{"id":2049,"date":"2025-04-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noblesteedgames.com\/blog\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:07:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T04:07:01","slug":"making-mobile-games-accessible-for-the-visually-impaired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noblesteedgames.com\/blog\/making-mobile-games-accessible-for-the-visually-impaired\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Mobile games Accessible for the visually impaired"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These days, there exists a variety of video games for the visually impaired and blind, thanks to the advancements in accessibility features and efforts from development teams. The Last of Us 2 for example, has a full suite of features for vision, mobility and hearing accessibility<\/a>, taking great care to make the game playable and enjoyable for many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What about mobile games that can be played by the visually impaired and the blind then? Unlike games played with physical inputs such as the keyboard, mouse and controllers, most mobile phones today are touch screen only, with few physical buttons for interactivity. Whilst feature phones are rising in popularity<\/a>, developing a game for Android or IOS is still likely to reach more people, with smartphones being the most popular platform for gaming<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Screenshots<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This presents a unique challenge for developers making games for those with limited vision. In our experience developing Life Ready Games with Vision Australia, we learnt quite a bit about the process, as well as considerations to make. Hopefully, sharing what we learnt will be helpful to the game developers hoping to make their games accessible to low-vision users!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick definitions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vision impairment and blindness<\/em>: Vision impairment refers to a spectrum of loss of vision, that cannot be corrected with glasses. These can range from colour blindness affecting the interpretation of colour, partial blindness from physical conditions such as glaucoma, to full blindness due to injury or other conditions. Depending on the intended audience, the type of features a game will have may be different. We\u2019ll elaborate more about this later.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design considerations for mobile games for the visually impaired<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Whilst making Life Ready Games, there were a variety of features and design considerations we had to consider. In the following video, we go over it briefly at 2:20<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n