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Cari Watermelon 🍉
@cariwatterton.bsky.social
580 followers 260 following 220 posts
Gaming Accessibility Person. she/her
Worked on ⚛️ Atomfall, 🔫 Sniper Elite and 🐉 Skye Tales.
Witch who crafts, making games with my partner in crime and owns an unhealthy amount of board games. Has a black cat called Toothless.
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Last year was tough, but this year has brought new opportunities, the impending release of the game and team I’m most proud of, and recognition from people who know the challenges of game accessibility.

Thank you to everyone I’ve worked with. It says MVP, but this has never been a solo effort.
An acrylic block with the words MVP Award for unsung hero. Cari Watterton. GAConf Awards 24. It sits on a black shelf among a tiny palm plant, a BD-1 model, a York ghost, some commemorative coins and a lino print of a robot from Atomfall.
March 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Moray Game Jam continuing to be the best game jam. Always have such a wonderful time making something fun and unexpected with some of my closest friends. 🖤
A player board with a plot of earth and some tiles of plants laid on it. A marble sits in a rivet to the right of the board, and some plants sit beneath the board next to a potion token. A large box with a dark colour and a gold art deco style border. At the top is art of plants hanging to dry. A logo with moon and star detail reads “Celestial Garden” and below a blurb which reads “a cosy game of gardening guided by astral movements”. A dual-layer circular board with rivets where some marbles sit. The board has 3D fins which allow the top layer to be easily rotated. Square tokens with plants surround the board, and a score track is seen on the table in the background.
March 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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A wonderful friend offered to print me some of the braille joyride dice I designed (sorry they’re in black, I am a goth queen but it’s truly terrible for contrast 😂).

So happy with how they turned out!
You can get the STLs to print your own here:
support.rebellion.com/hc/en-gb/art...
Four 3D printed, 6-sided dice. The two at the back are larger and feature a lightning bolt symbol on one side. The two at the front are smaller. They are all tactile, with the two on the left being standard pips with a recessed face and embossed pips, and the two on the right being braille and using a letterbox recess to help with orientation of the braille.
February 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Oh my god I have one of the same!! This is Simon and mini Simon 😂
Two York ghosts in a paper display of the York shambles, an old Victorian looking street. One ghost is big and white with weeping black eyes, the other is small and speckled with black and white.
December 14, 2024 at 8:39 AM
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I had a lovely surprise from @iggi-phd.bsky.social today! They sent me a ghost as a thank you gift for my keynote at the conference in September!

I LOVE HIM, he’s so perfect 😭🖤 probably a good thing I wasn’t there in person to receive him because I would’ve freaked out he’s so precious
A bright orange iGGi tote serves as blanket on which a thank you card, and a York ghost is sitting on. The ghost how two recesses for eyes and a smooth stone body. It is a marbled grey and white, creating a beautiful pattern that looks similar to rolling fog over treetops. The ghosts box and tissue paper, patterned with maps of York, sits behind him.
December 13, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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It’s becoming too real help
Screenshot of Instagram messages. A message to Cari reads “Unironically, would be down for it.” Cari replies with “I’m almost tempted myself. I think it would be kinda iconic”.
November 30, 2024 at 11:48 PM
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Post your vibiest baby picture

In the UK we start young 😂 thanks dad 🍻
A dad and baby daughter sit on a pink blanket in a lush green garden in the countryside. The baby is Cari wearing a blue and white stripped dress is being fed from a bottle by her dad, who sits cross-legged in front of her wearing shorts and a blue polo shirt. The bottle he is holding to her is a bottle of lager.
November 14, 2023 at 1:13 PM
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I had to buy a new power brick for my Xbox because mine died. This is what Amazon prime recommended. Look at that font. (It looks like Algerian but it’s not quite). I’m terrified. This thing is going to set my house on fire.

In my mind Classiness of font == Quality of product 😂
A box for a power brick suitable for Xbox one. The top of the box shows a picture of the brick on green, and a green box with rounded edges and the words “X-One Compatible” in a decorative font that is all caps, serif and has a built in 3D edge.
November 5, 2023 at 12:22 PM
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Trying out cocktail recipes for this years signature Halloween cocktail.

He is spooky and dangerously delicious. 🍸
A rounded frosted glass with a ghost face on it in black contains a white cocktail. Behind the glass are two bottles: one a rotund white bottle of white chocolate cream liqueur and the other a tall thin frosted bottle of vanilla flavoured vodka.
October 25, 2023 at 7:59 PM
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BATS and MOON

My pal is getting the cowboy skull 😂
A sheet of Halloween themed tattoos in black and white bold cartoon line style. Tattoos include: scream ghost face, skull, ghost, bats, skull with a cactus, coffin, skull with a cowboy hat and bandana, scream ghost with a cowboy hat, crescent moon with a spiderweb, a match with the smoke forming a skull, crossed bones and a cowboy hat.
October 24, 2023 at 10:34 PM
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Thrilled to get my hands on some 3D printed versions of my first blind accessible D6 prototypes, printed by @sightlesskombat.bsky.social ! Featuring a debossed side and embossed pips, one has braille in a letterbox style so you can feel orientation, and one has standard dice pips.
A 3D render of a six-sided dice with debossed rectangles. Inside the rectangles are embossed dots in the form of some braille numbers. A 3D render of a six-sided dice with debossed sides. Inside the sides are embossed dots in the shape of standard dice pips. A black tabletop with four 3D-printed dice in grey; two are six-sided dice with debossed sides containing embossed dots in the shape of standard dice pips. The other two dice are six-sided dice with debossed rectangles containing embossed dots in the form of some braille numbers.
October 17, 2023 at 3:21 PM
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Really enjoyed the Planet Zoo panel at EGX today! Lovely bunch of folk and great insight from some of the different areas of development ❤️
A stage at EGX with a blue and red striped backdrop, four people in Frontier shirts sit on chairs and sofas with mics and above them is a large screen with a green slide which reads “Planet Zoo: Creating the Ultimate Zoo Simulation”.
October 15, 2023 at 10:50 AM
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What happens when you ask your partner to take photos of your panel. 😂 Feat. @adriaandev.bsky.social
A photo taken of Adriaan, Edd and Cari standing in a large bright room, when they weren’t aware they were being photographed. Adriaan looks in terror, hugging himself, Cari is holding an iPad with a look of “What is going on?” And Edd is standing with a look of stoic confidence. Emojis have been added above each head, above Adriaan is the embarrassed emoji with wide eyes, above Cari is the confused emoji and above Edd is the smirking emoji.
October 12, 2023 at 9:36 PM
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That’s a wrap! Thank you so much @thewobblygamer.bsky.social LittleMoTAC @adriaandev.bsky.social Edd and EGX for having us!
Adriaan, Edd, Mat, Mollie and Cari sat on a stage at EGX, the screen behind them shows a slide that reads “Accessibility at Rebellion: Including Everyone” and live captions are at the top of the slide. The Rebellion stand is in the distant background.
October 12, 2023 at 2:56 PM
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New addition to my accessibility pin collection! Who else is excited for One Special Day @specialeffect.bsky.social ?!
A small packet with a circular enamel pin depicting a games controller with stripes of blue behind it. The packaging shows the orange Special Effect logo at the top and the OneSpecialDay.org.uk web address at the bottom. The packet sits on a plush blanket with cats on it.
October 2, 2023 at 12:21 PM
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Pokémon mandala update.
I can’t express how obsessed I am with this! Lauren did an amazing job, super receptive to my feedback, so cool! If you want a cute Pokémon tattoo get your butt to Dundee 🎉
A screenshot of an Instagram story from LaurenMcneeTattoo. The story shows a forearm with a Pokémon mandala tattoo of Skitty, the cat Pokémon. The mandala features stars and a moon and lots of dots and lines. Text on the story reads “Little Skitty mandala told end the day!! Still doing these at £100 any Pokémon).
September 21, 2023 at 6:50 AM
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This week I'll be streaming with the superb @sightlesskombat.bsky.social and The Wobbly Gamer for Everyone Can Game Together!

We're fundraising for Everyone Can here:
t.co/0RPU7wIHu2
A promo image of Sniper Elite 5 Co-Op, showing Karl and an ally soldier fighting back to back; shooting at enemy soldiers. SightlessKombat's face is edited in place of Karl's and TheWobblyGamer's face is edited in place of the ally soldier. Text in the centre reads "Return to:" followed by the Sniper Elite 5 Logo. Over the right corner is a diagonal yellow banner reading "Charity Stream" and below is the Everyone Can Game Together logo. To the left of the image is a circular headshot of Cari, and text below reads "with special guest Cari Watterton."
September 20, 2023 at 9:36 AM
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Joyride has just 60 hours to go on Kickstarter! It's a great little game, and I'm super happy with the work we've put in on High Contrast/Low Clutter versions of game components, enabling more players to enjoy the game!

kickstarter.com/projects/reb...
At the top is a black bar with white text "We made this decision to offer visual alternatives where art or graphics would have previously been repeated, ensuring a wider range of players can enjoy Joyride with its existing components." Below are two dashboard mock ups from the game, one is labelled "default dashboard" and features a car interior in bright blues and greens, with various icons and text. To the right is a dashboard labelled "High Contrast/Low Clutter Dashboard". The background art is darkened, the brightness of the text/icons is increased and on solid black. A clear sans serif font and title case is used. Below are two initiative tracks. On the left is labelled "Default Initiative Track" with a lot of thin chevrons pointing to the left, in a gradient from green to red. To the right is labelled "High Contrast/Low Clutter Initiative Track" where the chevrons are thick and solid, and black circles are provided to show where tokens go. Below is text "Designs not final".
September 5, 2023 at 7:59 AM
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I'm doing an accessibility panel at EGX this year with the amazing Little MoTAC, The Wobbly Gamer, and my colleagues Adriaan and Edd!

Excited for an awesome cast talking about advocacy and accessibility at Rebellion and beyond 🥳
A promotional image for EGX, advertising an Accessibility at Rebellion Panel. At the top on a navy blue background are headshots of the panelists with names and titles: The Wobbly Gamer, Streamer & Consultant, Little MoTAC, Content Creator, Cari Watterton, Accessibility Designer, Edd Waterhouse-Biggins, Game Designer, and Adriaan Scheepers, UI Designer. The Accessibility in Gaming icon is next to them. Below this panel is a white panel with navy text, reading "EGX, Accessibility at Rebellion Panel, Thursday 12th October, 2.30pm-3.15pm." To the right in a pink box is the location "Careers Fair Stage", below is the EGX logo and dates "12-15 Oct 2023, Excel London".
September 4, 2023 at 1:55 PM
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My shortlist includes: Frosmoth and Snom, my favourites from the newer generations, Skitty, which has been my favourite Pokémon since I discovered it, and Sinistea, because spoopy tea is very on brand.

On an unrelated note, if anyone wants a challenge, try writing ALT text for Pokémon 😂
Snom and Frosmoth. Snom is on the left and is a small white grub-like creature with ice-like soft spikes. It looks a little bit like a snowy hedgehog. Frosmoth on the right is a large, snow-themed moth. It has large wings patterned with geometric lines and feathery antenna, and a soft, fuzzy body. Skitty is a cat-like Pokémon. It has a small pink and pale yellow body and a very thin tail that leads up to a big pink bulb with three pin-like whiskers on the top. It’s head is large and cute, with a pale yellow moon shape making up its face, and large pink ears with tufts of fur at the top. Sinistea is a chipped teacup with a pale teal design that looks like a face. It’s rim and base are lined with pale gold, and there is a dark purple substance inside the cup which is mimicking liquid, a drop spilling out through the crack. The substance also has a thin purple arm which reaches out to grab the broken stump of the teacup handle, mimicking the lost section of the handle, and appears to have a pinky sticking out.
August 18, 2023 at 9:47 AM
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One of my local tattoo artists does Pokémon Mandala designs and I think I might get one. The question is, which Pokémon?
A sketch of a Bulbasaur themed mandala in black and white. In the middle is the palm tree-like flower from Venosaur, and it cascades out into eight petals, then eight bulbasaurs outlines. The style is clean, with strong lines and stippled shading. At the top text reads “Lauren Mcnee Tattoo”
August 18, 2023 at 9:36 AM