📣Developers and lived experience experts! I'm doing research for something I'm writing, and I'd love if you could help. The topic is "Including Players with Disabilities in the Dev Process" but you don't have to have experience with this to answer! (more info in 🧵) ➡️ forms.gle/cA56W4XVRfnS...

The talk lineup for GAConf US is up! Honestly can’t recommend this conference enough, regardless of how new or seasoned you are with games accessibility. If you can go in person the value of meeting a11y folk can’t be understated. And I believe they offer free tickets if you’ve been laid off.

No one works as fast as @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social and @landfall.se to meet their communities accessibility needs 🙂‍↕️👏🏻 Bugphobia mode is already updated

Also a reminder that there is another #Battlefield6 open beta this weekend Aug 14-17! Sign up and share your accessibility feedback 🪖✨ Just hop on Steam / EA App, or visit: www.ea.com/games/battle...

Speaker announcement! 📢 Dr. Vishnu Nair, presenting his award winning research on how to give blind players a sense of serendipity when exploring open worlds. Sept 29th - 30th, registration & line-up at gaconf.com #gamedev #indiedev

Shoutouts to the players & community advocates who share game accessibility feedback — y’all are very literally some of the biggest accessibility champions in game dev 😮‍💨🔥

FC 26 Accessibility Pitch Notes are out! ⚽🦾 ✅ Fully Customizable High Contrast Mode ✅ Player and Stadium Shadows Toggle ✅ Accessibility Boot Flow ✅ Improved Subtitles ✅ Simplified Skill Moves Full Pitch Notes here: www.ea.com/games/ea-spo...

High contrast mode in competitive PVP is HUGE, other #gamedev please take note #accessibility

Impact Day is now Live! Come join us on Discord to watch. All talks will be on YouTube after the event.

Sneak peek at upcoming accessibility features in FC 26, shared via today's official trailer! Yes, that is a High Contrast Mode — available in ALL modes ⚽🔥 Full video, more to come: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSi0...

Mentoring for DARE is one of my favourite things to do! I want to help everyone make awesome (hopefully accessible) games that they’re proud of 🖤 Very excited to see Gobblin already talking about accessibility by design, inspired by @seawolfly.bsky.social’s BAFTA masterclass ⭐️

FIRST ANNOUCEMENT! @safeinourworld.org will be our keynote speakers on #ImpactDay. Talking about mental health, disability and working in the industry.

Atomfall was my first credit as an accessibility consultant I’ve set myself a ridiculously high bar 🤣 In all honesty I didn’t have to do a lot @cariwatterton.bsky.social and the team at Rebellion had already done such a great job, all I had to do was pat them on the back 🤣

If you have any interest in board games - design, art, history, or playing - Senet is a terrific resource. Highly recommended.

Awesome 24h for accessibility! Congrats to @atomfall.com and @jarvdusa.bsky.social on the award wins, @cariwatterton.bsky.social & Joe Kulik knocking it out of the park with the 2nd Game A11y Gathering, and @irongalaxystudios.com on the Tony Hawks info drop 👀 www.tonyhawkthegame.com/blog/2025/07...

Today was a big day. I ran my second accessibility conference and I’m so proud, exhausted and grateful to be able to do this and I hope it helps others in their accessibility journey. Thank you 🖤 big nap now

Still missing the wonderful team who did this, huge congrats, your hard work has helped so many players and recognition is so well deserved! 🖤 To tag a few: @richdmay.bsky.social @elderpegasus.bsky.social @duncanbellsa.bsky.social @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social (Thank you CIPT for adding alt text!)

💜 Meet our wonderful volunteers! The Gathering couldn’t happen without a brilliant team of people helping us out across the day. These friendly faces will be identifiable also by wearing yellow lanyards instead of black. 👇

Happy Disability Awareness Month! Ann Magill, a disabled woman, created the flag so that each color symbolizes a part of the community. ❤️ Physical 💛 Neurodiversity 🤍 Non-apparent & undiagnosed 💙 Mental Health 💚 Sensory (e.g. blind, deaf) 🖤 Mourning for those lost

📣 We've released 5 extra tickets for the Gathering! We (briefly) sold out earlier today, so we looked into our reserves and had some spare tickets put aside for extra volunteers which we don't need, so now there are a few more general admission tickets available.

🎤 Speaker Spotlight! Our final micro talk is "The Past, Present, and Potential Future of Autistic Gaming Accessibility" from @laurakbuzz.bsky.social‬, Accessibility Consultant / Access-Ability. She will share how games could be made more accessible for those with sensory and social disabilities.

🎤 Speaker Spotlight! Li Brady @wiredusagi.gay‬ - Accessibility Specialist & Indie Dev - will be sharing their talk, "Everyone Deserves To Be Scared: Accessibility In Horror Games", digging into horror’s accessibility barriers and how to welcome more players to the genre. 🎟️ Ticket link in our bio.

♿DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH EVENTS♿ For Disability Pride this year, we have an amazing line-up of streams and community events! Make sure you follow our YouTube and Twitch to catch the streams: twitch.tv/nothingwitho... youtube.com/@NothingWith...

🎤 Speaker Spotlight! Our next talk is from Megan Matthews, Game Designer at ustwo games, with their talk "How approachability is shaping accessible design at ustwo games" which explores how approachability and accessibility work together to inform inclusive design. 🎟️ Ticket link in our bio.

Was very surprised to see this news post stating alongside other improvements, Steam OS is getting a screen reader! This has been hoped for and talked about for years! I do wonder how well it works in practice, but even so it's a big win! store.steampowered.com/news/app/593... #Accessibility #A11Y

🎤 Speaker Spotlight! Our second micro talk will be from Steph Carter, PhD Candidate at iGGi, with their talk "Why Words Matter: Accessible Language in Games" which highlights how the words we use shape how players understand and interact with game worlds. 🎟️ Ticket link in our bio.

Some awesome accessibility features in here, and very pleased to see it being publicised before launch 🎉 I love the idea of the options for lowercase letters and highlighting vowels - and the hint feature! Very keen to try this when it comes out.

And another EAA explainer, from @theslasherchick.bsky.social of @playerresearch.bsky.social - www.playerresearch.com/blog/europea...

The legal landscape for game accessibility has changed. GPSR requires safety, EAA requires accessible comms & ecommerce. The deadlines are upon us, but many devs remain unaware. If you don't know about these laws yet, you need to! Info: igda-gasig.org/what-and-why... #gamedev #indiedev

🎤 Speaker Spotlight! Our first micro talk of the Gathering will be from Adam Russell, Lead Designer at Studio Gobo, with his talk "Advocating Accessibility at Studio Gobo" which will highlight the ways Studio Gobo has built a culture of championing accessibility. 🎟️ Ticket link in our bio.

📣 Sponsor announcement! We’re honoured to have Sony Interactive Entertainment PlayStation sponsoring us. From hardware innovations to features, PlayStation continues to push the bar for accessibility. We’re so grateful for their support as we bring the community together again this year.

📣 Sponsor announcement! Massive thanks to PlaytestCloud for sponsoring this years Gathering. Their player insights and playtesting platform enables studios to make more player centered, wide reaching and accessible games. We're grateful for their support in helping us make this event happen!

📣 Sponsor announcement! A huge thank you to Games User Research @stevebromley.bsky.social‬ for being one of our sponsors! We're huge fans of Steve and his mission to make games user research and playtesting accessible to everyone who makes games, so we're really grateful for this support!

📣 Sponsor announcement! We're thrilled to be hosting once again at Unity's offices in Brighton. And a special thank you to @vr-sam.bsky.social ‬for helping us co-organise the event. Without a space to host we wouldn't be able to run the Gathering, so huge thank you to Unity for all their support!

Tickets for the accessibility micro conference that I co-run are now live! This is such a labour of love, and I am so grateful to all the support and sponsors that make it happen. If you're going to be around Brighton on the 9th July, consider coming along to learn about accessibility!

📆 Date announcement! The Game Accessibility Gathering will be taking place on Wednesday the 9th of July, 11am-4pm, and we are thrilled that we will once again be hosted at Unity's offices in Brighton! 🔜 Ticket link, sponsors and speaker announcements coming soon.

Oh heck, who's that getting promotion directly on Steam? It's The Access-Ability Summer Showcase's Steam Event, being featured as part of Valve's promotion of Summer Games Fest style showcases!

The Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2025 is airing Friday June 6th at 4pm UK, 11am Eastern, 8am Pacific. 52 Mins, 20+ Games. Regular: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tbu... ASL: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1haL... BSL: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg7I... Audio Described: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3d4...

Happy F1 25 launch week! Some exciting updates... "Notably, players will find new audio driving assists in F1® 25, intended to improve experiences for players with low vision and blindness. All of the following cues can be customized to the players’ needs." Oh la, LA! 👀🔥 www.ea.com/able/resourc...

Talk submissions will close next week for the #GA11yGathering ! If you've got an idea for a talk that is game accessibility flavoured, this is a great chance to share it. If you're on the fence about submitting, feel free to ask Qs - we're not scary, I promise!

Top stories from Global Accessibility Awareness Day - - Xbox rolls out Accessible Games Initiative storefront tags - Can I Play That award winners announced - Safe In Our World workplace accessibility toolkit - GAconf USA tickets on sale More: ian-hamilton.com/games-indust... #gamedev #indiedev

The #GameUXsummit ‘25 call for speakers is starting! Please submit your talk before June 8th eod and share!! Let me know if you have any questions ☺️ #ux #gamedev

As one of the launch partners of the Accessible Games Initiative, Microsoft is now first to integrate the accessibility tags on Xbox storefronts. The tags will replace equivalent Accessibility Feature tags, while some remain to complement the new tags. caniplaythat.com/2025/05/16/x...

📣FUNDRAISER ANNOUNCEMENT📣 We want to send a disabled dev to DEVELOP:BRIGHTON! But we need your help! We are raising money to hopefully cover the entire cost of travel for a disabled dev! Check out our fundraiser here: justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

We're so pleased to announce that this year we are partnering with @nothingwithoutus.bsky.social, a non-profit created by disabled gamers with the aim to increase inclusion within the UK games industry. 💜 Through this partnership will hope to explore ways to bring the Gathering to more people.

It's Global Accessibility Awareness Day! #GAAD ♿ As we spend the week learning how to better support our colleagues, partners, clients & users, we wanted to ask you this question about accessibility in games. Comment or repost with your answer! #a11y #GameDev #AdvancingAccessibility #Accessibility

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! The hashtag is VERY busy with announcements and events and other goodies, but I'll be updating this cheatsheet of #gamedev things through the day: ian-hamilton.com/games-indust... #gaad #indiedev

It's GAAD! Today, we reflect on the importance of equity & how we can all contribute to a more accessible world. At our core, we're committed to creating technology that empowers & delivers inclusive digital experiences for all users. Here are some resources we think you’ll find helpful:

The Develop:Star Awards 2025 Best In-Game Accessibility finalists are... ⭐ Atomfall ⭐ Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island ⭐ Paper Trail ⭐ Sea of Thieves ⭐ Silent Hill 2 ⭐ Trash Goblin #DevelopStars #DevelopConf

There are many wonderful game accessibility nonprofits doing life changing work, from SpecialEffect to Makers Making Change, from NothingWithoutUs to Everyone Can, from CapGame to Warfighter Engaged to GameToo to the Let's Play Games Project. Don't let the current news distract from that.