This timeline is non-exhaustive, there will no doubt be things that I’ve missed or am not aware of, and there are a few internal sets of guidelines that can’t be shared publicly too.
But hopefully it will be an interesting read, and give a sense of where we have come from, how knowledge and resources have grown, evolved, built upon one another, and how many passionate people from all across the industry have helped to push the field forward.
A few my favourite quote from Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2021.
Global Accessibility Awareness Day is event that takes place on the third Thursday of every May, with the goal of raising awareness about digital accessibility. Every successive year the games industry has been embracing it to ever greater levels.
The Last Of Us 2 is a landmark moment for game accessibility, with a wide swathe of considerations ranging from audio cues and navigation assistance for blind gamers to directional subtitles, from high contrast modes to automated camera movement for one stick play.
Global Accessibility Awareness Day is event that takes place on the third Thursday of every May, with the goal of raising awareness about digital accessibility. Every successive year the games industry has been embracing it to ever greater levels.
2019 was a year of huge change in the accessibility field, with progress across every corner of the industry – post on that coming soon. But public discourse was dominated by just a few topics – text size, difficulty options (and off the back of that how accessibility relates to creative vision), and subtitling.
Below are a few things gamers and developers have said over the year that stood out for me, covering those topics but also some others too. It’s a long page, but an easy read. Some of these quotes are inspiring, some are thought provoking, some have practical advice – and some are a wake-up call.
It’s also a handy list of awesome people to follow on twitter!
Global Accessibility Awareness Day is event that takes place on the third Thursday of every May, with the goal of raising awareness about digital accessibility. Every year the games industry has been embracing it to ever greater levels.
