[games_access] graduate course in game interaction design

[Eelke Folmer]

Hi Reid,

Ah my bad. I should play more games to keep up to date. ;-) Thanks for
the suggestion I'll check if company of heroes can be modded to the
extent that allows for the development of a one switch or a visually
impaired interface. .

Cheers Eelke


On 14/01/2009, Reid Kimball <rkimball at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, not all the games I listed are FPS. Company of Heroes is an RTS.

>  Another RTS, Tom Clancy's End War uses voice comm to issue commands to

>  your units. http://www.staygolinks.com/tom-clancys-endwar-voice-commands.htm

>

>

>  -Reid

>

>

>  On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Eelke Folmer <eelke.folmer at gmail.com> wrote:

>  > Hi Reid,

>  >

>  > Thanks for your feedback. This graduate class also has significant

>  > research component, so I'd like them to explore and develop new

>  > interfaces rather than port an existing accessible interface. The

>  > games you mention all have third person interaction mechanisms and

>  > could be made accessible to one switch users using the mechanism we

>  > developed for Gordon's trigger finger or the one switch interface we

>  > developed for second life. To make them accessible to visually

>  > impaired they could use the techniques used in AudioQuake or

>  > Terrarformers. I think for the genre of first person shooters there

>  > are ample accessible examples already and I see more benefit in

>  > creating examples for other game genres that do not have such

>  > examples. A result of such research may be new techniques that could

>  > benefit other game genres as well.

>  >

>  > I understand your concerns though. Maybe you could submit a proposal

>  > to google's summer of code to have a number of popular games be made

>  > accessible?

>  >

>  > Cheers Eelke

>  >

>  >

>  >

>  > Cheers Eelke

>  >

>  >

>  >

>  >

>  > On 14/01/2009, Reid Kimball <rkimball at gmail.com> wrote:

>  >> You say students are using open source to "concentrate on modifying

>  >>  the interaction". My fear is that using the games listed below will

>  >>  not generate much publicity for successful projects because the games

>  >>  are unknown. What about using modding tools for popular games, like

>  >>  Crysis, Company of Heroes, Fallout 3? Assuming the mod tools were

>  >>  robust enough to allow for changes. But my point is, using a high

>  >>  profile game and making it accessible could generate some much needed

>  >>  attention to the issue.

>  >>

>  >>  -Reid

>  >>

>  >>

>  >>  On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Eelke Folmer <eelke.folmer at gmail.com> wrote:

>  >>  > Hi,

>  >>  >

>  >>  > I'm teaching a graduate seminar this semester on game interaction

>  >>  > design. One of student projects involves developing an accessible

>  >>  > interface for a game which has the following requirements:

>  >>  >

>  >>  > - The accessible interface must allow either for one switch input or

>  >>  > allow visually impaired to play the game.

>  >>  > - The chosen game must be an open source game (so students can

>  >>  > concentrate on modifying the interaction)

>  >>  > - The game must be for a game genre that does not have an accessible

>  >>  > version yet.

>  >>  > - The project must be 4-6 weeks of effort for 2-4 people.

>  >>  >

>  >>  > Though students are free to select any game I'm kind of providing them

>  >>  > with a list of suggestions:

>  >>  >

>  >>  > -  Slam Soccer: (soccer game) http://sourceforge.net/projects/slamsoccer

>  >>  > -  Dark Oberon (RTS) http://dark-oberon.sourceforge.net/

>  >>  > -  Flight Gear (Flight simulator) http://flightgear.sourceforge.net/

>  >>  >

>  >>  > To my best knowledge these game genres do not have accessible versions

>  >>  > available. If you have any suggestions or recommendations for other

>  >>  > games please let me know.

>  >>  >

>  >>  > Thanks Eelke

>  >>  >

>  >>  > --

>  >>  > Eelke Folmer

>  >>  > Assistant Professor

>  >>  > Department of Computer Science and Engineering

>  >>  > University of Nevada, Reno

>  >>  > http://www.eelke.com

>  >>

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Eelke Folmer
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno
http://www.eelke.com