[games_access] IndieCity adds accessibility tags

[Steve Spohn]

Awesome, Lynsey. Great step forward for accessibility.

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Brian J. Papineau <brian at gamefwd.org>wrote:

> Fantastic! If you have an official PR, e-mail it to me off list and I'll
> post it in my next update later this week.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Lynsey Graham <
> lgraham at blitzgamesstudios.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all!****
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>> ** **
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>> IndieCity, our indie games portal, has added basic accessibility tags
>> alongside the PEGI-style content descriptors:****
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>> ** **
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>> http://store.indiecity.com/ratings#age-rating****
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>> ** **
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>> At the moment we’ve got icon tags for:****
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>> ** **
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>> Colour Blind Accessible
>> Deaf Accessible****
>>
>> Epilepsy Warning****
>>
>> Remappable Controls****
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>> ** **
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>> Developers can also add their own tags.  I’m hoping to push the
>> visibility of it a bit more so that people know it’s there, but I’m quite
>> pleased it’s gone live and is alongside the other content descriptors –
>> it’s a shame that PEGI don’t do the same with boxed products.****
>>
>> ** **
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>> Thanks,****
>>
>>
>> Lynsey****
>>
>> ** **
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>> *Lynsey Graham*
>>
>> Designer | Team Beagle****
>>
>> *Blitz Games Studios*
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>> ** **
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