Take a Deep BreathI could just die!!!! This was so fantastic!! Fabulous set up: with introductions to what it is, why people want it, etc. Incredible, useful, explanations. Shows something is available for everyone. Unbelievable demonstrations. It was just amazing. You must be exhausted, but, I hope, very pleased. [about the screencasting review]
J.R.
THE 2006 DONATIONCODER.COM ACCESSIBILITY GAME PROGRAMMING CONTEST RESULTS
Congratulations!
First off, our sincere congratulations to all the winners! Accessibility presents a huge challenge to a game designer, and we had quite an amazing diversity of genres from the finalists, and innovation in so many different areas -- from storyline/writing to game play variety. There is a lot of room for improvement here, and the authors may have discovered that making an accessible game is harder than it sounds, especially for programmers who have never considered the issue of accessibility. But the spirit and creativity behind each of the games was wonderful and the IGDA Game Accessibility SIG will be happy to work with any of the authors who are interested in taking their games to the next level and making them even more accessible. - Michelle Hinn, Chair of the IGDA's Game Accessibility SIG.
About The Prizes
First of all we have to say a huge thank you to the sponsors of this unusual contest. There are many excellent game development websites, and we appreciate that the sponsors of this contest were willing to support the non-traditional focus of this contest and bring a little light to the issue of accessible gaming. Keeping with the spirit of this contest we asked each of the entrants to rate their preferred prizes and we tried extremely hard to find a way to get everyone who entered something they would be happy with - we hope that we've succeeded in that. We've highlighted one game as the top contest winner, and then presented the rest of the collection in no particular order.
Download and Try For Yourself!
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WakeriderWakerider is a very professionally finished Flash game by Alan Rawkins (website) with a serious learning curve and some fast and furious game play. It's a racing game where you steer a boat through a series of checkpoints in a certain amount of time. And you'll need some sharp reflexes to master it. Control is via an automated directional indicator that rotates constantly - you hold the switch key to lock the direction and steer the boat in the locked direction. As if controlling the fast boat wasn't hard enough, you are towing a wakeboarder who is trying to do tricks. You need to be wary of his balance; if it depletes, he falls and you lose time, but if he stays up and lands tricks, you win bonus time. There is a series of levels and unlockable boats and boards in the game that increase the challenge and speed as you go along. It's a serious challenge. Play the online FLASH game: Here.
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