Video game accessibility used to be something on the edges of the industry. Now, it’s one of the most important areas of any game development. A leading voice pushing forward the understand and innovation in this area has been GAconf (Game Accessibility Conference), a game development conference dedicated to making games more accessible to players with disabilities, hosted by the IGDA's accessibility SIG.
GAconf was founded by Ian Hamilton, Game Accessibility Specialist and Tara Voelker, Senior Xbox Game Studios Accessibility. They now deliver it each year with Max Voelker, and a team of volunteers on the day itself. I asked Hamilton how they run the event?
“The event is run by a small number of people on a purely voluntary basis, with ticket prices kept as low as possible (free for people attending online) and sales and sponsorship used exclusively to fund the event. We do it because the event matters, the reason the event matters is because accessibility matters, and the reason accessibility matters is that games matter, they are an unparalleled enabler of access to recreation, culture, socialising.”
This year’s event has just announced its line-up and there are an impressive range of talks. Speakers include indie developers Whitethorn Games and Daisy Ale Sounds and disabled gamers, advocates, and specialists such as Rachel Kowert, Grant Stoner, Kyle Abbate, Ben Bayliss, Alexx Aplin, Licia Prehn, and Shell Little.
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