Accessibility is a hot topic in the gaming industry right now, and rightfully so. Accessibility considerations can make or break a player's experience, and it's not just the ability to localize or toggle game audio/background music.
For the past 20 years, Xaar Games has focused on making accessibility a part of the development process, rather than a thought to be thrown away when a game is nearly complete. Based on years of experience of the Purcell game team,Accessibility MatrixIncorporate accessibility into nine categories of goals. Goals are broken down by principles such as comfort, mobility, and language and communication, which become the guideline for the team as they create key game features.
An accessibility matrix can help teams intentionally add accessibility features that complement the core gameplay. As a result, IEYTD3 is slowly becoming the most accessible VR game in the company's catalog.
The IEYTD3 can be played with one or both hands, standing or sitting. The game takes color blindness into account and avoids potential motion sickness triggers for the most comfortable experience possible. Xaar Games has gone a step further and produced IEYTD3 with motion comfort settings, colorblindness filters, text subtitles, translation panel, "skip off" button and localization support immediately after launch, creating a pleasant experience for all players.
IEYTD is not the only Xaar game to offer such a feature. A VR adaptation of Innersloth's popular social deduction party gameAmong Us VRSFX closed captions, inter-player adjustments, color blindness filtering, epileptic flash testing and localization support are provided. A free content creation tool that encourages students to impersonate and act out historical charactersHistoryMaker VRFeatures adjustable text size, visual UI controls, audio toggles, and desktop assistants for external controls to ensure ease of use for all learnersHistoryMaker VR.
When weighing accessibility features versus desired changes to gameplay or mechanics, people often ask, "Don't you think that's compromising cool game content?"
Answer: no.
In Xaar Games, games developed on the basis of accessibility are also excellent games. The alternative is a different good game that fewer people can play. For the Purcell Games team, this is obvious. Broader accessibility drives innovation, enabling more learners, gamers, and secret agents to enjoy Xaar titles.
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赛尔游戏将于今年夏天在Meta Quest 2/Pro上推出I expect you to die 3: cogs in the machine(IEYTD3), the third installment in a popular VR puzzle game series, is scheduled to launch on SteamVR this fall. Like its predecessor, the game challenges players to beat time through puzzles, menacing scenarios and, of course, hilarious deaths in a race against the spy organization's enemy, the Zoraxis.
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