Video Gaming While in A Sighted World – Blog By Martin

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Video Gaming While in A Sighted World

I’ve been playing video games since I was a very young lad and through the years it’s a struggle with accessibility. There have been many times where I wanted to play a game with my friends where I couldn’t because of the game’s accessibility.

Gaming while visual impaired is an interesting problem. Games are developed for people with good vision. This leads to things like UI or tooltips in games being not accessible at all. As screens get higher resolutions this problem is only going to get worse. As UI doesn’t scale well. Many developers are starting to think in more accessible terms but the industry is still behind. It’s subtle things that help like enlarged or bold text. If you also want to see change. Let the developers know they are always willing to accept feedback.