10 Vision-Friendly Games (with a Special Guest)
104In today’s video Jamey is joined by vision-friendly specialist Gary Bartos to discuss what makes some games more accessible to those with vision impairments (or just in poor lighting conditions for anyone).
Games discussed include:
• Azul (dual-coding)
• Dune Imperium (dual-coding)
• King of Tokyo (font size)
• Nyctophobia (everyone closes their eyes to play)
• Parks (minimal text, good contrast, big icons, unique token shapes)
• Skull (no text, giant icons)
• Splendor (big icons, dual coding, open information)
• The Crew (dual-coding)
• 7 Wonders (cards are close to your face, big icons)
• Wingspan vision-friendly cards
https://64-ounce-games.myshopify.com/collections/family-games/products/catan-accessibility-kit
Echobatix develops assistive technology for the blind, the DeafBlind, and those with low vision.
https://www.echobatix.com/
“Accessibility is extreme usability.” - Eitan Glinnert (from his thesis, “The human controller : usability and accessibility in video game interfaces”)
Learnability – How easy is it to learn how to use the system?
Efficiency – How quickly can tasks be accomplished?
Simplicity – Are the controls as simple as possible?
Aesthetic – How pleasant is the user interface experience?
About 8% of men, 0.5% of women are color blind. You can simulate it with Coblis or Colorblind Pal: https://www.color-blindness.com/coblis-color-blindness-simulator/
Apple
These are the top apple app games that are vision friendly and most work with voice over.
Accessible hangman ($1.99)
Audio Archery (via Audio Game Hub 2) (free)
Blind Cricket (free)
Blindfold games (80+ accessible games) – check out Blindfold dominos, Blindfold sea battles (like battleship) (free)
Choose your face (bit like Deal or no Deal) ($2.99)
Diceworld (6 games - check out: Pig) (free)
Feer (avoid zombies, endless running game) ($3.99)
Frots (multiple text adventures) (free)
RS games (portal type game) (free)
Zany Touch lite (bop it style game) (free)
Android
Paladins: Text Adventure RPG https://pl
Delight Games (Premium Library)
Super Tile Smash Pro
A Baby Adopter
A Blind Legend
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podcast link: https://stonemaiergames.com/about/podcast
Intro animation by Jeff Payne https://vimeo.com/jaaronpayne and video proofing by Cody Simonsen