2 weeks to go! 😱 We're so looking forward to welcoming you all to the third year of the Game Accessibility Gathering! Only a few weeks left to grab tickets to the event, we hope to see you there!

Where to find your local Accessibili-Goth at Develop this year 🖤 Mostly running @ga11ygathering.bsky.social and helping with @gaconf.bsky.social - with a sprinkling of talks and roundtables. Mutuals reach out and lets meet up! 🦇

I have cited this feature FOR YEARS, saying multiplayer accessibility is possible because Fortnite did it, and it has been a staple of the game for a long time. This is what happens when you gut accessibility knowledge from layoffs, where those voices are drowned out of the room, or not there at all

this is actually ridiculous. this has been one of my favorite accessibility features from a game. it allowed my brain to translate my environment much quicker than audio. this feature also allows players that are deaf or hard of hearing to play at a competitive level. really disappointing to see.

#RhythmHeavenGroove is so much fun. Played some off-stream this morning to test handheld mode. Had a great time with the couple of new minigames I played and progressed with Beatspell too. This is the most fun I've ever had with a Nintendo game. No question. #Accessibility #A11Y

I’m begging Atlus to implement accessibility options in their game, dude. Yeah Metaphor looks sick I can’t deny how visually cool it is but please let me adjust font sizes or pause menu animations or something 😭

Seeking accessibility advice and testers for my upcoming match3 rogue-like. What could I add? I'm a solo dev, want to help guide the development and test some? #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indie #game #accessibility #inclusion #DisabilityPrideMonth #disability

I just don't get it anymore. Once again another studio that had great accessibility. My favourite accessibility story where they saw feedback about text size was too small in Outer Worlds so they then spent a few months after launch adding a text size slider. But that doesn't matter anymore does it?

Mojang recently added closed captions to Minecraft Bedrock Edition (they were already available in Java Edition). The captions can be adjusted in position, types of sounds, and duration. Directional indicators help to know where the sounds come from. caniplaythat.com/2026/07/02/m...

Impact would not be what it is, without its judges. By having each years previous cohort have input, they help shape what Impact is year after year, and it helps reduce bias, and promotes a fairer outcome 🎉💚💛🧡

We have BIG NEWS... Schrodinger's Cat Burglar is OUT NOW! ⚛️ Brain-twisting quantum puzzles 👥 Play in both solo or coop 🔬Plenty of secrets and hidden areas 🎨Full cat customisation! store.steampowered.com/app/2111550/...

Electronic Arts started their rollout of the Accessible Games Initiative tags on their storefront. The Sims 4 and several other games have been tagged, with more to come later. Currently, the tags are only visible on EA's website, and not yet in the app. caniplaythat.com/2026/07/01/e...

Make sure you have your trivia head on, there will be some unique prizes 👀👀

Reminder that today a new game jam by the Games for Blind Gamers community starts: the Making Games Accessible game jam! Read more about it in our announcement post from last month: caniplaythat.com/2026/06/02/g...

Yay! AGI Accessibility Tags are now on some of our ea.com buy pages — more to come later. Long in the making and I am happy this will help our players make better informed purchasing decisions. For deeper details of how our games are accessible, always visit ea.com/accessibility ♿️✨

Wait what @momoxmia.bsky.social there are AGI tags on the EA site?

This quote from @bot-tan.suibari.com is still the most elegant dismantling of the 'accessibility Vs art' myth - "Art is communication. It is not complete until it is received, processed, understood, and responded to."

This quote from @bot-tan.suibari.com is still the most elegant dismantling of the 'accessibility Vs art' myth - "Art is communication. It is not complete until it is received, processed, understood, and responded to."

Reminder that we offer free tickets to any developers who have recently been laid off. If this is you, drop us a message for the promo code! #DevelopConf #GAConf

The mixer is happening after @ga11ygathering.bsky.social, so if you want an awesome day with all the accessibilities you could wish for then remember to register for both events! #DevelopConf

2026: Shareholder asks Nintendo's board about accessibility. President of Nintendo describes it as a main function of the console, Nintendo's #3 talks about history of blind people playing the Rhythm Heaven series and tackling accessibility from early in dev for the newest one.

2026: Shareholder asks Nintendo's board about accessibility. President of Nintendo describes it as a main function of the console, Nintendo's #3 talks about history of blind people playing the Rhythm Heaven series and tackling accessibility from early in dev for the newest one.

I’ll be there!

GAConf By The Sea! In-person social mixer alongside #DevelopConf, 15th July 6pm-8pm, in collaboration with @ga11ygathering.bsky.social. If you think accessibility for disabled players is cool and want to hang out with others who do too, tickets are now on sale! www.eventbrite.com/e/gaconf-by-...

In Brighton for Develop? Interested in game accessibility? Come hang out! Game Accessibility Gathering in the afternoon and the GAConf social in the eve! 🥳

Ubisoft shared an accessibility spotlight for Monopoly: Star Wars Heroes vs. Villains. The classic board game with a twist from a galaxy far, far away achieves most of its accessibility by design, with customization where needed, like remapping controls. caniplaythat.com/2026/06/22/u...

An example of audio descriptions, into playing a minigame. Nintendo, this is pretty grerat. Not perfect in execution, but a huge step forward, and not something I anticipated seeing Nintendo attempt with this game. Huge congrats!

Wait, I need to confirm, but it looks like Rhythm Heaven Groove might be Nintendo's first game with both Text to Speech AND Audio Descriptions?!

Rolled credits on Scritchy Scratchy, a kind of delightful incremental game. Not super long, but I'm very glad for the accessibility features because my wrist would NOT have been able to handle the hundreds of scratch offs I did to beat that game

If your game punishes people for using accessibility features then why would you even put them in the game in the first place?

If you've been playing Forza Horizon 6, the team is looking for accessibility feedback! The link to the survey was shared in an in-game message, but it's easy to miss (we did too). Click here to get to the survey: aka.ms/FH6survey

Turns out, putting accessibility options into a Souls-like makes the game more enjoyable for everyone! What a concept.

That's one of the things I love about Mina the Hollower. It has some Game Genie-style modifier toggles baked right in, like speed and gravity and infinite health. Some games just stop at accessibility without getting more playful with the experience, outsourcing that stuff to modders. Mina doesn't.

This coming sunday you will be able to find me at Dutch Comic Con at the @hiperks.bsky.social stand! Will be there most of the day and will be doing a showcase with the Proteus controller from @byowave.bsky.social and an arcade stick from 8BitDo. Looking forward to showing some game accessibility

Going to use this clip from now on whenever a game doesn't have basic accessibility options.

Wrote a font manager on my lunch break so we can have a font accessibility setting. I'm majorly irritated how good the game looks in Hyperlegible. I spend all this time on pixel perfect fonts and it just works out of the box. -_- #indiegames #hibera #irishgamedev

promoting my own stuff makes me feel antsy BUT I'm trying to get better at it, so here's some stuff ive made an unplayable game, it's a weird little commentary piece about accessibility settings. about 15 mins long with dev commentary unlocked when you beat it (also on steam if you prefer)

Ain't much for blood, gore, and cursin'? 🩸 Marvel's Wolverine includes violence visibility and profanity toggles via the game settings! 📝 Learn more about our accessibility features: insom.games/WolverinePS5-A11y

Live now, playing #StreetFighter 6 with the in-development SF6 Access mod! Come along to see how much I still have to learn in this game and what the mod is currently capable of. Twitch and YouTube are SightlessKombat. #Accessibility #A11Y

Normalize having disabled creators in your preview events. If a game has at least some accessibility, disabled players deserve to know about it early.

Folks, I know you know some eligible disabled and/or neurodivergent people in your life you can nominate! It's easy, drop them a DM, get permission and then get that nomination in 💪

That's awesome! Let's stay in touch and let me know if I can help. In case it's useful; this is the last talk I gave on the subject: www.gdcvault.com/play/1034352...

Thanks, @becaecosystem.bsky.social and @ianhamilton.bsky.social. It was so wonderful to speak at GAConf. I am glad you liked it. Aging players are the future of games, so we need game designers that are mindful of their needs.

We want our games to be inclusive and welcoming to all players, which is why we’ve implemented several accessibility features into our indie game, The Darkest Files. Are we missing an important feature? Let us know! 🧡 #indiedev #indiegame #accessibility

Tickets (and agenda 👀) for the Game Accessibility Gathering 2026 are live now! 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/game-acces...

This week we're taking time to thank our sponsors! 💜 First up, PlayStation, who continue to make accessibility a priority in their games, studios and hardware. We're constantly impressed and inspired by the work they do to include more players - learn more here: www.playstation.com/en-us/access...

Sponsor Shoutouts 💜 Next up, PlaytestCloud. Involving players with lived experience of disability is key to making games that are as accessible as possible, as without their insights you are left guessing what works for them. Find out more at www.playtestcloud.com/accessibility

Sponsor shoutouts 💜 We're thrilled that Scopely has provided travel funds for our speakers this year, helping them attend in-person and upholding our goals of supporting our speakers and in-person networking. Read more about Scopely's work on player inclusion: www.scopely.com/en/news/buil...

Last but not least, huge thank you to Unity 💜 Unity provides us with an incredible space to host the event, and the work they do to help developers build accessibility into their games is impressive. Bianca's talk from GAConf explains some of their features: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY4_...

Have a blind accessibility gaming project you keep meaning to go back to? Already working on one and want to share progress? Want a reason to start one? Join this laid back "share your progress" jam, by Games for Blind Gamers! itch.io/jam/making-g... #GamesForBlindGamers #GameDev