Accessibility is Not Related to Difficulty

People who say accessibility will ruin the difficulty of a game are probably not entirely aware of what accessibility is. (Here's a handy primer.) Unless, of course, all of them are super smart and realise that an inaccessible game can be super difficult for a person who is physically or mentally impaired in some way.... Continue Reading →

TTRPGs and Usability

A table-top role-playing game is probably one of the least usable gaming artifacts that I know of, with the possible exception of that thing PlayStation did with movement, or maybe the Kinect for non-English speakers who were women with an accent. I’m being a bit snarky. I feel I have deserved it. To give you... Continue Reading →

The Digital Divide

With the increase in Artificial Intelligence creating art - or deriving art from already created art - I’ve been thinking about craftsmanship. How - because of my age - I have learned a lot about art, design and photography the non-digital way. Taking a photo, for instance, was limited to a framework. Film grain, ISO,... Continue Reading →

Where do we start?

People have been asking me, for as long as I’ve been playing games and being a part of the games industry “what do we do? How do we fix this?” That is - of course - a massive question with a complicated answer. I think the first question - and the hardest question to be... Continue Reading →

Processes and Framework – Part 2

Projects need structure for them to work. Different parts of the project may require different processes and workflows due to the way different disciplines work. Usually producers are not the top hiring priority of various game projects, but they should be. For each discipline, art, programming, level design, game design, UX design, UI design, character... Continue Reading →

Processes and Framwork – Part 1

I know that for some, just reading processes and framework makes them ill at ease and uncomfortable. Some individuals may even scoff. “Process? We don’t need no stinking process!” Maybe not. But you want one. Not just because it is the raison d’être for producers, but because it actually improves lives. It improves the time... Continue Reading →

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