[games_access] GameOn

[David Colven]

 From Lisa who works on the project

In response to these questions:

  I had hoped that the reviews would include information about features within
games that (accidentally) make them more accessible, such as speed control,
different colour settings, etc. But maybe that is in the planning?

In the text of some of the reviews, where a game does have useful features 
like different levels of play, or being able to switch off the timer etc, 
we will have mentioned these options as far as possible.


I noticed that most games are already a bit dated. Did I miss the 'new'
games or did you make a selection of more 'budget' games?

Sadly, we've mainly used a selection of games that were donated to the 
centre a couple of years ago to do the initial population of the site, and 
as the industry moves so quickly, we're definitely behind. We hope, now 
that the structure and most of the population of the website is finished, 
to start catching up with more current games.

David



At 21:30 19/10/06, you wrote:
>Hi David,
>
>First impressions: looks great! I had thought (after reading 
>http://ace-centre.hostinguk.com/index.cfm?pageid=3C7477EE-3048-7290-FEFF8D73FAAB8BF8) 
>that the GameOn project would focus on all types of disabilities, so I was 
>a bit disappointed that this only concerned (so called) Input Technology 
>Accessibility - basically, which games use what kinds of controller. I had 
>hoped that the reviews would include information about features within 
>games that (accidentally) make them more accessible, such as speed 
>control, different colour settings, etc. But maybe that is in the planning?
>So, other than that, the website seems very accessible, is very easy to 
>use and provides a very clear overview of what's where.
>
>I noticed that most games are already a bit dated. Did I miss the 'new' 
>games or did you make a selection of more 'budget' games?


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