) dyspraxia. 

BUT... 

... maybe interesting for you guys to know is that we are in the process of setting up some sort of 'Code Jam' with the main theme "Inclusion/Accessibility". The event is somewhat similar to a 'game jam' but than with a focus on software instead of games: multiple small teams of designers and developers developing a small pieces of software in 48 hours that would somehow be related to accessibility/inclusion. Nothing is final yet but I'll let you know how things progress if you want? Maybe we can arrange for you to come over with some students and participate? For me (if I participate) this would be the ideal opportunity to finally sit down and prototype those Sound Balloons ;-)

And how are you? What's up in Barcelona?

Best regards!

Richard

On 10-4-2012 10:10, Carme Mangiron wrote: 
  Thanks, Richard! :)

  How's things? Hope all's well!

  We had the second edition of the conference in March, and it wasn't the same without you... 

  A big hug from Barcelona!

  Carmen

  On 10/04/2012 10:06, Richard (AudioGames.net) wrote: 
    Excellent! Congratulations (also to Carmen & Pilar!)!!

    On 10-4-2012 9:44, Javier Mairena wrote: 
      An extensive 250-page collection of experiences and studies in Spain on accessibility in video games in recent years.
      Great work done by CEAPAT (Spanish state center for personal autonomy and technical assistance).

      The document is only on spanish, sorry:
      http://www.ceapat.es/InterPresent1/groups/imserso/documents/binario/accesvideojuegos.pdf

      Here you have index document translated by Google:
      http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.videojuegosaccesibles.es/2012/04/buenas-practicas-de-accesibilidad-en.html&hl=en&langpair=es|en&tbb=1&ie=UTF-8

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