Re: Injustice Gods Among Us. More accessible than before.
My belief has always been that a bit of polite push and shove in this direction would result in us having something worth talking about. It is apparent by this post that I was right. Certainly there will always be developers who will probably dismiss the idea as ridiculous that blind people are playing video games and think nothing of it, but not everyone in the world is a bad guy, and with a bit of education on the matter of blind and sighted players having equal abilities on the playing field for the sake of a greater market, someone's going to listen.
I've played many a mainstream game which I deemed accidentally accessible once I learned the concept of accessibility, by which I meant that the sound engineer did something with the audio that made the game just a bit more possible than it would have been if he hadn't. Sometimes this includes simple things like including sm all details in ambiences, audible footsteps that reflect where you are, vocal cues, and so on. At any rate, I was never convinced that devs had no interest in working with us and for us to build a nicer place to game in, but that they have no reason to, because they don't know just how many people play their games. Atending this tournament and conventions of this kind seems to me the kind of thing blind gamers should do, both because it would allow them to integrate into the sighted world just a bit more, and because it would help show sighted gamers and developers alike that we are one of them.
You sir, are one 100% correct. I couldn't have said it better myself. As you mentioned, these types of events are a way to make developers aware that blind gamers play their games. Some of these developers actually would like to make things more accessible, but it's usually not in their power to do so. And yes, I also believe that bli
nd gamers should be more active in the mainstream gaming scene in order for something to happen and that slow and polite steps should be taken as to not overwhelm developers with these things.
I'm currently on a quest to make Grand Theft Audo 5 accessible to blind gamers, with the assistance of a former developer in the gaming scene, so we'll see how it goes.
Oh and, thank you all for the welcoming vibes!
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