[games_access] Ernest Adams' new book

Barrie Ellis barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk
Tue Jul 11 17:19:12 EDT 2006


Looks interesting, Reid.

Chapter 8's "Navigation Mechanisms" mention of "allowing for customisation" 
sounds promising too.

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, July 10, 2006 10:27 PM
Subject: [games_access] Ernest Adams' new book


> After reading a new article published by Ernest Adams on Game Design
> errors (he lists NOT including subtitles as one) he mentioned a new
> book coming out in August. After looking at the chapter info, there's
> one that deals with appealing to various audiences.
>
> "Appendix: Designing to Appeal to Particular Groups. We added this to
> cover a number of issues that designers ought to know about choosing a
> target audience: men and women, adults and children, girls and boys,
> and how to make your game more accessible to people with impairments
> of various kinds."
>
> http://www.designersnotebook.com/Books/Fundamentals_of_Game_Design/fundamentals_of_game_design.htm#NEWCHAP
>
> The article is:
> http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060710/adams_01.shtml
>
> Is my ego getting to big or do others think Ernest problably meant to
> give the URL to Games[CC] rather than DeafGamers.com?
>
> -Reid
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