Post 9zfDI9ezpixCaAXl2m by devinprater@mastodon.host
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 (DIR) Post #9zYJz6pn4gyTy8wrVw by grainloom@cybre.space
       2020-09-26T13:53:41Z
       
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       #gamedev project idea:finding some open sourced games that lack #accessibility features and adding them.
       
 (DIR) Post #9zYKKLjGtJIYFJ1khM by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
       2020-09-26T13:58:36.947366Z
       
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       @grainloom Something I would quite wish to do at some point is a blind-accessible game (other than like, adventure(1)).
       
 (DIR) Post #9zYKXZqNiyDPmof0cq by grainloom@cybre.space
       2020-09-26T14:00:02Z
       
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       @lanodan hec yes, that's on my long gamedev todo list too.
       
 (DIR) Post #9zYLIR9zpN0OStBC0u by devinprater@mastodon.host
       2020-09-26T14:00:34Z
       
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       @grainloom Oh, you mean like this topic? https://forum.audiogames.net/topic/36876/what-about-making-open-source-games-accessible/
       
 (DIR) Post #9zYOZtjx7YmjtD11Jw by ekaitz_zarraga@mastodon.social
       2020-09-26T13:55:19Z
       
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       @grainloom that's a really nice call for a game jam
       
 (DIR) Post #9zfDI8YZw6E59yX7Oy by adfeno@ecodigital.social
       2020-09-27T21:44:21Z
       
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       @grainloom Awesome idea, being #VisuallyImpaired / #blind and almost #colorblind, I do face some issues.As an example: Angry, Drunken Dwarves; and #TecnoballZ have items with icons that are difficult to figure out what they are (either due to color or shape similar to each other).The second also has a bug in which the items bought in the shop don't get activated in the next level.#FreeSoftware #FreeSW #LibreSoftware #WhatsTheFix #WTF #Accessibility #Colorblindness
       
 (DIR) Post #9zfDI9346kc2gWnSvA by devinprater@mastodon.host
       2020-09-27T22:45:26Z
       
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       @adfeno @grainloom I mean, I'd like to even be able to *play* those games. I'm totally blind. I mean, I can use OCR for text, but not much else for actual gameplay. But I have emulators and fighting games, Dissidia Final Fantasy for PSP being my favorite of all time.
       
 (DIR) Post #9zfDI9OgoLuTlaujcu by adfeno@ecodigital.social
       2020-09-29T14:42:17Z
       
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       @devinprater @grainloom Hm… I see and do agree that this could be subject for improvement. I some times contribute to #FreeSoftware projects, although to solve other issues, but I do give occasional takes on accessibility issues.#LibreSoftware #FreeSW #Accessibility
       
 (DIR) Post #9zfDI9ezpixCaAXl2m by devinprater@mastodon.host
       2020-09-29T21:14:49Z
       
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       @adfeno @grainloom We need much more of that. If blind people are going to take #Foss seriously, FOSS devs will have to take us seriously too. I know, accessibility isn't very fun to hack on. But for us, Linux, LibreOffice, current Wordpress, and no FOSS game, are not fun at all except to the most die-hard Apple/Microsoft haters among us, and they are very, very few. When closed source software does what we want, and need for our jobs, and enjoy for our relaxation, idealism is meaningless. I mean, we can't even *use* Ubuntu Touch because either Orca or something in the accessibility stack doesn't support touch screens. So really, if devs are interested in accessibility, they'll have to make stuff happen before being taken seriously. That's just what it's come down to. We in the blind community just don't have time for pie in the sky wishful thinking when 70% or so of us don't have jobs.