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Wandering Sword is lovely BTW

Great vibe, I constantly feel like on an adventure and the setting is superb

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1876890/Wandering_Sword/

#RPG #Steam #SteamDeck #gaming


Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) just got merged into Mutter!

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/1154

#GNOME #Mutter #VRR #FreeSync #gaming


I want to talk about #accessibility in #gaming for a minute. I consider myself a gamer. I love finding #games I can play, and they're a great way to fill time stuck in bed or waiting at doctor appointments, but because of my multiple #disabilities, I'm more limited than some on what I can play. I've been mostly sticking to text-based games or games where sound isn't critical, but I want to try some #audiogames, and after I explain why I haven't, I'm hoping other #blind people can give me some suggestions.
Some of you might know that I'm both totally blind and #autistic. Because of my #autism, I can get easily overstimulated if a game has a lot of sound coming at me all at once. My sense of direction and where I am in space is also not very good, so I might get lost in games with complex maps. I don't mind that as long as there's no timer or anything like that. I also can't keep a mental map in my head. If a sound is supposed to be coming from a certain direction, there are a lot of times that I can't tell where that sound is coming from, even with headphones on, so I might misinterpret that cue. Finally, high-pitched sounds also worsen my chronic #headaches.
There are quite a few text-based games and others where sound isn't critical, but I know there are several great audiogames out there, too, and I'm just wondering which ones might be playable for me. As long as there aren't a bunch of sounds coming at me at once, too many high-pitched sounds, or a lot of directional sound cues, I think I could play it. Does anyone know of any games I might be missing out on?
@mastoblind


Thomas Was Alone PS3 review


Read the review here. This was my highest rated game review ever. Everybody loved it and even though I am no longer doing gaming reviews these days, this was in my trunk so I thought I would share.


Doom 1 and 2 are now officially licensed under the #GPL, no longer dual-licensed with the DSL :)

https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM/

https://nitter.woodland.cafe/doom_txt/status/1747398603209883882

#FOSS #OpenSource #Games #Gaming #GameNews


By the way, #PortalRevolution is reaaaaally good! It's pretty much more of the same if you have played #Portal 1 and 2 but it is quite impressive for a fan project. There also is a native #Linux version. Grab it for free (you need to have #Portal in your library: https://store.steampowered.com/app/601360/Portal_Revolution/

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXczxIIvXJ0

#Steam #Gaming


The only #GameAwards show that matters, for more than 16 years. 💪 #Mega64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jug4dnhF6fE
The only YouTube Video I look forward to every year. :awesome:

#Gaming


See the nominees for Innovation in Accessibility for this year's Game Awards

https://thegameawards.com/nominees/innovation-in-accessibility

#Gaming #VideoGames #TheGameAwards #TGA #a11y


This article by Levi Winslow is both a touching personal story of loosing sight in a meaningful capacity and about accessibility in games. It also shouts out @superblindman for the great work being done for sight impaired people in gaming.
But there’s still a long way to go by many devs and console makers as well (Nintendo has no accessibility controller).

Accessibility isn’t just a nice to have, it has to be the standard!

#Gaming #accessibility #ablegamers #blindgames

https://kotaku.com/universal-accessibility-guidelines-video-games-1850977482


Content warning: Self promo about twitch stream on accessible and inclusive gaming in the context of Hearthstone


Many folks seemed to like my demonstration of the mod for the #gothic #game by #piranchaBytes that allows #blind players to play! So now we have a little follow-up, maybe not something as exciting as the previous time, but no less important. The Smart Map feature allows the blind player to observe the 3D game surrounding in a 2D environment. Since the world of Gothic is pretty complicated with all kinds of polygons living inside it, we needed to make the map a bit simpler but no less functional. And so the Smart Map feature was born; it cuts the world to little squares, 500 X 500 in size, which can be navigated by the player allowing them to see what is going on in nearby sectors. Since Gothic uses the so called Waynet which is used for NPCs to know where we're going, we have a seemingly free pathfinding as well which, thanks to the limitations of #ZenGin is not as simple as I initially thought. Spread the word about YAGA! Thanks the great modders who contributedt his feature. #gaming #accessibility #a11y #gothic #rpg


PlayStation's Project Leonardo Accessibility Controller Reveal | CES 2023 https://youtu.be/wMD5Nq_4Il8 via @YouTube #a11y #gaming


Really glad Sony is finally making an accessibility-focused controller for PS5.

It’s overdue, especially considering all the accessibility work Sony’s been doing on the software side.

Hope they sell it for a reasonable price.

#gaming #VideoGames #Sony #PS5 #accessibility

https://blog.playstation.com/2023/01/04/introducing-project-leonardo-for-playstation-5-a-highly-customizable-accessibility-controller-kit/


#GoodMorning adventurers!
How are you?

I survived the hump day and this is all I'm going to say about yesterday and how it went.

Today it's #thursday, meaning I'll be #live #streaming on #twitch this evening at 10 PM CET, don't miss it!
I'll be chilling playing some #WorldOfWarcraft #Dragonflight, leveling up the new hero class, the evoker, with drops enabled!
And maybe, a few games on #DivineKnockout, also with drops enabled!

Click the 💜 on https://twitch.tv/the_gamer_tavern to be notified when I'll be online :dragon_happy:

#Gaming #VideoGames #Streamer


Hey adventurers!
Do we have a ludicrous amount of values and goods? Of course, WE'RE RICH!

Don't miss the appointment this late evening (10:00 PM CEST), I'm going to hunt meteorites, yes, meteorites, on #DeepRockGalactic

Come by and say hi, or ROCK AND STONE!

🔗 https://www.twitch.tv/the_gamer_tavern

#Twitch #TwitchStreamer #gaming #VideoGames #Live


Highly suggest this method of using Steam. Soooooo much better. Works best with a controller.

Like this is usable good, more than just useable, this is decently manageable.

Please Valve, if you ever read my toot, please keep going with this!

#SteamAccessibility #Steam #Gaming


So there's a way to get the Steam app to play nice with screen readers.

Go to your desktop and highlight your Steam icon. Open your applications menu, go to properties and add -gamepadui to the end of the string. Make sure there's a space between the quote marker and the dash or it won't work.

You might have to login again, but this throws the app into a beta of the Steam Deck UI which fuck me sideways is very NVDA friendly. There's some bugs here and there, but this is lightyears better than what we had to deal with before.

#SteamAccessibility #Steam #Gaming


Hey adventurers!
This saturday I'll be playing #pentiment, the new graphic adventure by Obsidian!

I'll be live from 10:00 PM CEST, here's the link, you can subscribe or click "Notify me" to mark the date and receive a notification: https://youtu.be/ARIVBhcrQ70

Come by and help me unravel this medieval mystery

#youtube #youtubegaming #gaming #obsidian


If you are working on a project which I might be a good fit for, feel free to reach out to me at LauraKBuzzOfficial@Gmail.com

I am happy to discuss consultancy projects, and see if I am a good fit for your project.

#a11y #accessibility #gaming


Around a year ago, I managed to dig up some information on why a song in Life is Strange: True Colours wasn't subtitled, resulting in an accessibility issue for deaf players.

https://t.co/zoTcHy3oG8

#a11y #accessibility #gaming


During Global Accessibility Awareness Week this year, I was invited to give a talk for Eidos Montreal / Square Enix West, all about how disabilities often intersect, and needs can overlap in unexpected ways Devs need to consider.

https://twitter.com/EidosMontreal/status/1526992184943206401

#a11y #accessibility #gaming


My main piece of regular work is a series called Access-Ability.

The series, which is made up of 100+articles, releases weekly, and discusses how the video game industry can be more accessible to disabled players.

Text: https://access-ability.uk

Video: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD0NeEbRY7VSi-Sc-eR2LBttNaVSt7h4k

#accessibility #a11y #gaming


My name is Laura Kate Dale, and I am an author, accessibility and queer representation critic and consultant, video game critic, streamer, and all around content creator.

Below is a thread of my various projects, and how you can support my ongoing work.

#accessibility #a11y #trans #gaming #author


My next upcoming book is Who Hunts the Whale, a satirical novel set in a AAA video game development studio.

The book, which I co-authored with my wife @janeiac , aims to be funny, sweet, and unflinching in its critique of exploitative game development practices.

#Books #Author #Gaming


[time for a #reintroduction! #introductions #introduction]

I'm Flo (he/him), a #queer #author of #lgbtqia #fiction.

Primarily I write #sliceoflife, #comedy, heartwarming & lighthearted, #gay #romance in a variety of settings, such as #hopepunk, #scifi, #fantasy, #steampunk, #horror, #gothic, annnnd the list goes on~ 😅

Some more things about me:

— I'm currently pumped for #NaNoWriMo!

— I like #writing, #reading, #drawing, #art, #gaming, #movies, #books etc.

— I dabble in #learning #mandarin and #tokipona (which i don't tend to talk about here).

— I am #agender, #asexual, #aromantic, (thus #AroAce) #disabled, #ActuallyAutistic, and a #demiguy

— i have a wishlist (mostly full of very, *very* gay books): https://throne.me/u/drowsy/wishlist

— alt accounts at @ghost@weirder.earth & @floghost


Nice, I didn't know about open reimplementation of Theme hospital. Looking forward trying it.
:opensource: ❤️ 🏥
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@hatnix has just started streaming on their # server! Check them out at:
https://live.hatnix.net.

Spacy Sunday: „Mass Effect 2 LE“ (english/deutsch)

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Content warning: Fixing the entire SM64 Source Code (Insane N64 performance)


Do you know this game? http://softikon.wz.cz/ It's a long time I played it last time and I am glad it's still in active development...
#Gaming