So I’ve been playing A LOT of Warriors Abyss and the tutorialization, uh not great. But I don’t know if it’s more a design issue or a localization one. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to talk to someone in localization about how they feel their work impacts game accessibility. #gamedev #accessibility
And yes I know there are schemes typically associated with particular groups of Tyranids but they don’t have to be that scheme.
The really weird part is that since Warhammer started as a tabletop minis game the Tyranid can canonically be just about any color scheme. They could have easily picked a scheme that contrasted better with the levels they would appear in.
So right, I finally got around to Space Marine 2 and, uh yeah, at least in the first few hours it’s visually kind of a nightmare. Even at 4K the Tyranids just turn in to an indistinct blob at any distance. It’s exasperated by their color palette often blends into the environment. #accessibility
Huge thanks to @gaconf.bsky.social for putting together the starter pack. It made it so easy to find the accessibility community and fully transition to this platform.
No New Year’s resolutions other than to stay the course of making myself available for accessibility education and consulting for indie video games devs in the Austin community. #accessibility #gamedev #indiedev
In Chicago for New Years. As soon I got off the plane the damp hit my right ankle and instantly developed a list. Without my cane I’d only be able to move at an angle.
Finally finished Conscript last night. I’d inevitably forget half the controls any time I was away from the game for a couple of days so it’s such a simple thing but having the button layout right there whenever you pause the game is such a smart design choice. A really efficient solution.
So we had our first accessibility themed Games Y’all and I’m happy with how it went. Turn out was fine, but more importantly, the attendees seemed really engaged the topic. gamesyall.com/event-novemb...
Whelp, I guess it’s time to see if I’ll be any better about using Blue Sky as I was at using Twitter. Seems unlikely.