[games_access] games_access Digest, Vol 107, Issue 2
Ian Hamilton
i_h at hotmail.com
Tue Dec 4 14:26:37 EST 2012
Hello!
I was very interested to read your blog post about games for autistic children, I've done a few myself.
Would you like to meet up for a chat some time?
Ian
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Kickstarter game project will add Closed Captions and
Dyslexic friendly font (Ian Hamilton)
2. Re: Kickstarter game project will add Closed Captions and
Dyslexic friendly font (Javier Mairena)
3. Re: Kickstarter game project will add Closed Captions and
Dyslexic friendly font (Javier Mairena)
4. Steam on TV? (Sandra Uhling)
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Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 15:49:45 +0000
From: Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Kickstarter game project will add Closed
Captions and Dyslexic friendly font
To: "games_access at igda.org" <games_access at igda.org>
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I'd really strongly recommend against using OpenDyslexic until its designer gets some of the dyslexia-unfriendly typographical issues (such as mirrored b/d) sorted out.
He knows about the problems, but until he fixes them, there are far better dyslexic-friendly fonts out there.
You have to pay for the better fonts, but you could add that in as a stretch goal.. ie. if you reach a certain level above your kickstarter goal, use that to pay for a licence to use a better font.
There are some games which already use dyslexia friendly fonts. OpenDyslexic is used in this one: http://jpsierens.wordpress.com/projects/. Sassoon Infant is sometimes used in kids' games, in the UK at least. Having said that though games that use dyslexia-friendly fonts are very rare, so it'll still be really innovative.
Offering a choice of different text colours would be another really easy way to innovate for dyslexic gamers, simulating Irlen overlays. I have the hex values of the the two most successful colours used in them, if that would help.
I've backed and given a mention on twitter.
Ian
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 22:24:15 +0100
> From: Javier Mairena <javier.mairena at gmail.com>
> Subject: [games_access] Kickstarter game project will add Closed
> Captions and Dyslexic friendly font
> To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
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> Hi!
>
> We plan to use OpenDyslexic font on a video game for wich we have launched
> a Kickstarter campaign.
>
> We talk about accessibility on this campaign update:
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1042570429/the-last-door-episodic-horror-adventure/posts/361540
>
> As discussed earlier in this mailing list, we wondered if this would be the
> first video game to use a dyslexic friendly font.
> Do you know any other game that has used some dyslexic font before?
>
> Also, we would greatly appreciate if you spread about our project, surely
> many people that you know would be interested in what we are going to do;
> and we can only do that if Kickstarter campaign reach its goal.
>
> Thanks!!
>
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Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 17:50:13 +0100
From: Javier Mairena <javier.mairena at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Kickstarter game project will add Closed
Captions and Dyslexic friendly font
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Thank you very much for your comment. I already know FsMe and Dyslexie
fonts, but we need more money that current goal to buy some of these fonts.
Is a really good idea to have streach goals to use one of these expensive
fonts. I like a lot Dyslexie, but business license is about 455?.
Also, I hope OpenDyslexic creator fix the problems soon.
I'll show you the first tests with a dyslexic font, and to anyone
interested on it. As we said in campaign Update 4.
Thanks!! :)
On 4 December 2012 16:49, Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'd really strongly recommend against using OpenDyslexic until its
> designer gets some of the dyslexia-unfriendly typographical issues (such
> as mirrored b/d) sorted out.
>
> He knows about the problems, but until he fixes them, there are far better
> dyslexic-friendly fonts out there.
>
> You have to pay for the better fonts, but you could add that in as a
> stretch goal.. ie. if you reach a certain level above your kickstarter
> goal, use that to pay for a licence to use a better font.
>
> There are some games which already use dyslexia friendly fonts.
> OpenDyslexic is used in this one: http://jpsierens.wordpress.com/projects/.
> Sassoon Infant is sometimes used in kids' games, in the UK at least. Having
> said that though games that use dyslexia-friendly fonts are very rare, so
> it'll still be really innovative.
>
> Offering a choice of different text colours would be another really easy
> way to innovate for dyslexic gamers, simulating Irlen overlays. I have the
> hex values of the the two most successful colours used in them, if that
> would help.
>
> I've backed and given a mention on twitter.
>
> Ian
>
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 22:24:15 +0100
> > From: Javier Mairena <javier.mairena at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [games_access] Kickstarter game project will add Closed
> > Captions and Dyslexic friendly font
> > To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
> > Message-ID:
> > <CAO1r=jiLS+7iYvfo0G=-n4Cak=dLAiBEjGw5YN-NTHrtarkL_w at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > We plan to use OpenDyslexic font on a video game for wich we have
> launched
> > a Kickstarter campaign.
> >
> > We talk about accessibility on this campaign update:
> >
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1042570429/the-last-door-episodic-horror-adventure/posts/361540
> >
> > As discussed earlier in this mailing list, we wondered if this would be
> the
> > first video game to use a dyslexic friendly font.
> > Do you know any other game that has used some dyslexic font before?
> >
> > Also, we would greatly appreciate if you spread about our project, surely
> > many people that you know would be interested in what we are going to do;
> > and we can only do that if Kickstarter campaign reach its goal.
> >
> > Thanks!!
> >
> > --
> > --
> > _____
>
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Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 18:07:22 +0100
From: Javier Mairena <javier.mairena at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Kickstarter game project will add Closed
Captions and Dyslexic friendly font
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
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hey, OpenDyslexic creator (Abbie Gonzalez) have just told me that he has
already fix some problems, like with b/d.
Perhaps he did it recently.
On 4 December 2012 17:50, Javier Mairena <javier.mairena at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you very much for your comment. I already know FsMe and Dyslexie
> fonts, but we need more money that current goal to buy some of these fonts.
>
> Is a really good idea to have streach goals to use one of these expensive
> fonts. I like a lot Dyslexie, but business license is about 455?.
>
> Also, I hope OpenDyslexic creator fix the problems soon.
> I'll show you the first tests with a dyslexic font, and to anyone
> interested on it. As we said in campaign Update 4.
>
> Thanks!! :)
>
> On 4 December 2012 16:49, Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'd really strongly recommend against using OpenDyslexic until its
>> designer gets some of the dyslexia-unfriendly typographical issues (such
>> as mirrored b/d) sorted out.
>>
>> He knows about the problems, but until he fixes them, there are far
>> better dyslexic-friendly fonts out there.
>>
>> You have to pay for the better fonts, but you could add that in as a
>> stretch goal.. ie. if you reach a certain level above your kickstarter
>> goal, use that to pay for a licence to use a better font.
>>
>> There are some games which already use dyslexia friendly fonts.
>> OpenDyslexic is used in this one:
>> http://jpsierens.wordpress.com/projects/. Sassoon Infant is sometimes
>> used in kids' games, in the UK at least. Having said that though games that
>> use dyslexia-friendly fonts are very rare, so it'll still be really
>> innovative.
>>
>> Offering a choice of different text colours would be another really easy
>> way to innovate for dyslexic gamers, simulating Irlen overlays. I have the
>> hex values of the the two most successful colours used in them, if that
>> would help.
>>
>> I've backed and given a mention on twitter.
>>
>> Ian
>>
>> >
>> > Message: 2
>> > Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 22:24:15 +0100
>> > From: Javier Mairena <javier.mairena at gmail.com>
>> > Subject: [games_access] Kickstarter game project will add Closed
>> > Captions and Dyslexic friendly font
>> > To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
>> > Message-ID:
>> > <CAO1r=jiLS+7iYvfo0G=-n4Cak=dLAiBEjGw5YN-NTHrtarkL_w at mail.gmail.com>
>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>
>> >
>> > Hi!
>> >
>> > We plan to use OpenDyslexic font on a video game for wich we have
>> launched
>> > a Kickstarter campaign.
>> >
>> > We talk about accessibility on this campaign update:
>> >
>> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1042570429/the-last-door-episodic-horror-adventure/posts/361540
>> >
>> > As discussed earlier in this mailing list, we wondered if this would be
>> the
>> > first video game to use a dyslexic friendly font.
>> > Do you know any other game that has used some dyslexic font before?
>> >
>> > Also, we would greatly appreciate if you spread about our project,
>> surely
>> > many people that you know would be interested in what we are going to
>> do;
>> > and we can only do that if Kickstarter campaign reach its goal.
>> >
>> > Thanks!!
>> >
>> > --
>> > --
>> > _____
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> games_access mailing list
>> games_access at igda.org
>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/games_access
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Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 19:23:21 +0100
From: "Sandra Uhling" <sandra_uhling at web.de>
Subject: [games_access] Steam on TV?
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Hi,
http://store.steampowered.com/bigpicture/
Nice to see:
Control for gamepad: browser, games, ...
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