@gaconf.bsky.social
Two days of talks and networking exploring accessibility for disabled players, hosted by the IGDA'S accessibility SIG. #GAconf
GAconf, IGDA-GASIG. Advancing accessibility for disabled players. Hybrid online & Archer Hotel, Redmond. September 29th - 30th 2025. TIGA awards winner, CIPT awards winner, MCV Develop awards finalists, EN awards winner, Business Awards UK winner.
Speaker announcement! 📢
@alexstrook.bsky.social & @lukathemouse.bsky.social with a look at their approaches to accessibility in indie nonogram puzzler Squeakross
Sept 29th - 30th, registration & line-up at gaconf.com
#gamedev #indiedev
GAconf, IGDA-GASIG. Advancing accessibility for disabled players. Hybrid online & Archer Hotel, Redmond. September 29th - 30th 2025. TIGA awards winner, CIPT awards winner, MCV Develop awards finalists, EN awards winner, Business Awards UK winner.
📢 GAconf USA first speakers announced! Champutee, @billygregory.bsky.social, @dynamicreactions.bsky.social, @vicariouslydrew.bsky.social @momoxmia.bsky.social, and @theslasherchick.bsky.social.
🗓️ 29th-30th Sept, hybrid online & Redmond. Tickets on sale now, registration & info at GAConf.com
GAconf, IGDA-GASIG. Advancing accessibility for disabled players. Hybrid online & Archer Hotel, Redmond. September 29th - 30th 2025. TIGA awards winner, CIPT awards winner, MCV Develop awards finalists, EN awards winner, Business Awards UK winner.
📢 GAconf USA first speakers announced! Champutee, @billygregory.bsky.social, @dynamicreactions.bsky.social, @vicariouslydrew.bsky.social @momoxmia.bsky.social, and @theslasherchick.bsky.social.
🗓️ 29th-30th Sept, hybrid online & Redmond. Tickets on sale now, registration & info at GAConf.com
Today I again remind folks at that we offer free tickets to @gaconf.bsky.social for folks caught in layoffs and unable to find work
02.07.2025 16:45 — 👍 20 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
Don't want the GAAD goodness to end?
Why not keep it rolling by getting tickets to the next US Edition of the Game Accessibility Conference? Available Now!
🎮 GACONF US
🗓️ Sept 29th & 30th
📍 Hybrid: Archer Hotel, Redmond, WA and Online
www.eventbrite.com/e/gaconf-usa...
I’m going to be updating this soon with the latest round of speakers - stay tuned!
22.04.2025 01:15 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Access-Ability summer Showcase. A stick figure is in a circle. The ends trail off as cables leading to a standard controller and a modular accessibility controller.
This year's Access-Ability Summer Showcase will be airing Friday June 6th at 4pm UK, 11am Eastern, 8am Pacific.
Expect 20+ trailers for video games making efforts to be playable by a wide range of disabled gamers.
Available with ASL, BSL, and Audio Descriptions.
Twitch and YouTube @ LauraKBuzz.
Back from @gaconf.bsky.social and it has been a *blast*. I have never been more full of Mexican food and Battenburg.
The work everyone there does to improve disabled people's access to games and bring joy to their lives is so inspiring.
Every little improvement counts and adds up to greatness ✨
Now that things have settled down a bit, catching up on sessions from @gaconf.bsky.social. What an incredible gathering of #GamesAccessibility advocates and experts.
17.04.2025 00:27 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of Améliane's talk with a black-white art card of a chameleon and two frogs. The talk is called "Selling Progress: The Accessibility Champion Survival Pack 2025"
"Selling Progress" by @theslasherchick.bsky.social is a hand on your shoulder, reminding you to BREATHE.
In our "rainy with a chance of despair" climate, Améliane uses reptiles and rodents as a analogy—inviting us to slow down, reconnect with our emotions, and prioritize self-care. 🫶💕
Highly recommend this @gaconf.bsky.social talk by @theslasherchick.bsky.social!
17.04.2025 23:13 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Home, processing everything @gaconf.bsky.social related, will sleep very good tonight!
15.04.2025 21:09 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
a smiling selfie with the talk schedule, holding my pass with my name on it. I am young, white and androgynous, with a shaved head, and wearing a shirt with a psyduck on it
day 2 of #gaconf!
you can catch me on the UX panel at 12:30 <333
Watching the second day of #GAConf in person, having met so many great people both yesterday and today already.
Would highly recommend, if you can attend either physically or online, that you do so… It’s schdda great opportunity and event!
#Accessibility #A11y
Day two of #GAConf — accessibility is cool 😎
15.04.2025 11:12 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Searra shares a quick selfie ans hug with Sightless Kombat. Searra is on the left and wearing a white shirt with tiny dinosaurs printed on it and has red hair. Sightless is stood beside her to the right wearing a green Atomfall T-shirt, black jacket and a cap with the logo for RNIB on it. Behind them is a wall covered in blue, yellow and red lights.
Goodness of any conference this one always feels like such a homecoming and community.
Had a wonderful moment to finally speak to the lovely @sightlesskombat.bsky.social today over breakfast. So so nice to speak to you.
#GAconf
Mat and Harriet in aqua blue teal hoodies sat on a sofa in hotel lobby. They smile like happy children.
Proud boss moment of @hfrayling.com & @thewobblygamer.bsky.social in their staff hoodies for #GAConf.
What an amazing event to be our first one as a team. 💪
Just got back from my second year at #GAConf. I love coming here to learn and be surrounded by people who care about making games more accessible.
15.04.2025 20:30 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Cupcakes with Battenberg. Delicious!
On the train back from #GAConf in London, feeling revitalised after so many great talks by great people (and delicious food to boot!).
15.04.2025 20:31 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
First batch of @gaconf.bsky.social #Game #Accessibilty conference talks are now up www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
15.04.2025 16:23 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
I'm still on holiday but wanted to share the @gaconf.bsky.social panel I was on, which is now up on YouTube!
also ft. The amazing, infallible, fantastic @thewobblygamer.bsky.social @thecaringllama.bsky.social and Amy Kavanaugh
youtu.be/DsDYsMNULEM?...
Learned about this yesterday during @gaconf.bsky.social!
Ubisoft have made their #Colourblind Simulator available (open source) so other devs make their games more accessible to those with colourblindness
news.ubisoft.com/en-gb/articl... #GAconf
Bouncing into my day. Hearing is kinda off in both ears now, but it’s probably better overall.
Yay for otovent thingy. Bloody weird + kinda painful, but it seems to be helping.
Mix of game accessibility stuff with @gaconf.bsky.social and nerdy stuff for ERMI today.
What a deep talk on Motion Sickness by @aderyn.bsky.social and @hereliesstacey.bsky.social from Ubisoft. It affects 1 out 3 people in different ways. So far my favorite talk, and the rest have been amazing too.
@gaconf.bsky.social is food for the brain and soul!
#accessibility
Aderyn in a mirror wearing a red shirt, grey over shirt, dark blue trousers with short curly black hair and thick dark glasses
Been kinda intense being back at @gaconf.bsky.social in person for the first time in 6 years…
So many new faces, but a bunch of old friends too. Lots of good chats, and the BANTER no one does the bants like the British
So many great learnings from today's @gaconf.bsky.social, some of it definitely needs re-watching with a non-foggy brain.
This quote from the talk Selling Progress has stuck with me though:
"Patience is the acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind."
Ubisoft released a color blind simulation tool today, called UbiChroma.
The free and open source tool enables developers to test for color blind accessibility issues in real-time. Fitting existing workflows, it can help catch color blind issues early.
caniplaythat.com/2025/04/14/u...
Love seeing more open-sourced accessibility tools in gaming! Congrats Ubisoft team 👏👏👏
14.04.2025 16:57 — 👍 28 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0Been using Chroma myself to validate some colour choices. It's an essential part of my toolkit. I'm really glad they made it available to the public for free.
14.04.2025 20:01 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0This is a big deal. A lot of games have colourblind options that are just filters and don't work as intended.
This new testing tool allows you to simulate properly in real-time, and highlight where you might be missing areas early enough to potentially fix these issues before it's too late.
