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> but people are saying that it almost plays itself when accessibility is enabled, taking away part of the enjoyment. I don't envy anyone trying to solve this

by rtkwe 5y ago

> but people are saying that it almost plays itself when accessibility is enabled, taking away part of the enjoyment. I don't envy anyone trying to solve this problem, seems next to impossible to do a live action game above a certain level of accessibility. Just the time you have to communicate what's on the screen (much less being able to quickly communicate what's on screen) is so tight on a shooter for example. Found a neat video [0] of TLoU2's accessibility features. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHN5v3NJ9ko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHN5v3NJ9ko

Izkata 5y ago
> Just the time you have to communicate what's on the screen (much less being able to quickly communicate what's on screen) is so tight on a shooter for example. There's an episode of Person of Interest that provides at least a possibility here: "Let's try an ascending tone cue for right, descending for left.". The tone then switches to beeps when on target. Feels odd sharing a youtube link in the context of this post, but if anyone wants to see/hear the scene I'm talking about it starts at 1:21 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHIo96yBf70 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHIo96yBf70 (Just for a bit of context the character doing this isn't blind, but these cues are helping her shoot people through walls. The episode is the second season finale, titled "God Mode".)
mikepurvis 5y ago
At a certain point it sort of feels like you're creating a different, parallel game that hangs off of the "main" one. It's definitely worth trying, but I wonder when it makes sense to identify those elements that would make an action adventure/shooting game playable by a blind person and then use just those elements to make a new game that is natively playable by blind and sighted people alike. I wouldn't presume to speak for others with a different experience from myself (and it does seem [1] like some blind users really like what TLOU2 had to offer), but as a fully-abled gamer with limited time, even I sometimes choose to watch a streamer or even a YouTube summary in cases where I'm interested in the story or whatever but don't feel up for playing a thing myself. I wonder how this option stacks up against what TLOU2 was able to deliver. [1]: https://caniplaythat.com/2020/06/18/the-last-of-us-2-review-blind-accessibility/ https://caniplaythat.com/2020/06/18/the-last-of-us-2-review-...

by rtkwe 5y ago

Izkata 5y ago

> Just the time you have to communicate what's on the screen (much less being able to quickly communicate what's on screen) is so tight on a shooter for example. There's an episode of Person of Interest that provides at least a possibility here: "Let's try an ascending tone cue for right, descending for left.". The tone then switches to beeps when on target. Feels odd sharing a youtube link in the context of this post, but if anyone wants to see/hear the scene I'm talking about it starts at 1:21 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHIo96yBf70 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHIo96yBf70 (Just for a bit of context the character doing this isn't blind, but these cues are helping her shoot people through walls. The episode is the second season finale, titled "God Mode".)

mikepurvis 5y ago

At a certain point it sort of feels like you're creating a different, parallel game that hangs off of the "main" one. It's definitely worth trying, but I wonder when it makes sense to identify those elements that would make an action adventure/shooting game playable by a blind person and then use just those elements to make a new game that is natively playable by blind and sighted people alike. I wouldn't presume to speak for others with a different experience from myself (and it does seem [1] like some blind users really like what TLOU2 had to offer), but as a fully-abled gamer with limited time, even I sometimes choose to watch a streamer or even a YouTube summary in cases where I'm interested in the story or whatever but don't feel up for playing a thing myself. I wonder how this option stacks up against what TLOU2 was able to deliver. [1]: https://caniplaythat.com/2020/06/18/the-last-of-us-2-review-blind-accessibility/ https://caniplaythat.com/2020/06/18/the-last-of-us-2-review-...