This is how @gaconf.bsky.social spirit meets "Netzwerk barrierefreis Gaming" 😋 Interested in game accessibility? Visit us at Jugendforum NRW (#gamescom hall 10.1 / D020G) - We have cookies!
Tara Voelker
@tarav.bsky.social
Chaotic Neutral Game Dev | Co-Director of Award-Winning GA_Conf | BAFTA Member | Micro-brew beer slinger | Museum Docent | be accessible, do crime
Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters just told investors that Night School's latest release, Unhinged, became one of its two most successful cloud game launches. Evidently, that wasn't enough to save the studio or its workforce.
On the plus side, I won’t have to decline any more speaking gigs because I can’t get them cleared.
it remains injust that executives can just invent financial positions that are decidedly impossible and made up so that "the market" sees a number go up. The injust part is that it requires literal human sacrifices to continue going, and i think we need to strike, now, hard, globally
So, who’s hiring? (Yes, I was impacted by the Netflix layoffs even though I was the single accessibility person in gaming.)
I'm currently writing this report for @aftermath.site. If any member of any accessibility team was impacted by the layoffs, please reach out through email, messages, or my signal –4129804478.
Grant Stoner@supercrip1994.bsky.social · 2mo agoI'm seeing direct confirmation that members of the Xbox accessibility team were also impacted today. If you would like to speak about your experience, please send me a message or email. I'll be happy to give you my signal, as well
10/10 would work with Elisabeth again
Lissanna@lissanna.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt has been a really rough day and I appreciate the outpouring of support from everyone. The amazing @stevesaylor.net once said something like "every company should have an Elisabeth," and now is your company's chance! I'm on the job market after layoffs and looking for my next role.
The Xbox Accessibility Guidelines are a set of best practices compiled by industry experts, gamers, and disabled people. The guidelines have been written to help developers, designers, and testers make games more accessible to people with disabilities. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming...
Xbox Accessibility Guidelines - Microsoft Game Dev
Game development documentation for creating accessible games.
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Spending part of today rewatching the "Accessibility to burnout pipeline" talk by @shellelittle.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSDg...
The Accessibility to Burnout Pipeline
YouTube video by IGDA GASIG
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If you've been playing Forza Horizon 6, the team is looking for accessibility feedback! The link to the survey was shared in an in-game message, but it's easy to miss (we did too). Click here to get to the survey: aka.ms/FH6survey
Forza Horizon 6 Accessibility Survey
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Are you a game accessibility person/disabled gamer in the LA area? Trying to get a list of local folks I can tap for upcoming in person engagements! (Don’t worry if you aren’t local, there are also opportunities there as well)
One of the difficult lessons I learned over the years was that I needed to find my own identity, stuff that wasn't tied to my work or my "professional self." Not tied to hierarchies, job titles, or what I owed to others. ❤️
I know I don’t owe anyone an explanation but I have made an effort to be less online and less “being a game dev is my personality.” I volunteer at the local historical society. I bartend at a local brewery. I have friends in my town who don’t even know what my day job is or don’t even play games!
Today we had the pleasure of hosting SpecialEffect, as they shared their vast experience in making games more accessible for all, as well as letting us get hands on with their tech. It's always great hearing about the incredible work they do, and how we, as game developers, can support this!
Hi! I won’t be at GDC this year. I’ll be at my mom’s wedding. 💒
I find it hysterical my 6th great grandpa fought in the American Revolution for only me to be dual English/American citizenship anyway.
Overlays are widgets or technologies that promise to improve a site's accessibility with third-party source code. More than 1,000 accessibility advocates and web developers have signed an open letter to explain the limitations and dangers of these products. overlayfactsheet.com
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Xbox Research wants to hear from anyone who plays video games! Tell us which settings and accessibility options, like text size adjustments, single-input options, screen readers, you use in our survey! survey.alchemer.com/s3/8671308/X... #Accessibility #GameAccessibility #InclusiveDesign
me writing bugs as QA: detailed, descriptive, logs, screen shots,100% repro steps, platforms cross checked, practically a work of art me writing bugs as a dev: 4 words total
when you want to have a celebratory drink that the awards are done but it's still midday at your primary job
*sitting at my desk, staring at my screen, just waiting for the hyper focus to kick in*
the "I care about accessibility" to "oh shit I'm actually disabled" pipeline is too real