[games_access] Introduction

[Thomas Westin]

Hi,

Thanks Michelle :) No I didn't imagine that we would have come this  
far; especially the outreach to the many game companies (none  
mentioned, none forgotten) who have taken very important steps in the  
accessible direction - this was something I just had a vision of at  
that time.

I noted that no talks at GDC 2003 adressed the issues of  
accessibility, and then I contacted Jason at IGDA who helped me get  
things running. Now very much thanks to all the active people in the  
SIG things have really changed, both at GDC (although I had a  
temporary depression of that a while) and with the work which has been  
compiled through this list and elsewhere. In fact, much of the  
background section in my master thesis is a (selective) compilation of  
what has been achieved, so in one way that background research consist  
of five years work :)

Kind regards,
Thomas



On 25 jul 2008, at 05.40, d. michelle hinn wrote:

> Wow! We are now over 5 years old as a SIG! Thanks to Thomas starting  
> it up, I can't believe how much we've grown! Did you ever dream that  
> we'd be alive and kicking up quite the dust storm 5 years later? I  
> was one of the original members and it's amazing to see how much  
> we've done with very little resources!
>
> And that wasn't a shameless plug -- you deserved the award and the  
> recognition that you got things started in an industry that hadn't  
> given much thought about accessibility. We have a long ways to go  
> but we've come an awful long way so far!
>
> Cheers to us, the GA SIG! :)
>
> Michelle
>
>> Welcome Greg,
>>
>> <shameless plug>
>>
>> This SIG was started by me in 2003 following the IGF award my  
>> company received for Terraformers - a 3D game playable by blind,  
>> with an audio interface.
>>
>> </shameless plug>
>>
>> As  you have already seen many have joined since then so you are in  
>> the right place :)
>>
>> I've almost finalized my master thesis about an implementation  
>> model for game accessibility. More about this a bit later.
>>
>> Currently I'm knee deep into a new contracted game dev with some  
>> interesting audio designs.
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Thomas Westin
>>
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