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Alone, in this case

A solo journaling system & a noir SF undercover story · By The Gates of Truth

Accessibility and TTRPG - Seeking advice ! Sticky

A topic by The Gates of Truth created Aug 08, 2021 Views: 237 Replies: 1
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Developer(+1)

Hi everyone ! 

As I try to make my games as accessible as possible, I've been making at least screen reader friendly version (for this game, I just made a word version)

However, as the game will have an emphasis in the squares (that are tables of results) I was seeking advice on how to do it.

For now, I've made an excel table that I just copied and pasted. 

Is there a better way to do it ? Are there other features that I should implement to make the file more accessible ? 

Thanks a lot for reading !

Developer

Here is the article I've found : https://sessionprep.wordpress.com/2021/07/22/making-your-game-accessible-is-easy...

I'll try to make a summary (with copied and paste notes) of it that I'll incorporate in "Alone, in this case" for the upcoming versions. However, DO READ the article mentionned above, as this summary is much more of a devlog :)

"Accessibility has to start in design" 

"One additional note, it is possible for something to be accessible but not useable."

1. Headings and structure

Make your headings and your titles by referring them logically (beginning with H1, H2, H3 etc...).

Put bookmark. 

2. Image

Make alt text.

3. Text size and colour contrast

"There are hard and fast rules for…

  • Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size; so at 10 point font your line spacing should be 15 point.
  • Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size; so 20 points if your text is 10 point.
  • Letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size; that’s 1.2 for 10 point text.
  • Word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size; or 1.6 for 10 point text."

"It is often best to try and avoid serif fonts because sans-serif fonts are much more consumable to folks with dyslexia."

https://www.tpgi.com/color-contrast-checker/

4. Tables, Charts and Lists

DO NOT use merged cells ; carefull with hyperlinks. 


It is clearly interesting to see those kind of articles and I would be glad if anyone has other ressources concerning accessibility and TTRPG!

Thanks for reading :)