The Game Accessibility Conference
@GA_Conf
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Two days of talks and networking exploring accessibility for disabled gamers, hosted by the IGDA'S accessibility SIG. #GAconf
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📢 First speakers announced for GAconf USA! 📢
@KaitlynJones_
,
@OTunleashed
,
@ross_minor
,
@TheSlasherChick
,
@arevya
,
@ianhamilton_
, and Pat O'Leary. Many more to come!
28th-29th Oct, hybrid online & Redmond. Tickets on sale now, registration & info at
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The first award of the day is for AAA Excellence, accessibility in a game made on a big budget / by a big team.
The winner is -
@SonySantaMonica
for God of War: Ragnarök!
Congratulations!
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Congrats to
@insomniacgames
, winner of Best Representation for the portrayal of Hailey in Spider-Man 2!
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The Most Improved award for 2023 goes to
@deadspace
, congrats on the second win of the night!
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Thank you again to everyone who made these awards possible, and congrats again to all of our winners!
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With their history of accessibility dating all the way back to their 2016 Uncharted 4 accessibility video, to their two awards today, it's no surprise that this year's winner of Most Dedicated Studio is -
🏆
@Naughty_Dog
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Seeing yourself in games make you feel like you belong, which is why we are excited to recognize
@justdancegame
in their representation of wheel chair users. Keep up the amazing work!
🏆 Best Representation
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Accessible games can be a game made on a small budget / by a small team, which is why we are proud to present
@grumpygamer
,
@phrenopolis
and the rest of the Monkey Island, crew with the award for Indie Excellence!
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@smgstudio
@insomniacgames
@TangoGameworks
@geoffreyreads
@Super_Crip1994
@COWCATGames
@SeaOfThieves
@MotiveStudio
@Xbox
@GannioSoftware
@PlayStation
@Apple
@Ubisoft
@ForzaMotorsport
The finalists for most dedicated studio are
@insomniacgames
,
@Ubisoft
and
@SoftLeafStudios
!
Vote for the winner here -
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Final host announcement! Join
@XboxP3
,
@sightlesskombat
,
@TheSlasherChick
,
@PaulAmadeusLane
,
@momoxmia
,
@DeafGamersTV
and all our other special guests to celebrate 2022's accessibility successes, 9am PST this Wednesday at . See you there!
#gamedev
#a11y
🏆 Award ceremony date!
The winners of the GAconf Awards will be revealed by
@stevesaylor
& friends on the IGDA-GASIG YouTube channel, on Wednesday Jan 25th, 9am PST (12pm ET, 5pm GMT). See you there!
#gamedev
#indiedev
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With Sony Interactive Entertainment titles taking home awards for AAA Excellence, Best Blind/ Low Vision Accessibility, Best Deaf/Hard of Hearing Accessibility, and Most Improved, it's no surprised that this year's Most Dedicated Publisher award goes out to them.
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The finalists for best representation are
@smgstudio
,
@insomniacgames
and
@TangoGameworks
!
Vote for the winner here -
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"Assist Mode is options. Players don't have to turn them on. But the choice is there, should they need it. At the end of the day every team wants their game to be played and enjoyed by as many people as possible."
@vidaisonline
on
@controlremedy
#GAconf
#gamedev
#accessibility
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#GAconf
Europe 2021, two days of free game accessibility talks and networking on April 5th-6th. Speakers include indie, AAA, publishers, platforms, specialists, gamers!
Full schedule and registration at , see you there!
#gamedev
#indiedev
#accessibility
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We are excited to offer ASL, BSL, Audio Descriptions, and captions in English, French, German, Spanish (LAM) and Portuguese (BR) for tomorrow's awards!
* Default:
* ASL:
* BSL:
* AD:
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Big changes for the next
#GAConf
!
📅 Sept 28th & 29th - Extending to 2 days!
🌐 Online for everyone's health and safety!
👥 Digital Networking Opportunities!
Biggest News? We're working with our sponsors to provide this event FREE to all attendees.
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🏆 Award ceremony date!
The winners of the GAconf Awards will be revealed by
@stevesaylor
& friends on the IGDA-GASIG YouTube channel, on Wednesday Jan 25th, 9am PST (12pm ET, 5pm GMT). See you there!
#gamedev
#indiedev
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We are incredibly excited to announce the finalists for the GAConf Awards 2023!
This year we have 19 categories, shortlisted by an expert panel, with winners decided on by a combination of public and jury vote.
🗳️Voting is NOW until December 3rd!
Info -
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As summarized by
@XboxP3
, this year's Most Dedicated Developer is a passionate, talented individual driving change, innovating, acting as lighthouses for their peers.
Congrats to
@MissFire4
and thank you for all the work you do.
You are an inspiration.
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🏆Best Representation: Representation of disabled characters
The finalists are:
- Roblox's hearing aids
- Just Dance 2023's wheelchair dancer
- Saints Row's avatar prosthetics
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🏆 Announcing the first ever
#GAConf
Awards, hosted by
@stevesaylor
!
It's a direct continuation of the industry wide movement to continue recognizing stellar efforts of people across and around
#gamedev
to raise the bar for accessibility.
Read more:
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🏆 Award ceremony date!
The GAconf Awards winners will be revealed by
@stevesaylor
& friends on IGDA-GASIG's YouTube channel on Wed Jan 24th, 9am PST (12pm ET, 5pm GMT).
See you there!
#accessibility
#gamedev
#indiedev
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Digital Accessibility Specialist
@ShellELittle
— aka
@WatchMixer
streamer SisterPaws, leads a panel on Neurodiversity within gaming and how we can all be better allies within the industry at large.
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It's never too late to allow more people to be able to play your game, which is why we recognize Last of Us Part 1 for greatest progress within a single game through remakes/remasters, patches, or mods!
Amazing work and second win for
@Naughty_Dog
!
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#GAconf
USA, 11th-12th October
Registration now live, and first speakers announced! 🥳
Full details -
#gamedev
#indiedev
#accessibility
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51% of disabled gamers say that information on the accessibility of a game has affected their decision to buy it!
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Registration is open! 🎺🎉
April 22nd & 23rd, free to watch online, or attend in person at the Pullman St Pancras Hotel, London.
Registration and the first wave of speaker announcements are up at
#gamedev
#indiedev
#accessibility
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It's awards season, time to recognise and celebrate the past year's accessibility wins!
The public vote for this year's GAconf awards opens on Nov 27th, full info here -
#gamedev
#indiedev
#accessibility
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Full schedule for GAconf Europe is now up, including some previously unannounced talks!
April 22nd & 23rd, free to watch online, or attend in person at the Pullman St Pancras Hotel, London.
Registration & schedule at
#gamedev
#indiedev
#accessibility
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Today is the day 🥳
The main way to view the talks is through Zoom -
Though there's also YouTube as a backup -
Networking is through discord for registered attendees, check your email for login details!
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Please check your kid's Halloween candy this year! We found an anime avatar telling us we're ruining games in ours!
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#GAconf
is a week today! There are only six tickets left for the in-person event, so if you're planning to attend jump in quick!
Two days of talks & networking on accessibility, hybrid across Zoom, Discord & in-person venue. Schedule & Registration at
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📢 Full schedule live!
18 sessions over two days, register FREE at for a wealth of accessibility insight from across the games industry.
#gamedev
#indiedev
#accessibility
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#GAconf
Europe 2021 has come to a close.
But something new for this year! Normally it takes a while to get the talks edited/captiones/uploaded, but the whole conference's worth of sessions is freely available online already 😁
#gamedev
#accessibility
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Speaker announcement 📢
All of them!
Full lineup & timings now online -
9th-10th Oct, hybrid online & Redmond. Registration & info at
#gamedev
#indiedev
#accessibility
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With all his work,
@Super_Crip1994
uses his position, not only educate on accessibility, but to uplift voices around him so there are more disabled gamers in the conversation.
He's going to say he doesn't deserve this award but we all know exactly why he does.
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We opened this year’s
#GACONF19
w/ a dedication to
@SusanCantPlayIt
led by
@ianhamilton_
. Love and thanks for how far you helped us come. We miss you. ♥️🎮
#a11y
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It's clear to see
@Ubisoft
Forward pushed the bar considerably for online events this year, with subtitles in 10 languages, 4 different sign languages, and audio description in 2 languages.
The Most Accessible Gaming Event award is truly deserved!
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🗳️ GAConf Awards '22 Public Voting is Now Open!
Visit to
☑️View the finalist list
☑️Read more about why they were nominated
☑️Vote
We hope that by proving links to informational resources, you'll feel confident about your vote!
Voting Closes Dec 8th ✨
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Showing their excellence,
@SonySantaMonica
takes their second win of the day with best Deaf/ Hard of Hearing Accessibility with God of War: Ragnarök!
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First speakers announced for GAconf 2023!
@Jennissary
@jessicaroache
@ross_minor
@LadieAuPair
@AlexxAplin
@ianhamilton_
, and many more to come!
9th-10th Oct, hybrid online & Redmond. Registration & info at
#gamedev
#indiedev
#accessibility
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Happy Birthday to our co-founder and co-director, the one and only -
🎂
@ianhamilton_
🎂
He’s been kicking ass prepping for our awards so wish him happy birthday and share your appreciation for all the work he does!
This conference literally wouldn’t exist without him.
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📣Announcing the next
#GAConf
, a day of networking and discussion around accessibility in video games!
📅 Monday, 21st Oct 2019
📍Plexal, Here East, London << NEW LOCATION
Early bird tickets are on sale now! Student tickets are also available.
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Continuing to elevate the bar for gamers with low or no vision,
@Naughty_Dog
takes home the award for Best Blind/ Low Vision Accessibility! Amazing work.
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Say hello to our first wave of speakers, lots more to be announced over the coming weeks!
@geekdadgamer
@softleafstudios
@arevya
@wiredusagi
@oneswitch
@CariWatterton
@HereLiesStacey
@sightlesskombat
@ianhamilton_
#gamedev
#indiedev
#accessibility
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"With great accessibility comes great inclusivity"
@uncannyvivek
,
#GAconf
Europe 2021
#gamedev
#accessibility
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📢 Announcement 📢
We're cycling between cities, so GAconf won't be in San Francisco this year. The next event will be in Seattle in early September! An EU event the following month would be too soon, so the next GAconf EU will be in early 2021.
#gamedev
#indiedev
#accessibility
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💪 "Nothing about us without us."
The key to creating accessible experiences is listening to people with disabilities.
#GAAD
In honor of this, we've compiled our new LIVED EXPERIENCE playlist of 35 videos across our conferences:
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🏆Indie Excellence: Accessibility in a game made on a small budget / by a small team
The finalists are:
- As Dusk Falls
- Sifu
- Return to Monkey Island
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📢 Speaker announcement!
@LaurakBuzz
on a rarely discussed topic - accessibility for aphantasia, and how considering it benefits all players.
Free registration at , see you there!
#gamedev
#accessibility
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GAconf Europe, April 5th-6th!
Registration live, first set of speakers announced:
🎙️
🎟️
See you there!
#gamedev
#indiedev
#accessibility
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📢 First speakers for GAconf Europe!
Forza Horizon 5 case study from
@weareplayground
,
@RNIB
's gaming research,
@GarethFW
on building policy,
@CariWatterton
on late-stage indie accessibility, and much much more!
April 11th - 12th, FREE registration at
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Huge thank you to our speakers!
@BlondeHistorian
@BrannonZ
@cherryrae
@Doctoe
@GarethFW
@ianhamilton_
@JamieKnight
@LadieAuPair
@MatteWagner
@OneSwitch
@patrickgortjes
@ShellELittle
@ShirAboutThat
@sightlessKombat
@StevenWoodgate
@TeamCatsNBears
@VoicedGaming
#gamedev
#a11y
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Here it is, final announcement!
@thegreatbluebit
&
@gangles
chronicling development of The Last of Us II's
#accessibility
, including in-depth focus on features designed for blind & low vision players.
Schedule & FREE registration at !
#gamedev
#indiedev
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We are committed to hybrid and allowing people to attend our conference virtually.
We want you attend in whatever way is best for you!
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📢 Speaker announcement!
@vidaisonline
of
@remedygames
with a look under the hood at how Control's assist mode was developed and used.
Free registration at , see you there!
#gamedev
#accessibility
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It's
#DisabilityPrideMonth
! Quick reminder that we have this playlist of 35 conference talks by disabled people discussing their own lived experiences of gaming & accessibility -
#gamedev
#indiedev
#DisabilityPride
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Speaker announcement! 📢
@PaulAmadeusLane
,
@littlenavi_
,
@mikethequad
and
@geekygimp
with a panel discussing lived experience of motor disability.
Oct 11th - 12th, registration & line-up at
#gamedev
#indiedev
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"We didn't implement a single accessibility feature that hurt our core audience, it made it better for everyone"
@LadieAuPair
#gaad
#gamedev
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Speaker announcement! 📢
@spookenator
,
@maryknews
,
@momoxmia
and
@cherryrae
with a panel discussion on representation of disabled characters.
Oct 11th - 12th, registration & lineup at
#gamedev
#indiedev
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Thanks for another great year!
We forgot to take a staff photo. Here is some Battenberg instead.
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.
@ShellELittle
explains how something that distracts a neurotypical person will most likely be a barrier for a neurodivergent person — resulting in them being unable to continue their experience.
#a11y
#GACONF19
#SweetSpot
🎮♿️
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Session announcement! The inimitable
@stevesaylor
on how and when accessibility info should be included in marketing your game.
FREE registration at !
#gamedev
#indiedev
#accessibility
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Announced today at
#GAconf
! Impact, from
@uk_ie
#RaiseTheGame
and
@ManyCatsStudios
. An annual initiative to showcase and celebrate disabled and neurodiverse individuals working in the UK games industry. Nominations open now at
#gamedev
#indiedev
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📢 Final speaker announcement!
@KaitlynJones_
and
@BrannonZ
giving the low-down on the reworked Xbox Accessibility Guidelines and new Microsoft Game Accessibility Testing Service.
Free registration at , see you there!
#gamedev
#indiedev
#accessibility
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🏆 Most Dedicated Studio: The studio making the most significant or most consistent efforts
The finalists are:
- Naughty Dog
- Rare
- Ubisoft Kyviv
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@MortalKombat
@ForzaMotorsport
@Diablo
@SoftLeafStudios
@summerfallgames
@smgstudio
The finalists for best Deaf/hard of hearing accessibility are
@halfasleepgames
,
@Behaviour
and
@TangoGameworks
!
Vote for the winner here -
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