Topic: One-Switch Accessible Flash Game Needs Your Vote!
As you may know, the Accessibility foundation is currently developing Audio Game Maker, an application which allows blind users to develop audio games themselves. One of the people working on Audio Game Maker is intern game design student Michiel Krol. Michiel has just finished a small Flash game for an important game design competion called the NLGD Game Development Rally. This contest is part of the Dutch Game Days (or NederLandse Game Dagen - NLGD in Dutch), the biggest event concerning games in the Netherlands, which was set up together with none other than SPILL GROUP (the worlds largest game traffic generator). The goal of the competition was to create a Feel-Good Game for the Cliniclown website. Cliniclowns is an organisation that focuses on activities that bring a much welcome distraction from the everyday lives of (terminally) ill children, such as entertainment, games, etc.
Michiel's game is called Submarine and you can find it here:
http://www.gameawards.com/award/deelnem 36124.html (the game is in Dutch)
What make's Michiel's game different from the rest of the entries (other than the excellent graphics and gameplay and ...) is that he spent NOT EVEN 15 minutes making it One-Button Accessible - in total (including graphics, code, etc.). To start the accessible version you need to press Backspace and from that point on, all you need to control the game is the spacebar.
A jury of professionals will determine the winner, but you can influence the jury by voting for your favourite game. Since this competition reaches a huge crowd, you can not only help Michiel win 20.000 euro's by voting but also help make people (including the organisation) more aware of game accessibility. I would therefore like everyone to try out this game (especially those with physical disabilities) and vote for this unique chance to put game accessibility on the map even more.
An interview with Michiel will soon be published on http://www.Game-Accessibility.com, in which he tells a bit about his motiviations and techniques.
Thanks for voting!
