Handicapped Players

I'm confused, what are you talkin about?

Just FYI the ADA doesn’t apply in general to video games, it applies more to employment and public accommodations and facilities and communications. The closest thing that appears to apply to video games is the Communications Act which the FCC has ruled means that if a game provides communications like ingame chat or messaging then it needs to have appropriate accommodations for the disabled to be able to use those features.

That’s not to say providing support to the disabled isn’t a good thing to do of course. I’m just saying the ADA itself doesn’t have legal requirements for video games from what I can tell.

I clearly need to do more research on what Autism does.

Executive function basically affects planning, organisation and time management. It makes the simplest of tasks sometimes feel like quantum physics, so in terms of the perks mentioned it may help plan how to escape and also where to go.

Not all autistic people have this, but according to a study in 2018 it's estimated 80% of people with autism live with this. Being on the spectrum myself, I can say this can be extremely frustrating.

I must admit I’m guilty of telling one or two killers they “play strange”. If that was you, I’m terribly sorry, that was idiotic of me.

On the topic, with all due tespect, but I have to wonder what BHVR can even do here? A quickbind to look behind you? I’m struggling with ideas here, because they’re rather limited by the typical player’s hardware.

If you have ideas, by all means speak up.

Off of the top of my head, Sony games are usually very good at this, with Ratchet + Clank: Rift Apart being very good, and I think TLOU:2 won The Game Award for best accessability. Spider-Man also has some pretty good options. Sony itself announced a website on the 16th December which explains which of it's games have which accessability features and pledged to include as many as possible.

Celeste is an indie game with some of the best accessability, too, even if it isn't immidiately obvious (the way it works here is that dying enough times will then give you the options for the features, with the accessability allowing players to adjust the difficulty as much as they need to).

WOW has amazing accessability for visually impaired players, with subtitled, Colourblind settings, HUD scaling, and the like. Maybe not for people with auditory disabilities/motor disabilities, but still.

Any game which features an extensive control remapping system (like AC: Valhalla) technically has good accessability features, as that (along with some gameplay changes, like the struggle change + soon to happen toggleable interactions + wiggle change) enables people with motor disabilities to play however is easiest for them.

Any game that has subtitles, a scalable HUD, vibration, Colourblind settings, and remappable controls is already doing pretty damn well in terms of accessability settings, and a lot of major games have them. It's something that a lot of people take for granted but can be really helpful to others.

I uh, dude, im sorry, but if you haveva serious hearing impairnent and you are trying to play a game that relies on audio for the most part, you might have to think about yourself for a minute.

Im pretty sure every single game tells you in the safety measures before the game even lets you in that it contains flashing lights and so.

I'm sorry not to contribute to the discussion but I wanted to share a video I've watched a while ago for people with difficulties to hear.

There are actually a playlist as well with three other videos, so I let the link to the playlist. In case it could help someone reading the thread.

I have problems with motion sickness in this game and agree that FOV should be adjustable through the menus like a majority of games and not locked behind a perk. With shadowborn I am able to play Nurse and Blight, my two favorite killers to play but also the ones who bother me the most due to their motion/zooms/camera shakes, but without it I get queasy and dizzy very quickly. I can imagine people who have more severe motion sickness couldn't play killer at all.

I wish i had known how much I needed audio when I started this game. I'm half deaf and used to get tons of insults for running stridor on all my builds to put me in the normal range of play. Half blind too but I don't expect them to do anything for that.

I only have hearing in one of my ears, which can really cause some issues for me (especially when playing as Spirit, which is actually my favorite killer despite directional sound being so important to her). I've lived with it for so long I just kind of shrug at this kind of thing, but having some other option for feedback would be cool.

The ADA is a workplace and employment law in the US. It has absolutely nothing to do with video games or design requirements by their creators, especially internationally. THAT SAID, its not only a good practice to attempt to accommodate disabilities among their userbase, but its also a smart move in general as it expands the possible market. Unfortunately as we saw with their copy and paste of simple filters, expecting proper tools is a bit of a waste.

"The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, State and local government, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunications. It also applies to the United States Congress."

Yeah I don't think any of those apply here.

This is going to sound mean, heartless, insensitive...but here goes.

Some games are just NOT going to be able to cater to these players. I'm sure they have considered some of these options, but unfortunately, certain features (like the visible terror radius heart) will just be used by non-disabled players and will just create imbalances and an unfair playing environment for the vast majority of players. We already had/have Killers who mess with their brightness settings trying to accomplish this exact thing.

It's like the physically handicapped complaining that Pokémon GO doesn't do enough to cater to them...a game literally created to get people off their couches and go walking outside. There are thousands of games out there, sometimes you just have to accept a game can't be molded to you or it will just be misused and defeat the whole purpose and/or balance.

I am not unfeeling and do wish these things COULD be implemented, but sometimes you just gotta look at the grand scheme of things and accept every game just isn't for you. I'm sorry :(