Johanna Janiszewski
@johannamakesgames.bsky.social
she/her
Game Designer 🎮
Game Producer 📋
Game Development Teacher 👩💻 (all age groups)
Game Designer 🎮
Game Producer 📋
Game Development Teacher 👩💻 (all age groups)
As you might know if you work in Germany, the Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz is in power since this year. It says that your online service, e.g. your webpage has to be accessible. Its realizing the #EuropeanAccessibilityAct (EAA). So I learned a bit of html and CSS and revamped our webpage. 👇
October 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
As you might know if you work in Germany, the Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz is in power since this year. It says that your online service, e.g. your webpage has to be accessible. Its realizing the #EuropeanAccessibilityAct (EAA). So I learned a bit of html and CSS and revamped our webpage. 👇
Reposted by Johanna Janiszewski
DEMO OUT NOW!
The Greenening - A wholesome incremental journey 🌱
🗺️ Explore a forgotten world
🔍 Discover the secrets hidden beneath the ashes
💧 Upgrade your versatile watering abilities
🌺 Grow a cozy space garden
🎮 Play + wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3634980/...
#indiegame
The Greenening - A wholesome incremental journey 🌱
🗺️ Explore a forgotten world
🔍 Discover the secrets hidden beneath the ashes
💧 Upgrade your versatile watering abilities
🌺 Grow a cozy space garden
🎮 Play + wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3634980/...
#indiegame
September 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
DEMO OUT NOW!
The Greenening - A wholesome incremental journey 🌱
🗺️ Explore a forgotten world
🔍 Discover the secrets hidden beneath the ashes
💧 Upgrade your versatile watering abilities
🌺 Grow a cozy space garden
🎮 Play + wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3634980/...
#indiegame
The Greenening - A wholesome incremental journey 🌱
🗺️ Explore a forgotten world
🔍 Discover the secrets hidden beneath the ashes
💧 Upgrade your versatile watering abilities
🌺 Grow a cozy space garden
🎮 Play + wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3634980/...
#indiegame
🥔 Development diary: potato survival game:
What I did today:
• wrote vision doc
• set up feature matrix
• wrote down goals of preproduction
• setup project in task manager
That goes well:
• I made good progress today
👇
What I did today:
• wrote vision doc
• set up feature matrix
• wrote down goals of preproduction
• setup project in task manager
That goes well:
• I made good progress today
👇
August 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🥔 Development diary: potato survival game:
What I did today:
• wrote vision doc
• set up feature matrix
• wrote down goals of preproduction
• setup project in task manager
That goes well:
• I made good progress today
👇
What I did today:
• wrote vision doc
• set up feature matrix
• wrote down goals of preproduction
• setup project in task manager
That goes well:
• I made good progress today
👇
Personal review of unit 4 of the #gameAccessibility course from #Unity, pt.1 Link: learn.unity.com/course/pract...
TLDR: I finally checked out the example project in Unity and tried the accessibility plugin. Neat stuff, but of course you need to put in more work to make your game fully accessible 👇
TLDR: I finally checked out the example project in Unity and tried the accessibility plugin. Neat stuff, but of course you need to put in more work to make your game fully accessible 👇
August 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Personal review of unit 4 of the #gameAccessibility course from #Unity, pt.1 Link: learn.unity.com/course/pract...
TLDR: I finally checked out the example project in Unity and tried the accessibility plugin. Neat stuff, but of course you need to put in more work to make your game fully accessible 👇
TLDR: I finally checked out the example project in Unity and tried the accessibility plugin. Neat stuff, but of course you need to put in more work to make your game fully accessible 👇
Personal review of unit 3 of the #gameAccessibility course from #Unity, pt.1 Link: learn.unity.com/course/pract...
TLDR: In this part of the course I start with developing my own project, based on the knowledge of prior chapters. I pick my idea and ask you for feedback on it.
👇
#gamedev
#a11y
TLDR: In this part of the course I start with developing my own project, based on the knowledge of prior chapters. I pick my idea and ask you for feedback on it.
👇
#gamedev
#a11y
May 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Personal review of unit 3 of the #gameAccessibility course from #Unity, pt.1 Link: learn.unity.com/course/pract...
TLDR: In this part of the course I start with developing my own project, based on the knowledge of prior chapters. I pick my idea and ask you for feedback on it.
👇
#gamedev
#a11y
TLDR: In this part of the course I start with developing my own project, based on the knowledge of prior chapters. I pick my idea and ask you for feedback on it.
👇
#gamedev
#a11y
Your to do for the day: be weird 💖
April 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Your to do for the day: be weird 💖
Personal review of project 2 of the #gameAccessibility course from #Unity, pt.3 Link: learn.unity.com/project/incl...
TLDR: I investigated "BROK the investiGator" by @cowcatgames.com. It's a punch and click game which is accessible to #blind players and has lots of #a11y options. #gamedev
more 👇
TLDR: I investigated "BROK the investiGator" by @cowcatgames.com. It's a punch and click game which is accessible to #blind players and has lots of #a11y options. #gamedev
more 👇
April 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Personal review of project 2 of the #gameAccessibility course from #Unity, pt.3 Link: learn.unity.com/project/incl...
TLDR: I investigated "BROK the investiGator" by @cowcatgames.com. It's a punch and click game which is accessible to #blind players and has lots of #a11y options. #gamedev
more 👇
TLDR: I investigated "BROK the investiGator" by @cowcatgames.com. It's a punch and click game which is accessible to #blind players and has lots of #a11y options. #gamedev
more 👇
Have you seen "Curse as a Disability" by Oakwyrm, followed up by "Disability in The Owl House"?
If not, check them out, they are very interesting. (Links in next post.)
If you did, what do you think of Shadowhearts storyline in #baldursGate3 ? I see many parallels here. (Also see next posts.)
If not, check them out, they are very interesting. (Links in next post.)
If you did, what do you think of Shadowhearts storyline in #baldursGate3 ? I see many parallels here. (Also see next posts.)
April 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Have you seen "Curse as a Disability" by Oakwyrm, followed up by "Disability in The Owl House"?
If not, check them out, they are very interesting. (Links in next post.)
If you did, what do you think of Shadowhearts storyline in #baldursGate3 ? I see many parallels here. (Also see next posts.)
If not, check them out, they are very interesting. (Links in next post.)
If you did, what do you think of Shadowhearts storyline in #baldursGate3 ? I see many parallels here. (Also see next posts.)
Ugh, great I think I am coming down with a cold or something. Right before the weekend 😔
February 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Ugh, great I think I am coming down with a cold or something. Right before the weekend 😔
Personal review of project 2 of the #gameAccessibility course from #Unity, pt.2: learn.unity.com/project/incl...
Learn more in the next posts! 👇
Join Serenad from Food 4 Thought and me on our journey in improving #a11y in #games! Stay tuned for regular posts.
Learn more in the next posts! 👇
Join Serenad from Food 4 Thought and me on our journey in improving #a11y in #games! Stay tuned for regular posts.
Inclusive design and accessibility - Unity Learn
It can be very tempting to work on planning and creating your game straight away. That drive to bring an idea to life is a core part of being a creator, whatever your medium. However, if you take time...
learn.unity.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Personal review of project 2 of the #gameAccessibility course from #Unity, pt.2: learn.unity.com/project/incl...
Learn more in the next posts! 👇
Join Serenad from Food 4 Thought and me on our journey in improving #a11y in #games! Stay tuned for regular posts.
Learn more in the next posts! 👇
Join Serenad from Food 4 Thought and me on our journey in improving #a11y in #games! Stay tuned for regular posts.
And what do we learn from #nosferatu2024 ? Listen to your wife and don't sign a contract you don't understand 🤷
February 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
And what do we learn from #nosferatu2024 ? Listen to your wife and don't sign a contract you don't understand 🤷
Reposted by Johanna Janiszewski
A new accessibility feature arrives in today's Sea of Thieves update. The feature, called custom text overlay, aims to improve the readability of riddle maps.
The overlay can be customized to fit the player's needs or preferences.
The overlay can be customized to fit the player's needs or preferences.
Custom text overlay sets sail on Sea of Thieves today - Can I Play That?
A new customizable feature, called custom text overlay, in Sea of Thieves aims to improve the accessibility of riddle maps in the game.
caniplaythat.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A new accessibility feature arrives in today's Sea of Thieves update. The feature, called custom text overlay, aims to improve the readability of riddle maps.
The overlay can be customized to fit the player's needs or preferences.
The overlay can be customized to fit the player's needs or preferences.
Reposted by Johanna Janiszewski
Humanising accessibility by bridging the connection between disabled gamers and non disabled developers means you get comments like this 😍
February 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Humanising accessibility by bridging the connection between disabled gamers and non disabled developers means you get comments like this 😍
Reposted by Johanna Janiszewski
Working on accessibility options, and realised I could make the game speed slider go both directions.
February 17, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Working on accessibility options, and realised I could make the game speed slider go both directions.
Me: this time I will fill in the slides with content first and then format them later
Also me: immediately starts to tweak font sizes 💀
Also me: immediately starts to tweak font sizes 💀
February 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Me: this time I will fill in the slides with content first and then format them later
Also me: immediately starts to tweak font sizes 💀
Also me: immediately starts to tweak font sizes 💀
Reposted by Johanna Janiszewski
Looking to build a broader understanding of accessibility in gaming, but don't know where to start (or need a bit of guidance)?
No need to sign up for expensive certification programs thanks to many free online resources.
One we recommend is Microsoft's Gaming accessibility fundamentals training!
No need to sign up for expensive certification programs thanks to many free online resources.
One we recommend is Microsoft's Gaming accessibility fundamentals training!
Gaming accessibility fundamentals - Training
At Team Xbox, we believe that when everyone plays, we all win. We're committed to ensuring as many developers as possible have the tools needed to create accessible experiences. This learning path…
learn.microsoft.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Looking to build a broader understanding of accessibility in gaming, but don't know where to start (or need a bit of guidance)?
No need to sign up for expensive certification programs thanks to many free online resources.
One we recommend is Microsoft's Gaming accessibility fundamentals training!
No need to sign up for expensive certification programs thanks to many free online resources.
One we recommend is Microsoft's Gaming accessibility fundamentals training!
Reposted by Johanna Janiszewski
Fresh article by @achimfehrenbach.bsky.social about game development meetups in Germany such as our own #TalkAndPlay, @femdevsmeetup.bsky.social, @indietreff.bsky.social and the various events happening in Franconia and Bavaria. Makes you want to hop on a train and see what other people are doing!
#Game #dev #meetups in #Germany - an overview (German read). #games #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #networking #diversity #playtesting #showcase #Computerspiele igmonline.de/story/igm-02... @femdevsmeetup.bsky.social @indietreff.bsky.social @berlingamescene.bsky.social @gameverband.bsky.social
Orte des Austauschs: Game Dev Meetups in Deutschland
Spieleentwicklung ist anspruchsvoll: Sie erfordert viel Einsatz, Durchhaltevermögen und Erfahrung. Besonders wichtig sind deshalb Events, bei denen sich EntwicklerInnen regelmäßig austauschen und neue...
igmonline.de
February 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Fresh article by @achimfehrenbach.bsky.social about game development meetups in Germany such as our own #TalkAndPlay, @femdevsmeetup.bsky.social, @indietreff.bsky.social and the various events happening in Franconia and Bavaria. Makes you want to hop on a train and see what other people are doing!
Reposted by Johanna Janiszewski
Super excited to announce my new game!
The Greenening - A short incremental game about rediscovering and growing life in a forlorn world. 🌱
🔍🗺️ Explore your hidden surroundings
⏫💧 Upgrade your versatile watering abilities
🚀🌺 Tend to your cozy space garden
#indiegames
The Greenening - A short incremental game about rediscovering and growing life in a forlorn world. 🌱
🔍🗺️ Explore your hidden surroundings
⏫💧 Upgrade your versatile watering abilities
🚀🌺 Tend to your cozy space garden
#indiegames
February 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Super excited to announce my new game!
The Greenening - A short incremental game about rediscovering and growing life in a forlorn world. 🌱
🔍🗺️ Explore your hidden surroundings
⏫💧 Upgrade your versatile watering abilities
🚀🌺 Tend to your cozy space garden
#indiegames
The Greenening - A short incremental game about rediscovering and growing life in a forlorn world. 🌱
🔍🗺️ Explore your hidden surroundings
⏫💧 Upgrade your versatile watering abilities
🚀🌺 Tend to your cozy space garden
#indiegames
Will my study of landscape architecture finally be of use? I am working on a private project and will do some level design for the first time in my life. I hope it goes well 😅 #gamedev
February 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Will my study of landscape architecture finally be of use? I am working on a private project and will do some level design for the first time in my life. I hope it goes well 😅 #gamedev
Reposted by Johanna Janiszewski
In gamedev, we joke about how we shouldn't care so much because "we ain't curing cancer" so chill, right?
But you know what? These last few weeks reminded me that the Arts, esp accessible Art like videogames is incredibly important because games have a big place in sculpting cultural norms.
But you know what? These last few weeks reminded me that the Arts, esp accessible Art like videogames is incredibly important because games have a big place in sculpting cultural norms.
February 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
In gamedev, we joke about how we shouldn't care so much because "we ain't curing cancer" so chill, right?
But you know what? These last few weeks reminded me that the Arts, esp accessible Art like videogames is incredibly important because games have a big place in sculpting cultural norms.
But you know what? These last few weeks reminded me that the Arts, esp accessible Art like videogames is incredibly important because games have a big place in sculpting cultural norms.
Reposted by Johanna Janiszewski
Wer soll @derdcp.bsky.social Spieler*in des Jahres werden? Wer hat sich um die Gaming-Community & Games verdient gemacht? 2024 hat @mauriceweber.bsky.social die Krone getragen & eure Vorschläge entscheiden, wer die Chance in diesem Jahr erhält: deutscher-computerspielpreis.de/spielerin-sp...
January 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Wer soll @derdcp.bsky.social Spieler*in des Jahres werden? Wer hat sich um die Gaming-Community & Games verdient gemacht? 2024 hat @mauriceweber.bsky.social die Krone getragen & eure Vorschläge entscheiden, wer die Chance in diesem Jahr erhält: deutscher-computerspielpreis.de/spielerin-sp...
Reposted by Johanna Janiszewski
And our final award for the year, the advocacy award, goes to @thewobblygamer.bsky.social!
January 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
And our final award for the year, the advocacy award, goes to @thewobblygamer.bsky.social!
Reposted by Johanna Janiszewski
MVP award for unsung hero goes to @cariwatterton.bsky.social!
January 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
MVP award for unsung hero goes to @cariwatterton.bsky.social!
Reposted by Johanna Janiszewski
Most dedicated studio goes to Ubisoft Kyiv!
January 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Most dedicated studio goes to Ubisoft Kyiv!