The awards honour achievements in accessibility across the gaming industry.
On the 25th January,the GAconf awardshonoured notable achievements in accessibility across the gaming industry.
The 2022 edition got underway with the award for AAA excellence.
While physical and mobility accessibilitywas exemplified in 2022by Rocksmith+.
BeforeThe Quarrywas honoured as this year’sbest example of cognitive accessibility.
Accessibility is slowly becoming more mainstream in the gaming industry.
Actual representation of disabled characters, however, is lagging behind.
The next category on the docket was for the year’s best journalism.
For academic resources, Arthur Thiel, Lea Buchweitz, et al.
were honoured for their paper,Understanding the perceptions and experiences of the deafblind community.
While in more publicly accessible resources, Microsoft’sGaming Accessibility Fundamentalstraining was voted the best resource for players and developers.
It was also voted this year’s biggest accessibility surprise.
The last two awards of the evening were for individuals.
It was, as we’ve come to expect from GAconf, an enjoyable evening.
you could check out GAconf when it comes to London in April.
