It's Topher Winward! ✌️

#introduction time! I'm Topher

Or else.

Want your games to reach more players? Be enjoyed by all? Make more money? Do some good in this world? You will not be disappointed with Tara and Rebind Studios - and absolute force of nature in accessibility, she'll get you sorted right out!

Tuesday afternoon nerdsnipe. Why is the following UUID invalid? `00000000-0000-1000-0001-000000000000` (This is not a trick question, it's the root cause of a serialization bug that's been haunting me for years and now I can solve.)

I'm in Brighton for @developconference.com, the @ga11ygathering.bsky.social, and the @gaconf.bsky.social social tomorrow and Thursday! Come say hi to talk all things #Accessibility, @seaofthieves.com, live game services engineering, or any cool sea birds you saw!!

I am a firm believer that accessibility cannot die. Tides may rise and fall, but accessibility is inevitable. Players know it, most businesses know it. The future is accessible. Let’s support each other during this time. Remember how far we’ve come, and how much further we will inevitably go 🫂♥️

Don't sleep on Clover's Quadrants, it's a gorgeous puzzle game with a really interesting key movement mechanic! It's a mind-bender in all the right ways, but also forgiving and doesn't waste your time with unnecessary failure modes. Lots of fun

Sea of Thieves Season 20 gives you the keys to the seas! 🛠️ Custom Seas 💰 Increased Chances for Chests of Fortune ❌ World Event Raid Voyage Experiment 🗓️ Calendar of Live Events 📜 Refreshed Season Pass 📷 Learn more: https://seaofthieves.com/season-20

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Incredibly cool idea - also likely worth wrapping the text with an aria-label or similar to ensure it doesn't spam screen-readers with the underlying data! (Or maybe the screen-reader users sometimes *do* want direct data to read? Depends on the context #accessibility)

Limit Break returns for 2026! Applications to join this year's program as a mentor and/or a mentee open on Monday (30th March). Mark it down on your calendar, that's one week from today! If you want to learn more about Limit Break Mentorship then check out our website 👇 www.limitbreak.co.uk

The 40th anniversary of Zelda is all the excuse you need to submerge yourself in classic Katsuya Terada art.

Please consider filling out this survey by Xbox Research! Real people telling us directly about their experience with videogames is a great way we learn where to target accessibility efforts. Anna's amazing and will ensure this gets seen in the right way by the right people at the studios :) 👾

today is the only day you can repost Apu's expired ham

You're absolutely right – this actually *isn't* a place of honor. * I thought esteemed deeds were commemorated here, but that was wrong. * The message wasn't about treasure, it was about danger. That's on me. * I won't sugarcoat it – the danger is still present, and now it's in your body.

The Access-Ability Summer Showcase is a fantastic celebration of all things accessible. Games of all size have something to offer and I love to see what's been going on! Love to see this returning - amazing stuff by Laura here :)

I will write something proper somewhere but the emetophobia toggle is SO special to me I can’t thank the team enough for their support on getting this set up 🥺 and to know this was on the list makes little me (and current me!) so happy 🥺💗 #gaconf #seaofthieves

Congrats @rare.co.uk! Working with these folks was always the best - @topher.io and the crew did great work. Helping game teams with accessibility, I'm often building foundations, but with Rare, it was about helping maintain maximum speed and discovering new places off the map. 💖

honored to have worked on this game with lots of other amazing people! huge cograts to this team for their ongoing accessibility work!

So glad to be able to be a part of this event (presenting an award) and enjoy it along with you all. Let's start things off on a positive note and continue it throughout 2026! #A11Y

Stop measuring lines of code, start measuring lies in code

Opening Terraria and checking the update number *just in case* 1.4.5 dropped a day early

I may not be streaming my reactions (thanks to a sore throat I'm going through at the moment), but join me in watching the #Xbox developer direct with audio description! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZZF... @xbox.com #Accessibility

Building a UI where ctrl+s is "undo"

It's nearly here! Join us in two weeks' time to find out the winners of the 2025 GAConf Awards, 20 categories celebrating everything from best indie effort to best blind & low vision accessibility, from unsung hero to best accessibility journalism! 🏆🏆🏆 #gamedev #indiedev #accessibility

It's a new year and you know what that means: it's time to replace all the houseplants you forgot to water in 2025!! 🪴

And a happy new year, ya filthy animals

Among volatile volcanoes and searing seas, fierce Ancient foes are reborn, ready to spread dread once more! In their grasp they hold keys leading to vast treasures, but perhaps something worse still... Dare you face them in Season 18: Return to the Devil's Roar!? www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN6N...

Sunday morning pork run

2025 Video Game Accessibility Recap - Access-Ability In this 45 minute video, I recap EVERY bit of video game accessibility news from 2025. This video was a mammoth project, I hope folks check it out. Text: access-ability.uk/2025/12/05/2... Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO76...

It’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities — and once again I’m shouting about games accessibility from the rooftops.

The talk videos from our event - @ga11ygathering.bsky.social - are up! Huge thanks to the wonderful speakers, sponsors, and volunteers who made it all possible 🖤

On my way to London to speak at Good Game Dev Fest ⭐️ If you’re coming u can catch my talk “Developing an Accessibility Mindset” in the first talk block at 5pm

Voting closes tonight, last chance to decide the winners of the GAConf accessibility awards! Voting form and finalists' info here - www.gaconf.com/gaconf-award... #gamedev #indiedev #accessibility

"You seem happier" Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.

Did you know @limitbreak.co.uk has impacted over 5000 industry professionals, across literally hundreds of games businesses? To continue to support the industry we need the support of the industry, so maybe you can help? Please check out our sponsorship deck or share this post 👇

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New dwarf fort patch is fixing the important things.

Every update to @seaofthieves.com is a chance to include more pirates! Wonderful to be alongside other phenomenal improvements - the stronger the competition, the more all players can enjoy themselves. Looking forwards to the results! #accessibility

Our finalists for Most Dedicated Studio are: Aggro Crab iD Software Rare Massive Entertainment Klemens Strasser Public vote now open at gaconf.com/gaconf-awards-2025/

This year I helped with nominee curation for The Indie Game Awards @indiegameawards.gg . I'll also be presenting the winner for the "Achievement in Accessibility" award during the awards show on the night.