From i_h at hotmail.com  Thu Sep  1 08:28:10 2011
From: i_h at hotmail.com (Ian Hamilton)
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 12:28:10 +0000
Subject: [games_access] games_access Digest, Vol 90, Issue 24
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Hi Sandra, replying to the group in case anyone else finds this useful.
Your red eyes against green bushes.. we had a very similar problem on one of our games, red clickable apples against a green tree. The red apples and green tree were straight from the associated TV show so we had no choice over using them, so to get around this we did the following -
- White highlight to provide difference in brightness, as the red/green had to have similar brightness to match the TV props- Slight pink to the red to provide difference in colour.. still looks red to most people, but for deut/prot it looks blue instead of green/brown- More prominent outline/shadow
I've done a quick example for your augen game, this shows the difference that two of these make - white highlight and slight pink tint. 		 	   		  
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From i_h at hotmail.com  Thu Sep  1 09:10:39 2011
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Also although not strictly commercial we're a public service broadcaster.. Decent budgets and production values, just no charge for the output. There's a high profile suite of simple games for preschoolers with profound and multiple disabilities about to be released, some nice config options in it (switch access, visual complexity, fine controls over motor & cognitive ability required for gameplay).. While not the type of content that commercial organisations develop, its a useful example of what's possible.. Should be out mid-late Sept, will keep you posted.

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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:52:03 -0400
From: Eleanor Robinson <eleanor at 7128.com>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Comercial Universally Accessible games
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On 8/30/2011 9:41 PM, P Hogan wrote:
> G'day everyone,
>
> I'm a student at RMIT Uni Australia, and was intrigued by the work
> done at FORTH ICS in regards to creating games that can be tailored on
> they fly to suit different people with different needs. (
> http://www.ics.forth.gr/hci/ua-games )
>
> My question was: has anyone made a commercial game using all or part
> of these principles?
>
> I feel it would be hard to encourage companies to use it if there was
> no commercially viable game to set a precedent...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pat
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Hi Pat

While we are a small company, we are a commercial game company.  We have 
a control panel that allows the player to set a number of parameters to 
meet his or her needs.  We have a speed control that allows the player 
to slow a game down, a setting for voice control users that tells them 
what to say to control our games; a game voice control that will allow 
our blind-accessible games to be self voiced with SAPI; a screen reader 
control that allows certain screen readers to be used with our games; a 
video control that will allow a video to be played sound only;  a big 
type control that increases the size of all type; a captions control 
that will add captions to a video; a music control that will turn 
background music off for easier hearing of the game voice; the idle twit 
button that, if you have not done any action for 60 seconds will tell 
you the options available to you at that point.   These controls can be 
set at any point by selecting the controls button which is on the screen 
and available in the tab order.

I believe these type of controls allow a player to increase the 
accessibility for them "on the fly" as you were asking about in your Email.

Check us out at www.7128.com.

Eleanor Robinson
7-128 Software


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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:53:05 -0400
From: UBALBO FLORIO <arthit73 at cablespeed.com>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Red Bull launches browser game with face
	control
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
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	<CAH7m8f4rnVw_j-VdwoHzc6NFxmqpwtbyFLUEV1JR8ZaNRCRkoA at mail.gmail.com>
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wow!
when is this coming out !?:)

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> FYI:
> First english (translated with google)
> then German.
>
> Red Bull launches browser game with face control
> World champion Sebastian Vettel for a test ride in "Formula Face" Great view
> World champion Sebastian Vettel for a test ride in "Formula Face"
> Not only in the real Formula 1, even on virtual routes is Red Bull really
> step: Under the aptly named "Formula Face", the racing team owner launched a
> browser-racing game that is controlled not traditional mouse, keyboard or
> gamepad, but via webcam leaves. According to the company, this is the first
> browser to play racing game that relies on facial expression control. Choose
> from Formula 1, NASCAR and Rally cars. The avatar can customize their own
> webcam via the snapshot. To maneuver the car on the track, the player tends
> to head to the left and right. A wink of the eye activates the turbo boost.
>
> On the courses can be, like in the "Mario Kart" titles, extras like wings,
> glue or scissors to collect, which are activated by a smile. Other features
> will keep players at the bar: Extra points beckon if the user specified
> grimaces mimic as closely as possible. The resulting photos can be just like
> their own best times are uploaded to Facebook. In addition, players can
> cobble together a print version of their avatar's Paper Craft and.
>
> Source: GamesMarkt.de
>
>
> ***********************************************
> Red Bull startet Browsergame mit Gesichtssteuerung
>
> Weltmeister Sebastian Vettel bei einer Probefahrt in "Formula Face"
> Gro?ansicht
> Weltmeister Sebastian Vettel bei einer Probefahrt in "Formula Face"
> Nicht nur in der realen Formel 1, auch auf virtuellen Strecken gibt Red Bull
> m?chtig Gas: Unter dem passenden Namen "Formula Face" hat der
> Rennstallinhaber ein Browser-Rennspiel gelauncht, das sich nicht herk?mmlich
> per Maus, Tastatur oder Gamepad, sondern per Webcam steuern l?sst. Laut
> Firmenangaben handelt es sich dabei um das erste Browserspiel-Rennspiel, das
> auf Mimiksteuerung setzt. Zur Auswahl stehen Formel-1, Nascar- und
> Rally-Autos. Der eigene Avatar l?sst sich per Webcam-Schnappschuss
> individualisieren. Um den Wagen ?ber die Strecke zu man?vrieren, neigt der
> Spieler den Kopf nach links und rechts. Ein Augenzwinkern aktiviert den
> Turboboost.
>
> Auf den Kursen lassen sich, ?hnlich wie in den "Mario Kart"-Titeln, Extras
> wie Fl?gel, Kleber oder Scheren einsammeln, die durch ein L?cheln aktiviert
> werden. Weitere Features sollen die Spieler bei der Stange halten:
> Extrapunkte winken, wenn die Nutzer vorgegebene Grimassen m?glichst exakt
> nachahmen. Die dabei entstandenen Fotos k?nnen ebenso wie die eigenen
> Bestzeiten auf Facebook hochgeladen werden. Zus?tzlich k?nnen die Spieler
> eine Papercraft-Version ihres Avatars ausdrucken und zusammenbasteln.
>
> Quelle: GamesMarkt.de
>
> _______________________________________________
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> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:55:53 -0400
From: UBALBO FLORIO <arthit73 at cablespeed.com>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Red Bull launches browser game with face
	control
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
Message-ID:
	<CAH7m8f4d-ddDi7F9Duy=57zo4ECzeh3-o6j37zTa2=qQg=syXg at mail.gmail.com>
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im TIRED of quadcontroler!! hurts my mouth & wii is only a few games
without pushing buttons lol

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 1:53 PM, UBALBO FLORIO <arthit73 at cablespeed.com> wrote:
> wow!
> when is this coming out !?:)
>
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> FYI:
>> First english (translated with google)
>> then German.
>>
>> Red Bull launches browser game with face control
>> World champion Sebastian Vettel for a test ride in "Formula Face" Great view
>> World champion Sebastian Vettel for a test ride in "Formula Face"
>> Not only in the real Formula 1, even on virtual routes is Red Bull really
>> step: Under the aptly named "Formula Face", the racing team owner launched a
>> browser-racing game that is controlled not traditional mouse, keyboard or
>> gamepad, but via webcam leaves. According to the company, this is the first
>> browser to play racing game that relies on facial expression control. Choose
>> from Formula 1, NASCAR and Rally cars. The avatar can customize their own
>> webcam via the snapshot. To maneuver the car on the track, the player tends
>> to head to the left and right. A wink of the eye activates the turbo boost.
>>
>> On the courses can be, like in the "Mario Kart" titles, extras like wings,
>> glue or scissors to collect, which are activated by a smile. Other features
>> will keep players at the bar: Extra points beckon if the user specified
>> grimaces mimic as closely as possible. The resulting photos can be just like
>> their own best times are uploaded to Facebook. In addition, players can
>> cobble together a print version of their avatar's Paper Craft and.
>>
>> Source: GamesMarkt.de
>>
>>
>> ***********************************************
>> Red Bull startet Browsergame mit Gesichtssteuerung
>>
>> Weltmeister Sebastian Vettel bei einer Probefahrt in "Formula Face"
>> Gro?ansicht
>> Weltmeister Sebastian Vettel bei einer Probefahrt in "Formula Face"
>> Nicht nur in der realen Formel 1, auch auf virtuellen Strecken gibt Red Bull
>> m?chtig Gas: Unter dem passenden Namen "Formula Face" hat der
>> Rennstallinhaber ein Browser-Rennspiel gelauncht, das sich nicht herk?mmlich
>> per Maus, Tastatur oder Gamepad, sondern per Webcam steuern l?sst. Laut
>> Firmenangaben handelt es sich dabei um das erste Browserspiel-Rennspiel, das
>> auf Mimiksteuerung setzt. Zur Auswahl stehen Formel-1, Nascar- und
>> Rally-Autos. Der eigene Avatar l?sst sich per Webcam-Schnappschuss
>> individualisieren. Um den Wagen ?ber die Strecke zu man?vrieren, neigt der
>> Spieler den Kopf nach links und rechts. Ein Augenzwinkern aktiviert den
>> Turboboost.
>>
>> Auf den Kursen lassen sich, ?hnlich wie in den "Mario Kart"-Titeln, Extras
>> wie Fl?gel, Kleber oder Scheren einsammeln, die durch ein L?cheln aktiviert
>> werden. Weitere Features sollen die Spieler bei der Stange halten:
>> Extrapunkte winken, wenn die Nutzer vorgegebene Grimassen m?glichst exakt
>> nachahmen. Die dabei entstandenen Fotos k?nnen ebenso wie die eigenen
>> Bestzeiten auf Facebook hochgeladen werden. Zus?tzlich k?nnen die Spieler
>> eine Papercraft-Version ihres Avatars ausdrucken und zusammenbasteln.
>>
>> Quelle: GamesMarkt.de
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>> The main SIG website page is http://igda-gasig.org
>>
>


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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:44:28 +0100
From: "Barrie Ellis" <oneswitch at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Red Bull launches browser game with face
	control
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"
	<games_access at igda.org>
Message-ID: <F249302A70CC4E1EBCED3D9E5B4BD66B at OneSwitchPC>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Works on my machine. You have to tilt your head a lot to the left or right to steer. Not my idea of a face-tracker really. Quite fun unless neck ache kicks in.

Barrie


From: Javier Mairena 
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 2:57 PM
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
Subject: Re: [games_access] Red Bull launches browser game with face control


The game is here:
http://www.redbull.de/cs/Satellite/de_DE/Red-Bull-Formula-Face/001243074503210

But my webcam doesn't works with it. Is the first game that don't like my webcam. 


On 31 August 2011 13:46, Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de> wrote:

  Hello,


  FYI:
  First english (translated with google)
  then German.

  Red Bull launches browser game with face control
  World champion Sebastian Vettel for a test ride in "Formula Face" Great view
  World champion Sebastian Vettel for a test ride in "Formula Face"
  Not only in the real Formula 1, even on virtual routes is Red Bull really
  step: Under the aptly named "Formula Face", the racing team owner launched a
  browser-racing game that is controlled not traditional mouse, keyboard or
  gamepad, but via webcam leaves. According to the company, this is the first
  browser to play racing game that relies on facial expression control. Choose
  from Formula 1, NASCAR and Rally cars. The avatar can customize their own
  webcam via the snapshot. To maneuver the car on the track, the player tends
  to head to the left and right. A wink of the eye activates the turbo boost.

  On the courses can be, like in the "Mario Kart" titles, extras like wings,
  glue or scissors to collect, which are activated by a smile. Other features
  will keep players at the bar: Extra points beckon if the user specified
  grimaces mimic as closely as possible. The resulting photos can be just like
  their own best times are uploaded to Facebook. In addition, players can
  cobble together a print version of their avatar's Paper Craft and.

  Source: GamesMarkt.de


  ***********************************************
  Red Bull startet Browsergame mit Gesichtssteuerung

  Weltmeister Sebastian Vettel bei einer Probefahrt in "Formula Face"
  Gro?ansicht
  Weltmeister Sebastian Vettel bei einer Probefahrt in "Formula Face"
  Nicht nur in der realen Formel 1, auch auf virtuellen Strecken gibt Red Bull
  m?chtig Gas: Unter dem passenden Namen "Formula Face" hat der
  Rennstallinhaber ein Browser-Rennspiel gelauncht, das sich nicht herk?mmlich
  per Maus, Tastatur oder Gamepad, sondern per Webcam steuern l?sst. Laut
  Firmenangaben handelt es sich dabei um das erste Browserspiel-Rennspiel, das
  auf Mimiksteuerung setzt. Zur Auswahl stehen Formel-1, Nascar- und
  Rally-Autos. Der eigene Avatar l?sst sich per Webcam-Schnappschuss
  individualisieren. Um den Wagen ?ber die Strecke zu man?vrieren, neigt der
  Spieler den Kopf nach links und rechts. Ein Augenzwinkern aktiviert den
  Turboboost.

  Auf den Kursen lassen sich, ?hnlich wie in den "Mario Kart"-Titeln, Extras
  wie Fl?gel, Kleber oder Scheren einsammeln, die durch ein L?cheln aktiviert
  werden. Weitere Features sollen die Spieler bei der Stange halten:
  Extrapunkte winken, wenn die Nutzer vorgegebene Grimassen m?glichst exakt
  nachahmen. Die dabei entstandenen Fotos k?nnen ebenso wie die eigenen
  Bestzeiten auf Facebook hochgeladen werden. Zus?tzlich k?nnen die Spieler
  eine Papercraft-Version ihres Avatars ausdrucken und zusammenbasteln.

  Quelle: GamesMarkt.de

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  http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
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From: Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [games_access] games_access Digest, Vol 90, Issue 24
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Hi Sandra, replying to the group in case anyone else finds this useful.
Your red eyes against green bushes.. we had a very similar problem on one of our games, red clickable apples against a green tree. The red apples and green tree were straight from the associated TV show so we had no choice over using them, so to get around this we did the following -
- White highlight to provide difference in brightness, as the red/green had to have similar brightness to match the TV props- Slight pink to the red to provide difference in colour.. still looks red to most people, but for deut/prot it looks blue instead of green/brown- More prominent outline/shadow
I've done a quick example for your augen game, this shows the difference that two of these make - white highlight and slight pink tint. 		 	   		  
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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Thu Sep  1 09:55:41 2011
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 15:55:41 +0200
Subject: [games_access] Green Game World and red hotspots
Message-ID: <000c01cc68ae$d6e6f440$84b4dcc0$@de>

Hi,

well this odd stuff becomes more odd.
One of the developer is red-green-blind.
But he does not know any details.
He can see the hotspots clearly.

Best regards,
Sandra



From arthit73 at cablespeed.com  Thu Sep  1 13:19:06 2011
From: arthit73 at cablespeed.com (UBALBO FLORIO)
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 13:19:06 -0400
Subject: [games_access] Red Bull launches browser game with face control
In-Reply-To: <F249302A70CC4E1EBCED3D9E5B4BD66B@OneSwitchPC>
References: <000b01cc67d3$9a6d3370$cf479a50$@de>
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cool.
where can i get the game?
yep i get a lot of neck pain.
sigh
robert

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Barrie Ellis <oneswitch at gmail.com> wrote:
> Works on my machine. You have to tilt your head a lot to the left or right
> to steer. Not my idea of a face-tracker really. Quite fun unless neck ache
> kicks in.
>
> Barrie
> From: Javier Mairena
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 2:57 PM
> To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [games_access] Red Bull launches browser game with face control
> The game is here:
> http://www.redbull.de/cs/Satellite/de_DE/Red-Bull-Formula-Face/001243074503210
>
> But my webcam doesn't works with it. Is the first game that don't like my
> webcam.
>
> On 31 August 2011 13:46, Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> FYI:
>> First english (translated with google)
>> then German.
>>
>> Red Bull launches browser game with face control
>> World champion Sebastian Vettel for a test ride in "Formula Face" Great
>> view
>> World champion Sebastian Vettel for a test ride in "Formula Face"
>> Not only in the real Formula 1, even on virtual routes is Red Bull really
>> step: Under the aptly named "Formula Face", the racing team owner launched
>> a
>> browser-racing game that is controlled not traditional mouse, keyboard or
>> gamepad, but via webcam leaves. According to the company, this is the
>> first
>> browser to play racing game that relies on facial expression control.
>> Choose
>> from Formula 1, NASCAR and Rally cars. The avatar can customize their own
>> webcam via the snapshot. To maneuver the car on the track, the player
>> tends
>> to head to the left and right. A wink of the eye activates the turbo
>> boost.
>>
>> On the courses can be, like in the "Mario Kart" titles, extras like wings,
>> glue or scissors to collect, which are activated by a smile. Other
>> features
>> will keep players at the bar: Extra points beckon if the user specified
>> grimaces mimic as closely as possible. The resulting photos can be just
>> like
>> their own best times are uploaded to Facebook. In addition, players can
>> cobble together a print version of their avatar's Paper Craft and.
>>
>> Source: GamesMarkt.de
>>
>>
>> ***********************************************
>> Red Bull startet Browsergame mit Gesichtssteuerung
>>
>> Weltmeister Sebastian Vettel bei einer Probefahrt in "Formula Face"
>> Gro?ansicht
>> Weltmeister Sebastian Vettel bei einer Probefahrt in "Formula Face"
>> Nicht nur in der realen Formel 1, auch auf virtuellen Strecken gibt Red
>> Bull
>> m?chtig Gas: Unter dem passenden Namen "Formula Face" hat der
>> Rennstallinhaber ein Browser-Rennspiel gelauncht, das sich nicht
>> herk?mmlich
>> per Maus, Tastatur oder Gamepad, sondern per Webcam steuern l?sst. Laut
>> Firmenangaben handelt es sich dabei um das erste Browserspiel-Rennspiel,
>> das
>> auf Mimiksteuerung setzt. Zur Auswahl stehen Formel-1, Nascar- und
>> Rally-Autos. Der eigene Avatar l?sst sich per Webcam-Schnappschuss
>> individualisieren. Um den Wagen ?ber die Strecke zu man?vrieren, neigt der
>> Spieler den Kopf nach links und rechts. Ein Augenzwinkern aktiviert den
>> Turboboost.
>>
>> Auf den Kursen lassen sich, ?hnlich wie in den "Mario Kart"-Titeln, Extras
>> wie Fl?gel, Kleber oder Scheren einsammeln, die durch ein L?cheln
>> aktiviert
>> werden. Weitere Features sollen die Spieler bei der Stange halten:
>> Extrapunkte winken, wenn die Nutzer vorgegebene Grimassen m?glichst exakt
>> nachahmen. Die dabei entstandenen Fotos k?nnen ebenso wie die eigenen
>> Bestzeiten auf Facebook hochgeladen werden. Zus?tzlich k?nnen die Spieler
>> eine Papercraft-Version ihres Avatars ausdrucken und zusammenbasteln.
>>
>> Quelle: GamesMarkt.de
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>> The main SIG website page is http://igda-gasig.org
>
> ________________________________
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
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> _______________________________________________
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> games_access at igda.org
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> The main SIG website page is http://igda-gasig.org
>
>


From oneswitch at gmail.com  Thu Sep  1 14:59:25 2011
From: oneswitch at gmail.com (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 19:59:25 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Comercial Universally Accessible games
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I'd also make mention of the wonderful Nanogames from Dennis Asher (New Zealand): http://www.nanogames.com/

This commercial (on-line only) package has some wonderful accessibility features. Not Universally Accessible - but does have a broad range of excellent features.

Barrie




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Also although not strictly commercial we're a public service broadcaster.. Decent budgets and production values, just no charge for the output. There's a high profile suite of simple games for preschoolers with profound and multiple disabilities about to be released, some nice config options in it (switch access, visual complexity, fine controls over motor & cognitive ability required for gameplay).. While not the type of content that commercial organisations develop, its a useful example of what's possible.. Should be out mid-late Sept, will keep you posted.

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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:52:03 -0400
From: Eleanor Robinson <eleanor at 7128.com>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Comercial Universally Accessible games
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On 8/30/2011 9:41 PM, P Hogan wrote:
> G'day everyone,
>
> I'm a student at RMIT Uni Australia, and was intrigued by the work
> done at FORTH ICS in regards to creating games that can be tailored on
> they fly to suit different people with different needs. (
> http://www.ics.forth.gr/hci/ua-games )
>
> My question was: has anyone made a commercial game using all or part
> of these principles?
>
> I feel it would be hard to encourage companies to use it if there was
> no commercially viable game to set a precedent...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pat
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Hi Pat

While we are a small company, we are a commercial game company.  We have 
a control panel that allows the player to set a number of parameters to 
meet his or her needs.  We have a speed control that allows the player 
to slow a game down, a setting for voice control users that tells them 
what to say to control our games; a game voice control that will allow 
our blind-accessible games to be self voiced with SAPI; a screen reader 
control that allows certain screen readers to be used with our games; a 
video control that will allow a video to be played sound only;  a big 
type control that increases the size of all type; a captions control 
that will add captions to a video; a music control that will turn 
background music off for easier hearing of the game voice; the idle twit 
button that, if you have not done any action for 60 seconds will tell 
you the options available to you at that point.   These controls can be 
set at any point by selecting the controls button which is on the screen 
and available in the tab order.

I believe these type of controls allow a player to increase the 
accessibility for them "on the fly" as you were asking about in your Email.

Check us out at www.7128.com.

Eleanor Robinson
7-128 Software


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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:53:05 -0400
From: UBALBO FLORIO <arthit73 at cablespeed.com>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Red Bull launches browser game with face
control
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
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wow!
when is this coming out !?:)

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> FYI:
> First english (translated with google)
> then German.
>
> Red Bull launches browser game with face control
> World champion Sebastian Vettel for a test ride in "Formula Face" Great view
> World champion Sebastian Vettel for a test ride in "Formula Face"
> Not only in the real Formula 1, even on virtual routes is Red Bull really
> step: Under the aptly named "Formula Face", the racing team owner launched a
> browser-racing game that is controlled not traditional mouse, keyboard or
> gamepad, but via webcam leaves. According to the company, this is the first
> browser to play racing game that relies on facial expression control. Choose
> from Formula 1, NASCAR and Rally cars. The avatar can customize their own
> webcam via the snapshot. To maneuver the car on the track, the player tends
> to head to the left and right. A wink of the eye activates the turbo boost.
>
> On the courses can be, like in the "Mario Kart" titles, extras like wings,
> glue or scissors to collect, which are activated by a smile. Other features
> will keep players at the bar: Extra points beckon if the user specified
> grimaces mimic as closely as possible. The resulting photos can be just like
> their own best times are uploaded to Facebook. In addition, players can
> cobble together a print version of their avatar's Paper Craft and.
>
> Source: GamesMarkt.de
>
>
> ***********************************************
> Red Bull startet Browsergame mit Gesichtssteuerung
>
> Weltmeister Sebastian Vettel bei einer Probefahrt in "Formula Face"
> Gro?ansicht
> Weltmeister Sebastian Vettel bei einer Probefahrt in "Formula Face"
> Nicht nur in der realen Formel 1, auch auf virtuellen Strecken gibt Red Bull
> m?chtig Gas: Unter dem passenden Namen "Formula Face" hat der
> Rennstallinhaber ein Browser-Rennspiel gelauncht, das sich nicht herk?mmlich
> per Maus, Tastatur oder Gamepad, sondern per Webcam steuern l?sst. Laut
> Firmenangaben handelt es sich dabei um das erste Browserspiel-Rennspiel, das
> auf Mimiksteuerung setzt. Zur Auswahl stehen Formel-1, Nascar- und
> Rally-Autos. Der eigene Avatar l?sst sich per Webcam-Schnappschuss
> individualisieren. Um den Wagen ?ber die Strecke zu man?vrieren, neigt der
> Spieler den Kopf nach links und rechts. Ein Augenzwinkern aktiviert den
> Turboboost.
>
> Auf den Kursen lassen sich, ?hnlich wie in den "Mario Kart"-Titeln, Extras
> wie Fl?gel, Kleber oder Scheren einsammeln, die durch ein L?cheln aktiviert
> werden. Weitere Features sollen die Spieler bei der Stange halten:
> Extrapunkte winken, wenn die Nutzer vorgegebene Grimassen m?glichst exakt
> nachahmen. Die dabei entstandenen Fotos k?nnen ebenso wie die eigenen
> Bestzeiten auf Facebook hochgeladen werden. Zus?tzlich k?nnen die Spieler
> eine Papercraft-Version ihres Avatars ausdrucken und zusammenbasteln.
>
> Quelle: GamesMarkt.de
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> The main SIG website page is http://igda-gasig.org
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:55:53 -0400
From: UBALBO FLORIO <arthit73 at cablespeed.com>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Red Bull launches browser game with face
control
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
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im TIRED of quadcontroler!! hurts my mouth & wii is only a few games
without pushing buttons lol

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 1:53 PM, UBALBO FLORIO <arthit73 at cablespeed.com> wrote:
> wow!
> when is this coming out !?:)
>
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> FYI:
>> First english (translated with google)
>> then German.
>>
>> Red Bull launches browser game with face control
>> World champion Sebastian Vettel for a test ride in "Formula Face" Great view
>> World champion Sebastian Vettel for a test ride in "Formula Face"
>> Not only in the real Formula 1, even on virtual routes is Red Bull really
>> step: Under the aptly named "Formula Face", the racing team owner launched a
>> browser-racing game that is controlled not traditional mouse, keyboard or
>> gamepad, but via webcam leaves. According to the company, this is the first
>> browser to play racing game that relies on facial expression control. Choose
>> from Formula 1, NASCAR and Rally cars. The avatar can customize their own
>> webcam via the snapshot. To maneuver the car on the track, the player tends
>> to head to the left and right. A wink of the eye activates the turbo boost.
>>
>> On the courses can be, like in the "Mario Kart" titles, extras like wings,
>> glue or scissors to collect, which are activated by a smile. Other features
>> will keep players at the bar: Extra points beckon if the user specified
>> grimaces mimic as closely as possible. The resulting photos can be just like
>> their own best times are uploaded to Facebook. In addition, players can
>> cobble together a print version of their avatar's Paper Craft and.
>>
>> Source: GamesMarkt.de
>>
>>
>> ***********************************************
>> Red Bull startet Browsergame mit Gesichtssteuerung
>>
>> Weltmeister Sebastian Vettel bei einer Probefahrt in "Formula Face"
>> Gro?ansicht
>> Weltmeister Sebastian Vettel bei einer Probefahrt in "Formula Face"
>> Nicht nur in der realen Formel 1, auch auf virtuellen Strecken gibt Red Bull
>> m?chtig Gas: Unter dem passenden Namen "Formula Face" hat der
>> Rennstallinhaber ein Browser-Rennspiel gelauncht, das sich nicht herk?mmlich
>> per Maus, Tastatur oder Gamepad, sondern per Webcam steuern l?sst. Laut
>> Firmenangaben handelt es sich dabei um das erste Browserspiel-Rennspiel, das
>> auf Mimiksteuerung setzt. Zur Auswahl stehen Formel-1, Nascar- und
>> Rally-Autos. Der eigene Avatar l?sst sich per Webcam-Schnappschuss
>> individualisieren. Um den Wagen ?ber die Strecke zu man?vrieren, neigt der
>> Spieler den Kopf nach links und rechts. Ein Augenzwinkern aktiviert den
>> Turboboost.
>>
>> Auf den Kursen lassen sich, ?hnlich wie in den "Mario Kart"-Titeln, Extras
>> wie Fl?gel, Kleber oder Scheren einsammeln, die durch ein L?cheln aktiviert
>> werden. Weitere Features sollen die Spieler bei der Stange halten:
>> Extrapunkte winken, wenn die Nutzer vorgegebene Grimassen m?glichst exakt
>> nachahmen. Die dabei entstandenen Fotos k?nnen ebenso wie die eigenen
>> Bestzeiten auf Facebook hochgeladen werden. Zus?tzlich k?nnen die Spieler
>> eine Papercraft-Version ihres Avatars ausdrucken und zusammenbasteln.
>>
>> Quelle: GamesMarkt.de
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
>> The main SIG website page is http://igda-gasig.org
>>
>


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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:44:28 +0100
From: "Barrie Ellis" <oneswitch at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Red Bull launches browser game with face
control
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"
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Works on my machine. You have to tilt your head a lot to the left or right to steer. Not my idea of a face-tracker really. Quite fun unless neck ache kicks in.

Barrie


From: Javier Mairena 
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 2:57 PM
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
Subject: Re: [games_access] Red Bull launches browser game with face control


The game is here:
http://www.redbull.de/cs/Satellite/de_DE/Red-Bull-Formula-Face/001243074503210

But my webcam doesn't works with it. Is the first game that don't like my webcam. 


On 31 August 2011 13:46, Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de> wrote:

 Hello,


 FYI:
 First english (translated with google)
 then German.

 Red Bull launches browser game with face control
 World champion Sebastian Vettel for a test ride in "Formula Face" Great view
 World champion Sebastian Vettel for a test ride in "Formula Face"
 Not only in the real Formula 1, even on virtual routes is Red Bull really
 step: Under the aptly named "Formula Face", the racing team owner launched a
 browser-racing game that is controlled not traditional mouse, keyboard or
 gamepad, but via webcam leaves. According to the company, this is the first
 browser to play racing game that relies on facial expression control. Choose
 from Formula 1, NASCAR and Rally cars. The avatar can customize their own
 webcam via the snapshot. To maneuver the car on the track, the player tends
 to head to the left and right. A wink of the eye activates the turbo boost.

 On the courses can be, like in the "Mario Kart" titles, extras like wings,
 glue or scissors to collect, which are activated by a smile. Other features
 will keep players at the bar: Extra points beckon if the user specified
 grimaces mimic as closely as possible. The resulting photos can be just like
 their own best times are uploaded to Facebook. In addition, players can
 cobble together a print version of their avatar's Paper Craft and.

 Source: GamesMarkt.de


 ***********************************************
 Red Bull startet Browsergame mit Gesichtssteuerung

 Weltmeister Sebastian Vettel bei einer Probefahrt in "Formula Face"
 Gro?ansicht
 Weltmeister Sebastian Vettel bei einer Probefahrt in "Formula Face"
 Nicht nur in der realen Formel 1, auch auf virtuellen Strecken gibt Red Bull
 m?chtig Gas: Unter dem passenden Namen "Formula Face" hat der
 Rennstallinhaber ein Browser-Rennspiel gelauncht, das sich nicht herk?mmlich
 per Maus, Tastatur oder Gamepad, sondern per Webcam steuern l?sst. Laut
 Firmenangaben handelt es sich dabei um das erste Browserspiel-Rennspiel, das
 auf Mimiksteuerung setzt. Zur Auswahl stehen Formel-1, Nascar- und
 Rally-Autos. Der eigene Avatar l?sst sich per Webcam-Schnappschuss
 individualisieren. Um den Wagen ?ber die Strecke zu man?vrieren, neigt der
 Spieler den Kopf nach links und rechts. Ein Augenzwinkern aktiviert den
 Turboboost.

 Auf den Kursen lassen sich, ?hnlich wie in den "Mario Kart"-Titeln, Extras
 wie Fl?gel, Kleber oder Scheren einsammeln, die durch ein L?cheln aktiviert
 werden. Weitere Features sollen die Spieler bei der Stange halten:
 Extrapunkte winken, wenn die Nutzer vorgegebene Grimassen m?glichst exakt
 nachahmen. Die dabei entstandenen Fotos k?nnen ebenso wie die eigenen
 Bestzeiten auf Facebook hochgeladen werden. Zus?tzlich k?nnen die Spieler
 eine Papercraft-Version ihres Avatars ausdrucken und zusammenbasteln.

 Quelle: GamesMarkt.de

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 games_access at igda.org
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Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 12:28:10 +0000
From: Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [games_access] games_access Digest, Vol 90, Issue 24
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Hi Sandra, replying to the group in case anyone else finds this useful.
Your red eyes against green bushes.. we had a very similar problem on one of our games, red clickable apples against a green tree. The red apples and green tree were straight from the associated TV show so we had no choice over using them, so to get around this we did the following -
- White highlight to provide difference in brightness, as the red/green had to have similar brightness to match the TV props- Slight pink to the red to provide difference in colour.. still looks red to most people, but for deut/prot it looks blue instead of green/brown- More prominent outline/shadow
I've done a quick example for your augen game, this shows the difference that two of these make - white highlight and slight pink tint.    
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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Fri Sep  2 16:05:35 2011
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 22:05:35 +0200
Subject: [games_access] terms and words
Message-ID: <000801cc69ab$adc31870$09494950$@de>

Hello,

Maybe we have also give terms a description?

The terms for description of xbox360 game features are often very confusing.


In my bachelor thesis I found this:
* task list - what to do
* glossary - explanation of terms
* logging/diary - what happened

But sometimes other terms are used for this.
Sometimes it can become very confusing: e.g. task list for logging
information.


It is nice to see, that some games contains some kind of "logging".
But very often, the quality is bad :-(

Best regards,
Sandra




From javier.mairena at gmail.com  Tue Sep 20 08:17:01 2011
From: javier.mairena at gmail.com (Javier Mairena)
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:17:01 +0200
Subject: [games_access] Slalom, The Videogame
Message-ID: <CAO1r=jguptLg8RdGiQqEHn5sMeUQ6ZyXjXHipd_5Y8pR=wv1-g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all!

I'm happy to introduce our latest project :)


*Slalom, The Videogame*, is the simulator of a sport named "Wheelchair
Slalom", practised by people with cerebral palsy. The aim of this game is
providing the rules, types of tests and circuits to people who wants to
practise this sport. Or even providing a system to improve their times
practising new movement strategies.

[image: Fixed course]<http://www.accessablegames.com/projects/slalom/Slalom-FixedCourse.jpg>

In accessiblity, game focuses on people with cerebral palsy but also has
other options for other groups. The most important accessibility features
are:

   - Game speed setting.
   - Joystick or keyboard control mode.
   - Mouse control mode (for eye tracking and trackballs too).
   - One button control mode.
   - Control sensitivity settings.
   - Help lines to guide between obstacles.
   - Music and sound volume settings.
   - Closed captions.
   - Brightness and contrast settings.
   - Two languages??: Spanish and English.


Video about game features: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmVZ3swkNBQ
Video about accessibility:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIN_K0o1VpY<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmVZ3swkNBQ>

*More info and free download at*:
http://www.accessablegames.com/projects/slalom.html

Hope you like it ;)

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The Game Kitchen SL | Accessable Games | Nivel21 Entertainment
Email: jmairena at accessablegames.com | Tlf: 635159421
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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Tue Sep 20 11:06:43 2011
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:06:43 +0200
Subject: [games_access] 18. -20. September 2012, Germany
Message-ID: <004901cc77a6$e8da0320$ba8e0960$@de>

Hello,

Here is a new date for 2012.

18. - 20. September 2012, Darmstadt, Germany
There will be the "GameDays" and maybe "Accessibility" 
will be one of the topics. We are welcome. It does not cost something.
But we have to pay our own costs.

I will write when I have more information.

Best regards,
Sandra





From j.chetwynd at btinternet.com  Wed Sep 21 04:21:41 2011
From: j.chetwynd at btinternet.com (Jonathan Chetwynd)
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:21:41 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Web accessible games
Message-ID: <11E08223-D827-4FEB-BD48-C8217B3322B8@btinternet.com>

Web accessible games

2 links of interest:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/futuremedia/accessibility/games.shtml

http://a11yldn.org.uk/schedule-and-suggested-topics

Jonathan Chetwynd
http://www.peepo.com


From sandra_uhling at web.de  Wed Sep 21 08:21:04 2011
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:21:04 +0200
Subject: [games_access] Politic Germany: Accessible Internet (for Germans)
Message-ID: <001c01cc7858$ef314320$cd93c960$@de>

Hi,

FYI: Interesting to watch!
Language: German
Subtitles: German

Ausschussitzung "Barrierefreiheit im Internet":
http://www.bundestag.de/Mediathek/index.jsp?action=search&contentArea=detail
s&offsetStart=0&id=1329562&&instance=m187&categorie=Ausschusssitzungen&mask=
search&destination=search


(We got some german memers, so I thought this might be interesting for them)

Best regards,
Sandra





From sandra_uhling at web.de  Wed Sep 21 09:41:00 2011
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:41:00 +0200
Subject: [games_access] chats with special topics?
Message-ID: <003101cc7864$19c6e670$4d54b350$@de>

Hello,

I would like to ask if we can make chats with special topics.

Topic could be: color blindness, gamers with a visual disability


Gamers with a visual disabilities:
We have some new members interesting into this topic.
Maybe it would be nice to have a chat about this topic
to exchange information and knowledge?


Color blindness:
The topic I am interested at the moment.
It would be nice to exchange information and talk about it.



Best regards,
Sandra



From oneswitch at gmail.com  Wed Sep 21 15:02:27 2011
From: oneswitch at gmail.com (Barrie Ellis)
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:02:27 +0100
Subject: [games_access] Slalom, The Videogame
In-Reply-To: <CAO1r=jguptLg8RdGiQqEHn5sMeUQ6ZyXjXHipd_5Y8pR=wv1-g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAO1r=jguptLg8RdGiQqEHn5sMeUQ6ZyXjXHipd_5Y8pR=wv1-g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <7D2EA9E4CDF04879B93E097EBA472F8F@OneSwitchPC>

Superb stuff! Brilliant work, well done.

Barrie



From: Javier Mairena 
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 1:17 PM
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List 
Subject: [games_access] Slalom, The Videogame


Hi all!

I'm happy to introduce our latest project :)





Slalom, The Videogame, is the simulator of a sport named "Wheelchair Slalom", practised by people with cerebral palsy. The aim of this game is providing the rules, types of tests and circuits to people who wants to practise this sport. Or even providing a system to improve their times practising new movement strategies.






In accessiblity, game focuses on people with cerebral palsy but also has other options for other groups. The most important accessibility features are:

  a.. Game speed setting. 
  b.. Joystick or keyboard control mode. 
  c.. Mouse control mode (for eye tracking and trackballs too). 
  d.. One button control mode. 
  e.. Control sensitivity settings. 
  f.. Help lines to guide between obstacles. 
  g.. Music and sound volume settings. 
  h.. Closed captions. 
  i.. Brightness and contrast settings. 
  j.. Two languages??: Spanish and English.

Video about game features: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmVZ3swkNBQ
Video about accessibility: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIN_K0o1VpY 


More info and free download at: http://www.accessablegames.com/projects/slalom.html

Hope you like it ;)

-- 
-- 
____________________________________________________ 

Javier Mairena (Game Accessibility Expert / Game Developer)
The Game Kitchen SL | Accessable Games | Nivel21 Entertainment
Email: jmairena at accessablegames.com | Tlf: 635159421 




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From i_h at hotmail.com  Thu Sep 22 11:12:05 2011
From: i_h at hotmail.com (Ian Hamilton)
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:12:05 +0000
Subject: [games_access] Something Special launch
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Hi all, bit of a plug but hopefully this will be of 
of interest. 

Something Special: Out and About has launched today 
in conjunction with the 100th episode of the TV show. Amongst the activities available there are 4 games produced with universal game design in mind.. they're designed to be fun  and engaging for all preschoolers, but also designed in conjunction with special needs teachers and therapists to support the developmental goals of very young children with profound and multiple special needs, with support for assistive tech for motor disabilities (inc single/dual switch, and for balloon pop, webcam) and fine control over difficultly and cognitive load. 
Every game can be reduced back to a simple single-switch cause and effect activity at one of the scale, and at the other end of the scale they are just a selection of age appropriate games for young children, featuring a loved character.
This loved character aspect is a perfect example of one of the reasons why accessible gaming is so valuable. Assistive tech is obviously incredibly valuable and in many cases life changing, but learning to use can be very difficult and frustrating, especially for children who might not be able to understand the potential benefits. Playing games with the reward of interaction with a loved character gives huge motivation for practicing the skills needed.
Something else that might be of interest is the use of Makaton signs and symbols throughout, which are used as a tool to encourage language development in people with little or no communication due to conditions such as low functioning autism.
http://www.makaton.org/about/about.htm
Official announcement follows:
----------------------------------------------


Take your finger and touch your nose, blink three 
times, and off we go! Join Justin and Mr Tumble as they take you Out and About. 


http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/somethingspecial/games/#/lb/somethingspecial/somethingspecial-outandabout
Today the 100th episode of multi-award winning series 
Something Special was shown on CBeebies! To mark the occasion we have created 
what we think is a fantastic new website embracing the same inclusive approach 
as the Something Special TV programme. It showcases a selection of beautifully 
made Something Special games and clips carefully designed to work with the 
abilities and developmental goals of children who have profound and multiple 
special needs, as well as being engaging and exciting for children everywhere.

We hope it will set a new standard in accessibility 
and excellence for children's websites, and this is why we're so excited about 
it: 
It features... 

- Games designed in conjunction with disabled 
children, parents, SEN teachers and speech & language therapists to support 
the development of young disabled children, covering areas such as 
concentration, association, cause and effect, life skills, communication and 
facial recognition.

- Makaton, which uses signs, symbols and speech to 
help people communicate. Using signs and symbols can encourage early language 
development, particularly for children with communication 
difficulties.

- Simple interface with support for alternative input 
devices (mouse, keyboard, switch, dual switch, touch-screen, microphone or 
webcam) guided by Justin and Mr Tumble, so that even the most profoundly motor 
disabled children can play independently

- Precise control over all aspects of game difficulty 
through either simple presets or detailed customising 

- Settings to control 
how the activities are displayed, with control over wether to display complex 
backgrounds and video, and even interface buttons.

- Designed to work in classrooms, with a full-screen 
interactive whiteboard setting 

- And of course, lots of video clips of Justin, Mr 
Tumble, Grandad Tumble, Lord Tumble and all the Tumble Family
 
 		 	   		  
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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Thu Sep 22 15:08:37 2011
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:08:37 +0200
Subject: [games_access] Games for Health Europe Award
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Hi,

FYI:
Games for Health Europe Award
http://www.gamesforhealtheurope.org/program/games-for-health-europe-award

Best regards,
Sandra



From thomasw at dsv.su.se  Fri Sep 23 07:49:33 2011
From: thomasw at dsv.su.se (Thomas Westin)
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:49:33 +0200
Subject: [games_access] Blizzard contact?
Message-ID: <80C8F0A6-7197-45FC-A442-F467BEBBE85C@dsv.su.se>

Hi all,

a bit off-topic (sorry) but I wonder if anyone on the list have contact information to someone at Blizzard?

I need to talk to them about collaboration/sponsorship for an educational project in Africa

Mvh / Best regards
Thomas Westin
Stockholm University :: dsv.su.se :: +46 73-707 86 86



From i_h at hotmail.com  Mon Sep 26 11:55:01 2011
From: i_h at hotmail.com (Ian Hamilton)
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:55:01 +0000
Subject: [games_access] colour blind checker
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Sandra was asking about a colour blindness simulator that could be run on games a while back (re. augen point and click adventure game).
I've just been told about this one, so long as you can run the game in window mode rather than full screen you can use this to get an instant preview, rather than screengrabbing and uploading to something like vischeck.
http://colororacle.cartography.ch/
I did come across one that does it in real time (colour doctor), but unfortunately it's too slow to use for making an accurate call on animation.
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From eleanor at 7128.com  Mon Sep 26 13:34:43 2011
From: eleanor at 7128.com (Eleanor Robinson)
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:34:43 -0400
Subject: [games_access] colour blind checker
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On 9/26/2011 11:55 AM, Ian Hamilton wrote:
>
> Sandra was asking about a colour blindness simulator that could be run 
> on games a while back (re. augen point and click adventure game).
>
> I've just been told about this one, so long as you can run the game in 
> window mode rather than full screen you can use this to get an instant 
> preview, rather than screengrabbing and uploading to something like 
> vischeck.
>
> http://colororacle.cartography.ch/
>
> I did come across one that does it in real time (colour doctor), but 
> unfortunately it's too slow to use for making an accurate call on 
> animation.
>
> Ian
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I don't know about a color blindness simulator, but if you want to 
access a color blind spectrum chart that includes the RGB values that 
can be used to develop software that people who are color blind can use, 
go to www.7128.com/resources and look at the bottom of the page.

Eleanor Robinson
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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Mon Sep 26 14:22:51 2011
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:22:51 +0200
Subject: [games_access] colour blind checker
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Hi
Thanks Eleanor,

the problem is that when you use any key the simulation stops.
So for things that have to be activated and stops it is not very useful.

Best regards,
Sandra



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On 9/26/2011 11:55 AM, Ian Hamilton wrote: 


	Sandra was asking about a colour blindness simulator that could be
run on games a while back (re. augen point and click adventure game).

	I've just been told about this one, so long as you can run the game
in window mode rather than full screen you can use this to get an instant
preview, rather than screengrabbing and uploading to something like
vischeck.

	http://colororacle.cartography.ch/

	I did come across one that does it in real time (colour doctor), but
unfortunately it's too slow to use for making an accurate call on animation.

	Ian
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I don't know about a color blindness simulator, but if you want to access a
color blind spectrum chart that includes the RGB values that can be used to
develop software that people who are color blind can use, go to
www.7128.com/resources and look at the bottom of the page.

Eleanor Robinson
7-128 Software





From i_h at hotmail.com  Tue Sep 27 10:35:21 2011
From: i_h at hotmail.com (Ian Hamilton)
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:35:21 +0000
Subject: [games_access] colour blind checker (Sandra Uhling)
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How about this:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.SeewaldSolutions.ColorBlindnessSimulator&hl=en

 		 	   		  
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From ttefertiller at igda-gasig.org  Thu Sep 29 13:48:34 2011
From: ttefertiller at igda-gasig.org (Tara Voelker (Tefertiller))
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:48:34 -0400
Subject: [games_access] Website Updates and Updated Top 10!
Message-ID: <CAMfP0AkcWrR9asT=OSVOY8ktFEFO916U7GpB9-zpOb7JhCtgZA@mail.gmail.com>

Hello!

I didn't know if everyone had noticed yet, but we have had some changes to
our websites lay out as well as some additional information!

If you go and check out the "About Game Accessibility" tab, information is
now now broken up by area (visual, cognitive, mobility, and audio) where you
can see types and definitions (information about the disabilities itself)
and then accessible solutions. Most of that information was on the site in
some way before, now the information has just been rearranged.

Additionally, we've revamped the top 10 list! We also offer links to the old
top 10 list as well as links to the Special Effect wish list.

ALSO-

Huge awesome announcement coming soon. It will be great, I promise!

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From thomasw at dsv.su.se  Fri Sep 30 03:29:33 2011
From: thomasw at dsv.su.se (Thomas Westin)
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:29:33 +0200
Subject: [games_access] Website Updates and Updated Top 10!
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Message-ID: <03D4BE27-3638-4418-A46E-CE841F7D7555@dsv.su.se>

Great!

Do we have any plans about GDC 2012? Round tables, presentations? I just got an e-mail about GDC summits but there is no accessibility summit. 

Mvh / Best regards
Thomas Westin
Stockholm University :: dsv.su.se :: +46 73-707 86 86

On 29Sep 2011, at 7:48 PM, Tara Voelker (Tefertiller) wrote:

> Hello!
>  
> I didn't know if everyone had noticed yet, but we have had some changes to our websites lay out as well as some additional information!
>  
> If you go and check out the "About Game Accessibility" tab, information is now now broken up by area (visual, cognitive, mobility, and audio) where you can see types and definitions (information about the disabilities itself) and then accessible solutions. Most of that information was on the site in some way before, now the information has just been rearranged.
>  
> Additionally, we've revamped the top 10 list! We also offer links to the old top 10 list as well as links to the Special Effect wish list.
>  
> ALSO-
>  
> Huge awesome announcement coming soon. It will be great, I promise!
> 
> -- 
>       Tara (Tefertiller) Voelker - Chairperson : igda-gasig.org
>  
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> The main SIG website page is http://igda-gasig.org

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From sandra_uhling at web.de  Fri Sep 30 05:55:35 2011
From: sandra_uhling at web.de (Sandra Uhling)
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:55:35 +0200
Subject: [games_access] joysticks for ipad (only an idea)
Message-ID: <004301cc7f57$1a2fbc00$4e8f3400$@de>

Hello,

there are sometimes funny ideas, for example this:
http://top.trnd.com/2011/09/05/joysticks-furs-ipad/

Best regards,
Sandra



From ttefertiller at igda-gasig.org  Fri Sep 30 08:46:59 2011
From: ttefertiller at igda-gasig.org (Tara Voelker (Tefertiller))
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:46:59 -0400
Subject: [games_access] Website Updates and Updated Top 10!
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	<03D4BE27-3638-4418-A46E-CE841F7D7555@dsv.su.se>
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We don't have a summit as you mentioned, no one really seemed interested in
it. Although if it's something we want, we could have one for 2013. I would
like us to have some sort of presentation or roundtable. Let me email Ryan
and see if the IGDA is hosting roundtables again, and then I will let you
know more about whats going on.

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:29 AM, Thomas Westin <thomasw at dsv.su.se> wrote:

> Great!
>
> Do we have any plans about GDC 2012? Round tables, presentations? I just
> got an e-mail about GDC summits but there is no accessibility summit.
>
> Mvh / Best regards
> Thomas Westin
> Stockholm University :: dsv.su.se :: +46 73-707 86 86
>
> On 29Sep 2011, at 7:48 PM, Tara Voelker (Tefertiller) wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I didn't know if everyone had noticed yet, but we have had some changes to
> our websites lay out as well as some additional information!
>
> If you go and check out the "About Game Accessibility" tab, information is
> now now broken up by area (visual, cognitive, mobility, and audio) where you
> can see types and definitions (information about the disabilities itself)
> and then accessible solutions. Most of that information was on the site in
> some way before, now the information has just been rearranged.
>
> Additionally, we've revamped the top 10 list! We also offer links to the
> old top 10 list as well as links to the Special Effect wish list.
>
> ALSO-
>
> Huge awesome announcement coming soon. It will be great, I promise!
>
> --
>       Tara (Tefertiller) Voelker - Chairperson : igda-gasig.org
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
> The main SIG website page is http://igda-gasig.org
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> games_access mailing list
> games_access at igda.org
> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
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>
>


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From ttefertiller at igda-gasig.org  Fri Sep 30 09:29:58 2011
From: ttefertiller at igda-gasig.org (Tara Voelker (Tefertiller))
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:29:58 -0400
Subject: [games_access] Awesome Announcement Time - Partnership with Film
	Victoria
Message-ID: <CAMfP0AkSFaRcw7jjDtqdUxwgDvKhRH6EAk8BZ8tBykxnbie4_w@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Everyone!

SO AWESOME NEWS!!!!

I had been contacted by Brad Goblin, who runs the investment fund for game
development (everything from tiny indie games to larger handheld/console
games) for the Victorian state government in Australia, Film Victoria.  When
he contacted us, they been discussing adding accessibility requirements into
their funding guidelines, and providing appropriate funding to design,
develop and test projects for accessibility and asked for our help.

I said we were interested, and the steering committee and I kicked it into
overdrive to get the site updated and ready! (That's why we finally updated
the layout and updated our top 10)

Now I am pleased to announce that game accessibility considerations have
been officially implemented into their application process!

They are very proud over at Film Victoria to leading the way in government
funded accessible games.

Later today I will have an official announcement on the site, as well as
links to the Film Victoria page and the application. Once that has been
done, this will also be on our Facebook and Twitter, and Ryan has said the
he will post it on the main IGDA page and twitter as well.



-- 
      Tara (Tefertiller) Voelker - Chairperson : igda-gasig.org
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