From barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk  Thu Dec  1 03:37:39 2005
From: barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 08:37:39 -0000
Subject: [games_access] GDC 2006 - some thoughts
References: <fdf5ea9c.637b3cc5.82de400@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <03e201c5f652$7d98bc40$0100007f@OneSwitch>

What about having hand out CDs? Perhaps we could set it out in folders - 
Audio Games / Subtitled Games / etc. With a read me HTML file, perhaps in 
the style of the writers choice (e.g. Audio Games web-site layout, One 
Switch web-site layout, Deaf Gamers... you get the idea). Perhaps each area 
could have a handfull of accessible games for the attendees to try. If we 
were organised enough, perhaps the presentation segments could be included 
on the disk too?

What do people think?

Also. I'm thinking of approaching a couple of companies regarding the 
accessible arcade. Perhaps they will sponsor us in the form of giving us 
hardware to demonstrate at this show and future shows? Would this be okay to 
have a sponsorship list. I was thinking of tracking down a Crick box for PC 
and some switches. I already have a head-tracker. My stuff will probably be 
of interest, but it's very 'home brew' at present and not easy to mass 
produce.

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <hinn at uiuc.edu>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [games_access] Samsung and Game Accessibility


> Wow! Indeed it is very interesting. I'm going to try and
> track someone down from there to see if they'd like to join
> the SIG and see if we can use some of those customized
> controllers at GDC during the "accessibility arcade" we'll
> be doing during the lunch hour the day we do the tutorial.
>
> Thanks for sending this!
> Michelle 





From richard at audiogames.net  Thu Dec  1 03:55:33 2005
From: richard at audiogames.net (AudioGames.net)
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:55:33 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Samsung and Game Accessibility
References: <cebdce20.62878b9e.82c7300@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
	<004401c5f5ea$6d8fa510$33782ed5@Delletje>
Message-ID: <003501c5f654$fd48f570$33782ed5@Delletje>

More articles, with pictures of presumed accessible XBox controllers:

http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/printfriendly/0,4139,97692,00.html
(or: 
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:yAm3HAfdnLgJ:newpaper.asia1.com.sg/tech/story/0,4136,97692,00.html+samsung+spd+games&hl=nl )

http://www.itnetcentral.com/pcworld/article.asp?id=15289&leveli=0&info=PC+World

http://gamethu.net/News/Diem-tin/2005/11/3B9ACF7D/




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AudioGames.net" <richard at audiogames.net>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:12 PM
Subject: [games_access] Samsung and Game Accessibility


> http://www.samsung.com/sg/presscenter/pressrelease/corporatenews_20051128_0000217080.asp
>
> Very interesting!
> _______________________________________________
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> games_access at igda.org
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From richard at audiogames.net  Thu Dec  1 04:24:44 2005
From: richard at audiogames.net (AudioGames.net)
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 10:24:44 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Audio Game at the
	GameOnexhibition(October-January2006)
References: <036801c5eeb2$0e1cb940$0202a8c0@OneSwitch><002b01c5ef2e$4c102df0$0ffc8418@Delletje>
	<a6673b8d0511221205t389754b1y989a5169e1ddeb4c@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <006201c5f659$1149d220$33782ed5@Delletje>

Hi Reid,

We fixed the links so you can now download Drive again:

http://mosh.hku.nl/driver/drivebigsetup.exe

Greets,

Richard


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Reid Kimball" <rkimball at gmail.com>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [games_access] Audio Game at the 
GameOnexhibition(October-January2006)


has anyone been able to download and play Drive? I the links for the
download from their site doesn't seem to work for me.

http://www2.hku.nl/~audiogam/drive/drive_play.php

-Reid

On 11/22/05, AudioGames.net <richard at audiogames.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> That's cool. I think Chillingham has been part of the American Exhibition
> for quite some time know since I remember Russ mailing about it at the
> beginning of this year. Drive was part of the Europian Exhibition (2003).
> Here are some pics (scroll to the bottom) so Michelle can still get a
> glimpse of what it is about :)
>
> http://kmt.hku.nl/~richard/press_drive.php
>
> Greets,
>
> Richard
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Barrie Ellis
> To: IGDA GA mailing list
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 4:41 PM
> Subject: [games_access] Audio Game at the GameOn
> exhibition(October-January2006)
>
>
> Just received this tit-bit from Russ Byer at www.bavisoft.com:
>
> NEWS: 1/10/05
>
> From October to January, the GAME ON exhibit at the Tech Museum of
> Innovation in San Jose, California will feature Bavisoft's Chillingham.
> Presented by Exelon and organized by Barbican Art Gallery, London in
> collaboration with the National Museums of Scotland, the exhibition 
> explores
> the vibrant world of video games from 1962 to today.
>
> The exhibit has 16 levels. Chillingham is part of level 9: "Exploring
> Sound".
> The Tech Museum In San Jose
>
>
>
> Barrie
> www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>
>
>
>
>  ________________________________
>
>
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>
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From thomas at pininteractive.com  Thu Dec  1 16:40:48 2005
From: thomas at pininteractive.com (Thomas Westin)
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 22:40:48 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Samsung and Game Accessibility
References: <ea9ac628.6387d95d.bbf5500@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <002b01c5f6bf$e5137050$0200a8c0@SUTWPortabel>

Hi,
just added it to our Articles section
http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/Game_Accessibility_SIG/Articles
/Thomas

9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
Award at the Independent Games Festival: www.terraformers.nu
http://www.pininteractive.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <hinn at uiuc.edu>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: [games_access] Samsung and Game Accessibility


> Another option is to just cc: the list. :) 
> 
> ---- Original message ----
>>Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:40:51 -0000
>>From: "Barrie Ellis" <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>  
>>Subject: Re: [games_access] Samsung and Game Accessibility  
>>To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" 
> <games_access at igda.org>
>>
>>Ditto, please. Great find!
>>
>>Barrie
>>www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "AudioGames.net" <richard at audiogames.net>
>>To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" 
> <games_access at igda.org>
>>Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:54 PM
>>Subject: Re: [games_access] Samsung and Game Accessibility
>>
>>
>>> please send a cc to me as well, thanks!
>>
>>
>>
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From thomas at pininteractive.com  Thu Dec  1 16:45:10 2005
From: thomas at pininteractive.com (Thomas Westin)
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 22:45:10 +0100
Subject: [games_access] GDC 2006 - some thoughts
References: <fdf5ea9c.637b3cc5.82de400@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
	<03e201c5f652$7d98bc40$0100007f@OneSwitch>
Message-ID: <004401c5f6c0$80ced700$0200a8c0@SUTWPortabel>

Very good idea! Also this could be a good starting point for the CD which 
will accompany the GA book later on

What is needed is a simple way to upload files to a server with a large 
disk; I can arrange that. I'll look into it next week.

/Thomas

9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
Award at the Independent Games Festival: www.terraformers.nu
http://www.pininteractive.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barrie Ellis" <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 9:37 AM
Subject: [games_access] GDC 2006 - some thoughts


> What about having hand out CDs? Perhaps we could set it out in folders - 
> Audio Games / Subtitled Games / etc. With a read me HTML file, perhaps in 
> the style of the writers choice (e.g. Audio Games web-site layout, One 
> Switch web-site layout, Deaf Gamers... you get the idea). Perhaps each 
> area could have a handfull of accessible games for the attendees to try. 
> If we were organised enough, perhaps the presentation segments could be 
> included on the disk too?
>
> What do people think?
>
> Also. I'm thinking of approaching a couple of companies regarding the 
> accessible arcade. Perhaps they will sponsor us in the form of giving us 
> hardware to demonstrate at this show and future shows? Would this be okay 
> to have a sponsorship list. I was thinking of tracking down a Crick box 
> for PC and some switches. I already have a head-tracker. My stuff will 
> probably be of interest, but it's very 'home brew' at present and not easy 
> to mass produce.
>
> Barrie
> www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <hinn at uiuc.edu>
> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [games_access] Samsung and Game Accessibility
>
>
>> Wow! Indeed it is very interesting. I'm going to try and
>> track someone down from there to see if they'd like to join
>> the SIG and see if we can use some of those customized
>> controllers at GDC during the "accessibility arcade" we'll
>> be doing during the lunch hour the day we do the tutorial.
>>
>> Thanks for sending this!
>> Michelle
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 



From barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk  Fri Dec  2 06:19:22 2005
From: barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 11:19:22 -0000
Subject: [games_access] Alternative Accessible Haptic Game Controller
	-thoughts
References: <20051122064153.6218.qmail@web25201.mail.ukl.yahoo.com><003d01c5ef35$d19e8820$0202a8c0@OneSwitch><006601c5ef98$3ca215d0$0ffc8418@Delletje><015201c5f43c$fb8aa630$0100007f@OneSwitch>
	<a6673b8d0511281112o7ca2b751lb5ff197cbe4cf36b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <00b301c5f732$3ef47200$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>

Hi Reid,

Sounds like a good idea. I'll send him a copy asap.

Cheers,

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Reid Kimball" <rkimball at gmail.com>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: [games_access] Alternative Accessible Haptic Game 
Controller -thoughts


These project ideas are really cool. What if we emailed
mailbox at artlebedev.com, the guy that designed the Optimus keyboard and
see if he'd be interested in drafting up some concepts?

-Reid





From barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk  Mon Dec  5 18:31:30 2005
From: barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 23:31:30 -0000
Subject: [games_access] GDC 2006 - games for CD
Message-ID: <000501c5f9f4$056a5bc0$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>

Thought the following free one switch games could get across quite a few 
accessibility ideas:


Aurikon (www.aggressivegames.com)
http://www.idiombox.com/oneswitch/Aurikon.exe  (download)
"Multiple functions on a single button - Branching choice system - Versatile 
options"

Orbit Racer (www.pugfuglygames.com)
http://www.idiombox.com/oneswitch/Orbit_Racers.zip  (download)
"Including circular tracks can make races playable with a single button"

Alice Amazed (www.michi.nu/alice/index.php)
http://www.michi.nu/alice/AliceAmazed.zip  (download)
"Superb menu system - Scan and select game play - One/Two player - Great 
fun"

Mini Golf One Button Style
http://www.idiombox.com/oneswitch/Mini_Golf_OneButton.zip  (download)
"Aiming system that could work with any golf game"

Strange Attractors (www.ominousdev.com)
http://www.idiombox.com/oneswitch/Strange_Attractors.zip  (download)
"Original idea for one switch game"

Penalty (Priory Woods School)
http://www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/kidsonly/games/footy/footy.htm
"Consideration for learning disabled switch gamers"

Any ideas for other freebie accessible games?

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk








From thomas at pininteractive.com  Tue Dec  6 05:19:36 2005
From: thomas at pininteractive.com (Thomas Westin)
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 11:19:36 +0100
Subject: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
Message-ID: <006d01c5fa4e$8f59d770$0200a8c0@SUTWPortabel>

Hi,

To those of you attending GDC 2006 and the GA Tutorial Day

I'd like to get a list of what hardware you need at the tutorial day for showing whatever you want to present there

Please send me this list no later than Monday next week, so I can compile it until our next SIG meeting on Tuesday 13th.

Thanks,
Thomas

9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
Award at the Independent Games Festival: www.terraformers.nu
http://www.pininteractive.com
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From rkimball at gmail.com  Tue Dec  6 13:46:07 2005
From: rkimball at gmail.com (Reid Kimball)
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:46:07 -0500
Subject: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
In-Reply-To: <006d01c5fa4e$8f59d770$0200a8c0@SUTWPortabel>
References: <006d01c5fa4e$8f59d770$0200a8c0@SUTWPortabel>
Message-ID: <a6673b8d0512061046r7378ec53i39bddf62badf1ccf@mail.gmail.com>

Seems like we need to come up with a plan of who is presenting what
and when during the day long tutorial session. Here's what we have so
far, but it seems incomplete:
http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/GDC_2006_Tutorial

I'll start with what I plan to do.

1 projector connected to a laptop or computer that has a cd-rom or USB
2.0 connection. I'll present videos of games and show images while I
talk about the state of closed captioning in games, past, present and
future. This will be a standard lecture style presentation.

For the interactive section (if there is one) I'd like a machine that
has one FPS game with captioning on and one with the same game but
without captioning. People should play the game without captioning
first and then play it with captioning. I'm not sure which FPS game to
use yet, there aren't too many choices I have for games that have full
closed captioning.

-Reid


On 12/6/05, Thomas Westin <thomas at pininteractive.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> To those of you attending GDC 2006 and the GA Tutorial Day
>
> I'd like to get a list of what hardware you need at the tutorial day for
> showing whatever you want to present there
>
> Please send me this list no later than Monday next week, so I can compile it
> until our next SIG meeting on Tuesday 13th.
>
> Thanks,
> Thomas
>
> 9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
> Award at the Independent Games Festival: www.terraformers.nu
> http://www.pininteractive.com
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
>
>


From hinn at uiuc.edu  Tue Dec  6 14:17:08 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:17:08 -0600
Subject: [games_access] reminder: hardware for
 GDC
Message-ID: <e19c8096.668cf193.853e100@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Hi Reid,

Yes, I'm working on the schedule revamp now. During the 
lunch hour we'll have the "accessibility arcade" -- two of 
my students are coming and will help out with the set up and 
running of that. The plan right now is for them to help set 
up a "mini arcade" for the roundtables so that people can 
interact with a couple games while we talk about what makes 
a game accessible.

In addition we'll also have demos throughout the day -- 
the "put on a blindfold" and try to play this visually 
intensive game things we discussed and my students can help 
out with those demos -- they will basically be our "stage 
hands" and make sure the tech stuff runs more smoothly.

Michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:46:07 -0500
>From: Reid Kimball <rkimball at gmail.com>  
>Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC  
>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
<games_access at igda.org>
>
>Seems like we need to come up with a plan of who is 
presenting what
>and when during the day long tutorial session. Here's what 
we have so
>far, but it seems incomplete:
>http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/GDC_2006_Tutorial
>
>I'll start with what I plan to do.
>
>1 projector connected to a laptop or computer that has a cd-
rom or USB
>2.0 connection. I'll present videos of games and show 
images while I
>talk about the state of closed captioning in games, past, 
present and
>future. This will be a standard lecture style presentation.
>
>For the interactive section (if there is one) I'd like a 
machine that
>has one FPS game with captioning on and one with the same 
game but
>without captioning. People should play the game without 
captioning
>first and then play it with captioning. I'm not sure which 
FPS game to
>use yet, there aren't too many choices I have for games 
that have full
>closed captioning.
>
>-Reid
>
>
>On 12/6/05, Thomas Westin <thomas at pininteractive.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> To those of you attending GDC 2006 and the GA Tutorial Day
>>
>> I'd like to get a list of what hardware you need at the 
tutorial day for
>> showing whatever you want to present there
>>
>> Please send me this list no later than Monday next week, 
so I can compile it
>> until our next SIG meeting on Tuesday 13th.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Thomas
>>
>> 9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
>> Award at the Independent Games Festival: 
www.terraformers.nu
>> http://www.pininteractive.com
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>>
>>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From gramenos at ics.forth.gr  Wed Dec  7 05:36:00 2005
From: gramenos at ics.forth.gr (Dimitris Grammenos)
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 12:36:00 +0200
Subject: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
In-Reply-To: <e19c8096.668cf193.853e100@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <200512071037.jB7AbXko023117@mailhost.ics.forth.gr>

Hello Michelle,




-----Original Message-----
From: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org]
On Behalf Of hinn at uiuc.edu
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 9:17 PM
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC

Hi Reid,

Yes, I'm working on the schedule revamp now. During the 
lunch hour we'll have the "accessibility arcade" -- two of 
my students are coming and will help out with the set up and 
running of that. The plan right now is for them to help set 
up a "mini arcade" for the roundtables so that people can 
interact with a couple games while we talk about what makes 
a game accessible.

In addition we'll also have demos throughout the day -- 
the "put on a blindfold" and try to play this visually 
intensive game things we discussed and my students can help 
out with those demos -- they will basically be our "stage 
hands" and make sure the tech stuff runs more smoothly.

Michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:46:07 -0500
>From: Reid Kimball <rkimball at gmail.com>  
>Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC  
>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
<games_access at igda.org>
>
>Seems like we need to come up with a plan of who is 
presenting what
>and when during the day long tutorial session. Here's what 
we have so
>far, but it seems incomplete:
>http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/GDC_2006_Tutorial
>
>I'll start with what I plan to do.
>
>1 projector connected to a laptop or computer that has a cd-
rom or USB
>2.0 connection. I'll present videos of games and show 
images while I
>talk about the state of closed captioning in games, past, 
present and
>future. This will be a standard lecture style presentation.
>
>For the interactive section (if there is one) I'd like a 
machine that
>has one FPS game with captioning on and one with the same 
game but
>without captioning. People should play the game without 
captioning
>first and then play it with captioning. I'm not sure which 
FPS game to
>use yet, there aren't too many choices I have for games 
that have full
>closed captioning.
>
>-Reid
>
>
>On 12/6/05, Thomas Westin <thomas at pininteractive.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> To those of you attending GDC 2006 and the GA Tutorial Day
>>
>> I'd like to get a list of what hardware you need at the 
tutorial day for
>> showing whatever you want to present there
>>
>> Please send me this list no later than Monday next week, 
so I can compile it
>> until our next SIG meeting on Tuesday 13th.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Thomas
>>
>> 9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
>> Award at the Independent Games Festival: 
www.terraformers.nu
>> http://www.pininteractive.com
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>>
>>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
_______________________________________________
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games_access at igda.org
http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access



From matthew at agrip.org.uk  Wed Dec  7 12:30:44 2005
From: matthew at agrip.org.uk (Matthew T. Atkinson)
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:30:44 +0000
Subject: [games_access] DocBook Accessible Game Documentation
Message-ID: <1133976644.3021.51.camel@localhost>

Wow, I've been so busy in the last two months.  I promised the below a
while back; here it is!

A while ago I mentioned I would be creating a cross-platform build
system for DocBook game documentation.  This is a very handy standard
for making accessible online documentation.  More information (and the
build system in its first version) can be found here:

http://www.agdev.org/InterestGroupDocumentation

Please let me know what you think if you try it out.

best regards,


-- 
Matthew T. Atkinson <matthew at agrip.org.uk>



From barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk  Thu Dec  8 03:00:05 2005
From: barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 08:00:05 -0000
Subject: [games_access] Accessible Arcade
References: <e19c8096.668cf193.853e100@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <006401c5fbcd$66d500b0$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>

Just contacted www.rnib.org.uk and www.afb.org to see if we can borrow any 
blindess simulating glasses kits (if they still do these), to get across to 
developers that blindness isn't simply not being able to see. Fingers 
crossed.

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <hinn at uiuc.edu>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC


> Hi Reid,
>
> Yes, I'm working on the schedule revamp now. During the
> lunch hour we'll have the "accessibility arcade" -- two of
> my students are coming and will help out with the set up and
> running of that. The plan right now is for them to help set
> up a "mini arcade" for the roundtables so that people can
> interact with a couple games while we talk about what makes
> a game accessible.
>
> In addition we'll also have demos throughout the day -- 
> the "put on a blindfold" and try to play this visually
> intensive game things we discussed and my students can help
> out with those demos -- they will basically be our "stage
> hands" and make sure the tech stuff runs more smoothly.
>
> Michelle 





From thomas at pininteractive.com  Thu Dec 15 16:57:48 2005
From: thomas at pininteractive.com (Thomas Westin)
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:57:48 +0100
Subject: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
References: <e19c8096.668cf193.853e100@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <006001c601c2$967bd960$0200a8c0@SUTWPortabel>

All,

I've inserted the list specified by Reid and added what I need at our wiki 
page for the tutorial
http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/GDC_2006_Tutorial

So far that is all I've got as response for the call for hardware needed for 
the tutorial day

Also, this Tuesday only Kevin and I was online. I think we need one meeting 
before the Christmas Holidays. How about Tuesday next week?

Kind regards,
Thomas

9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
Award at the Independent Games Festival: www.terraformers.nu
http://www.pininteractive.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <hinn at uiuc.edu>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC


> Hi Reid,
>
> Yes, I'm working on the schedule revamp now. During the
> lunch hour we'll have the "accessibility arcade" -- two of
> my students are coming and will help out with the set up and
> running of that. The plan right now is for them to help set
> up a "mini arcade" for the roundtables so that people can
> interact with a couple games while we talk about what makes
> a game accessible.
>
> In addition we'll also have demos throughout the day -- 
> the "put on a blindfold" and try to play this visually
> intensive game things we discussed and my students can help
> out with those demos -- they will basically be our "stage
> hands" and make sure the tech stuff runs more smoothly.
>
> Michelle
>
> ---- Original message ----
>>Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:46:07 -0500
>>From: Reid Kimball <rkimball at gmail.com>
>>Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
>>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> <games_access at igda.org>
>>
>>Seems like we need to come up with a plan of who is
> presenting what
>>and when during the day long tutorial session. Here's what
> we have so
>>far, but it seems incomplete:
>>http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/GDC_2006_Tutorial
>>
>>I'll start with what I plan to do.
>>
>>1 projector connected to a laptop or computer that has a cd-
> rom or USB
>>2.0 connection. I'll present videos of games and show
> images while I
>>talk about the state of closed captioning in games, past,
> present and
>>future. This will be a standard lecture style presentation.
>>
>>For the interactive section (if there is one) I'd like a
> machine that
>>has one FPS game with captioning on and one with the same
> game but
>>without captioning. People should play the game without
> captioning
>>first and then play it with captioning. I'm not sure which
> FPS game to
>>use yet, there aren't too many choices I have for games
> that have full
>>closed captioning.
>>
>>-Reid
>>
>>
>>On 12/6/05, Thomas Westin <thomas at pininteractive.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> To those of you attending GDC 2006 and the GA Tutorial Day
>>>
>>> I'd like to get a list of what hardware you need at the
> tutorial day for
>>> showing whatever you want to present there
>>>
>>> Please send me this list no later than Monday next week,
> so I can compile it
>>> until our next SIG meeting on Tuesday 13th.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Thomas
>>>
>>> 9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
>>> Award at the Independent Games Festival:
> www.terraformers.nu
>>> http://www.pininteractive.com
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> games_access mailing list
>>> games_access at igda.org
>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>games_access mailing list
>>games_access at igda.org
>>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 



From hinn at uiuc.edu  Thu Dec 15 18:36:46 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:36:46 -0600
Subject: [games_access] reminder: hardware for
 GDC
Message-ID: <8dff8146.6b47381a.81ab200@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Hi there -- I had down next Tuesday as the meeting date -- I
think that I must have marked down the wrong date since you
and Kevin were both online. This week is finals week so I've
been administering and grading those all week.

So, yes, I agree! :) Let's meet this next Tuesday -- I'll send
out the link to the world clock in a bit. I'm stuck in a
meeting that's run way over time. 

More in a bit!
Michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:57:48 +0100
>From: "Thomas Westin" <thomas at pininteractive.com>  
>Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC  
>To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"
<games_access at igda.org>
>
>All,
>
>I've inserted the list specified by Reid and added what I
need at our wiki 
>page for the tutorial
>http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/GDC_2006_Tutorial
>
>So far that is all I've got as response for the call for
hardware needed for 
>the tutorial day
>
>Also, this Tuesday only Kevin and I was online. I think we
need one meeting 
>before the Christmas Holidays. How about Tuesday next week?
>
>Kind regards,
>Thomas
>
>9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
>Award at the Independent Games Festival: www.terraformers.nu
>http://www.pininteractive.com
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: <hinn at uiuc.edu>
>To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"
<games_access at igda.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:17 PM
>Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
>
>
>> Hi Reid,
>>
>> Yes, I'm working on the schedule revamp now. During the
>> lunch hour we'll have the "accessibility arcade" -- two of
>> my students are coming and will help out with the set up and
>> running of that. The plan right now is for them to help set
>> up a "mini arcade" for the roundtables so that people can
>> interact with a couple games while we talk about what makes
>> a game accessible.
>>
>> In addition we'll also have demos throughout the day -- 
>> the "put on a blindfold" and try to play this visually
>> intensive game things we discussed and my students can help
>> out with those demos -- they will basically be our "stage
>> hands" and make sure the tech stuff runs more smoothly.
>>
>> Michelle
>>
>> ---- Original message ----
>>>Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:46:07 -0500
>>>From: Reid Kimball <rkimball at gmail.com>
>>>Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
>>>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
>> <games_access at igda.org>
>>>
>>>Seems like we need to come up with a plan of who is
>> presenting what
>>>and when during the day long tutorial session. Here's what
>> we have so
>>>far, but it seems incomplete:
>>>http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/GDC_2006_Tutorial
>>>
>>>I'll start with what I plan to do.
>>>
>>>1 projector connected to a laptop or computer that has a cd-
>> rom or USB
>>>2.0 connection. I'll present videos of games and show
>> images while I
>>>talk about the state of closed captioning in games, past,
>> present and
>>>future. This will be a standard lecture style presentation.
>>>
>>>For the interactive section (if there is one) I'd like a
>> machine that
>>>has one FPS game with captioning on and one with the same
>> game but
>>>without captioning. People should play the game without
>> captioning
>>>first and then play it with captioning. I'm not sure which
>> FPS game to
>>>use yet, there aren't too many choices I have for games
>> that have full
>>>closed captioning.
>>>
>>>-Reid
>>>
>>>
>>>On 12/6/05, Thomas Westin <thomas at pininteractive.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> To those of you attending GDC 2006 and the GA Tutorial Day
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to get a list of what hardware you need at the
>> tutorial day for
>>>> showing whatever you want to present there
>>>>
>>>> Please send me this list no later than Monday next week,
>> so I can compile it
>>>> until our next SIG meeting on Tuesday 13th.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Thomas
>>>>
>>>> 9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
>>>> Award at the Independent Games Festival:
>> www.terraformers.nu
>>>> http://www.pininteractive.com
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> games_access mailing list
>>>> games_access at igda.org
>>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>games_access mailing list
>>>games_access at igda.org
>>>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 
>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From thomas at pininteractive.com  Fri Dec 16 15:21:21 2005
From: thomas at pininteractive.com (Thomas Westin)
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:21:21 +0100
Subject: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
References: <8dff8146.6b47381a.81ab200@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <001201c6027e$478a5220$0400a8c0@EVO400001>

OK, cool.

I've also setup a FTP server where we can upload software for the CD 
handouts and interactive sessions

It has about 40 GB of free space

/Thomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <hinn at uiuc.edu>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 12:36 AM
Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC


> Hi there -- I had down next Tuesday as the meeting date -- I
> think that I must have marked down the wrong date since you
> and Kevin were both online. This week is finals week so I've
> been administering and grading those all week.
>
> So, yes, I agree! :) Let's meet this next Tuesday -- I'll send
> out the link to the world clock in a bit. I'm stuck in a
> meeting that's run way over time.
>
> More in a bit!
> Michelle
>
> ---- Original message ----
>>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:57:48 +0100
>>From: "Thomas Westin" <thomas at pininteractive.com>
>>Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
>>To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"
> <games_access at igda.org>
>>
>>All,
>>
>>I've inserted the list specified by Reid and added what I
> need at our wiki
>>page for the tutorial
>>http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/GDC_2006_Tutorial
>>
>>So far that is all I've got as response for the call for
> hardware needed for
>>the tutorial day
>>
>>Also, this Tuesday only Kevin and I was online. I think we
> need one meeting
>>before the Christmas Holidays. How about Tuesday next week?
>>
>>Kind regards,
>>Thomas
>>
>>9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
>>Award at the Independent Games Festival: www.terraformers.nu
>>http://www.pininteractive.com
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: <hinn at uiuc.edu>
>>To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"
> <games_access at igda.org>
>>Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:17 PM
>>Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
>>
>>
>>> Hi Reid,
>>>
>>> Yes, I'm working on the schedule revamp now. During the
>>> lunch hour we'll have the "accessibility arcade" -- two of
>>> my students are coming and will help out with the set up and
>>> running of that. The plan right now is for them to help set
>>> up a "mini arcade" for the roundtables so that people can
>>> interact with a couple games while we talk about what makes
>>> a game accessible.
>>>
>>> In addition we'll also have demos throughout the day -- 
>>> the "put on a blindfold" and try to play this visually
>>> intensive game things we discussed and my students can help
>>> out with those demos -- they will basically be our "stage
>>> hands" and make sure the tech stuff runs more smoothly.
>>>
>>> Michelle
>>>
>>> ---- Original message ----
>>>>Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:46:07 -0500
>>>>From: Reid Kimball <rkimball at gmail.com>
>>>>Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
>>>>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
>>> <games_access at igda.org>
>>>>
>>>>Seems like we need to come up with a plan of who is
>>> presenting what
>>>>and when during the day long tutorial session. Here's what
>>> we have so
>>>>far, but it seems incomplete:
>>>>http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/GDC_2006_Tutorial
>>>>
>>>>I'll start with what I plan to do.
>>>>
>>>>1 projector connected to a laptop or computer that has a cd-
>>> rom or USB
>>>>2.0 connection. I'll present videos of games and show
>>> images while I
>>>>talk about the state of closed captioning in games, past,
>>> present and
>>>>future. This will be a standard lecture style presentation.
>>>>
>>>>For the interactive section (if there is one) I'd like a
>>> machine that
>>>>has one FPS game with captioning on and one with the same
>>> game but
>>>>without captioning. People should play the game without
>>> captioning
>>>>first and then play it with captioning. I'm not sure which
>>> FPS game to
>>>>use yet, there aren't too many choices I have for games
>>> that have full
>>>>closed captioning.
>>>>
>>>>-Reid
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On 12/6/05, Thomas Westin <thomas at pininteractive.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> To those of you attending GDC 2006 and the GA Tutorial Day
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to get a list of what hardware you need at the
>>> tutorial day for
>>>>> showing whatever you want to present there
>>>>>
>>>>> Please send me this list no later than Monday next week,
>>> so I can compile it
>>>>> until our next SIG meeting on Tuesday 13th.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Thomas
>>>>>
>>>>> 9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
>>>>> Award at the Independent Games Festival:
>>> www.terraformers.nu
>>>>> http://www.pininteractive.com
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> games_access mailing list
>>>>> games_access at igda.org
>>>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>_______________________________________________
>>>>games_access mailing list
>>>>games_access at igda.org
>>>>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> games_access mailing list
>>> games_access at igda.org
>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>games_access mailing list
>>games_access at igda.org
>>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 



From jason at igda.org  Fri Dec 16 15:40:08 2005
From: jason at igda.org (Jason Della Rocca)
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:40:08 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Disabled Fans Shut Out of Star Wars Galaxies
In-Reply-To: <20051216170018.69BA057876@seven.pairlist.net>
References: <20051216170018.69BA057876@seven.pairlist.net>
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.0.20051216153935.029eed70@mail.igda.org>

FYI, article from Wired's blog:

Disabled Fans Shut Out of Star Wars Galaxies
http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/games/index.blog?entry_id=1308320

Jason

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jason Della Rocca
Executive Director
International Game Developers Association

t: +1-514-426-1162
f: +1-514-426-1201
Montreal, Canada
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://www.igda.org/
http://www.realitypanic.com/

"Do or do not. There is no try."
- Yoda



From barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk  Sat Dec 17 12:30:22 2005
From: barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:30:22 -0000
Subject: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
References: <8dff8146.6b47381a.81ab200@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
	<001201c6027e$478a5220$0400a8c0@EVO400001>
Message-ID: <017e01c6032f$8f60a660$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>

Hello Thomas,

Could you send me the FTP details so I can upload some software? 

Cheers,

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk





From thomas at pininteractive.com  Sat Dec 17 17:27:57 2005
From: thomas at pininteractive.com (Thomas Westin)
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:27:57 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Disabled Fans Shut Out of Star Wars Galaxies
References: <20051216170018.69BA057876@seven.pairlist.net>
	<6.2.1.2.0.20051216153935.029eed70@mail.igda.org>
Message-ID: <000d01c60359$21d57dd0$0400a8c0@EVO400001>

yes, this is a really good example; I think the GA Tutorial Day at GDC will 
have some great impact on the awareness of these issues. I've updated our 
wiki at http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/Game_Accessibility_SIG/Articles
thanks,
Thomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Della Rocca" <jason at igda.org>
To: <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 9:40 PM
Subject: [games_access] Disabled Fans Shut Out of Star Wars Galaxies


> FYI, article from Wired's blog:
>
> Disabled Fans Shut Out of Star Wars Galaxies
> http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/games/index.blog?entry_id=1308320
>
> Jason
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jason Della Rocca
> Executive Director
> International Game Developers Association
>
> t: +1-514-426-1162
> f: +1-514-426-1201
> Montreal, Canada
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> http://www.igda.org/
> http://www.realitypanic.com/
>
> "Do or do not. There is no try."
> - Yoda
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 



From barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk  Sun Dec 18 10:41:05 2005
From: barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 15:41:05 -0000
Subject: [games_access] GDC 2006 - One switch game "Strange Attractors"
	makes the Independent Games Festival finals
Message-ID: <01cb01c603e9$758399e0$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>

Great news. One of the Retro Remakes one switch competition entries has been 
nominated for "Innovation In Game Design", and will be up to play on the 
Independent Games Festival Pavilion at GDC 2006 (www.igf.com).

This game is "Strange Attractors" by Ominous Development 
(www.igf.com/php-bin/entries2006.php?entry_id=142). It's a unique and fun 
game with some excellent accessiblility features, including single button 
play, a scan and select menu and good variable difficulty levels.


Eric Walker of Ominous Development has asked me:

"....since we're going to have a little spot to show off our game, is there 
anything we can do for you or the Game Accessibility talks? In all honesty 
we wouldn't have had this opportunity if we hadn't been inspired by the one 
switch competition back in May, so if there's anything we can do to return 
the favor, let me know."


Any thoughts any one? We're fine to put the game on any accessible games CD 
we might produce. Might be nice if Ominous Developments could contribute 
something to the accessibility day, perhaps in person or writing.

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk





From hinn at uiuc.edu  Sun Dec 18 18:28:25 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:28:25 -0600
Subject: [games_access] GDC 2006 - One switch
	game "Strange Attractors"	makes the Independent Games Festival finals
Message-ID: <c9246961.6cd1f301.826b000@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

whoa that's fantastic! actually if they could advert our
accessibility arcade on the tutorial day that'd be great. also
we can easily add them in to the tutorial day if they'd like
to speak briefly about switch games (we need someone to cover
that since you won't be able to join us so that'd be great to
get them into the loop on the planning). please let them know
about the meeting this tuesday online.

they are also encouraged to get involved with the roundtables
and join us for the "meet n greet" that we'll have of some
sort (probably a bunch of us at a bar someplace but i'm still
seeing if we can get some $$$ for a slightly bigger do). also,
we'll all get tickets to the award ceremony so we should all
without a doubt try to get together en masse for the ceremony
for support.

michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 15:41:05 -0000
>From: "Barrie Ellis" <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>  
>Subject: [games_access] GDC 2006 - One switch game "Strange
Attractors" makes the Independent Games Festival finals  
>To: "IGDA GA mailing list" <games_access at igda.org>
>
>Great news. One of the Retro Remakes one switch competition
entries has been 
>nominated for "Innovation In Game Design", and will be up to
play on the 
>Independent Games Festival Pavilion at GDC 2006 (www.igf.com).
>
>This game is "Strange Attractors" by Ominous Development 
>(www.igf.com/php-bin/entries2006.php?entry_id=142). It's a
unique and fun 
>game with some excellent accessiblility features, including
single button 
>play, a scan and select menu and good variable difficulty levels.
>
>
>Eric Walker of Ominous Development has asked me:
>
>"....since we're going to have a little spot to show off our
game, is there 
>anything we can do for you or the Game Accessibility talks?
In all honesty 
>we wouldn't have had this opportunity if we hadn't been
inspired by the one 
>switch competition back in May, so if there's anything we can
do to return 
>the favor, let me know."
>
>
>Any thoughts any one? We're fine to put the game on any
accessible games CD 
>we might produce. Might be nice if Ominous Developments could
contribute 
>something to the accessibility day, perhaps in person or writing.
>
>Barrie
>www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk  Mon Dec 19 16:58:06 2005
From: barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:58:06 -0000
Subject: [games_access] Namco Accessible PS2 flyer
Message-ID: <042b01c604e7$4b21a350$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>

I've finally made contact with an English speaking employee at Namco's Rehabilitainment department. Thought some of you would like to see their switch accessible Playstation 2 controller:

http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/IMAGES/5/NAMCO/Barrier-free%20controller.jpg

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk

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From barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk  Mon Dec 19 17:37:55 2005
From: barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:37:55 -0000
Subject: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
References: <8dff8146.6b47381a.81ab200@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
	<001201c6027e$478a5220$0400a8c0@EVO400001>
Message-ID: <046201c604ec$db51c540$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>

Just uploaded a few audio games. They're all free/trial versions so I think 
they'd be fine.

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Westin" <thomas at pininteractive.com>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC


> OK, cool.
>
> I've also setup a FTP server where we can upload software for the CD 
> handouts and interactive sessions
>
> It has about 40 GB of free space
>
> /Thomas
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <hinn at uiuc.edu>
> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 12:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
>
>
>> Hi there -- I had down next Tuesday as the meeting date -- I
>> think that I must have marked down the wrong date since you
>> and Kevin were both online. This week is finals week so I've
>> been administering and grading those all week.
>>
>> So, yes, I agree! :) Let's meet this next Tuesday -- I'll send
>> out the link to the world clock in a bit. I'm stuck in a
>> meeting that's run way over time.
>>
>> More in a bit!
>> Michelle
>>
>> ---- Original message ----
>>>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:57:48 +0100
>>>From: "Thomas Westin" <thomas at pininteractive.com>
>>>Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
>>>To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"
>> <games_access at igda.org>
>>>
>>>All,
>>>
>>>I've inserted the list specified by Reid and added what I
>> need at our wiki
>>>page for the tutorial
>>>http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/GDC_2006_Tutorial
>>>
>>>So far that is all I've got as response for the call for
>> hardware needed for
>>>the tutorial day
>>>
>>>Also, this Tuesday only Kevin and I was online. I think we
>> need one meeting
>>>before the Christmas Holidays. How about Tuesday next week?
>>>
>>>Kind regards,
>>>Thomas
>>>
>>>9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
>>>Award at the Independent Games Festival: www.terraformers.nu
>>>http://www.pininteractive.com
>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: <hinn at uiuc.edu>
>>>To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"
>> <games_access at igda.org>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:17 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Reid,
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I'm working on the schedule revamp now. During the
>>>> lunch hour we'll have the "accessibility arcade" -- two of
>>>> my students are coming and will help out with the set up and
>>>> running of that. The plan right now is for them to help set
>>>> up a "mini arcade" for the roundtables so that people can
>>>> interact with a couple games while we talk about what makes
>>>> a game accessible.
>>>>
>>>> In addition we'll also have demos throughout the day -- 
>>>> the "put on a blindfold" and try to play this visually
>>>> intensive game things we discussed and my students can help
>>>> out with those demos -- they will basically be our "stage
>>>> hands" and make sure the tech stuff runs more smoothly.
>>>>
>>>> Michelle
>>>>
>>>> ---- Original message ----
>>>>>Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:46:07 -0500
>>>>>From: Reid Kimball <rkimball at gmail.com>
>>>>>Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
>>>>>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
>>>> <games_access at igda.org>
>>>>>
>>>>>Seems like we need to come up with a plan of who is
>>>> presenting what
>>>>>and when during the day long tutorial session. Here's what
>>>> we have so
>>>>>far, but it seems incomplete:
>>>>>http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/GDC_2006_Tutorial
>>>>>
>>>>>I'll start with what I plan to do.
>>>>>
>>>>>1 projector connected to a laptop or computer that has a cd-
>>>> rom or USB
>>>>>2.0 connection. I'll present videos of games and show
>>>> images while I
>>>>>talk about the state of closed captioning in games, past,
>>>> present and
>>>>>future. This will be a standard lecture style presentation.
>>>>>
>>>>>For the interactive section (if there is one) I'd like a
>>>> machine that
>>>>>has one FPS game with captioning on and one with the same
>>>> game but
>>>>>without captioning. People should play the game without
>>>> captioning
>>>>>first and then play it with captioning. I'm not sure which
>>>> FPS game to
>>>>>use yet, there aren't too many choices I have for games
>>>> that have full
>>>>>closed captioning.
>>>>>
>>>>>-Reid
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On 12/6/05, Thomas Westin <thomas at pininteractive.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To those of you attending GDC 2006 and the GA Tutorial Day
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd like to get a list of what hardware you need at the
>>>> tutorial day for
>>>>>> showing whatever you want to present there
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please send me this list no later than Monday next week,
>>>> so I can compile it
>>>>>> until our next SIG meeting on Tuesday 13th.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Thomas
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
>>>>>> Award at the Independent Games Festival:
>>>> www.terraformers.nu
>>>>>> http://www.pininteractive.com
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> games_access mailing list
>>>>>> games_access at igda.org
>>>>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>_______________________________________________
>>>>>games_access mailing list
>>>>>games_access at igda.org
>>>>>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> games_access mailing list
>>>> games_access at igda.org
>>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>games_access mailing list
>>>games_access at igda.org
>>>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
> 





From hinn at uiuc.edu  Mon Dec 19 17:40:18 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:40:18 -0600
Subject: [games_access] Meeting Reminder: Tuesday, 20 December 2005
Message-ID: <3ab81437.6d51600d.8213c00@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Hello All,

Just a reminder that the next GA Sig meeting is tomorrow,
Tuesday 20 December at Noon Eastern Time. For those of you not
in US Eastern Time, here's a handy time conversion tool to
find your local time:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=12&day=20&year=2005&hour=12&min=0&sec=0&p1=179
 

Topic to be discussed tomorrow will be, of course, GDC 2006!!
This will be our last meeting before people start going into
hiding over the winter holidays. The next meeting will likely
be during the 2nd week of January. More on that...later! :)

As always, we'll be online at MSN messenger -- if you've never
been to a meeting, please add my MSN ID (vrgrrl at hotmail.com)
to your friend list and then send me a message around meeting
time and I'll add you to the meeting space.

Hope to see many of you there -- new members are always welcome!

Michelle
Chair, IGDA Game Accessibility SIG


From hinn at uiuc.edu  Mon Dec 19 17:43:41 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:43:41 -0600
Subject: [games_access] Namco Accessible PS2 flyer
Message-ID: <46dd88db.6d51afa7.8234700@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Looks great, Barrie -- any idea if they can send us a
prototype for GDC? Also, if any of them are planning to come
to GDC, it'd be great to meet with them (we might have to find
a translator but we might be able to swing that).

Michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:58:06 -0000
>From: "Barrie Ellis" <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>  
>Subject: [games_access] Namco Accessible PS2 flyer  
>To: "IGDA GA mailing list" <games_access at igda.org>
>
>   I've finally made contact with an English speaking
>   employee at Namco's Rehabilitainment department.
>   Thought some of you would like to see their switch
>   accessible Playstation 2 controller:
>    
>  
http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/IMAGES/5/NAMCO/Barrier-free%20controller.jpg
>    
>   Barrie
>   www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>    
>    
>________________
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From richard at audiogames.net  Tue Dec 20 10:51:48 2005
From: richard at audiogames.net (AudioGames.net)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 16:51:48 +0100
Subject: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
References: <8dff8146.6b47381a.81ab200@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu><001201c6027e$478a5220$0400a8c0@EVO400001>
	<046201c604ec$db51c540$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>
Message-ID: <004601c6057d$49377560$bb782ed5@Delletje>

Hi,

What's the server address again? I'll upload Drive. Oh, and this time I 
*will* be joining the online meeting (since I have some time off and am not 
stuck in traffic, like usual :)

Talk to you in an hour!

Greets,

Richard



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barrie Ellis" <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC


> Just uploaded a few audio games. They're all free/trial versions so I 
> think they'd be fine.
>
> Barrie
> www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Thomas Westin" <thomas at pininteractive.com>
> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 8:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
>
>
>> OK, cool.
>>
>> I've also setup a FTP server where we can upload software for the CD 
>> handouts and interactive sessions
>>
>> It has about 40 GB of free space
>>
>> /Thomas
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <hinn at uiuc.edu>
>> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
>> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 12:36 AM
>> Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
>>
>>
>>> Hi there -- I had down next Tuesday as the meeting date -- I
>>> think that I must have marked down the wrong date since you
>>> and Kevin were both online. This week is finals week so I've
>>> been administering and grading those all week.
>>>
>>> So, yes, I agree! :) Let's meet this next Tuesday -- I'll send
>>> out the link to the world clock in a bit. I'm stuck in a
>>> meeting that's run way over time.
>>>
>>> More in a bit!
>>> Michelle
>>>
>>> ---- Original message ----
>>>>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:57:48 +0100
>>>>From: "Thomas Westin" <thomas at pininteractive.com>
>>>>Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
>>>>To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"
>>> <games_access at igda.org>
>>>>
>>>>All,
>>>>
>>>>I've inserted the list specified by Reid and added what I
>>> need at our wiki
>>>>page for the tutorial
>>>>http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/GDC_2006_Tutorial
>>>>
>>>>So far that is all I've got as response for the call for
>>> hardware needed for
>>>>the tutorial day
>>>>
>>>>Also, this Tuesday only Kevin and I was online. I think we
>>> need one meeting
>>>>before the Christmas Holidays. How about Tuesday next week?
>>>>
>>>>Kind regards,
>>>>Thomas
>>>>
>>>>9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
>>>>Award at the Independent Games Festival: www.terraformers.nu
>>>>http://www.pininteractive.com
>>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>From: <hinn at uiuc.edu>
>>>>To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"
>>> <games_access at igda.org>
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:17 PM
>>>>Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Reid,
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, I'm working on the schedule revamp now. During the
>>>>> lunch hour we'll have the "accessibility arcade" -- two of
>>>>> my students are coming and will help out with the set up and
>>>>> running of that. The plan right now is for them to help set
>>>>> up a "mini arcade" for the roundtables so that people can
>>>>> interact with a couple games while we talk about what makes
>>>>> a game accessible.
>>>>>
>>>>> In addition we'll also have demos throughout the day -- 
>>>>> the "put on a blindfold" and try to play this visually
>>>>> intensive game things we discussed and my students can help
>>>>> out with those demos -- they will basically be our "stage
>>>>> hands" and make sure the tech stuff runs more smoothly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Michelle
>>>>>
>>>>> ---- Original message ----
>>>>>>Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:46:07 -0500
>>>>>>From: Reid Kimball <rkimball at gmail.com>
>>>>>>Subject: Re: [games_access] reminder: hardware for GDC
>>>>>>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
>>>>> <games_access at igda.org>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Seems like we need to come up with a plan of who is
>>>>> presenting what
>>>>>>and when during the day long tutorial session. Here's what
>>>>> we have so
>>>>>>far, but it seems incomplete:
>>>>>>http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/GDC_2006_Tutorial
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'll start with what I plan to do.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>1 projector connected to a laptop or computer that has a cd-
>>>>> rom or USB
>>>>>>2.0 connection. I'll present videos of games and show
>>>>> images while I
>>>>>>talk about the state of closed captioning in games, past,
>>>>> present and
>>>>>>future. This will be a standard lecture style presentation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>For the interactive section (if there is one) I'd like a
>>>>> machine that
>>>>>>has one FPS game with captioning on and one with the same
>>>>> game but
>>>>>>without captioning. People should play the game without
>>>>> captioning
>>>>>>first and then play it with captioning. I'm not sure which
>>>>> FPS game to
>>>>>>use yet, there aren't too many choices I have for games
>>>>> that have full
>>>>>>closed captioning.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-Reid
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On 12/6/05, Thomas Westin <thomas at pininteractive.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To those of you attending GDC 2006 and the GA Tutorial Day
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd like to get a list of what hardware you need at the
>>>>> tutorial day for
>>>>>>> showing whatever you want to present there
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please send me this list no later than Monday next week,
>>>>> so I can compile it
>>>>>>> until our next SIG meeting on Tuesday 13th.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Thomas
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
>>>>>>> Award at the Independent Games Festival:
>>>>> www.terraformers.nu
>>>>>>> http://www.pininteractive.com
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> games_access mailing list
>>>>>>> games_access at igda.org
>>>>>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>_______________________________________________
>>>>>>games_access mailing list
>>>>>>games_access at igda.org
>>>>>>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> games_access mailing list
>>>>> games_access at igda.org
>>>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>>>
>>>>_______________________________________________
>>>>games_access mailing list
>>>>games_access at igda.org
>>>>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> games_access mailing list
>>> games_access at igda.org
>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 



From hinn at uiuc.edu  Tue Dec 20 12:00:58 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:00:58 -0600
Subject: [games_access] Meeting Reminder: Tuesday,
 20 December 2005
Message-ID: <9ae35961.6db62421.824e300@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

hi all -- barrie and i are both trying to sign on to MSN
messenger but without luck. we'll keep trying. if you are
online and see someone else you know, please start the meeting
without us!

hope to chat with you all soon!!
michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:40:18 -0600
>From: <hinn at uiuc.edu>  
>Subject: [games_access] Meeting Reminder: Tuesday, 20
December 2005  
>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
<games_access at igda.org>
>
>Hello All,
>
>Just a reminder that the next GA Sig meeting is tomorrow,
>Tuesday 20 December at Noon Eastern Time. For those of you not
>in US Eastern Time, here's a handy time conversion tool to
>find your local time:
>
>http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=12&day=20&year=2005&hour=12&min=0&sec=0&p1=179
> 
>
>Topic to be discussed tomorrow will be, of course, GDC 2006!!
>This will be our last meeting before people start going into
>hiding over the winter holidays. The next meeting will likely
>be during the 2nd week of January. More on that...later! :)
>
>As always, we'll be online at MSN messenger -- if you've never
>been to a meeting, please add my MSN ID (vrgrrl at hotmail.com)
>to your friend list and then send me a message around meeting
>time and I'll add you to the meeting space.
>
>Hope to see many of you there -- new members are always welcome!
>
>Michelle
>Chair, IGDA Game Accessibility SIG
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From thomas at pininteractive.com  Tue Dec 20 12:11:33 2005
From: thomas at pininteractive.com (Thomas Westin)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:11:33 +0100
Subject: [games_access] can't login to msn
Message-ID: <003801c60588$6d55f9c0$0400a8c0@EVO400001>

hi,

I can't login to msn for the sig meeting, I'll keep trying for a while
/Thomas
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From rkimball at gmail.com  Tue Dec 20 12:22:41 2005
From: rkimball at gmail.com (Reid Kimball)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:22:41 -0500
Subject: [games_access] can't login to msn
In-Reply-To: <003801c60588$6d55f9c0$0400a8c0@EVO400001>
References: <003801c60588$6d55f9c0$0400a8c0@EVO400001>
Message-ID: <a6673b8d0512200922h4a1e6d3byff8e3ca3fb449101@mail.gmail.com>

have you tried the web MSN?

http://webmessenger.msn.com/

-Reid

On 12/20/05, Thomas Westin <thomas at pininteractive.com> wrote:
>
>
> hi,
>
> I can't login to msn for the sig meeting, I'll keep trying for a while
>
>
> /Thomas
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
>
>


From hinn at uiuc.edu  Tue Dec 20 12:28:06 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:28:06 -0600
Subject: [games_access] can't login to msn
Message-ID: <fbef0533.6db8a020.81c5a00@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

yeah, slowly people are able to logon after 20 mins. jeez...we
need a plan b clearly...

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:22:41 -0500
>From: Reid Kimball <rkimball at gmail.com>  
>Subject: Re: [games_access] can't login to msn  
>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
<games_access at igda.org>
>
>have you tried the web MSN?
>
>http://webmessenger.msn.com/
>
>-Reid
>
>On 12/20/05, Thomas Westin <thomas at pininteractive.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> hi,
>>
>> I can't login to msn for the sig meeting, I'll keep trying
for a while
>>
>>
>> /Thomas
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>>
>>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From thomas at pininteractive.com  Tue Dec 20 12:30:43 2005
From: thomas at pininteractive.com (Thomas Westin)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:30:43 +0100
Subject: [games_access] backup for msn
Message-ID: <000601c6058b$1b18c900$0400a8c0@EVO400001>

when msn fails we could use our flash media server

sample app here - I can make a custom design with text chatt only if  we decide to use it

http://www.pininteractive.com/_ftpupload/flash/server/meetingroom.html

/thomas
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From barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk  Tue Dec 20 12:48:40 2005
From: barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:48:40 -0000
Subject: [games_access] IGDA GA meeting: thoughts from OneSwitch
Message-ID: <00dd01c6058d$9cad0470$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>

Ah well - can't get on line, so I'll jot down some thoughts.


Accessible Arcade / Inaccessible Arcade: Simulation glasses:
-------------------------------------------------------------

I've looked into borrowing a set of glasses that simulate to some extent 
various sight impairments. Not managed to borrow any yet, but we could buy a 
set from www.vine-simspecs.org.uk/simspecs.htm:

"The cost of 1 duplicate VINE Simulation Package is ?100.00 NO VAT includes 
postage and packing, it would consist of
the 10 pairs of simualtion spectacles and instruction booklet.

If you decide to go ahead send your cheque payable to "V.I.N.E."  and your 
full postal address to:- V.I.N.E.  c/o Pearey House, Preston Park, north 
Shields NE29 9JR."

Do people think it's worth clubbing together to get these, then sent onto 
the most appropriate person attending GDC 2006?


CD for GDC 2006
-------------------

I've uploaded six one switch games, plus a few audio games. I'd like to 
include some kind of README explanation to the oneswitch games. I understand 
Richard has uploaded the excellent Drive too. Are there any subtitled 
freeware / abandon ware games in existance we might be able to use? What 
else might be good for the disk?



Tie in with 7th Independent Games Festival: "Strange Attractors" by Ominous 
Development
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Eric Walker of Ominous Developments has gladly offered to advertise our 
accessible arcade at their booth at the IGF. He's asked "Are there any 
special posters or signs or anything you want us to set up? Also, we would 
also be thrilled to have our game handed out on a disk at the show." 
(http://www.ominousdev.com/)



Accessible hardware for show
------------------------------

I will contact NAMCO to see if they might lend us one of their "barrier-free 
Playstation controllers" 
(http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/IMAGES/5/NAMCO/Barrier-free%20controller.jpg). 
I'll also try to get some plug in switches / alternative controllers too for 
loan. I'm working on a very promising switch interface at present for PS2 
and X-box at present that is very light weight. Should be ready very early 
next year in prototype form. Will aim to get them to Thomas in good time.

Any more thoughts on the machines and what games they should show? Perhaps a 
mix of accessible and inaccessible? "Destruction Derby" is on it's way to 
you Michelle by the way.



My presentation on games taking into account mobility/learning disabilities
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Need to firm this up a bit. Thinking about having a load of images to back 
up some written info, linking to the accessible arcade. Would someone be 
able to read this out in my place?


HAPPY CHRISTMAS! AND ALL THE BEST IN 2006


Barrie Ellis
www.OneSwitch.org.uk








From barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk  Tue Dec 20 15:57:33 2005
From: barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:57:33 -0000
Subject: [games_access] 20 Dec 2005 GA meeting: One switch thoughts
Message-ID: <02e701c605a8$00442b70$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>

Resending this as it didn't seem to go through:



Ah well - can't get on line, so I'll jot down some thoughts.


Accessible Arcade / Inaccessible Arcade: Simulation glasses:
-------------------------------------------------------------

I've looked into borrowing a set of glasses that simulate to some extent
various sight impairments. Not managed to borrow any yet, but we could buy a
set from www.vine-simspecs.org.uk/simspecs.htm :

"The cost of 1 duplicate VINE Simulation Package is ?100.00 NO VAT includes
postage and packing, it would consist of
the 10 pairs of simualtion spectacles and instruction booklet.

If you decide to go ahead send your cheque payable to "V.I.N.E."  and your
full postal address to:- V.I.N.E.  c/o Pearey House, Preston Park, north
Shields NE29 9JR."

Do people think it's worth clubbing together to get these, then sent onto
the most appropriate person attending GDC 2006?


CD for GDC 2006
-------------------

I've uploaded six one switch games, plus a few audio games. I'd like to
include some kind of README explanation to the oneswitch games. I understand
Richard has uploaded the excellent Drive too. Are there any subtitled
freeware / abandon ware games in existance we might be able to use? What
else might be good for the disk?



Tie in with 7th Independent Games Festival: "Strange Attractors" by Ominous
Development
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Eric Walker of Ominous Developments has gladly offered to advertise our
accessible arcade at their booth at the IGF. He's asked "Are there any
special posters or signs or anything you want us to set up? Also, we would
also be thrilled to have our game handed out on a disk at the show."
(http://www.ominousdev.com/ )



Accessible hardware for show
------------------------------

I will contact NAMCO to see if they might lend us one of their "barrier-free
Playstation controllers"
(http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/IMAGES/5/NAMCO/Barrier-free%20controller.jpg ).
I'll also try to get some plug in switches / alternative controllers too for
loan. I'm working on a very promising switch interface at present for PS2
and X-box at present that is very light weight. Should be ready very early
next year in prototype form. Will aim to get them to Thomas in good time.

Any more thoughts on the machines and what games they should show? Perhaps a
mix of accessible and inaccessible? "Destruction Derby" is on it's way to
you Michelle by the way.



My presentation on games taking into account mobility/learning disabilities
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Need to firm this up a bit. Thinking about having a load of images to back
up some written info, linking to the accessible arcade. Would someone be
able to read this out in my place?


HAPPY CHRISTMAS! AND ALL THE BEST IN 2006


Barrie Ellis
www.OneSwitch.org.uk 





From barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk  Tue Dec 20 15:58:46 2005
From: barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:58:46 -0000
Subject: [games_access] DocBook Accessible Game Documentation
References: <1133976644.3021.51.camel@localhost>
Message-ID: <02ff01c605a8$2b596000$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>

Hi Matthew,

Keep up the fine work, sir.

Have a great Christmas,

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew T. Atkinson" <matthew at agrip.org.uk>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 5:30 PM
Subject: [games_access] DocBook Accessible Game Documentation


> Wow, I've been so busy in the last two months.  I promised the below a
> while back; here it is!
> 
> A while ago I mentioned I would be creating a cross-platform build
> system for DocBook game documentation.  This is a very handy standard
> for making accessible online documentation.  More information (and the
> build system in its first version) can be found here:
> 
> http://www.agdev.org/InterestGroupDocumentation
> 
> Please let me know what you think if you try it out.
> 
> best regards,
> 
> 
> -- 
> Matthew T. Atkinson <matthew at agrip.org.uk>
> 
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> 
>




From thomas at pininteractive.com  Thu Dec 22 15:47:39 2005
From: thomas at pininteractive.com (Thomas Westin)
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:47:39 +0100
Subject: [games_access] IGDA GA meeting: thoughts from OneSwitch
References: <00dd01c6058d$9cad0470$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>
Message-ID: <00f301c60738$f281e580$0200a8c0@SUTWPortabel>

Hi Barrie,

Great list of thoughts.

I think we need some place to store and edit our thoughts without having it 
publicly availabe for everyone to read at the IGDA wiki - giving away too 
much before GDC I think...

I can setup a MediaWiki at pininteractive.com with password login for 
readers as well which we can use for our internal notes for GDC and also the 
book as we go forward. Would that be OK with you all?

Also, if you want to upload stuff to my FTP for the CD, please e-mail me 
personally and I'll give you the details - I just want to have some control 
of who gets access to the server.

I can present your stuff Barrie, if it is just talking about it with 
slides/images (to present some actual tech demos demands more preparations I 
think)

I'll upload Terraformers of course :) and will also tell Brainfingers.com to 
upload some of their games, which will also need some hardware explanations. 
Perhaps they can also upload some video for those who can't get the hardware 
(Cyberlink). I'll also ask if they can lend a device for the accessibility 
arcade, would be really cool to let people try controlling games with 
biofeedback themselves... (I can't afford having my own Cyberlink hardware 
at the arcade if it breaks I'm afraid; it costs about 2000 USD)

Further, I'll notify AGRIP to upload Accessible Quake. I think we have a 
quite extensive list of games and people to contact in our white paper 
appendices also. I'll see what I can do about that.

Regarding the 100 USD for the VINE package; yes I think it would be really 
cool if we could let people try games out with these. - Michelle, have you 
heard anything from IGDA about having some Paypal Donate thing on the SIG 
site? Would be great if we can have some funding from people to pay for 
stuff like this.

Also, I'm thinking about printing some T-shirts with the IGDA logo + text 
"Game Not Over - Expanding the Market through Game Accessibility. Game 
Developers Conference 2006". Would you be interested in getting a T-shirt? 
Please let me know, and I can make one exclusive conference t-shirt for you 
:) and you just pay the t-shirt + printing cost when we meet at GDC or buy 
me some beer :)

We (the SIG) could also sell similar t-shirts with some added / modified 
text, saying "I'm an active sponsor of Game Accessibility" to people and get 
further funding for things we need to buy etc.

Merry Christmas to you all

/Thomas

9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
Award at the Independent Games Festival: www.terraformers.nu
http://www.pininteractive.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barrie Ellis" <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>
To: "IGDA GA mailing list" <games_access at igda.org>; <ominousdev at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:48 PM
Subject: [games_access] IGDA GA meeting: thoughts from OneSwitch


> Ah well - can't get on line, so I'll jot down some thoughts.
>
>
> Accessible Arcade / Inaccessible Arcade: Simulation glasses:
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I've looked into borrowing a set of glasses that simulate to some extent 
> various sight impairments. Not managed to borrow any yet, but we could buy 
> a set from www.vine-simspecs.org.uk/simspecs.htm:
>
> "The cost of 1 duplicate VINE Simulation Package is ?100.00 NO VAT 
> includes postage and packing, it would consist of
> the 10 pairs of simualtion spectacles and instruction booklet.
>
> If you decide to go ahead send your cheque payable to "V.I.N.E."  and your 
> full postal address to:- V.I.N.E.  c/o Pearey House, Preston Park, north 
> Shields NE29 9JR."
>
> Do people think it's worth clubbing together to get these, then sent onto 
> the most appropriate person attending GDC 2006?
>
>
> CD for GDC 2006
> -------------------
>
> I've uploaded six one switch games, plus a few audio games. I'd like to 
> include some kind of README explanation to the oneswitch games. I 
> understand Richard has uploaded the excellent Drive too. Are there any 
> subtitled freeware / abandon ware games in existance we might be able to 
> use? What else might be good for the disk?
>
>
>
> Tie in with 7th Independent Games Festival: "Strange Attractors" by 
> Ominous Development
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Eric Walker of Ominous Developments has gladly offered to advertise our 
> accessible arcade at their booth at the IGF. He's asked "Are there any 
> special posters or signs or anything you want us to set up? Also, we would 
> also be thrilled to have our game handed out on a disk at the show." 
> (http://www.ominousdev.com/)
>
>
>
> Accessible hardware for show
> ------------------------------
>
> I will contact NAMCO to see if they might lend us one of their 
> "barrier-free Playstation controllers" 
> (http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/IMAGES/5/NAMCO/Barrier-free%20controller.jpg). 
> I'll also try to get some plug in switches / alternative controllers too 
> for loan. I'm working on a very promising switch interface at present for 
> PS2 and X-box at present that is very light weight. Should be ready very 
> early next year in prototype form. Will aim to get them to Thomas in good 
> time.
>
> Any more thoughts on the machines and what games they should show? Perhaps 
> a mix of accessible and inaccessible? "Destruction Derby" is on it's way 
> to you Michelle by the way.
>
>
>
> My presentation on games taking into account mobility/learning 
> disabilities
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Need to firm this up a bit. Thinking about having a load of images to back 
> up some written info, linking to the accessible arcade. Would someone be 
> able to read this out in my place?
>
>
> HAPPY CHRISTMAS! AND ALL THE BEST IN 2006
>
>
> Barrie Ellis
> www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 



From hinn at uiuc.edu  Thu Dec 22 17:31:52 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:31:52 -0600
Subject: [games_access] IGDA GA meeting: thoughts
 from OneSwitch
Message-ID: <759bace6.6edc1948.8514500@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Hi all,

A couple quick thoughts then I'll send another email to 
address the other issues:

1. we WILL have an official IGDA group gathering (ie, it 
will be printed in the program) for game accessibility! So 
this is an informal gathering with better advertising. After 
that we can always go off someplace to dinner, etc. Cool!

2. tshirts: great idea -- how about going through cafe 
press? cafepress.com -- that way you don't have to deal with 
tshirts sizes and people can order on their own. another 
idea in addition to this is fund raising via cafe press -- 
i'll check with jason (jason? reading this?) :) about 
whether we can have a sub bank account of some sort for the 
SIG under the IGDA (that way we don't have to worry about 
filing for non-profit status and/or file taxes in the US for 
the SIG...sigh...I have enough forgetfulness with my own 
taxes!). then if we can get that set up then we should be 
able to set up the paypal account without worry.

ok! happy holidays everyone!
michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:47:39 +0100
>From: "Thomas Westin" <thomas at pininteractive.com>  
>Subject: Re: [games_access] IGDA GA meeting: thoughts from 
OneSwitch  
>To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" 
<games_access at igda.org>
>
>Hi Barrie,
>
>Great list of thoughts.
>
>I think we need some place to store and edit our thoughts 
without having it 
>publicly availabe for everyone to read at the IGDA wiki - 
giving away too 
>much before GDC I think...
>
>I can setup a MediaWiki at pininteractive.com with password 
login for 
>readers as well which we can use for our internal notes for 
GDC and also the 
>book as we go forward. Would that be OK with you all?
>
>Also, if you want to upload stuff to my FTP for the CD, 
please e-mail me 
>personally and I'll give you the details - I just want to 
have some control 
>of who gets access to the server.
>
>I can present your stuff Barrie, if it is just talking 
about it with 
>slides/images (to present some actual tech demos demands 
more preparations I 
>think)
>
>I'll upload Terraformers of course :) and will also tell 
Brainfingers.com to 
>upload some of their games, which will also need some 
hardware explanations. 
>Perhaps they can also upload some video for those who can't 
get the hardware 
>(Cyberlink). I'll also ask if they can lend a device for 
the accessibility 
>arcade, would be really cool to let people try controlling 
games with 
>biofeedback themselves... (I can't afford having my own 
Cyberlink hardware 
>at the arcade if it breaks I'm afraid; it costs about 2000 
USD)
>
>Further, I'll notify AGRIP to upload Accessible Quake. I 
think we have a 
>quite extensive list of games and people to contact in our 
white paper 
>appendices also. I'll see what I can do about that.
>
>Regarding the 100 USD for the VINE package; yes I think it 
would be really 
>cool if we could let people try games out with these. - 
Michelle, have you 
>heard anything from IGDA about having some Paypal Donate 
thing on the SIG 
>site? Would be great if we can have some funding from 
people to pay for 
>stuff like this.
>
>Also, I'm thinking about printing some T-shirts with the 
IGDA logo + text 
>"Game Not Over - Expanding the Market through Game 
Accessibility. Game 
>Developers Conference 2006". Would you be interested in 
getting a T-shirt? 
>Please let me know, and I can make one exclusive conference 
t-shirt for you 
>:) and you just pay the t-shirt + printing cost when we 
meet at GDC or buy 
>me some beer :)
>
>We (the SIG) could also sell similar t-shirts with some 
added / modified 
>text, saying "I'm an active sponsor of Game Accessibility" 
to people and get 
>further funding for things we need to buy etc.
>
>Merry Christmas to you all
>
>/Thomas
>
>9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
>Award at the Independent Games Festival: www.terraformers.nu
>http://www.pininteractive.com
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Barrie Ellis" <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>
>To: "IGDA GA mailing list" <games_access at igda.org>; 
<ominousdev at gmail.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:48 PM
>Subject: [games_access] IGDA GA meeting: thoughts from 
OneSwitch
>
>
>> Ah well - can't get on line, so I'll jot down some 
thoughts.
>>
>>
>> Accessible Arcade / Inaccessible Arcade: Simulation 
glasses:
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
---
>>
>> I've looked into borrowing a set of glasses that simulate 
to some extent 
>> various sight impairments. Not managed to borrow any yet, 
but we could buy 
>> a set from www.vine-simspecs.org.uk/simspecs.htm:
>>
>> "The cost of 1 duplicate VINE Simulation Package is 
?100.00 NO VAT 
>> includes postage and packing, it would consist of
>> the 10 pairs of simualtion spectacles and instruction 
booklet.
>>
>> If you decide to go ahead send your cheque payable 
to "V.I.N.E."  and your 
>> full postal address to:- V.I.N.E.  c/o Pearey House, 
Preston Park, north 
>> Shields NE29 9JR."
>>
>> Do people think it's worth clubbing together to get 
these, then sent onto 
>> the most appropriate person attending GDC 2006?
>>
>>
>> CD for GDC 2006
>> -------------------
>>
>> I've uploaded six one switch games, plus a few audio 
games. I'd like to 
>> include some kind of README explanation to the oneswitch 
games. I 
>> understand Richard has uploaded the excellent Drive too. 
Are there any 
>> subtitled freeware / abandon ware games in existance we 
might be able to 
>> use? What else might be good for the disk?
>>
>>
>>
>> Tie in with 7th Independent Games Festival: "Strange 
Attractors" by 
>> Ominous Development
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------
>>
>> Eric Walker of Ominous Developments has gladly offered to 
advertise our 
>> accessible arcade at their booth at the IGF. He's 
asked "Are there any 
>> special posters or signs or anything you want us to set 
up? Also, we would 
>> also be thrilled to have our game handed out on a disk at 
the show." 
>> (http://www.ominousdev.com/)
>>
>>
>>
>> Accessible hardware for show
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> I will contact NAMCO to see if they might lend us one of 
their 
>> "barrier-free Playstation controllers" 
>> (http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/IMAGES/5/NAMCO/Barrier-free%
20controller.jpg). 
>> I'll also try to get some plug in switches / alternative 
controllers too 
>> for loan. I'm working on a very promising switch 
interface at present for 
>> PS2 and X-box at present that is very light weight. 
Should be ready very 
>> early next year in prototype form. Will aim to get them 
to Thomas in good 
>> time.
>>
>> Any more thoughts on the machines and what games they 
should show? Perhaps 
>> a mix of accessible and inaccessible? "Destruction Derby" 
is on it's way 
>> to you Michelle by the way.
>>
>>
>>
>> My presentation on games taking into account 
mobility/learning 
>> disabilities
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
----------------
>>
>> Need to firm this up a bit. Thinking about having a load 
of images to back 
>> up some written info, linking to the accessible arcade. 
Would someone be 
>> able to read this out in my place?
>>
>>
>> HAPPY CHRISTMAS! AND ALL THE BEST IN 2006
>>
>>
>> Barrie Ellis
>> www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 
>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From hinn at uiuc.edu  Thu Dec 22 17:42:50 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:42:50 -0600
Subject: [games_access] IGDA GA meeting: thoughts
 from OneSwitch
Message-ID: <9cd8ea94.6edd1a71.81cb800@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

quick other reply -- Eric Walker from Ominous Development 
agreed to step up if the timing works out and talk about 
switch gaming for Barrie. He's also behind the development 
of one of the IGA nominee games for innovation in game 
design.

also -- richard from audiogames has some presentation 
materials available on gaming for the blind (you may have 
missed this due to the technical headaches of MSN the other 
day). so be sure and get together you two and chat about the 
talk. i'm working on the final tentative final schedule over 
the holidays so we'll have that up on the wiki soon.

which reminds me...yes, i think at this point we should put 
wiki stuff in progress (ie, incomplete thoughts, random 
musings, inside jokes, top-secret locations of the most top-
secret stuff ever) on a closed server and only put the most 
solid info on our sig site at this point. it's definitely 
good to give people a teaser of what they can expect but we 
don't want to put so much on that they don't bother to 
attend. it's all about balance! :) after gdc or right before 
(depends) we can put up handouts and other downloadables on 
the wiki.

thomas -- can you send me an offlist message about server 
access? thanks!

michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:47:39 +0100
>From: "Thomas Westin" <thomas at pininteractive.com>  
>Subject: Re: [games_access] IGDA GA meeting: thoughts from 
OneSwitch  
>To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" 
<games_access at igda.org>
>
>Hi Barrie,
>
>Great list of thoughts.
>
>I think we need some place to store and edit our thoughts 
without having it 
>publicly availabe for everyone to read at the IGDA wiki - 
giving away too 
>much before GDC I think...
>
>I can setup a MediaWiki at pininteractive.com with password 
login for 
>readers as well which we can use for our internal notes for 
GDC and also the 
>book as we go forward. Would that be OK with you all?
>
>Also, if you want to upload stuff to my FTP for the CD, 
please e-mail me 
>personally and I'll give you the details - I just want to 
have some control 
>of who gets access to the server.
>
>I can present your stuff Barrie, if it is just talking 
about it with 
>slides/images (to present some actual tech demos demands 
more preparations I 
>think)
>
>I'll upload Terraformers of course :) and will also tell 
Brainfingers.com to 
>upload some of their games, which will also need some 
hardware explanations. 
>Perhaps they can also upload some video for those who can't 
get the hardware 
>(Cyberlink). I'll also ask if they can lend a device for 
the accessibility 
>arcade, would be really cool to let people try controlling 
games with 
>biofeedback themselves... (I can't afford having my own 
Cyberlink hardware 
>at the arcade if it breaks I'm afraid; it costs about 2000 
USD)
>
>Further, I'll notify AGRIP to upload Accessible Quake. I 
think we have a 
>quite extensive list of games and people to contact in our 
white paper 
>appendices also. I'll see what I can do about that.
>
>Regarding the 100 USD for the VINE package; yes I think it 
would be really 
>cool if we could let people try games out with these. - 
Michelle, have you 
>heard anything from IGDA about having some Paypal Donate 
thing on the SIG 
>site? Would be great if we can have some funding from 
people to pay for 
>stuff like this.
>
>Also, I'm thinking about printing some T-shirts with the 
IGDA logo + text 
>"Game Not Over - Expanding the Market through Game 
Accessibility. Game 
>Developers Conference 2006". Would you be interested in 
getting a T-shirt? 
>Please let me know, and I can make one exclusive conference 
t-shirt for you 
>:) and you just pay the t-shirt + printing cost when we 
meet at GDC or buy 
>me some beer :)
>
>We (the SIG) could also sell similar t-shirts with some 
added / modified 
>text, saying "I'm an active sponsor of Game Accessibility" 
to people and get 
>further funding for things we need to buy etc.
>
>Merry Christmas to you all
>
>/Thomas
>
>9 years of development and education with Director 2D/3D
>Award at the Independent Games Festival: www.terraformers.nu
>http://www.pininteractive.com
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Barrie Ellis" <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>
>To: "IGDA GA mailing list" <games_access at igda.org>; 
<ominousdev at gmail.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:48 PM
>Subject: [games_access] IGDA GA meeting: thoughts from 
OneSwitch
>
>
>> Ah well - can't get on line, so I'll jot down some 
thoughts.
>>
>>
>> Accessible Arcade / Inaccessible Arcade: Simulation 
glasses:
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
---
>>
>> I've looked into borrowing a set of glasses that simulate 
to some extent 
>> various sight impairments. Not managed to borrow any yet, 
but we could buy 
>> a set from www.vine-simspecs.org.uk/simspecs.htm:
>>
>> "The cost of 1 duplicate VINE Simulation Package is 
?100.00 NO VAT 
>> includes postage and packing, it would consist of
>> the 10 pairs of simualtion spectacles and instruction 
booklet.
>>
>> If you decide to go ahead send your cheque payable 
to "V.I.N.E."  and your 
>> full postal address to:- V.I.N.E.  c/o Pearey House, 
Preston Park, north 
>> Shields NE29 9JR."
>>
>> Do people think it's worth clubbing together to get 
these, then sent onto 
>> the most appropriate person attending GDC 2006?
>>
>>
>> CD for GDC 2006
>> -------------------
>>
>> I've uploaded six one switch games, plus a few audio 
games. I'd like to 
>> include some kind of README explanation to the oneswitch 
games. I 
>> understand Richard has uploaded the excellent Drive too. 
Are there any 
>> subtitled freeware / abandon ware games in existance we 
might be able to 
>> use? What else might be good for the disk?
>>
>>
>>
>> Tie in with 7th Independent Games Festival: "Strange 
Attractors" by 
>> Ominous Development
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------
>>
>> Eric Walker of Ominous Developments has gladly offered to 
advertise our 
>> accessible arcade at their booth at the IGF. He's 
asked "Are there any 
>> special posters or signs or anything you want us to set 
up? Also, we would 
>> also be thrilled to have our game handed out on a disk at 
the show." 
>> (http://www.ominousdev.com/)
>>
>>
>>
>> Accessible hardware for show
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> I will contact NAMCO to see if they might lend us one of 
their 
>> "barrier-free Playstation controllers" 
>> (http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/IMAGES/5/NAMCO/Barrier-free%
20controller.jpg). 
>> I'll also try to get some plug in switches / alternative 
controllers too 
>> for loan. I'm working on a very promising switch 
interface at present for 
>> PS2 and X-box at present that is very light weight. 
Should be ready very 
>> early next year in prototype form. Will aim to get them 
to Thomas in good 
>> time.
>>
>> Any more thoughts on the machines and what games they 
should show? Perhaps 
>> a mix of accessible and inaccessible? "Destruction Derby" 
is on it's way 
>> to you Michelle by the way.
>>
>>
>>
>> My presentation on games taking into account 
mobility/learning 
>> disabilities
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
----------------
>>
>> Need to firm this up a bit. Thinking about having a load 
of images to back 
>> up some written info, linking to the accessible arcade. 
Would someone be 
>> able to read this out in my place?
>>
>>
>> HAPPY CHRISTMAS! AND ALL THE BEST IN 2006
>>
>>
>> Barrie Ellis
>> www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 
>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk  Fri Dec 23 10:35:57 2005
From: barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:35:57 -0000
Subject: [games_access] GDC 2006 + www.robertflorio.com + Way of the Rodent
	and Plan B Magzine article
Message-ID: <007901c607d6$91d46750$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>

Hi all,

Making the list more private re. the Game Developer Conference presentation 
is a fine idea. Wondering if it's too early to think about promoting our 
attendence to the big players in January? ELSPA, CESA, ESA and the KGDI? 
(more on these at http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/4/games/4campaign.htm ). I'm 
trying to charm NAMCO's Barrier-Free group into attending too. Wish me luck.

Hoping to get something together with Eric Walker on physical gaming 
barriers and potential solutions, with some mention of controllers, software 
and one switch games. Will be a spoken presentation with a slide show of 
images that many in the audience will not have seen before (I hope!).


Not sure if you've all seen new member Robert Florio's fine web-pages on 
accessible games: http://www.robertflorio.com/games.html  - Includes a great 
video demonstration of the QuadControl mouth and head operated controller in 
use, as well as game reviews for people using this type of controller. 
Superb work! Welcome to the group Robert.


Couple of articles published on switch gaming this month. One in a 
left-field UK music magazine "Plan B Magazine", and a page on the splendid 
"Way of the Rodent" retro gaming web-magazine: 
http://www.wayoftherodent.com/features/adaptive%20tech.htm

Barrie Ellis
www.OneSwitch.org.uk

p.s. - take a look at the forum too when you get a chance:

http://www.igda.org/Forums/showthread.php?s=5a11ff03cf6e4bb81c094638ec66c736&threadid=19868 





From jason at igda.org  Fri Dec 23 14:51:57 2005
From: jason at igda.org (Jason Della Rocca)
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:51:57 -0500
Subject: [games_access] IGDA GA meeting: thoughts from OneSwitch
In-Reply-To: <20051223153556.9FE54578C8@seven.pairlist.net>
References: <20051223153556.9FE54578C8@seven.pairlist.net>
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.0.20051223144919.0727b700@mail.igda.org>

Heya, good thing I scan the digest ;)

The sub bank account and funding stuff is something we are looking into for 
the IGDA as a whole (ie, for all of our chapters, SIGs, etc). Sadly, this 
"formalization" will take some time to map out and implement - certainly 
NOT in time for GDC.

So, going the CafePress route is smart. Alternately, if the SIG could line 
up a sponsor for the t-shirts, I could have the IGDA handle 
ordering/payment/etc directly...

Jason


>2. tshirts: great idea -- how about going through cafe
>press? cafepress.com -- that way you don't have to deal with
>tshirts sizes and people can order on their own. another
>idea in addition to this is fund raising via cafe press --
>i'll check with jason (jason? reading this?) :) about
>whether we can have a sub bank account of some sort for the
>SIG under the IGDA (that way we don't have to worry about
>filing for non-profit status and/or file taxes in the US for
>the SIG...sigh...I have enough forgetfulness with my own
>taxes!). then if we can get that set up then we should be
>able to set up the paypal account without worry.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jason Della Rocca
Executive Director
International Game Developers Association

t: +1-514-426-1162
f: +1-514-426-1201
Montreal, Canada
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://www.igda.org/
http://www.realitypanic.com/

"Do or do not. There is no try."
- Yoda



From lynnvm at alltel.net  Fri Dec 23 17:01:04 2005
From: lynnvm at alltel.net (lynnvm at alltel.net)
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 16:01:04 -0600
Subject: [games_access] questions
Message-ID: <20051223220104.EVYY3660.ispmxmta06-srv.alltel.net@[166.102.165.30]>

Hi.

I recently joined this list. I?m a school psychologist. Although I work mostly with students with mild disabilities, I have several students who have multiple disabilities and limited mobility and speech.  Traditional switches are used with these students so they can attempt to use the computers. 

I was playing around with a mouse pad and wondered if any of you have rigged a similar pad with sensors for game access.  I?m thinking of a mouse pad version of a DDR floor mat.  >(Sorry for my typos. I?m at an Internet cafe in Costa Maya and the keyboard is a Spanish keyboard)

I think I could program it myself and customise it for some of the students I work with.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Lynn Marentette



From hinn at uiuc.edu  Fri Dec 23 20:36:31 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:36:31 -0600
Subject: [games_access] questions
Message-ID: <27a81617.6f70d604.81abc00@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Hi Lynn,

that's a really interesting idea and I just got a small bit 
of funding to look into accessibility, particularly motion 
sensor and game pad technologies, at a lab I work in at the 
University of Illinois. It'd be an interesting thing to 
collaborate on if you'd be interested. We have access to a 
lot of engineering expertise here for the development of a 
prototype. I'm also thinking that some of the drum (as in 
percussion) input devices might be able to be rigged 
similarly -- like the bongos that Nintendo has been using 
for some of their new games like Donkey Konga, only with 
more pads and reshaped a bit.

Let me know offlist if you want to chat more about that 
collaboration -- and of course feel free to chat onlist 
about the technology or anything else. :)

Michelle
Chair, IGDA Game Accessibility SIG

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 16:01:04 -0600
>From: <lynnvm at alltel.net>  
>Subject: [games_access] questions  
>To: <games_access at igda.org>
>
>Hi.
>
>I recently joined this list. I?m a school psychologist. 
Although I work mostly with students with mild disabilities, 
I have several students who have multiple disabilities and 
limited mobility and speech.  Traditional switches are used 
with these students so they can attempt to use the 
computers. 
>
>I was playing around with a mouse pad and wondered if any 
of you have rigged a similar pad with sensors for game 
access.  I?m thinking of a mouse pad version of a DDR floor 
mat.  >(Sorry for my typos. I?m at an Internet cafe in Costa 
Maya and the keyboard is a Spanish keyboard)
>
>I think I could program it myself and customise it for some 
of the students I work with.  Any advice would be greatly 
appreciated!
>
>Lynn Marentette
>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From hinn at uiuc.edu  Fri Dec 23 20:38:17 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:38:17 -0600
Subject: [games_access] IGDA GA meeting: thoughts
 from OneSwitch
Message-ID: <2df5f307.6f70ff55.81b4000@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

We might just want to go with cafe press (IGDA uses this too 
for ordering throughout the year) for a permanent thing. Let 
me send some emails around about sponsoring some t-shirts to 
giveaway at GDC during the meet and greet. Or whenever. :)

Michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:51:57 -0500
>From: Jason Della Rocca <jason at igda.org>  
>Subject: Re: [games_access] IGDA GA meeting: thoughts from 
OneSwitch  
>To: games_access at igda.org
>
>Heya, good thing I scan the digest ;)
>
>The sub bank account and funding stuff is something we are 
looking into for 
>the IGDA as a whole (ie, for all of our chapters, SIGs, 
etc). Sadly, this 
>"formalization" will take some time to map out and 
implement - certainly 
>NOT in time for GDC.
>
>So, going the CafePress route is smart. Alternately, if the 
SIG could line 
>up a sponsor for the t-shirts, I could have the IGDA handle 
>ordering/payment/etc directly...
>
>Jason
>
>
>>2. tshirts: great idea -- how about going through cafe
>>press? cafepress.com -- that way you don't have to deal 
with
>>tshirts sizes and people can order on their own. another
>>idea in addition to this is fund raising via cafe press --
>>i'll check with jason (jason? reading this?) :) about
>>whether we can have a sub bank account of some sort for the
>>SIG under the IGDA (that way we don't have to worry about
>>filing for non-profit status and/or file taxes in the US 
for
>>the SIG...sigh...I have enough forgetfulness with my own
>>taxes!). then if we can get that set up then we should be
>>able to set up the paypal account without worry.
>
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Jason Della Rocca
>Executive Director
>International Game Developers Association
>
>t: +1-514-426-1162
>f: +1-514-426-1201
>Montreal, Canada
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>http://www.igda.org/
>http://www.realitypanic.com/
>
>"Do or do not. There is no try."
>- Yoda
>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From hinn at uiuc.edu  Fri Dec 23 23:46:05 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:46:05 -0600
Subject: [games_access] IGDA GA meeting: thoughts
 from OneSwitch
Message-ID: <cd898a63.6f823093.81f3e00@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Just an update on the shirts -- I've sent an email to 
colleagues and Microsoft to see if they will sponsor the 
shirts for giving away at GDC. Then we can have IGDA handle 
the order and payment of those with Microsoft for this phase.

Then, I'd say let's open a cafe press store for people who 
want to order those shirts plus any other shirts we come up 
with, coffee mugs, etc.

I'll set up a paypal link for our site that will explain 
exactly what we are raising money for until the IGDA gets 
the financial stuff worked out propoerly.

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:38:17 -0600
>From: <hinn at uiuc.edu>  
>Subject: Re: [games_access] IGDA GA meeting: thoughts from 
OneSwitch  
>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
<games_access at igda.org>
>
>We might just want to go with cafe press (IGDA uses this 
too 
>for ordering throughout the year) for a permanent thing. 
Let 
>me send some emails around about sponsoring some t-shirts 
to 
>giveaway at GDC during the meet and greet. Or whenever. :)
>
>Michelle
>
>---- Original message ----
>>Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:51:57 -0500
>>From: Jason Della Rocca <jason at igda.org>  
>>Subject: Re: [games_access] IGDA GA meeting: thoughts from 
>OneSwitch  
>>To: games_access at igda.org
>>
>>Heya, good thing I scan the digest ;)
>>
>>The sub bank account and funding stuff is something we are 
>looking into for 
>>the IGDA as a whole (ie, for all of our chapters, SIGs, 
>etc). Sadly, this 
>>"formalization" will take some time to map out and 
>implement - certainly 
>>NOT in time for GDC.
>>
>>So, going the CafePress route is smart. Alternately, if 
the 
>SIG could line 
>>up a sponsor for the t-shirts, I could have the IGDA 
handle 
>>ordering/payment/etc directly...
>>
>>Jason
>>
>>
>>>2. tshirts: great idea -- how about going through cafe
>>>press? cafepress.com -- that way you don't have to deal 
>with
>>>tshirts sizes and people can order on their own. another
>>>idea in addition to this is fund raising via cafe press --
>>>i'll check with jason (jason? reading this?) :) about
>>>whether we can have a sub bank account of some sort for 
the
>>>SIG under the IGDA (that way we don't have to worry about
>>>filing for non-profit status and/or file taxes in the US 
>for
>>>the SIG...sigh...I have enough forgetfulness with my own
>>>taxes!). then if we can get that set up then we should be
>>>able to set up the paypal account without worry.
>>
>>
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>Jason Della Rocca
>>Executive Director
>>International Game Developers Association
>>
>>t: +1-514-426-1162
>>f: +1-514-426-1201
>>Montreal, Canada
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>http://www.igda.org/
>>http://www.realitypanic.com/
>>
>>"Do or do not. There is no try."
>>- Yoda
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>games_access mailing list
>>games_access at igda.org
>>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From hinn at uiuc.edu  Fri Dec 23 23:56:58 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:56:58 -0600
Subject: [games_access] GDC 2006 + www.robertflorio.com
	+ Way of the Rodent	and Plan B Magzine article
Message-ID: <f479774c.6f832fc1.87b2600@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Thanks so much for pointing me to the forum posting -- 
great, great video. I just asked him if he'd mind letting us 
use it for our GDC presentations. He's trying to win one of 
the student scholarships for GDC so I hope that he gets one 
and will be able to join us. He seems like a dynamic game 
dev-in-training and will be great to have at meetings (yes, 
I invited him). :) Welcome Robert!

Michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:35:57 -0000
>From: "Barrie Ellis" <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>  
>Subject: [games_access] GDC 2006 + www.robertflorio.com + 
Way of the Rodent and Plan B Magzine article  
>To: "IGDA GA mailing list" <games_access at igda.org>
>
>Hi all,
>
>Making the list more private re. the Game Developer 
Conference presentation 
>is a fine idea. Wondering if it's too early to think about 
promoting our 
>attendence to the big players in January? ELSPA, CESA, ESA 
and the KGDI? 
>(more on these at 
http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/4/games/4campaign.htm ). I'm 
>trying to charm NAMCO's Barrier-Free group into attending 
too. Wish me luck.
>
>Hoping to get something together with Eric Walker on 
physical gaming 
>barriers and potential solutions, with some mention of 
controllers, software 
>and one switch games. Will be a spoken presentation with a 
slide show of 
>images that many in the audience will not have seen before 
(I hope!).
>
>
>Not sure if you've all seen new member Robert Florio's fine 
web-pages on 
>accessible games: http://www.robertflorio.com/games.html  - 
Includes a great 
>video demonstration of the QuadControl mouth and head 
operated controller in 
>use, as well as game reviews for people using this type of 
controller. 
>Superb work! Welcome to the group Robert.
>
>
>Couple of articles published on switch gaming this month. 
One in a 
>left-field UK music magazine "Plan B Magazine", and a page 
on the splendid 
>"Way of the Rodent" retro gaming web-magazine: 
>http://www.wayoftherodent.com/features/adaptive%20tech.htm
>
>Barrie Ellis
>www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>
>p.s. - take a look at the forum too when you get a chance:
>
>http://www.igda.org/Forums/showthread.php?
s=5a11ff03cf6e4bb81c094638ec66c736&threadid=19868 
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From hinn at uiuc.edu  Fri Dec 23 23:59:28 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:59:28 -0600
Subject: [games_access] GDC 2006 + www.robertflorio.com
	+ Way of the Rodent	and Plan B Magzine article
Message-ID: <fd6fa707.6f836a7c.8675400@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Also, I think January is not too early to let people know 
that we'll be at GDC, provided with send them a reminder 
when it gets closer. Let's get together a list of companies 
and orgs that we should send an email to.

Michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:35:57 -0000
>From: "Barrie Ellis" <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>  
>Subject: [games_access] GDC 2006 + www.robertflorio.com + 
Way of the Rodent and Plan B Magzine article  
>To: "IGDA GA mailing list" <games_access at igda.org>
>
>Hi all,
>
>Making the list more private re. the Game Developer 
Conference presentation 
>is a fine idea. Wondering if it's too early to think about 
promoting our 
>attendence to the big players in January? ELSPA, CESA, ESA 
and the KGDI? 
>(more on these at 
http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/4/games/4campaign.htm ). I'm 
>trying to charm NAMCO's Barrier-Free group into attending 
too. Wish me luck.
>
>Hoping to get something together with Eric Walker on 
physical gaming 
>barriers and potential solutions, with some mention of 
controllers, software 
>and one switch games. Will be a spoken presentation with a 
slide show of 
>images that many in the audience will not have seen before 
(I hope!).
>
>
>Not sure if you've all seen new member Robert Florio's fine 
web-pages on 
>accessible games: http://www.robertflorio.com/games.html  - 
Includes a great 
>video demonstration of the QuadControl mouth and head 
operated controller in 
>use, as well as game reviews for people using this type of 
controller. 
>Superb work! Welcome to the group Robert.
>
>
>Couple of articles published on switch gaming this month. 
One in a 
>left-field UK music magazine "Plan B Magazine", and a page 
on the splendid 
>"Way of the Rodent" retro gaming web-magazine: 
>http://www.wayoftherodent.com/features/adaptive%20tech.htm
>
>Barrie Ellis
>www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>
>p.s. - take a look at the forum too when you get a chance:
>
>http://www.igda.org/Forums/showthread.php?
s=5a11ff03cf6e4bb81c094638ec66c736&threadid=19868 
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk  Sat Dec 24 04:34:12 2005
From: barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 09:34:12 -0000
Subject: [games_access] Mini Dance Dance Revolution controllers
References: <20051223220104.EVYY3660.ispmxmta06-srv.alltel.net@[166.102.165.30]>
Message-ID: <004101c6086d$3331d880$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>

Hi Lynn,

Welcome to the list. Have you seen the Mini Dance Dance Revolution hand held 
controllers?

http://www.lik-sang.com/image.php?category=237&products_id=204&img=miniddr

I bought a couple last year for about 3 UK pounds each from eBay.

Cheers,

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <lynnvm at alltel.net>
To: <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:01 PM
Subject: [games_access] questions


Hi.

I recently joined this list. I?m a school psychologist. Although I work 
mostly with students with mild disabilities, I have several students who 
have multiple disabilities and limited mobility and speech.  Traditional 
switches are used with these students so they can attempt to use the 
computers.

I was playing around with a mouse pad and wondered if any of you have rigged 
a similar pad with sensors for game access.  I?m thinking of a mouse pad 
version of a DDR floor mat.  >(Sorry for my typos. I?m at an Internet cafe 
in Costa Maya and the keyboard is a Spanish keyboard)

I think I could program it myself and customise it for some of the students 
I work with.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Lynn Marentette

_______________________________________________
games_access mailing list
games_access at igda.org
http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access






From hinn at uiuc.edu  Sat Dec 24 16:43:31 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 15:43:31 -0600
Subject: [games_access] Mini Dance Dance Revolution
 controllers
Message-ID: <409f298.6fdf55dc.81d9f00@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Ah Barrie! You always find the coolest things! I love lik-
sang and have bought way too much from them or off of ebay 
thanks to seeing their catalogue.

Great example of repurposing technology!

Michelle

>Hi Lynn,
>
>Welcome to the list. Have you seen the Mini Dance Dance 
Revolution hand held 
>controllers?
>
>http://www.lik-sang.com/image.php?
category=237&products_id=204&img=miniddr
>
>I bought a couple last year for about 3 UK pounds each from 
eBay.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Barrie
>www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: <lynnvm at alltel.net>
>To: <games_access at igda.org>
>Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:01 PM
>Subject: [games_access] questions
>
>
>Hi.
>
>I recently joined this list. I?m a school psychologist. 
Although I work 
>mostly with students with mild disabilities, I have several 
students who 
>have multiple disabilities and limited mobility and 
speech.  Traditional 
>switches are used with these students so they can attempt 
to use the 
>computers.
>
>I was playing around with a mouse pad and wondered if any 
of you have rigged 
>a similar pad with sensors for game access.  I?m thinking 
of a mouse pad 
>version of a DDR floor mat.  >(Sorry for my typos. I?m at 
an Internet cafe 
>in Costa Maya and the keyboard is a Spanish keyboard)
>
>I think I could program it myself and customise it for some 
of the students 
>I work with.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
>
>Lynn Marentette
>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From arthit73 at cablespeed.com  Tue Dec 27 17:20:00 2005
From: arthit73 at cablespeed.com (Robert Florio)
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:20:00 -0500
Subject: [games_access] to members from RobertFlorio. Started game's
	accessibility issue.
Message-ID: <006c01c60b33$b1fd8f60$6401a8c0@CYXKG51>

Hello everyone you don't know me but I am a 23-year-old quadriplegic game design student with the Art Institute online and a IGDA member.  I wanted to let you know I started a thread in the accessibility link in the forms page of IGDA web site.  Check it out it is a great issue i'm trying to gain awareness and start some great progress toward accessible games finally that i can play.
robert

http://www.igda.org/Forums/showthread.php?s=bff51f9b6c947419c67aa14d90e0ad57&threadid=19868

www.RobertFlorio.com 



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From richard at audiogames.net  Tue Dec 27 18:41:04 2005
From: richard at audiogames.net (AudioGames.net)
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:41:04 +0100
Subject: [games_access] to members from RobertFlorio. Started
	game'saccessibility issue.
References: <006c01c60b33$b1fd8f60$6401a8c0@CYXKG51>
Message-ID: <001801c60b3f$00ba1c80$1b1da33e@Delletje>

Hi Robert,

Welcome to the GA-SIG! 

Greets,

Richard

http://www.audiogames.net 


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Florio 
  To: games_access at igda.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 11:20 PM
  Subject: [games_access] to members from RobertFlorio. Started game'saccessibility issue.


  Hello everyone you don't know me but I am a 23-year-old quadriplegic game design student with the Art Institute online and a IGDA member.  I wanted to let you know I started a thread in the accessibility link in the forms page of IGDA web site.  Check it out it is a great issue i'm trying to gain awareness and start some great progress toward accessible games finally that i can play.
  robert

  http://www.igda.org/Forums/showthread.php?s=bff51f9b6c947419c67aa14d90e0ad57&threadid=19868

  www.RobertFlorio.com 



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From agdev at thechases.com  Tue Dec 27 19:27:04 2005
From: agdev at thechases.com (Tim Chase)
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:27:04 -0500
Subject: [games_access] to members from RobertFlorio. Started
	game's	accessibility issue.
In-Reply-To: <006c01c60b33$b1fd8f60$6401a8c0@CYXKG51>
References: <006c01c60b33$b1fd8f60$6401a8c0@CYXKG51>
Message-ID: <43B1DBD8.8090306@thechases.com>

> Hello everyone you don't know me but I am a 23-year-old
> quadriplegic game design student with the Art Institute online
> and a IGDA member.  I wanted to let you know I started a
> thread in the accessibility link in the forms page of IGDA web
> site.  Check it out it is a great issue i'm trying to gain
> awareness and start some great progress toward accessible 
> games finally that i can play.

Welcome to the list, Robert.  I believe Barrie Ellis is on this 
list, and he's the one I'd consider the "big name" in one-switch 
gaming:

http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/

I don't know what sorts of needs you might find in gaming, but 
Barrie has quite a collection built up of games that can be 
played with one button.

http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/2/switch-downloads.htm

(of the various ones I tried, the Swing game listed here:

http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/2/sd-puzzleandskill.htm

was my favorite of them...addicting and has a pretty 
understandable format for the level files, making it fairly easy 
to crank out your own levels.  Addicting to the point that I 
forgot I was playing a one-switch game.  Though it would have 
been better on a computer that was a little faster than my old 
clunker)

He's got links on his site to forums (forae?  fora?  sorry...my 
Latin is a bit rusty) where there seem to be a gathering and 
evaluation of games that can be played with mobility imparements. 
  I'm sure he'd welcome your participation and input (and your 
games if you've made 'em).

Heh, browsing the links you included, I see Barrie was the first 
to follow up on your thread. :)

You'll find a fair bit of diversity on the list, some doing games 
for BVI (blind/visually impared), some for deaf-gamers, some for 
mobility-impared gamers, and some for a more holistic approach to 
the whole area.

Welcome!

-tim







From hinn at uiuc.edu  Tue Dec 27 19:35:40 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:35:40 -0600
Subject: [games_access] to members from RobertFlorio.
	Started game's	accessibility issue.
Message-ID: <c4bc9461.717a9776.8198500@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Hi Robert -- welcome to the list! I'm Michelle, from the 
forum -- I'm the chair of the IGDA Game Accessibility SIG. 
So I don't run the IGDA (you'd asked on the forum) but I do 
run this special interest group. :) And, yes, we are 
preparing for the Game Developers Conference in San Jose in 
March so best of luck on your scholarship application!

Online meeting announcements happen here (we meet using MSN 
Messenger) as well as other discussion. So feel free to jump 
in and talk about the accessibility topic of your choice! 
We're more active on the list than on the forum generally 
these days. :)

Again, welcome, and chat with you more soon!
Michelle

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:20:00 -0500
>From: "Robert Florio" <arthit73 at cablespeed.com>  
>Subject: [games_access] to members from RobertFlorio. 
Started game's accessibility issue.  
>To: <games_access at igda.org>
>
>   Hello everyone you don't know me but I am a
>   23-year-old quadriplegic game design student with
>   the Art Institute online and a IGDA member.  I
>   wanted to let you know I started a thread in the
>   accessibility link in the forms page of IGDA web
>   site.  Check it out it is a great issue i'm trying
>   to gain awareness and start some great progress
>   toward accessible games finally that i can play.
>   robert
>    
>   http://www.igda.org/Forums/showthread.php?
s=bff51f9b6c947419c67aa14d90e0ad57&threadid=19868
>
>   www.RobertFlorio.com
>
>    
>
>   arthit73 at cablespeed.com
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From agdev at thechases.com  Thu Dec 29 22:50:08 2005
From: agdev at thechases.com (Tim Chase)
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:50:08 -0600
Subject: [games_access] First attempt at the Top 10
Message-ID: <43B4AE70.20704@thechases.com>

I had some fun on my day off, cranking at the top-10 PDF (let me just
say that Inkscape on Linux is the bee's knees!)

http://tim.thechases.com/top10.pdf

It should be half of a legal-sized sheet of paper (5.5" x 8.5") assuming
all went correctly, though in my Win32 acrobat-reader, it keeps coming
up as 8.5"x11" paper.  I've also got it in the original .SVG format, so
changes aren't killer to make, if one would prefer to tinker with that.

I don't know what URL ya'll wanted on it, so I just stuck in the URL for
the top-10 page on the Wiki.  However, it's easy 'nuff to change to
something else.

Any feedback is welcome!

-tim








From hinn at uiuc.edu  Thu Dec 29 23:03:11 2005
From: hinn at uiuc.edu (hinn at uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:03:11 -0600
Subject: [games_access] First attempt at the Top
 10
Message-ID: <e62d8b69.729540a7.81f3d00@expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>

Hey Great Tim! I'm still on holiday travel so I don't have 
time to take a look until around the 2nd but will do so 
soon!!

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:50:08 -0600
>From: Tim Chase <agdev at thechases.com>  
>Subject: [games_access] First attempt at the Top 10  
>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
<games_access at igda.org>
>
>I had some fun on my day off, cranking at the top-10 PDF 
(let me just
>say that Inkscape on Linux is the bee's knees!)
>
>http://tim.thechases.com/top10.pdf
>
>It should be half of a legal-sized sheet of paper (5.5" x 
8.5") assuming
>all went correctly, though in my Win32 acrobat-reader, it 
keeps coming
>up as 8.5"x11" paper.  I've also got it in the 
original .SVG format, so
>changes aren't killer to make, if one would prefer to 
tinker with that.
>
>I don't know what URL ya'll wanted on it, so I just stuck 
in the URL for
>the top-10 page on the Wiki.  However, it's easy 'nuff to 
change to
>something else.
>
>Any feedback is welcome!
>
>-tim
>
>
>
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>games_access mailing list
>games_access at igda.org
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access


From j.chetwynd at btinternet.com  Fri Dec 30 03:28:55 2005
From: j.chetwynd at btinternet.com (Jonathan Chetwynd)
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:28:55 +0000
Subject: [games_access] First attempt at the Top 10
In-Reply-To: <43B4AE70.20704@thechases.com>
References: <43B4AE70.20704@thechases.com>
Message-ID: <BF7D3ECF-DD5B-4C83-9EED-D60E76AE2BC5@btinternet.com>

Tim,

that's great, love the graphics, however the layout seems offset,  
with text overlaying the numbering.
Perhaps you could provide a link to the SVG?

regards

Jonathan Chetwynd
Accessible Solutions
http://www.eas-i.co.uk



On 30 Dec 2005, at 03:50, Tim Chase wrote:

http://tim.thechases.com/top10.pdf



From barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk  Fri Dec 30 06:25:05 2005
From: barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:25:05 -0000
Subject: [games_access] First attempt at the Top 10
References: <43B4AE70.20704@thechases.com>
Message-ID: <003b01c60d33$afa50ac0$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>

Really nice Tim!

A few thoughts:

I had the same overlapping problem, so I'll try updating Adobe Acrobat to 
see if this fixes it.

The symbols for easy to hard. Don't know if I'm being oversensitive, but I'm 
not sure if the baby bottle might be a bit insulting to people needing 
easier difficulty settings? Maybe a cartoon representing a game character in 
a very easy setting with an arrow to a game character in a really tough 
setting (e.g. bombarded with obstacles)?

Fine work though. I really like the vast majority of the symbols.

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Chase" <agdev at thechases.com>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 3:50 AM
Subject: [games_access] First attempt at the Top 10


>I had some fun on my day off, cranking at the top-10 PDF (let me just
> say that Inkscape on Linux is the bee's knees!)
>
> http://tim.thechases.com/top10.pdf
>
> It should be half of a legal-sized sheet of paper (5.5" x 8.5") assuming
> all went correctly, though in my Win32 acrobat-reader, it keeps coming
> up as 8.5"x11" paper.  I've also got it in the original .SVG format, so
> changes aren't killer to make, if one would prefer to tinker with that.
>
> I don't know what URL ya'll wanted on it, so I just stuck in the URL for
> the top-10 page on the Wiki.  However, it's easy 'nuff to change to
> something else.
>
> Any feedback is welcome!
>
> -tim
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
> 





From agdev at thechases.com  Fri Dec 30 08:22:29 2005
From: agdev at thechases.com (Tim Chase)
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:22:29 -0600
Subject: [games_access] First attempt at the Top 10
In-Reply-To: <003b01c60d33$afa50ac0$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>
References: <43B4AE70.20704@thechases.com>
	<003b01c60d33$afa50ac0$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>
Message-ID: <43B53495.40609@thechases.com>

> I had the same overlapping problem, so I'll try updating Adobe
> Acrobat to see if this fixes it.

The overlapping was intentional, but looks much better in the SVG file
than in the PDF output.  The numbers were originally very desaturated,
making them very light--almost watermarks.  However, the PDF output made
them fully saturated, making them more intrusive.  I'll go ahead and
move 'em over.  Jonathan, I'll post the SVG later today when I get a
chance.  I'll put it at

	http://tim.thechases.com/top10.svg

(I'm using WinME on my wife's laptop at the moment, and it's over on the
dual-boot Linux partition, so it's a reboot away at the moment.  If you 
get a "404 Not Found", I haven't rebooted yet :)

> The symbols for easy to hard. Don't know if I'm being oversensitive,
> but

I wondered about this one as well.  So no, I don't think you're being
oversensitve.  I'm just undercreative :)

> Maybe a cartoon representing a game character in a very easy setting 
> with an arrow to a game character in a really tough setting (e.g. 
> bombarded with obstacles)?

Trying to convey that in such a small area can be taxing...especially of
my, uh, less-than-stellar skills in the art department.

Some that occur to me:

* tic-tac-toe to something more complex like chess

* spinning your idea, a guru medatively sitting in lotus-position, to a
grimacing rambo-esque character

* an icon of an angel/nun to a devil

* knife or pistol to BFG ("big freakin' gun")

Other ideas are more than welcome.

> Fine work though. I really like the vast majority of the symbols.

Thanks!

-tim






From rkimball at gmail.com  Fri Dec 30 12:29:28 2005
From: rkimball at gmail.com (Reid Kimball)
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:29:28 -0500
Subject: [games_access] First attempt at the Top 10
In-Reply-To: <43B53495.40609@thechases.com>
References: <43B4AE70.20704@thechases.com>
	<003b01c60d33$afa50ac0$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>
	<43B53495.40609@thechases.com>
Message-ID: <a6673b8d0512300929w10cebd24k84617db16f117a89@mail.gmail.com>

I like the tic tac toe vs. chess for difficulty. It makes sense to me.
Great job on the doc.

-Reid

On 12/30/05, Tim Chase <agdev at thechases.com> wrote:
> > I had the same overlapping problem, so I'll try updating Adobe
> > Acrobat to see if this fixes it.
>
> The overlapping was intentional, but looks much better in the SVG file
> than in the PDF output.  The numbers were originally very desaturated,
> making them very light--almost watermarks.  However, the PDF output made
> them fully saturated, making them more intrusive.  I'll go ahead and
> move 'em over.  Jonathan, I'll post the SVG later today when I get a
> chance.  I'll put it at
>
>         http://tim.thechases.com/top10.svg
>
> (I'm using WinME on my wife's laptop at the moment, and it's over on the
> dual-boot Linux partition, so it's a reboot away at the moment.  If you
> get a "404 Not Found", I haven't rebooted yet :)
>
> > The symbols for easy to hard. Don't know if I'm being oversensitive,
> > but
>
> I wondered about this one as well.  So no, I don't think you're being
> oversensitve.  I'm just undercreative :)
>
> > Maybe a cartoon representing a game character in a very easy setting
> > with an arrow to a game character in a really tough setting (e.g.
> > bombarded with obstacles)?
>
> Trying to convey that in such a small area can be taxing...especially of
> my, uh, less-than-stellar skills in the art department.
>
> Some that occur to me:
>
> * tic-tac-toe to something more complex like chess
>
> * spinning your idea, a guru medatively sitting in lotus-position, to a
> grimacing rambo-esque character
>
> * an icon of an angel/nun to a devil
>
> * knife or pistol to BFG ("big freakin' gun")
>
> Other ideas are more than welcome.
>
> > Fine work though. I really like the vast majority of the symbols.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -tim
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
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>


From barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk  Fri Dec 30 12:51:12 2005
From: barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:51:12 -0000
Subject: [games_access] First attempt at the Top 10
References: <43B4AE70.20704@thechases.com><003b01c60d33$afa50ac0$0202a8c0@OneSwitch><43B53495.40609@thechases.com>
	<a6673b8d0512300929w10cebd24k84617db16f117a89@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <006101c60d69$9f905000$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>

>I like the tic tac toe vs. chess for difficulty. It makes sense to me.
>Great job on the doc.
>
>-Reid


Gets my vote too.

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk






From richard at audiogames.net  Fri Dec 30 17:14:51 2005
From: richard at audiogames.net (AudioGames.net)
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:14:51 +0100
Subject: [games_access] First attempt at the Top 10
References: <43B4AE70.20704@thechases.com><003b01c60d33$afa50ac0$0202a8c0@OneSwitch><43B53495.40609@thechases.com><a6673b8d0512300929w10cebd24k84617db16f117a89@mail.gmail.com>
	<006101c60d69$9f905000$0202a8c0@OneSwitch>
Message-ID: <005d01c60d8e$744601e0$1b1da33e@Delletje>

Hi,

Nice work! Although I think *the meaning* of the sign "baby bottle <-> 
graduation hat (what's it called)" was very clear, I also agree that this 
solution is better (although tictactoe can be pretty tricky ;) I see you 
already changed it but here's my vote.

Greets,

Richard



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barrie Ellis" <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [games_access] First attempt at the Top 10


> >I like the tic tac toe vs. chess for difficulty. It makes sense to me.
>>Great job on the doc.
>>
>>-Reid
>
>
> Gets my vote too.
>
> Barrie
> www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access 



From arthit73 at cablespeed.com  Fri Dec 30 21:09:00 2005
From: arthit73 at cablespeed.com (Robert Florio)
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 21:09:00 -0500
Subject: [games_access] Roberts thoughts about Tim's game sheet!
References: <20051230170036.A3B3757709@seven.pairlist.net>
Message-ID: <00cb01c60daf$2eb8aad0$6401a8c0@CYXKG51>

I'm not really clear what the layout is supposed to be suggesting I guess 
different uses of one-button clicking for game interaction?  There must be a 
second button that has to be clicked in order to activate different things 
such as difficulty changing, and speed of the game change right?  I enjoyed 
the symbols Turtle to a rabbit.  Another difficulty image could be just for 
fun a man in a wheelchair going up a steep slope.  Being in a wheelchair 
myself I kind of find it amusing.  Sort of like the Price Is Right mountain 
climbing little guy game.

What game is this setup actually being used for Tim?  You mentioned another 
game on the one switch web site that was addictive could you remind me of it 
again I'd like to play it soon?

I also enjoyed the thoughtfulness of audio reactions from different 
characters or objects.  That's actually a technique I studied recently in my 
game design class.  It adds interaction and suspense.  Secondary actions or 
sounds are great and a must-have for videogames.
Robert Florio

www.RobertFlorio.com
All about Art and Videogame Accessibility.



----- Original Message ----- 
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To: <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 12:00 PM
Subject: games_access Digest, Vol 16, Issue 18


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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:50:08 -0600
> From: Tim Chase <agdev at thechases.com>
> Subject: [games_access] First attempt at the Top 10
> To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
> Message-ID: <43B4AE70.20704 at thechases.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
>
> I had some fun on my day off, cranking at the top-10 PDF (let me just
> say that Inkscape on Linux is the bee's knees!)
>
> http://tim.thechases.com/top10.pdf
>
> It should be half of a legal-sized sheet of paper (5.5" x 8.5") assuming
> all went correctly, though in my Win32 acrobat-reader, it keeps coming
> up as 8.5"x11" paper.  I've also got it in the original .SVG format, so
> changes aren't killer to make, if one would prefer to tinker with that.
>
> I don't know what URL ya'll wanted on it, so I just stuck in the URL for
> the top-10 page on the Wiki.  However, it's easy 'nuff to change to
> something else.
>
> Any feedback is welcome!
>
> -tim
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:03:11 -0600
> From: <hinn at uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Re: [games_access] First attempt at the Top 10
> To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
> Message-ID: <e62d8b69.729540a7.81f3d00 at expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Hey Great Tim! I'm still on holiday travel so I don't have
> time to take a look until around the 2nd but will do so
> soon!!
>
> ---- Original message ----
>>Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:50:08 -0600
>>From: Tim Chase <agdev at thechases.com>
>>Subject: [games_access] First attempt at the Top 10
>>To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> <games_access at igda.org>
>>
>>I had some fun on my day off, cranking at the top-10 PDF
> (let me just
>>say that Inkscape on Linux is the bee's knees!)
>>
>>http://tim.thechases.com/top10.pdf
>>
>>It should be half of a legal-sized sheet of paper (5.5" x
> 8.5") assuming
>>all went correctly, though in my Win32 acrobat-reader, it
> keeps coming
>>up as 8.5"x11" paper.  I've also got it in the
> original .SVG format, so
>>changes aren't killer to make, if one would prefer to
> tinker with that.
>>
>>I don't know what URL ya'll wanted on it, so I just stuck
> in the URL for
>>the top-10 page on the Wiki.  However, it's easy 'nuff to
> change to
>>something else.
>>
>>Any feedback is welcome!
>>
>>-tim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>games_access mailing list
>>games_access at igda.org
>>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:28:55 +0000
> From: Jonathan Chetwynd <j.chetwynd at btinternet.com>
> Subject: Re: [games_access] First attempt at the Top 10
> To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
> Message-ID: <BF7D3ECF-DD5B-4C83-9EED-D60E76AE2BC5 at btinternet.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed
>
> Tim,
>
> that's great, love the graphics, however the layout seems offset,
> with text overlaying the numbering.
> Perhaps you could provide a link to the SVG?
>
> regards
>
> Jonathan Chetwynd
> Accessible Solutions
> http://www.eas-i.co.uk
>
>
>
> On 30 Dec 2005, at 03:50, Tim Chase wrote:
>
> http://tim.thechases.com/top10.pdf
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:25:05 -0000
> From: "Barrie Ellis" <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [games_access] First attempt at the Top 10
> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"
> <games_access at igda.org>
> Message-ID: <003b01c60d33$afa50ac0$0202a8c0 at OneSwitch>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=response
>
> Really nice Tim!
>
> A few thoughts:
>
> I had the same overlapping problem, so I'll try updating Adobe Acrobat to
> see if this fixes it.
>
> The symbols for easy to hard. Don't know if I'm being oversensitive, but 
> I'm
> not sure if the baby bottle might be a bit insulting to people needing
> easier difficulty settings? Maybe a cartoon representing a game character 
> in
> a very easy setting with an arrow to a game character in a really tough
> setting (e.g. bombarded with obstacles)?
>
> Fine work though. I really like the vast majority of the symbols.
>
> Barrie
> www.OneSwitch.org.uk
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tim Chase" <agdev at thechases.com>
> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 3:50 AM
> Subject: [games_access] First attempt at the Top 10
>
>
>>I had some fun on my day off, cranking at the top-10 PDF (let me just
>> say that Inkscape on Linux is the bee's knees!)
>>
>> http://tim.thechases.com/top10.pdf
>>
>> It should be half of a legal-sized sheet of paper (5.5" x 8.5") assuming
>> all went correctly, though in my Win32 acrobat-reader, it keeps coming
>> up as 8.5"x11" paper.  I've also got it in the original .SVG format, so
>> changes aren't killer to make, if one would prefer to tinker with that.
>>
>> I don't know what URL ya'll wanted on it, so I just stuck in the URL for
>> the top-10 page on the Wiki.  However, it's easy 'nuff to change to
>> something else.
>>
>> Any feedback is welcome!
>>
>> -tim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:22:29 -0600
> From: Tim Chase <agdev at thechases.com>
> Subject: Re: [games_access] First attempt at the Top 10
> To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
> Message-ID: <43B53495.40609 at thechases.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
>
>> I had the same overlapping problem, so I'll try updating Adobe
>> Acrobat to see if this fixes it.
>
> The overlapping was intentional, but looks much better in the SVG file
> than in the PDF output.  The numbers were originally very desaturated,
> making them very light--almost watermarks.  However, the PDF output made
> them fully saturated, making them more intrusive.  I'll go ahead and
> move 'em over.  Jonathan, I'll post the SVG later today when I get a
> chance.  I'll put it at
>
> http://tim.thechases.com/top10.svg
>
> (I'm using WinME on my wife's laptop at the moment, and it's over on the
> dual-boot Linux partition, so it's a reboot away at the moment.  If you
> get a "404 Not Found", I haven't rebooted yet :)
>
>> The symbols for easy to hard. Don't know if I'm being oversensitive,
>> but
>
> I wondered about this one as well.  So no, I don't think you're being
> oversensitve.  I'm just undercreative :)
>
>> Maybe a cartoon representing a game character in a very easy setting
>> with an arrow to a game character in a really tough setting (e.g.
>> bombarded with obstacles)?
>
> Trying to convey that in such a small area can be taxing...especially of
> my, uh, less-than-stellar skills in the art department.
>
> Some that occur to me:
>
> * tic-tac-toe to something more complex like chess
>
> * spinning your idea, a guru medatively sitting in lotus-position, to a
> grimacing rambo-esque character
>
> * an icon of an angel/nun to a devil
>
> * knife or pistol to BFG ("big freakin' gun")
>
> Other ideas are more than welcome.
>
>> Fine work though. I really like the vast majority of the symbols.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -tim
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
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> End of games_access Digest, Vol 16, Issue 18
> ********************************************
> 




From agdev at thechases.com  Sat Dec 31 11:50:52 2005
From: agdev at thechases.com (Tim Chase)
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 10:50:52 -0600
Subject: [games_access] Roberts thoughts about Tim's game sheet!
In-Reply-To: <00cb01c60daf$2eb8aad0$6401a8c0@CYXKG51>
References: <20051230170036.A3B3757709@seven.pairlist.net>
	<00cb01c60daf$2eb8aad0$6401a8c0@CYXKG51>
Message-ID: <43B6B6EC.109@thechases.com>

> I'm not really clear what the layout is supposed to be suggesting I 
> guess different uses of one-button clicking for game interaction?

The "Top 10" list is intended to be a handout (or "takeaway") for the
presentation that some of the folks on the list will be making at the
IGDA conference coming up.  The target audience is mainstream
independent game authors, in order to raise awareness of accessibility
issues and give some tangible ways to improve accessibility of the games
they make.  It's not intended to be a "do everything on this list and
*presto*, your game is accessible", but rather a "implementing these
fairly simple ideas will make your game more accessible" list.  There
are other ideas which have been mentioned, but would require a lot more
work on the deveopers' part.  I tried to get a fair sampling of
suggestions that wouldn't overtax a developer, and would cover a broad
range of accessibility needs:  BVI players, deaf players, as well as
mobility and cognitively impared players.

> There must be a second button that has to be clicked in order to 
> activate different things such as difficulty changing, and speed of 
> the game change right?

Of the one-button games at Barrie's site, they are truely one-button
games...usually using time or timing to perform diff. actions.  The game
I mentioned ("Swing") has a bar that swings around a level to gather
coins.  Your one button simply tells the bar to grab the background
pieces in the level which allows you to swing around and change the
angle of your spinning bar.  Kinda an odd description until you've
played it.

> I enjoyed the symbols Turtle to a rabbit.

Thanks.  My wife thought they were cute :)

Take care.

-tim