[games_access] list with free accessible games

[Javier Mairena]

Hi Sandra!

In my blog I have a tag about free games:
http://www.videojuegosaccesibles.es/search/label/juegos%20gratuitos


On 1 October 2013 09:27, Sandra Uhling <sandra_uhling at web.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I thought about a list to give to people who would like to use
> games in education or media project with kids.
>
> Easy game to get, easy to install, to understand ...
>
> Regards,
> Sandra
>
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> Auftrag von Ian Hamilton
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 29. September 2013 20:06
> An: games_access at igda.org
> Betreff: Re: [games_access] list with free accessible games
>
> The best example of this is Applevis. They have a fairly exhaustive list of
> which iOS games are to some degree vision impairment accessible. You can
> filter the list by degree of accessibility, and all by whether or not the
> games are free.
>
> http://www.applevis.com/ios-app-directory/games
>
> They only have a small number of games to contend with and have a large
> community submitting and evaluating games.
>
> You're talking about an up to date (ie complete) list of all accessible
> games though, which is a little different.
>
> Every game ever released is accessible to some groups, and no game ever
> released can be 100% accessible to everyone.
>
> So if you want something up to date, you would need a list of every game
> ever released, together with an accessibility evaluation of them all, which
> is not possible, especially not by an individual or small group of people.
>
> The closest you could get would be Applevis' approach, a list compiled by a
> large community of disabled gamers, covering all types of impairment. It
> would basically mean something like TripAdvisor.
>
> Unfortunately though that community does not currently exist, the existing
> communities are divided by types of impairment, and some of the most common
> impairments (such as colour blindness or low reading age) do not have
> communities at all.
>
> If you just wanted to research a selection, a few examples of free games
> that were suitable for various different impairments, I'm sure you could do
> that, but for you to maintain something exhaustive and up to date isn't
> realistic.
>
> There is another way though, app/game stores.
>
> Indiecity lists a range of accessibility features, and Steam have made a
> step towards it now too, showing if a game has subtitles and what languages
> they are available in. Apple now have a very limited single page of apps
> that are useful for various different impairments.
>
> The next step on is to make them into filters.
>
> If that was done, if there was a mechanism for developers to be able to
> state which accessibility considerations / audience types applied to their
> game, and gamers could actually search based on those criteria (eg. show me
> which games are free and colour blind friendly) then what you are proposing
> will have been achieved, but with zero effort needed for compiling or
> maintaining lists... It would all be taken care of automatically, using
> data
> supplied by the developers themselves.
>
> Ian
>
>
> Ian
>
> -------------------
>
> Hello,
>
> can we provide a list with free accessible games?
> That could be very useful for other organization.
>
> For example we have one central list and other can link to this page. We
> can
> update it and it will be up to date.
>
> We need also the information if the games are free.
> Some projects do not have much money.
>
> Regards,
> Sandra
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