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ACCESSIBLE VIDEO GAMES FOR PEOPLE WITH VISUAL DISABILITIES By Noelia García López (@NoeBranford) Madrid, August 2013

Accessible video games for people with visual disabilities

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Pequeña presentación (creada para un curso de lengua inglesa) en la cual se proporciona breve información sobre videojuegos accesibles, más recursos tales como documentos, páginas web, blog, y algunas estrategias para crear videojuegos para personas con diversidad funcional visual. Se centra principalmente en el tema de accesibilidad y videojuegos para personas con diversidad funcional visual, pero algunos recursos son generales y útiles para personas con cualquier tipo de diversidad funcional.

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ACCESSIBLE VIDEO GAMES FOR PEOPLE WITH VISUAL DISABILITIES

By Noelia García López (@NoeBranford)

Madrid, August 2013

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

- Objectives

- Structure

- Introduction

- Main body:

- Specific games

- Resources

- Strategies to make accessible video

games

- Conclusion

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OBJECTIVES

1. Provide information about game accessibility to people with visual disabilities

2. Encourage the making of accessible video games

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Presentation about my topic: “Accessible video games

for people with visual disabilities”

Asks: Do you know anything about game accessibility?

Do you know people with visual disabilities?

Do you think that people with visual disabilities can

play efficiently some games?

Introduction

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1) Specific videogamesZarodnik (android)

- Standard interaction mode (for people without a visual

disability)

- Blind mode

- Black screen mode

- Subtitles

- Audio dialog

Main body

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- Dark screen

- Sound Effects

- Two switches

Bumper cars (iPad)

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AudiOdyssey (PC)

- Wiimote Control or Keyboard Control

- Audio cues

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2) Resources

WebsitesAudiogames.net

- News

- Games based on sound (free, demos...)

- Information for the creation of audio games

Etc.

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Audio Juegos

- List of accessible

games

- Links

Etc.

Videojuegos accesibles

- News

-Analysis of video games

that can be accessible to

people with disabilities

Blogs

Etc.

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Papers

''Includification. A practical guide to game accessibility''

''Accessibility in Games: Motivations and Approaches''

''Buenas prácticas de accesibilidad en videojuegos''

Papers

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- High contrast mode for ease of viewing

- Clear texts to read easily

- Color schemes or color blind options

- Customizing of colors, sizes (players, objects,

texts, ect)

- Audio cues

- Etc.

3) Strategies to make accessible video games

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CONCLUSION

Development of accessible video

games to blind people is

important and neccesary.

Reasons. With not accessible video games:

- Gaming experience for people with visual

disabilities is reduced

- They can't enjoy

- They can't learn new skills

- They can't improve some skills

- Difficulty in following the story