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Spoonie the Ghoulie 🎃 @spoonienet.com · 17/07/2026

Look at that, talk in action! You can't really see me in all my purple glory, but I'm down there, sat at the front talking away. This event, and talk, and whole experience has meant a lot to me. I hope I get more opportunities to talk on things I love at events like this!

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Many Cats Studios @manycatsstudios.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Impact Year 3 cohort! Please welcome the latest round of amazing disabled and neurodivergent individuals advocating for the community and standing out in their careers in the UK games industry. Follow us this disability pride as we showcase each member!

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Cari 🍉 🔜 Develop / GA11y Gathering / GAConf @cariwatterton.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

If you’re going to @ga11ygathering.bsky.social or @gaconf.bsky.social next week in Brighton, we’ll have a little trinket swap! So bring some shiny things to trade ☺️🖤

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Morgan Baker @momoxmia.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

PSA for other Deaf and HoH gamers: - Icons for gunshots and footsteps now fade based on distance, making the distant ones significantly transparent. - Overall audio visualizer range for footsteps is now a much shorter range. communities.epicgames.com/thread/v41-0...

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v41.00 Update Notes: Grab a Sprite. Get Out Alive. Fortnite Runners is Here | Fortnite Communities

The Zero Point cracked the sky wide open, scrambling and reassembling the Island into the Shattered Coast: a fresh map dropping mid-chapter with twisted takes on familiar POIs, a totally fresh pool...

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Morgan Baker @momoxmia.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Really bummed out today. Fortnite “nerfed” their audio visualizer—something I absolutely need as a deaf player—and now the feature is basically useless for me personally and I can no longer play the game anymore.

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Cari 🍉 🔜 Develop / GA11y Gathering / GAConf @cariwatterton.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Where to find your local Accessibili-Goth at Develop this year 🖤 Mostly running @ga11ygathering.bsky.social and helping with @gaconf.bsky.social - with a sprinkling of talks and roundtables. Mutuals reach out and lets meet up! 🦇

Photo of the west pier in brighton with a photo of Cari. Title reads "where to find your local accessibili-goth at Develop. A list of three days to the right: Tue 14th - Talk Mobile Accessibility with Ameliane Chaisson at 12pm at Develop. Wed 15th - Game Accessibility Gathering 11-4pm and GAConf by the Sea 6-8pm, tickets required. Thu 16th - Roundtable making the case for Accessibility with Mac Macdonald and Harriet Frayling, 2pm at Develop. Below reads "I am happy to talk about Accessibility, UI, UX, Tabletop Games, Early Career Advice. I get easily overwhelmed at events, so please be patient with me if you bump into me and I'm flustered or I need a break!"

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Can I Play That? @caniplaythat.com · 01/07/2026

Electronic Arts started their rollout of the Accessible Games Initiative tags on their storefront. The Sims 4 and several other games have been tagged, with more to come later. Currently, the tags are only visible on EA's website, and not yet in the app. caniplaythat.com/2026/07/01/e...

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Electronic Arts website starts showing Accessible Games Initiative tags - Can I Play That?

Electronic Arts started implementing accessibility tags from the Accessible Games Initiative on the EA website.

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Morgan Baker @momoxmia.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Yay! AGI Accessibility Tags are now on some of our ea.com buy pages — more to come later. Long in the making and I am happy this will help our players make better informed purchasing decisions. For deeper details of how our games are accessible, always visit ea.com/accessibility ♿️✨

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Cari 🍉 🔜 Develop / GA11y Gathering / GAConf @cariwatterton.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Just over a week and a bit left to grab tickets for @ga11ygathering.bsky.social! We’ve got a great lineup of speakers and a fantastic panel. If you’re in Brighton for Develop, come join us! We’re making accessibility approachable to devs, to help you learn more without feeling overwhelmed.

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Esther @dungeonminister.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

disabled ttrpg designers: I'm hosting a disability pride month game jam on itch (running from July 1-August 31, 2026). this jam is intended specifically for disabled ttrpg designers to showcase our work. so join me! invite all your crip game designer friends to join in! spread the word!

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Cari 🍉 🔜 Develop / GA11y Gathering / GAConf @cariwatterton.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

In Brighton for Develop? Interested in game accessibility? Come hang out! Game Accessibility Gathering in the afternoon and the GAConf social in the eve! 🥳

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Many Cats Studios @manycatsstudios.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Get your nominations in for disabled and neurodivergent talent in the UK games industry! #Impact forms.cloud.microsoft/r/BjiUxgez4v

Impact celebrating disabled and neurodivergent talent in the UK games industry. One week left. Nominations close 14th June 2026. Web link manycats.uk/impact

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Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

YouTube Premiere links are ready for the Access-Ability Summer Showcase. Premiering TODAY at 4pm UK, 11am Eastern, 8am Pacific. Standard: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWw4... ASL: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWx3... Audio Described: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuXY... BSL: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdOq...

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Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2026

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Tickets (and agenda 👀) for the Game Accessibility Gathering 2026 are live now! 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/game-acces...

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Game Accessibility Gathering 2026

An independent gaming accessibility micro conference.

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Harri @hfrayling.com · 29/05/2026

We are also particularly keen to make sure we have nominations from a wide variety of backgrounds and marginalised identities because while humans do, disability does not discriminate and everyone deserves to see themselves represented 💖

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Harri @hfrayling.com · 29/05/2026

If you or someone you know works or has worked in the games industry , is UK/NI based, and is or wants to be visible representation of being a disabled or neurodivergent person, get that nomination in!! This includes roles like content creation/streaming, marketing, PR, QA, studio coordination etc

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day! There's a lot of nice game accessibility content, events and announcements today, so much that it's easy to miss things. So here's a handy cheat-sheet, I'll be keeping it updated throughout the day - ian-hamilton.com/games-indust... #gaad #gamedev

GAAD - Global Accessibility Awareness Day

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David Tisserand @tisseranddavid.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Bang on time for #GAAD! We are announcing the introduction of the Accessible Games Initiative's tags on our Store pages. So players can get the information they need where it matters the most: before purchase! #GameAccessibility #a11y news.ubisoft.com/en-gb/articl...

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Ubisoft Launches Accessible Games Initiative Tags for Global Accessibility Awareness Day

The Accessible Games Initiative strives to provide players with clear information about accessibility features in games through a series of tags. Ubisoft has begun its progressive rollout of the tags,...

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Cari 🍉 🔜 Develop / GA11y Gathering / GAConf @cariwatterton.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Today is GAAD - Global Accessibility Awareness Day! ♿ If you're still new to games accessibility, or haven't thought about it much beyond subtitles, here are a few of my favourite resources for starting out. Talks, games, media and communities. Accessibili-buddies, feel free to add your faves too!

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Save the date! 🗓️ The Game Accessibility Gathering will be on Wednedsay, 15th July from 11am-4pm, once again hosted at Unity's office in Brighton! Follow us on eventbrite to be notified when tickets go live: www.eventbrite.com/o/ga11y-gath...

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Cari 🍉 🔜 Develop / GA11y Gathering / GAConf @cariwatterton.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

How rude that the year I come up with my best talk title ever @manycatsstudios.bsky.social blows it out of the water almost immediately 😂 Just had the honour of Mat visiting our office in Barcelona the other week. The cats crew are all awesome and I’m sure this panel is gonna be nothing less! 💯

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Many Cats Studios @manycatsstudios.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Join @hfrayling.com as she gives an accessibility talk at Impact! Indie Games in Bristol next week. Nicely on the same day as GAAD (Global Accessibility Awareness Day). Tickets found here: luma.com/ky59amg7

A purple background graphic. Text on this in yellow and pink read Impact! Indie Games 2026, thursday 21st May 2026, Strange Brew, Bristol, UK. A smaller round image with Harriet's face and text next to it reads; 10.30am Accessibility for Indies, Accessibility can be challenging for the largest studios, but what about development without a big budget? Harriet discusses the basics of game accessibility, why and how it's relevant for indies, and gives pointers for easy accessibility wins that won't break the bank (or the roadmap)
Harriet Frayling // Senior Games Accessibility Specialist.

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Game A11y Gathering @ga11ygathering.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Emails to everyone who submitted talks have been sent out! ‼️Please check your spam folder. If you haven't had an email, get in touch. We had so many incredible talk submissions this year, thank you folks! We'll also be announcing the date and time of the Gathering very soon! 👀

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Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Ep 42: The GA Conf EU 2026 Recap Special - Ctrl, Alt, Access Another year, a bunch more academic research to delve through. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Eqa...

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Ep 42: The GA Conf EU 2026 Recap Special - Ctrl, Alt, Access

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Wilde Brüt @wildebrut89.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

One of my favourite talks was about game controls by the very knowledgeable @cariwatterton.bsky.social. Controls are such an important part of players' experience, but not everyone can play games the same way. Flexibility and simplicity can help reduce barriers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zqf...

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Your Controls Suck (probably)

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Can I Play That? @caniplaythat.com · 29/04/2026

Blue Prince Patch 1.7 released for Steam on PC today, very appropriately called the accessibility update. It finally adds remapping to the game, but also color assist options to help colorblind players, and motion assist options to avoid motion sickness. caniplaythat.com/2026/04/29/b...

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Blue Prince Patch 1.7 introduces long awaited accessibility features - Can I Play That?

Blue Prince Patch 1.7 is called the accessibility update and includes remapping, motion assist, and color assist options.

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Player Research @playerresearch.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

How can game developers design more accessible mobile gaming experiences? Player Researcher @mayfr3d.bsky.social shares how, alongside @cariwatterton.bsky.social at @developconference.com! Full schedule: www.developconference.com/conference-p... #a11y #GameAccessibility #developconf #gamedev

Our talk: Mobile games, when Approachability rhymes with accessibility.

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./yemáko/badgames.zip @badgameszip.itch.io · 01/04/2026

no way that this happens on the ONE DAY A YEAR that I'm trying to avoid the internet BUT IM SO HONORED, "an unplayable game?!" was such a small project but it's been a dream come true to see it reach so far :') play it, its free!!! congrats to all the other nominees, see you guys across the pond!

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an unplayable game?! on Steam

a game about accessibility settings that's just a *bit* too hard for you to play effectively. 10-15 minutes in length with 30+ minutes of developer commentary!

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Cari 🍉 🔜 Develop / GA11y Gathering / GAConf @cariwatterton.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Thrilled to be back for our 3rd year of the Gathering! We've just started looking for speakers, and we put a lot of effort into making it a great experience for newer and first-time speakers - so please consider throwing an idea out there 🖤

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Cari 🍉 🔜 Develop / GA11y Gathering / GAConf @cariwatterton.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

+1 to this. Met so many folk I’ve only followed or chatted online with and it was so great (and anxiety inducing) to meet IRL. Twas amazing company this week. 💯

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Cari 🍉 🔜 Develop / GA11y Gathering / GAConf @cariwatterton.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Some of the loveliest humans. Thank you for making GDC a blast! 🖤

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Cari 🍉 🔜 Develop / GA11y Gathering / GAConf @cariwatterton.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

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 😅🖤

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Cari 🍉 🔜 Develop / GA11y Gathering / GAConf @cariwatterton.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

An enormous amount of work and effort went into this - I’m so incredibly proud and humbled 🖤 To me there are so many puzzle pieces that make up holistic accessibility, and one of those is actually informing players how your game can support them. More accessibility trailers please! 👏

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Can I Play That? @caniplaythat.com · 06/01/2026

BSLGG launched today, a community-led initiative to create a glossary of gaming specific terms in British Sign Language (BSL). @bslgg.bsky.social aims to help Deaf gamers, game developers, and BSL interpreters more effectively communicate gaming terms and names. caniplaythat.com/2026/01/06/b...

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BSLGG, British Sign Language Gaming Glossary launched today - Can I Play That?

BSLGG launched today, a community-led initiative to create a glossary of gaming specific terms in British Sign Language (BSL).

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

This is free to submit to, and includes an accessibility category 👀 Get on it people! #indiedev #accessibility

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 04/12/2025

SURPRISE! A new Keeper update just dropped with some EXCITING features! 🖤 NOIR MODE 🖤 A custom-tuned black & white experience! ⬅️ ULTRAWIDE SUPPORT➡️ For maximum immersion! 👁️ HIGH CONTRAST MODE 👁️ Accessibility options for players with vision impairments! More Info: youtu.be/watch?v=Qhyf...

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Keeper · Back In Black (and White) Update

Surprise! We’re starting December with a really cool KEEPER update, and it’s one we’re very excited to put into your hands. This update is all about color: 1. Noir Mode - A silly experiment by one…

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Can I Play That? @caniplaythat.com · 03/12/2025

Marking International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Electronic Arts adds eight more accessibility patents to their patent pledge today, making them free to use. They also open sourced colorblind simulation filters for their accessibility tool Fonttik. caniplaythat.com/2025/12/03/e...

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Electronic Arts adds eight new accessibility patents to pledge - Can I Play That?

Electronic Arts makes eight more accessibility patents free to use, and open sources colorblind simulation filters for Fonttik.

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Can I Play That? @caniplaythat.com · 03/12/2025

Today’s Community Soapbox highlight features @sightlesskombat.com, an award winning, multi-credited accessibility consultant and gamer without sight. Unsurprisingly, his biggest barriers involve gaming independently with no sight at all. caniplaythat.com/2025/11/27/s...

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SightlessKombat - Community Soapbox - Can I Play That?

In this edition of our Community Soapbox we turn the spotlight on SightlessKombat.

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Shell Little @shellelittle.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

interested in reading how someone with cognitive and mobility related disabilities plays games? check out my Community Soapbox segment on the Can I Play That! huge thanks to @abitofaccess.com for including me in this fantastic series! #GameAccessibility #GameA11y #DisabledGamer #Accessibility

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Cari 🍉 🔜 Develop / GA11y Gathering / GAConf @cariwatterton.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

The talk videos from our event - @ga11ygathering.bsky.social - are up! Huge thanks to the wonderful speakers, sponsors, and volunteers who made it all possible 🖤

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Cari 🍉 🔜 Develop / GA11y Gathering / GAConf @cariwatterton.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Really excited for this and the first four interviews are all incredibly informative and approachable. I can see this series being a great way to introduce someone to accessibility in games through the stories and experiences of players with lived experience. Thank you to all the contributors ☺️

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Cari 🍉 🔜 Develop / GA11y Gathering / GAConf @cariwatterton.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I finished this game and enjoyed it, but sadly lacking in some areas of accessibility for me. This review mentions the lack of quest markers and map - both things that greatly support my memory and cognition. It also flared up my pain in my hands from a lot of movement and taps/holds…

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Can I Play That? @caniplaythat.com · 24/11/2025

The GAconf Awards (@gaconf.bsky.social) return for its fourth edition, recognizing and celebrating the efforts made in game accessibility across 20 categories in 2025. Voting is now open to the public, and closes November 30th. Winners will be announced in January. caniplaythat.com/2025/11/24/p...

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Public voting opens for the GAconf Awards 2025 - Can I Play That?

The public can vote for the GAconf Awards 2025, with nominees across numerous categories covering development, communication, and advocacy.

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Cari 🍉 🔜 Develop / GA11y Gathering / GAConf @cariwatterton.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Huge congratulations to every single developer, consultant and team member in the nominees. I hope you’re all incredibly proud! It’s great to see my boss, Tülay, nominated for the incredible work she does and the Stumble team for their wheelchair cosmetic. 🖤 And to my old family on Atomfall 🍻🖤

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Can I Play That? @caniplaythat.com · 11/11/2025

For this Indie Spotlight Marijn played An Unplayable Game?! Limited controls and a few assists turn this free game into a thoughtful exercise in accessible game design. Showing that accessibility isn't about removing challenge, but making it possible. caniplaythat.com/2025/11/11/i...

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Indie Spotlight: An Unplayable Game?! - Can I Play That?

An Unplayable Game?! is a thoughtful exercise in accessible game design, showing it's not about removing challenge, but making it possible.

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