What is GameIN?

Games Inclusion Lab: Participatory Media Creation Processes for Accessibility (GameIN) project explores the intersection of games, accessibility, and social inclusion, focusing on underrepresented communities, particularly individuals with disabilities. By bringing the social model and human rights of disability closer to media studies and game design, it aims to create participatory and inclusive methodologies to develop analogue, digital games, and other sorts of playful activities.

GameIN Mission

To explore the potential of games to promote well-being, empowerment, and inclusion through participatory design. Ultimately, it intends to bridge gaps between players with disabilities, caregivers, professionals, and the community as a whole through a set of playful materials that can be personalised to each individual's interests and needs—the Game Kit.

GameIN Game Jam 

Building on the GameIN project’s focus on social inclusion and accessibility, the event begins by engaging individuals with intellectual disabilities and NGOs, to share their perspectives, needs, and lived experiences with our game jam participants. These insights directly inform the design process, enabling teams to co-create games that are meaningful and tailored to people with intelectual disabilities.

For more information please visit the project website @ https://gamein.ulusofona.pt/