The Game Accessibility Conference

GAConf USA date is set! Two days of accessibility talks and networking, October 19th & 20th. Fully online across Zoom and Discord. FREE registration open now at www.gaconf.com. Speaker announcements coming soon!

A fantastic talk on avatar representation for disabled players during the @gaconf.bsky.social microtalks! 📖 You can read the paper that inspired the talk here: github.com/MadisonAbili...

Miss @ianhamilton.bsky.social's game accessibility news update? Don't worry, he put everything in a handy reference doc! tinyurl.com/gaconfoct26

Find Your Words has some wonderful (and cute!) representation of people with disabilities. PLUS IT'S FREE. Go check it out now on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2971960/...

Next up: " Creating Mental Health Safe Spaces in Gaming" Developed in collab with Safe In Our World, AbleToPlay now has a new discovery category called ‘Headspace’. In this talk, Arman dives into the background of the collaboration, how the category was developed, and the outcomes for real gamers.

In Beyond the Dot, we're learning how Activision used research to create their advanced motion sickness settings for Black Ops 7. 🖊️ Horizontal Line, Borders, Vingettes and Dot Grid These features were heavily researched and data showed real improvements for players!

Listening to the currently Assistive Technology for Gaming panel and one big theme for them is the accessibility/disability tax they encounter while trying to play games. 👏 They have to spend more money to be able to play at all and more time to even get it working with their tech!

Day 2 of #GAconf! Ready to learn & network with my fellow game accessibility peeps 😃🤟 @gaconf.bsky.social

Jon's talk is happening in less than an hour! We are so excited to see him talk about representation in Find Your Words and we hope you're able to watch 💙 Here is the time (PST) and details: www.gaconf.com/schedule/rep... We'll share a link when it's available!

Excited to kick off day 2 of @gaconf.bsky.social! First up, co-creator Jon Maur covers how the game Find Your Words handled and implemented its representation of disabilities. He hopes others will be inspired to add disability representation to their own projects! Can't wait to hear from him.

Game accessibility job alert! Accessibility Intern at @insomniac.games - job-boards.greenhouse.io/insomniac/jo... For more like these keep an eye on the job openings channel on the IGDA-GASIG Discord server (discord.gg/KuTXaQDrT)

Lots of small changes make big change

we were so busy watching @missfire.bsky.social's talk on how tiny decisions came together to make cool things happen we forget to post about it

They are on here! 🙌 Go follow them!! 🎉 @thedc3.bsky.social

We are back from lunch and ready to here from Chi Chi on the Content Creators Collective (DC3) discusses how the DC3 was founded, how it operates currently, and what membership looks like now and in the future. 💥

We're now listening to Alex Dunn share how we can use Cephable to allow for Voice, Head & Face, and Adaptive Buttons, just like in Black Ops 7, and how we can use new Cephable Unity plugin and the new Custom Controller Creator.

The next @gaconf.bsky.social microtalk is now starting! "How to (and not to) design for colourblindness" by @ianhamilton.bsky.social ! Although colourblindess is one of the most well know areas in terms of accessibility in terms of visibility, supporting players is still frequently done wrong!

We are live!!!

We're now back after the morning break with Bianca Stana and "Good Accessibility Is Free. Bad Accessibility Is Expensive." She is already highlighting with real title examples of how not planning for accessibility changes something from a simple design accessibility to 3 months of retrofitting!

The first panel for @gaconf.bsky.social has started! It's all about accessibility in the VR space

Fire content coming from this talk already - "Good UX design becomes great accessibility." 🔥

Next up we've got Siv talking about the importance of applying accessibility from the beginning, and how working on the game Life Below changed their perspective on accessibility!

Don't miss it, @gaconf.bsky.social happens today and tomorrow!

We're excited to officially be sponsoring @gaconf.bsky.social ! It's kicking off now if you want to join! @ianhamilton.bsky.social is up now with his News Update, sharing all the latest accessibility news" us02web.zoom.us/j/83882365823

shout out to my company who’s letting me spend all of the next two days in accessibility land at the @gaconf.bsky.social con lfgggg 💜

We sponsored our first event last night! 💪 @gaconf.bsky.social

What game industry events are expected for the rest of 2026 and beyond? We're glad you asked! Check out our comprehensive featured events list 💡: www.eventsforgamers.com/event-calend... Thanks @igda.org for #GAConf being our featured conference this month! #IGDA #GameDev #IndieDev

YAY!!!

Full lineup announced! 📢 The full schedule for GAConf USA 2026 is now live, including lots of previously unannounced talks! gaconf.com/schedule Oct 19th - 20th, online, FREE registration at gaconf.com #gamedev #indiedev

The DC3 is on here yippee!!!!!

Rejoice! The full list of talks is available. Don't miss the chance to attend in-person or online. A broad range of topics for everyone, developers, advocates and players. Learn and empower yourself!

Excited to say that I'm returning to the Game Accessibility Conference (US edition), chatting about 3 notable releases in 2026 for gamers without sight! What games do you think I'm going to be talking about? www.gaconf.com/schedule/vid... #a11Y #Accessibility @gaconf.bsky.social #RNIB

⚠️ EVERYTHING IS FINE ⚠️ I tend to joke that if I'm speaking at @gaconf.bsky.social, something has gone horribly wrong. Someone got sick, someone dropped out, another 3rd mystery thing. THAT IS NOT THE CASE. This time I volunteered! Catch my talk: "We Need to Talk About ‘Screen Readers’ in Games"

We call them “screen readers,” but most screen readers in games are faking it. They’re carefully designed systems using text-to-speech like a screen reader does because the real thing usually can’t access the game at all. Learn more during @gaconf.bsky.social! www.gaconf.com/schedule/we-...

Full lineup announced! 📢 The full schedule for GAConf USA 2026 is now live, including lots of previously unannounced talks! gaconf.com/schedule Oct 19th - 20th, online, FREE registration at gaconf.com #gamedev #indiedev

#GAConf is always a good conference. it that will give you many new ideas for your #gamedev

Big announce coming tomorrow!

Speaker announcement! 📢 @sightlesskombat.com will be treating us to a look at how all three major platforms have been enabling blind accessibility in mainstream console games in 2026. Oct 19th - 20th, online, FREE registration at gaconf.com #gamedev #indiedev

GAConf By The Sea is a week today! See you there!

Speaker announcement! 📢 Ahmad Azadvar, Adrian Ledda, Qianhui (Vicky) Ni, Magalie Rosseeuw & Ewa Trusz, sharing Activision's extensive internal research on motion sickness, which informed the approaches in Call of Duty. Oct 19th - 20th, online, FREE registration at gaconf.com #gamedev #indiedev

Speaker announcement! 📢 Bianca Stana from @unity.com tracing the real cost of three architectural decisions made before production scales – and showing how the right choices make accessibility effectively free. Oct 19th - 20th, online, FREE registration at gaconf.com #gamedev #indiedev

Speaker announcement! 📢 Bianca Stana from @unity.com tracing the real cost of three architectural decisions made before production scales – and showing how the right choices make accessibility effectively free. Oct 19th - 20th, online, FREE registration at gaconf.com #gamedev #indiedev

Super exciting!! :D

Speaker announcement! 📢 Jon Maur of @capybaragames.com will be giving us insight into the beautiful work on disability representation in Find Your Words, include its rarely seen multiple portrayals of AAC. Oct 19th - 20th, online, FREE registration at gaconf.com #gamedev #indiedev

Can’t wait to be at the Games Accessibility Conference this year!!! Register to see our talk and ask us questions at the reposted post :D

Come hang out with me! There will be snacks.

Speaker announcement! 📢 @satanherself.bsky.social and @anarchyasf.com of Games Done Quick will be talking about accessibility in speedrunning, the Disability and Neurodivergence Hotfix Special, and more! Oct 19th - 20th, online, FREE registration at gaconf.com #gamedev #indiedev

GAConf By The Sea is back! In-person evening social mixer in Seattle on October 2nd, at the ArtLove Salon. Registration now open - www.eventbrite.com/e/gaconf-sea... We have free tickets for anyone recently laid off, if this is you then drop us a line!

Whoop whoop! The entire Games for Blind Gamers team will be presenting an awesome talk at this year‘s US Game Accessibility Conference! 

Quick reminder to mark your Cal for this event. GACONF is the place to learn from some of the best devs in accessibile game development.

GAConf By The Sea is back! In-person evening social mixer in Seattle on October 2nd, at the ArtLove Salon. Registration now open - www.eventbrite.com/e/gaconf-sea... We have free tickets for anyone recently laid off, if this is you then drop us a line!