Many Cats Studios

Story x Story #241: The Roundtable in the Naughty Corner (Video Games)

Listen to the latest podcast from @mayamada.com as @thewobblygamer.bsky.social gets to chat with some cool guests on gaming, industry news and other interesting bits. 🙌
open.spotify.com/episode/65pI...

Radio 1 Newsbeat - 24/02/2026 - BBC Sounds The latest news from across the UK and around the world.

Our own Mat is supporting and judging the Tencent GameJam4All event with the University of Staffordshire.
Did you spot him on Radio 1 Newsbeat? #accessibility
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Skate fans furious as devs lock area behind paywall: “Is the goal to kill the game?” - Dexerto Skate fans are furious as devs have locked a returning tutorial area behind a paywall of sorts.

An #accessibility fail?
Removing access for players to return to learn in a space with no stress/pressure.
@hfrayling.com would not approve.
www.dexerto.com/gaming/skate...

It won't. ✂️

The Bluntly Big Weekender Charity Stream for the charity Look. Games. Giveaways. Forfeits. 21-22 February. Image at bottom is a multiple of gaming characters. Mat and Cameron are alongside them.

Its coming! Our own @thewobblygamer.bsky.social with Cammy Bear, @ckeywood.bsky.social is doing a charity stream for Look, supporting visually impaired young people. Support them here: tinyurl.com/248wufvp
Join the stream at twitch.tv/TheWobblyGamer

GAConf, IGDA-GASIG. Advancing accessibility for disabled players. Online conference, April 27th-28th 2026. Brighton social, July 2026.

The 17th (😮) #GAConf will be the Europe edition on April 27th-28th! Fully online, free to attend.

Two days of talks & networking, the central hub for the professional game accessibility community to come together, learn, share, & make connections.

Register at www.gaconf.com
#gamedev #accessibility

Why won't you make pooping accessible for him?

Inside Science Museum open foyer, Chris does a selfie with the background of speakers on tables with attendees asking questions.

The Yorkshire Games Festival was a great thing to be a part of! Our @cgoodyear.bsky.social ran an accessibility workshop for the young people attending and was impressed how engaged they all were with the topic!

YouTube video by Guide Dogs Accessible Video Games | The Wobbly Gamer

Our own @thewobblygamer.bsky.social shared his story with the Guide Dogs UK.
youtu.be/qoViB-E6ev8?...

I'll end with some quick ones:

LGBTQ+ community - @outmakinggames.bsky.social

People of colour community - @pocinplay.bsky.social

Accessibility champions - @manycatsstudios.bsky.social

Gamedev advice and a lovely human being - @gamemakerstoolkit.com

Game Talks | National Science and Media Museum Game Talks is our unique programme of talks and events featuring industry guests.

www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/whats-on/yor...

Screenshot of web page with Chris headshot. Workshop description: Understanding Accessibility In Games Get a working understanding of accessibility and how that is applied to making games. Take part in the Inclusive Design workshop activities to start adopting accessibility to real game design options. You will come away with an understanding of applying this knowledge to your own game projects or in your work. Chris is the CEO of Many Cats Studios, an accessibility studio supporting developers like Amazon Game Studios (Tomb Raider), Day Off Interactive and more to make their games as accessible as possible. He is disabled, hard of hearing and has multiple sclerosis (MS), so the importance of accessibility is important to him as a player.

We are heading to the Yorkshire Games Festival on Thu 12th Feb to run an exciting workshop about accessibility!
Hopefully we inspire the future accessibility devs of the industry!

🎮 Want more of YOU represented in video games? The “Do I Look Like A Gamer?” photoshoot is BACK for its 5th year, and we’re aiming for the 200th photo celebrating diversity in gaming ✨ 40 spots available across March 2026 looklikeagamer.com/join-the-campaign-40

#LookLikeAGamer #ImagineMoreWins

YouTube video by LauraKBuzz Access-Ability Summer Showcase Returning for 2026

Access-Ability Summer Showcase Returning for 2026

Text: access-ability.uk/2026/01/30/a...

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRld...

Love @gaconf.bsky.social bringing the Awards again for another year.
We have to celebrate the wins loudly as the rest of the industry still needs teaching.

A circle of Oliwia, a white woman with long brown hair, on a yellow background with stars. Text reads Oliwia Romanowicz (she/her), Into Games Boost 2025. At bottom left is a Many Cats logo.

Please join us in welcoming Oliwia to the Cats team.
Our new Accessibility Intern, joining us thanks to the Boost program by @intogames.bsky.social!
#accessibility

A background of yellow fireworks on a dark black sky. Edited on top are cut out various cats with various NYE items like hats, streamers and glasses. Text reads Happy Cat Year 2026.

To 2025!
You were a challenging good one for us.
See you in 2026 with a cool new Cat joining the team...

Completed Minecraft Calendar LEGO set on a wooden desk.

Completed Star Wars LEGO calendar set on a black desk in front of keyboard.

Green Robot Harri next to Xmas tree and fireplace. Around image is cutouts of LEGO pieces including a disabled dog and Xmas tree.

We did it. Team complete LEGO. #DoorNanza
Harri ran off so here's the artist interpretation of Harri and her LEGO.

To get you ready for Santa or others, here is Christmas Life with @thewobblygamer.bsky.social #Doornanza

YouTube video by Six One Indie PEAK Receives the Indie Game Award 2025 for Achievement in Accessibility

Games are meant to be enjoyed by everyone, and for the second year in a row, Aggro Crab understands that notion wholeheartedly.

Congratulations to our Achievement in Accessibility recipient for 2025, PEAK!

Tbf I think getting Elden Ring, Old Skies, The Excavation of Hob's Barrow, Dispatch, Dead Take and What Remains of Edith Finch for 30 quid because I also had a gift card (thank you so much @manycatsstudios.bsky.social and @toputitbluntly.bsky.social for my quiz prize) is banger of a deal

In background a modern office with solar panels and cars parked in front. Overlaid are multiple cats on various cars driving with explosions or smoke behind. The purple maverick logo features to the left.

Last week the team got to visit the new @maverick-games.com office and meet their awesome team! Here is an artist impression of the event. 👀

Christmas DoorNanza. Door 16. Several images of LEGO characters and items from Friends, Star Wars and Minecraft.

DoorNanza is continuing. Here's an update on the LEGO loot. #DoorNanza

Cartoon of a giant black cat with a human figure in its mouth next to a snowy house.

We should of given out new socks and hat as prizes for the quiz to help protect folk against Jólakötturinn the Yule Cat.

YouTube video by GameSpot Tomb Raider: Catalyst Teaser Trailer | The Game Awards 2025

Two!? New Tomb Raider games announced at #TheGameAwards.
We are excited. 😱

Honestly such a great night!

Once again a huge thank you to my co host with the most @ckeywood.bsky.social

@cgoodyear.bsky.social aka Santa-“Chris”mas for his guest appearances and providing the prizes

And last not but not least @hfrayling.com for the outstanding work in the background

💛🖤❤️

a close up of a cat with its tongue sticking out Alt: A slow close up of a white and grey cat face with its tongue sticking out.

So many prizes fun at our Xmas Hootenanny Quiz!
Congrats to winning team Paw Posse! And runner ups Festive Fighters!!!!

a little girl is sitting on a bed and saying `` thank you you da best '' . Alt: a little girl is sitting on a bed and saying `` thank you you da best '' .

Thank you to @manycatsstudios.bsky.social and @toputitbluntly.bsky.social for an epic Xmas Quiz night...

...that we somehow won?

Brilliant evening with the best folks

Your team needed the power of Santa's gifts!

Blue slide with a Black and white portrait of a person with short hair and a slight smile, looking to the side. They wear a dark jacket and light shirt, conveying a contemplative mood. Text reads Whose That Wobbles? Hint A name you can trust in a top that's unmistakable.

Best quiz question of the night.
Whose that Wobbles???