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What Accessibility Means in Games
A plain introduction to game accessibility: designing for different abilities, the main categories of options, and why choice matters for every kind of player.
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Accessibility in Games
How games are made usable for players with different needs.
Assist Modes Versus Difficulty Levels
How adjustable assist modes differ from simple easy, normal and hard settings, what each can change, and why some players want one without the other.
Audio Cues and Playing Without Sight
How sound, speech and vibration can carry the information a screen normally shows, and what designers do so blind and low-vision players can follow a game.
Clear Game Interfaces and Readability
How menus, icons, text size, contrast and layout affect whether players can read and use a game, and the common choices designers make to keep screens clear.
Colorblind Modes Explained
What colorblind modes in games actually change, how color filters differ from added symbols and patterns, and why color should never be the only signal.
Control Remapping and Adaptive Controllers
How remapping buttons, alternative control schemes and adaptive controllers let players with different physical needs use inputs that suit them.
Subtitles and Captions in Games
How game subtitles and captions differ, what makes on-screen text readable during play, and the design choices around size, contrast, speaker names and sound labels.
Why Some Games Cause Motion Sickness
A general explanation of why camera movement, field of view and frame rate can make some players uncomfortable, and which settings designers offer to help.
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