Building Inclusive Games (Dee Del Rosario)
Everyone plays games, but games aren't always designed with everyone in mind. In this episode, we're joined by Dee Del Rosario as we discuss how to build games that include and appeal to as many people as possible. We cover why representational inclusivity is so important, tools for making your games more accessible, how to support marginalized creators, and the importance of putting in the effort to do your research and remaining critical of your own work.
Plus, we recommend tons of great groups, conferences, and talks for you to investigate and get involved with to learn even more!
Remember: be critical of your own work, keep and open mind, and always be willing to listen.
Show Links
GDC Talks
- Kiki Olofsson and Kristin Adolfsson on how King analyzes the diversity in their games
- Meg Jayanth (writer of 80 Days) on how to make your games more diverse
- Ben Esposito on what he learned from his work on Kachina, a game that "used Hopi folklore"
- Andy Hull (lead programmer on Spelunky) discusses lessons learned from working on wooden toys
Designing for accessibility
- ColorOracle.org helps simulate color blindness
- Max Deryagin on what game subtitling got wrong in 2017
Organizations to support
Inclusive conferences
Recommended games
- Butterfly Soup (Brianna Lei)
- 80 Days (Inkle)
- 2064: Read Only Memories (Midboss)
- Cry$tal Warrior Ke$ha (Porpentine)
- The collected works of Robert Yang
Miscellanea
- Waypoint Radio discusses Wolfenstein: The New Order and Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus (Part 1 and Part 2
- Keiichi Tanaka's interview comic with MOTHER creator Shigesato Itoi
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Header image from Butterfly Soup by Brianna Lei