#49 - Accessibility

House of Games

🎧🎮 In this week’s episode of House of Games, we tackle the vital, yet challenging topic of accessibility in video games. 🕹️ Discover how subtitles 📝, custom controls 🎮, visual clarity 🔍, and game difficulty settings ⚔️ can affect gaming accessibility and transform the game experience! Which features are costly to implement, and which ones bring the most benefits? 🤔 Click play and join us on this enlightening journey! 🚀

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:21 Introducing the Theme; Video Game Accessibility
03:02 Accessibility Features: Subtitles & Voice Acting
12:47 Accessibility Features: Custom Controls & On-Screen Prompts
24:02 Accessibility Features: Colorblind Modes & Visual Clarity
30:35 Where Do I Even Start With Accessibility?
31:56 Accessibility Features: Visual Clarity Continued
36:22 Accessibility Features: Game Difficulty
40:35 Rant About Game Journalists
43:02 Accessibility Features: Game Difficulty Continued
52:43 Rant About Game Journalists Continued
53:21 Closing Thoughts

Your Hosts and Their Games

• https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436180/Sunset_Moon/ — Wishlist Sunset Moon on Steam!
• https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Switch!
• https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Steam!
• https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Switch!
• https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Steam!
• https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/game-development-427e99aefd01 — Read Otto’s blog about game development!
• https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP — The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.

Get all the links and the transcript for this episode right here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-49-accessibility-60e19ff02399

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