Ctrl, Alt, Access

00:00 - Intro

01:48 - Online Rulebooks & FAQs

07:20 - How Rules are Written & Reference Cards

15:19 - How to Play Videos & Objective Context

20:12 - Learning, Teaching & Co-op Games

23:18 - How to Play Video Availability

26:19 - Player Strategy Guides

32:35 - Learning Asymmetric Games

44:22 - Game Phases & Changes

48:15 - Closing Thoughts

53:00 - Outro

Abletop Episode 1 Quick Points:

🖥️ Provide digital versions of rules that also work with a screen reader.

📼 Provide a how to play video, freely available, to allow different ways of learning.

🤔 Provide online FAQs for your game and have a link to them on your box or rulebook.

📃Provide an index in larger rulebooks, and bolden key pages for the entry.

🧝 Avoiding writing rules ‘in universe’, try to use common terms and clear language.

🗝️ Highlight keywords to help them stand out in rules and on components.

📑 Provide glossaries of game terms, especially any unique to your game.

📔 Provide reference cards or incorporate references onto player boards.

💭 Consider the information layout of your rulebook, is information laid out in a logical way for a new player?

🏆 Provide context for the game goal; what is the end goal, and provide that near the start of the rulebook and consider reminders on player boards.

🎮 Provide sample turns and guided tutorials for more complex games and remember to include the context of why, not just what.

♟️ Provide example strategies or character builds in more complex games.

🖐️ Encourage open-handed first plays in your rules for competitive games.

🏈 Discourage quarter-backing play in your rules for cooperative games.

🌖 Provide help for when rules change such as reference cards or warnings on a round tracker that a change is coming up.

🎛️ Provide game variants and accommodations in your rulebook that help alleviate accessibility barriers.

🔓 Encourage players to bend rules when something is inaccessible!

We're back from our winter Holiday. Accessibility news is light, but we're back and catching up.

00:00 - Intro

02:14 - Skyrim

02:40 - Babysitting Mama Speedrunning

07:55 - Train Simulator

11:32 - Valheim

13:00 - Workshop Prep

17:18 - Fantasy Critic

22:10 - Board Games

23:27 - Braille Dice

29:46 - Rebellion Accessibility Updates

36:20 - Outro

Ctrl, Alt, Access reaches the end of its first year. Let's look back on a year of accessibility updates.

00:00 – Intro

00:50 – Looking back at the podcast

02:00 – Looking back at the accessibility year of 2024

02:20 – Game Awards 2024

05:35 – Year of High Contrast Mode

07:15 – Year of Cognitive Accessibility

12:50 – Year of Audio Description

16:30 – Senua's Saga: Hellblade II

19:00 – Indie Games of 2024

24:40 – More Accessibility controllers

27:15 – Year of Remakes

29:45 – What we look forward to in 2025

30:11 – What we hope Nintendo will bring with Switch 2

31:05 – Audio Description outside cut scenes

31:50 – PS Access Controller for PC

34:05 – Nintendo have Co-controller support and Accessibility tags in store

35:00 – Access Controllers work on all consoles

35:50 – Mental Health as the sixth accessibility category

38:20 – Tone indicators in games and BSL in captions

40:40 – Communication accessibility

45:20 – "Design for ever gamer" and "Best practise in gaming" for blind gamers

46:50 – IRIS plugin

48:00 – Where to find us

Took us a month to catch up, but here's a recap of 16 hours of accessibility talks and panels worth knowing about.

00:00 – Intro

02:00 – DAY 1

02:10 – Update from the industry

04:55 – Accessible DOOM mod

08:15 – Servers up, Everyone is welcome

18:25 – Tourettes IRL

22:40 – Developing in the dark

26:46 – Cheat codes for all

28:25 – Forgetting is frustrating

30:25 – Overanalyzing and Syntezysing

33:12 – Accessibility to burnout

41:24 – DAY 2

41:50 – Seeing into your future, developing an accessible game for later today

45:30 – Open world and ADHD, a cautionary tale about love, pain and opportunity

48:13 – Cognitive accessibility UX in Star Wars Jedi Survivor

57:55 – #OpenForNaughtyDog

59:40 – More than a saving throw

1:03:05 – Skill tree unlocked, from consultant to inhouse

1:05:30 – Hell welcomes all

1:05:50 – How to line break subtitles

1:06:50 – Accessible gadget for gamers

1:08:40 – Developing the latest hardware accessibility offerings at Xbox

1:14:30 – Where to find all the talks

1:15:45 – Where to find us

Telling people that your game "May contain elements dangerous to photosensitive players" doesn't really help photosensitive players to make informed decisions about their health. Could we do better with more specific warnings?

Sometimes, fluctuating disabilities mean you have to pivot plans, and that's okay x

00:00 – Intro

03:52 – Arevya played Super Market Simulator, Botany Manor

05:30 – Steven Spohn and Mark Barlet are leaving AbleGamers

08:40 – FDG 2025 will have the theme "Accessible Worlds, United Through Play"

10:35 – Laura and Arevya have consulted on Sorry, We're Closed

12:05 – Arevya consulted on Life Below

14:43 – Lauras take on the PS5 PRO

19:15 – Laura has played Mario & Luigi Brothership, Super Mario Party Jamboree, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and LEGO Horizon Adventures

36:25 – Where to find us

We both had a pretty chaotic time this week if we're honest haha

00:00 – Intro

01:15 – Laura consulted on Dragon Age: The Veilguard and Life is Strange Double Exposure

12:12 – Arevya called out SpillExpo

19:00 – Arevya talks Mario Party Jamboree,I'm on Observation Duty 7, and Corekeeper

25:20 – Laura talks Life is Strange Double Exposure 3-5, Slay the Princess, and Dragon Age: The Veilguard

36:50 – NEWS UPDATE

37:20 – Correction Call of Duty Black Ops 6 audio accessibility

41:53 – Monster hunter wilds accessibility

45:20 – Diablo 4 vessel of Hatred accessibility

47:00 – Just Dance 2025 continues with its Seated choreographic

48:30 – Dragon Age: The Veilguard accessibility

53:30 – Where to find us

Arevya's back, we've got cool news, and accessible games are popping up in the most surprising of places.

00:00 – Intro

00:50 – Where have Arevya been

04:20 – Laura consulted on Life is Strange: Double Exposure

12:57 – Silent Hill 2 Remake

24:15 – UFO 50

26:56 – Metaphor Re Fantazio

31:04 – NEWS UPDATE

31:38 – Call of Cuty Black Ops 6 audio accessibility

34:56 – Persona 3 Reload DLC - Episode Aegis accessibility

37:06 – Star Wars Outlaws accessibility update

39:09 – GAconf USA lineup is revealed

43:22 – Question of the week and where to find us

Sometimes, we just need uncomplicated, joyous, fun factory games in our lives.

00:00 - Intro

01:21 - Arevya Chat

01:31 - Outer Wilds

05:44 - Astro Bot

11:37 - Thank Goodness You’re Here

16:56 - Mobile Gaming

25:45 - Laura Chat

25:48 - The Plucky Squire

32:27 - Zero Zero: Perfect Stop

34:26 - News Headlines

35:01 - God of War Ragnarok Audio Descriptions and Hints

37:31 - Tales of Kenzera: Zau Update

39:41 - Easy Surf Cabernet Assessment

44:06 - Satisfactory Arachnophobia

45:36 - PS5 Pro

1:00:29 - Outro and Question

Let's catch up on the news, before drowning in new releases and hardware imminently!

00:00 – Intro

01:22 – Arevya played: Outer Wilds, Zelda Ocarina of time, Ace Attorney

19:45 – Laura played: Astro Bot, What the Car, Peglin, Full Throttle

37:56 – NEWS UPDATE

38:15 – Concord removed from sale after 2 weeks - Taking with it accessibility stuff

48:18 – Proteus will refund / replace GamesCom units + an updated impressions

55:17 – Question of the week

59:53 – Where you can find us