Ian Hamilton
@ianhamilton.bsky.social
Accessibility specialist, helping studios avoid excluding disabled players. DMs are open, if you prefer email i_h@hotmail.com
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Entry window is now open for the Develop:Star awards, includes categories for in-game accessibility, EDI initiative, and supporting star.
Full calendar of all award shows that have an accessibility category - docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Full calendar of all award shows that have an accessibility category - docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
February 13, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Entry window is now open for the Develop:Star awards, includes categories for in-game accessibility, EDI initiative, and supporting star.
Full calendar of all award shows that have an accessibility category - docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Full calendar of all award shows that have an accessibility category - docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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I will write something proper somewhere but the emetophobia toggle is SO special to me I can’t thank the team enough for their support on getting this set up 🥺 and to know this was on the list makes little me (and current me!) so happy 🥺💗 #gaconf #seaofthieves
January 30, 2026 at 12:54 PM
I will write something proper somewhere but the emetophobia toggle is SO special to me I can’t thank the team enough for their support on getting this set up 🥺 and to know this was on the list makes little me (and current me!) so happy 🥺💗 #gaconf #seaofthieves
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Late to the #showmewhatyouvegot and #screenshotsaturday again! Working on an accessible anagram game with demo on itch.io. Lots of modes and difficulty settings with bonuses and multiplayer.
January 19, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Late to the #showmewhatyouvegot and #screenshotsaturday again! Working on an accessible anagram game with demo on itch.io. Lots of modes and difficulty settings with bonuses and multiplayer.
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Adding some Accessibility options to my upcoming anomaly finder game.
#gameDev #godotEngine #screenshotSaturday
#gameDev #godotEngine #screenshotSaturday
February 7, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Adding some Accessibility options to my upcoming anomaly finder game.
#gameDev #godotEngine #screenshotSaturday
#gameDev #godotEngine #screenshotSaturday
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Love seeing everyone fall in love with the accessibility options for Cairn. It is allowing more people to experience this phenomenal game when they probably wouldn’t in the first place.
Good luck reaching your the top. 🙏🏾
Good luck reaching your the top. 🙏🏾
February 12, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Love seeing everyone fall in love with the accessibility options for Cairn. It is allowing more people to experience this phenomenal game when they probably wouldn’t in the first place.
Good luck reaching your the top. 🙏🏾
Good luck reaching your the top. 🙏🏾
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That’s incredible 🥹
I remember how underwhelmed people were when the first trailer reveal happened for this game
To see it now be one of the best received games of the year so far with good accessibility to boot is awesome
I remember how underwhelmed people were when the first trailer reveal happened for this game
To see it now be one of the best received games of the year so far with good accessibility to boot is awesome
February 12, 2026 at 1:43 AM
That’s incredible 🥹
I remember how underwhelmed people were when the first trailer reveal happened for this game
To see it now be one of the best received games of the year so far with good accessibility to boot is awesome
I remember how underwhelmed people were when the first trailer reveal happened for this game
To see it now be one of the best received games of the year so far with good accessibility to boot is awesome
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I want to talk about Cairn. It’s a game that would be impossible without its accessibility options. The unlimited resources option and turning off survival elements has made it able for me to really enjoy the game. Just look how far up the mountain I am in the game. I’m nearly to the top 🥺🤗
February 12, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I want to talk about Cairn. It’s a game that would be impossible without its accessibility options. The unlimited resources option and turning off survival elements has made it able for me to really enjoy the game. Just look how far up the mountain I am in the game. I’m nearly to the top 🥺🤗
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We sat down with Ben “./yemáko” @badgameszip.itch.io, the creator of an unplayable game?!, to talk about the importance of accessibility, and how he approached designing a 15-minute game where turning on accessibility settings is required to, well… actually play the game. 😉🎮
AbleToPlay's Guide to Playing "an unplayable game?!"
Ben "./yemáko" joins us for an in-depth discussion on his first game — an unplayable game?! — and what it's like to be nominated for Excellence in Accessibility Design for the 2025 Games Accessibility...
abletoplay.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:24 PM
We sat down with Ben “./yemáko” @badgameszip.itch.io, the creator of an unplayable game?!, to talk about the importance of accessibility, and how he approached designing a 15-minute game where turning on accessibility settings is required to, well… actually play the game. 😉🎮
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Pleased to start announcing the nominees for the 2025 Playdate Community Awards, starting with Accomplishment in Accessibility!
@rae.wtf @orangethief.bsky.social @2darray.bsky.social @pawprints.games #playdate
@rae.wtf @orangethief.bsky.social @2darray.bsky.social @pawprints.games #playdate
February 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Pleased to start announcing the nominees for the 2025 Playdate Community Awards, starting with Accomplishment in Accessibility!
@rae.wtf @orangethief.bsky.social @2darray.bsky.social @pawprints.games #playdate
@rae.wtf @orangethief.bsky.social @2darray.bsky.social @pawprints.games #playdate
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Love all the new accessibility options in games these days! Biggest one is disabling screen shake for me. Means I can play games that previously would have made me feel very ill.
February 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Love all the new accessibility options in games these days! Biggest one is disabling screen shake for me. Means I can play games that previously would have made me feel very ill.
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Next stages are:
Searching all results rather than just the first 50
Theme options for comfort for visual users (currently Steam themed lol)
Add and organise other tags so its easier to search for demos or multiplayer games with accessibility tags
Add a way to export search results for sharing.
Searching all results rather than just the first 50
Theme options for comfort for visual users (currently Steam themed lol)
Add and organise other tags so its easier to search for demos or multiplayer games with accessibility tags
Add a way to export search results for sharing.
February 5, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Next stages are:
Searching all results rather than just the first 50
Theme options for comfort for visual users (currently Steam themed lol)
Add and organise other tags so its easier to search for demos or multiplayer games with accessibility tags
Add a way to export search results for sharing.
Searching all results rather than just the first 50
Theme options for comfort for visual users (currently Steam themed lol)
Add and organise other tags so its easier to search for demos or multiplayer games with accessibility tags
Add a way to export search results for sharing.
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I don't care how good your game is if the text size is too small or I can't adjust it I uninstall and refund. Text size is an accessibility consideration, and as my eyes succumb to age and I lose my ability to read close text, a *ton* of games have become unplayable for me.
Kids, if you're making a game and want to run it on a steamdeck or switch
your text size needs to be bigger
no, bigger
c'mon coward, bigger!
what is this, A GAME FOR ANTS? BIGGER
your text size needs to be bigger
no, bigger
c'mon coward, bigger!
what is this, A GAME FOR ANTS? BIGGER
February 6, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I don't care how good your game is if the text size is too small or I can't adjust it I uninstall and refund. Text size is an accessibility consideration, and as my eyes succumb to age and I lose my ability to read close text, a *ton* of games have become unplayable for me.
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Kids, if you're making a game and want to run it on a steamdeck or switch
your text size needs to be bigger
no, bigger
c'mon coward, bigger!
what is this, A GAME FOR ANTS? BIGGER
your text size needs to be bigger
no, bigger
c'mon coward, bigger!
what is this, A GAME FOR ANTS? BIGGER
February 6, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Kids, if you're making a game and want to run it on a steamdeck or switch
your text size needs to be bigger
no, bigger
c'mon coward, bigger!
what is this, A GAME FOR ANTS? BIGGER
your text size needs to be bigger
no, bigger
c'mon coward, bigger!
what is this, A GAME FOR ANTS? BIGGER
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Alysa Thomas
Alysa Thomas joins us at Conpulsion 2026 discussing accessibility in games.
Alysa Thomas joins us at Conpulsion 2026 discussing accessibility in games.
Alysa Thomas
Alysa Thomas joins us at Conpulsion 2026 discussing accessibility in games.
conpulsion.org
February 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Alysa Thomas
Alysa Thomas joins us at Conpulsion 2026 discussing accessibility in games.
Alysa Thomas joins us at Conpulsion 2026 discussing accessibility in games.
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Whose idea was it to make this mandatory to progress in the story? This is the kind of thing that makes Souls-Like games accessible... You guys are out of control.
Yes I'm still trying... #accessibility #FF7R
www.youtube.com/shorts/2I_jX...
Yes I'm still trying... #accessibility #FF7R
www.youtube.com/shorts/2I_jX...
Mr. Dolphin's Jump Mini Game - FF7 Rebirth
YouTube video by Trunks Strife
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Whose idea was it to make this mandatory to progress in the story? This is the kind of thing that makes Souls-Like games accessible... You guys are out of control.
Yes I'm still trying... #accessibility #FF7R
www.youtube.com/shorts/2I_jX...
Yes I'm still trying... #accessibility #FF7R
www.youtube.com/shorts/2I_jX...
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Why do very few games offer text or UI scaling? Nobody ever takes into account nystagmus.
Playing Ratchet and Clank and it's been fantastic and even has a bunch of accessibility features but still doesn't let you scale the UI so I'm standing at the TV trying to read the weapon descriptions.
Ugh.
Playing Ratchet and Clank and it's been fantastic and even has a bunch of accessibility features but still doesn't let you scale the UI so I'm standing at the TV trying to read the weapon descriptions.
Ugh.
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Why do very few games offer text or UI scaling? Nobody ever takes into account nystagmus.
Playing Ratchet and Clank and it's been fantastic and even has a bunch of accessibility features but still doesn't let you scale the UI so I'm standing at the TV trying to read the weapon descriptions.
Ugh.
Playing Ratchet and Clank and it's been fantastic and even has a bunch of accessibility features but still doesn't let you scale the UI so I'm standing at the TV trying to read the weapon descriptions.
Ugh.
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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!
Hopefully we inspire the future accessibility devs of the industry!
February 9, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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!
Hopefully we inspire the future accessibility devs of the industry!
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When I was a kid I had trouble with these sorts of games, but they're good music pedagogy, so I've making all the accessibility features I can think of. Today I extended it so that Delia can tell you what section you're on. (She also handles mistakes.) #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #godot #music
January 28, 2026 at 8:33 PM
When I was a kid I had trouble with these sorts of games, but they're good music pedagogy, so I've making all the accessibility features I can think of. Today I extended it so that Delia can tell you what section you're on. (She also handles mistakes.) #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #godot #music
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Cairn continues to frustrate, dazzle, and delight me. It's tough, but the accessibility options make this playable for pretty much anyone's play style. The first must-play game of 2026 for sure.
January 31, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Cairn continues to frustrate, dazzle, and delight me. It's tough, but the accessibility options make this playable for pretty much anyone's play style. The first must-play game of 2026 for sure.
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I’m m so grateful for the accessibility options in Cairn because without them I wouldn’t be able to play this beautiful game. I really love the outdoors and this game has been a nice experience in expressing the beauty in nature 😊
February 3, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I’m m so grateful for the accessibility options in Cairn because without them I wouldn’t be able to play this beautiful game. I really love the outdoors and this game has been a nice experience in expressing the beauty in nature 😊
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I came back to my low vision mode as I approach the release of #HighwayNoir. Somehow I made it almost cel shaded but it does cut back on visual noise. Subtitles, tone tags, one-click start, speed slider and 'story so far' are all there. UI options are in progress
#IndieDev #Accessibility
#IndieDev #Accessibility
February 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I came back to my low vision mode as I approach the release of #HighwayNoir. Somehow I made it almost cel shaded but it does cut back on visual noise. Subtitles, tone tags, one-click start, speed slider and 'story so far' are all there. UI options are in progress
#IndieDev #Accessibility
#IndieDev #Accessibility
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Just how many games there were across all these award categories and the fact a AA category was viable just proves how much work studios are doing for accessibility!
Huge congratulations to everyone, and yes this has made my year a little bit 😅🖤
Huge congratulations to everyone, and yes this has made my year a little bit 😅🖤
The winner for AA Excellence at the 2025 GAConf Accessibility Awards is.. Atomfall!
Info on all the finalists & winners: www.gaconf.com/gaconf-award...
Info on all the finalists & winners: www.gaconf.com/gaconf-award...
January 30, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Just how many games there were across all these award categories and the fact a AA category was viable just proves how much work studios are doing for accessibility!
Huge congratulations to everyone, and yes this has made my year a little bit 😅🖤
Huge congratulations to everyone, and yes this has made my year a little bit 😅🖤
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Fun fact: to make the dialogue font size scalable, we had a problem: sometimes the speech bubbles would get so big that they'd appear off screen 🙈
So to make this work we adjusted the camera position for most dialogues -- here's how the same scene looks with different settings:
So to make this work we adjusted the camera position for most dialogues -- here's how the same scene looks with different settings:
January 30, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Fun fact: to make the dialogue font size scalable, we had a problem: sometimes the speech bubbles would get so big that they'd appear off screen 🙈
So to make this work we adjusted the camera position for most dialogues -- here's how the same scene looks with different settings:
So to make this work we adjusted the camera position for most dialogues -- here's how the same scene looks with different settings:
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Design Dive returns as @tommy.aiandgames.com chats about Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound - one of his favourite games from 2025 - and how it provides a range of difficulty and accessibility options to help people face off against wave after wave of brutal enemies.
Watch:
youtu.be/EgJmvtCyplo
Watch:
youtu.be/EgJmvtCyplo
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound's Self-Serve Difficulty is Great | Design Dive
YouTube video by AI and Games
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Design Dive returns as @tommy.aiandgames.com chats about Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound - one of his favourite games from 2025 - and how it provides a range of difficulty and accessibility options to help people face off against wave after wave of brutal enemies.
Watch:
youtu.be/EgJmvtCyplo
Watch:
youtu.be/EgJmvtCyplo
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one of the most common ones for me is turning the volume way down, and having a good set of volume options paired with a "general volume" option that controls all of it, is always a huge plus, because if I'm in a call or talking to someone, I need the game really quiet or I'll get overwhelmed
January 29, 2026 at 3:46 PM
one of the most common ones for me is turning the volume way down, and having a good set of volume options paired with a "general volume" option that controls all of it, is always a huge plus, because if I'm in a call or talking to someone, I need the game really quiet or I'll get overwhelmed