[games_access] graduate course in game interaction design

[Barrie Ellis]

Sounds like a really exciting project. There's such a long way to go in 
showing what can be done with a one-switch interface. Look forward to 
hearing the results.

On a different note:

http://gameaccessibility.blogspot.com/2009/01/1981-year-zero-of-accessible-gaming.html

"When Microsoft charges $500,000 just to talk to them about creating a 
controller for their XBox platforms... it is rather frustrating." - 
according to Mark Bartlet.

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eelke Folmer" <eelke.folmer at gmail.com>
To: <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 11:20 PM
Subject: [games_access] graduate course in game interaction design


> 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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