[games_access] Future Play 2006

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Hi again,

Concerning the top 10:

I think we've come to learn from the past year (especially after Eelke's 
presentation at Develop Brighton*) that the list needs some work since 
"Provide assist modes such as auto-targeting, training options, etc." and 
"Add audio tags to all significant elements including actors, doors, items, 
resulting actions, etc." are too general and not practical for game 
designers.
I'd say *now*  is a good time to rethink the original list and make an 
improved second draft, possible making use of another format, such as 
Eelke's Usability Interaction Design Patterns.

What do you think?

Greets,

Richard


* I have not yet been able to do an mp3 of all sessions, working on it...



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "d. michelle hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 7:08 AM
Subject: Re: [games_access] Future Play 2006


> yeah, richard is great at making really eye catching fliers -- i'm 
> wondering if we could have the top ten list on the back of one of your 
> "attend our session" fliers?
>
> so i'm planning on joining kevin at future play to try and increase our 
> coverage (two people networking helps!). :)
>
> michelle
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Good idea, Kevin! If there's anything I can do (write stuff, do some 
>>graphic design, whatever), please email me!
>>
>>Greets,
>>
>>Richard!
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin J. Bierre" <kjb at it.rit.edu>
>>To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
>>Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 4:43 PM
>>Subject: [games_access] Future Play 2006
>>
>>
>>Just so everyone is up to date: In one of our recent online meetings, I 
>>brought up the possibility of doing a poster session at Future Play 2006. 
>>Future Play is a conference that is supposed to bring academics and 
>>industry leaders together. This one will
>>be held in London, Ontario (Canada) at the University of Western Ontario 
>>on October 10 - 12.
>>
>>Because of the large number of game development schools that will be 
>>present, this would be an ideal location to get the word out and hopefully 
>>get people thinking about accessibility.
>>
>>The following is the abstract I plan to submit. If you have any 
>>suggestions or comments, please let me know. I have until Aug 18th to 
>>submit the abstract, so there is time to make any required changes.
>>
>>Future Play 2006 Poster Abstract
>>
>>Kevin Bierre:  [ mailto:kjb at it.rit.edu ]kjb at it.rit.edu  (Member of the 
>>IGDA Game Accessibility SIG)
>>
>>The IGDA Game Accessibility SIG has been presenting on the topic of game 
>>accessibility at conferences over the last two years. We feel that this is 
>>a very important topic that is not adequately addressed within the 
>>commercial game industry, or within
>>academic game development programs.
>>
>>We would like to present a poster at Future Play 2006 on what game 
>>accessibility is, why it is needed, and some simple ways to provide 
>>accessibility when creating games.
>>
>>The game accessibility definition would be the one our group has defined 
>>over the past three years.
>>
>>The section on why accessibility is needed would cover the following 
>>areas:
>>1. Statistics: the number of people with various disabilities.
>>2. Legal reasons for providing accessibility.
>>3. Economic reasons for providing accessibility.
>>4. Moral reasons for providing accessibility.
>>5. Effects that various disabilities have on the ability to play games.
>>
>>We have come up with a "top ten" list of ways that will allow developers 
>>to provide accessibility:
>>1. Allow all controls to be remapped.
>>2. Add closed-captioning to all dialog and important sound effects.
>>3. Provide documentation in an accessible format such as HTML or plain 
>>text.
>>4. Provide assist modes such as auto-targeting, training options, etc.
>>5. Provide a broad range of difficulty levels.
>>6. Make interface fonts scalable.
>>7. Allow for high-contrast color-schemes.
>>8. Add audio tags to all significant elements including actors, doors, 
>>items, resulting actions, etc.
>>9. Allow for a varied range of control over play speed.
>>10. Announce accessibility features on the packaging.
>>
>>A list of organizations that are working on game accessibility will be 
>>part of the poster.
>>
>>Because this conference brings both industry and academic leaders 
>>together, we feel this is a good venue to provide this information.
>>
>>
>>Kevin Bierre,  Assistant Professor (kjb at it.rit.edu)
>>Information Technology,  Rochester Institute of Technology 585-475-5358
>>102 Lomb Memorial Drive Bldg 70B-2637
>>Rochester, NY 14623
>>
>>
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