[games_access] Announcing Includification
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Sat Sep 15 12:18:04 EDT 2012
Excellent news indeed! I look forward to reading the document!
BlazeEagle
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1. Re: Announcing Includification - Game AccessibilityGuidelines
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2. Re: Announcing Includification - Game AccessibilityGuidelines
for Disabled Gamers by Disabled Gamers (Steve Spohn)
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:32:33 +0100
From: "Barrie Ellis" <oneswitch at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Announcing Includification - Game
AccessibilityGuidelines for Disabled Gamers by Disabled Gamers
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Very impressive!! Will read through it properly at my first opportunity, and
looking forward to it very much.
From: Thomas Westin
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 7:19 PM
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [games_access] Announcing Includification - Game
AccessibilityGuidelines for Disabled Gamers by Disabled Gamers
looks great!
will look into it more in a few weeks
Best wishes,
Thomas
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On 12Sep 2012, at 3:55 PM, Steve Spohn wrote:
Greetings All,
The AbleGamers Foundation is proud to announce Includification, of 46
page, fully illustrated guide to accessibility by disabled gamers for
disabled gamers. This project includes the hard work of a lot of people over
the last year, including letters from members of this SIG. I hope you all
enjoy the document and it serves you well.
http://www.ablegamers.com/Disabled-Gamers-General-News/announcing-includification-game-accessibility-guidelines.html
for More details or you can go directly to www.includification.com
--------------------------
Contact: Steve Spohn
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Telephone: (703) 891-9017 ext: 102
Email: Press at AbleGamers.com
Disability Non-profit Releases In-depth How-to Document for Video Game
Developers
The AbleGamers Foundation launches fully illustrated guide to designing
games for the disabled community.
Harpers Ferry, WV ?September 12, 2012? The AbleGamers Foundation is
pleased to announce the unveiling of Includification?a 46 page, fully
illustrated how-to guide for videogame developers and publishers
road-mapping the exact solutions needed to design an accessible game.
?For nearly a decade, our organization has been reaching out to developers
convincing them they need to include accessibility for gamers with
disabilities,? said Mark Barlet, President and Founder of the AbleGamers
Foundation. ?As that message has been increasingly accepted in the video
game industry, the question has slowly turned into ?Okay, we need to make
our games accessible, but how???
?We believe this document and its companion website
www.includification.com will serve to answer any questions a developer might
have about the exact solutions needed to make their games accessible to the
disability community,? continued Mr. Barlet. ?What thrills me the most is
that our recommendations can be updated via the website as new technology
and information arises. The videogame industry is a living breathing entity
and we need to treat it as such by updating information as it comes in.?
?Words cannot express how extremely proud I am of this document, this
organization and everyone who helped bring this together. This is the
culmination of the hard work and dedication everyone at our nonprofit has
put in over the last 8 years,? said Steve Spohn, Editor-in-Chief of
AbleGamers.com. ?It is my sincerest wish that a copy of this document sits
on the desk of every developer, in the resource area of every library and
with every major publisher across the world. It's time game accessibility
leaped to the next level and these guidelines show developers exactly how to
enable gamers with disabilities in the easiest, most efficient and
cost-effective manner possible.?
The AbleGamers publication, Includification, includes numerous detailed
explanations of common problems for gamers with disabilities, solutions for
those problems, printable checklists, developer exercises and personal
letters from industry insiders to the game industry. You can download
Includification for free at http://www.includification.com/guide. The
companion website with easy-to-read references can be found at
www.includification.com. A physical print copy is available at-cost from
www.includification.com/print.
About The AbleGamers Foundation
The AbleGamers Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity that runs
AbleGamers.com, which provides news and reviews on the accessibility of
mainstream video game titles, as well as consultation on assistive
technology. As an alternative to Serious Gaming, mainstream video games
supply many disabled individuals and veterans with rehabilitation as well as
social stimulation in situations where they may be otherwise shut out of
society's idea of normal everyday life.
###
For more information about this topic, the AbleGamers Foundation,
AbleGamers.com, or to schedule an interview with Mark Barlet, President of
AbleGamers, call Steve Spohn at (703) 891-9017 ext:102 or email
press at AbleGamers.com.
--
Steve Spohn
Editor-In-Chief
The AbleGamers Foundation
AbleGamers.com | AbleGamers.org | Facebook | Twitter
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From: Steve Spohn <steve at ablegamers.com>
Subject: Re: [games_access] Announcing Includification - Game
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To: Barrie Ellis <oneswitch at gmail.com>, IGDA Games Accessibility SIG
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The letters ended up looking amazing. Loved yours
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Barrie Ellis <oneswitch at gmail.com> wrote:
> **
> Very impressive!! Will read through it properly at my first opportunity,
> and looking forward to it very much.
>
> *From:* Thomas Westin <thomas at pininteractive.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 12, 2012 7:19 PM
> *To:* IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List <games_access at igda.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [games_access] Announcing Includification - Game
> AccessibilityGuidelines for Disabled Gamers by Disabled Gamers
>
> looks great!
> will look into it more in a few weeks
>
> Best wishes,
> Thomas
>
> --Do("orDoNot(" & QUOTE & "there is no try{}" & QUOTE & ")")
>
>
>
>
>
> On 12Sep 2012, at 3:55 PM, Steve Spohn wrote:
>
> Greetings All,
>
> The AbleGamers Foundation is proud to announce Includification, of 46
> page, fully illustrated guide to accessibility by disabled gamers for
> disabled gamers. This project includes the hard work of a lot of people
> over the last year, including letters from members of this SIG. I hope you
> all enjoy the document and it serves you well.
>
>
> http://www.ablegamers.com/Disabled-Gamers-General-News/announcing-includification-game-accessibility-guidelines.html
> for
> More details or you can go directly to www.includification.com
>
> --------------------------
>
> Contact: Steve
> Spohn
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> Telephone: (703) 891-9017 ext: 102
>
> Email: Press at AbleGamers.com
> Disability Non-profit Releases In-depth How-to Document for Video Game
> Developers
>
> *The AbleGamers Foundation launches fully illustrated guide to designing
> games for the disabled community.*
>
>
> Harpers Ferry, WV ?September 12, 2012? The AbleGamers Foundation is
> pleased to announce the unveiling of *Includification*?a 46 page, fully
> illustrated how-to guide for videogame developers and publishers
> road-mapping the exact solutions needed to design an accessible game.
>
>
>
> ?For nearly a decade, our organization has been reaching out to developers
> convincing them they need to include accessibility for gamers with
> disabilities,? said Mark Barlet, President and Founder of the AbleGamers
> Foundation. ?As that message has been increasingly accepted in the video
> game industry, the question has slowly turned into ?Okay, we need to make
> our games accessible, but how???
>
>
>
> ?We believe this document and its companion website
> www.includification.com will serve to answer any questions a developer
> might have about the exact solutions needed to make their games accessible
> to the disability community,? continued Mr. Barlet. ?What thrills me the
> most is that our recommendations can be updated via the website as new
> technology and information arises. The videogame industry is a living
> breathing entity and we need to treat it as such by updating information
> as
> it comes in.?
>
>
>
> ?Words cannot express how extremely proud I am of this document, this
> organization and everyone who helped bring this together. This is the
> culmination of the hard work and dedication everyone at our nonprofit has
> put in over the last 8 years,? said Steve Spohn, Editor-in-Chief of
> AbleGamers.com. ?It is my sincerest wish that a copy of this document
> sits on the desk of every developer, in the resource area of every library
> and with every major publisher across the world. It's time game
> accessibility leaped to the next level and these guidelines show
> developers
> exactly how to enable gamers with disabilities in the easiest, most
> efficient and cost-effective manner possible.?
>
>
>
> The AbleGamers publication, *Includification*, includes numerous detailed
> explanations of common problems for gamers with disabilities, solutions
> for
> those problems, printable checklists, developer exercises and personal
> letters from industry insiders to the game industry. You can download *
> Includification* for free at http://www.includification.com/guide. The
> companion website with easy-to-read references can be found at
> www.includification.com. A physical print copy is available at-cost from
> www.includification.com/print.
>
>
>
> *About The AbleGamers Foundation***
>
>
>
> The AbleGamers Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity that runs
> AbleGamers.com, which provides news and reviews on the accessibility of
> mainstream video game titles, as well as consultation on assistive
> technology. As an alternative to Serious Gaming, mainstream video games
> supply many disabled individuals and veterans with rehabilitation as well
> as social stimulation in situations where they may be otherwise shut out
> of
> society's idea of normal everyday life.
>
>
>
> ###
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> For more information about this topic, the AbleGamers Foundation,
> AbleGamers.com, or to schedule an interview with Mark Barlet, President
> of AbleGamers, call Steve Spohn at (703) 891-9017 ext:102 or email
> press at AbleGamers.com.
>
> --
> Steve Spohn
> Editor-In-Chief
> The AbleGamers Foundation
> AbleGamers.com <http://www.ablegamers.com/> |
> AbleGamers.org<http://www.ablegamers.org/>
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