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I think blind people would like a text adventure or a good assisted Dungeon Crawl than Far Cry.

There are really good IF stories out there. No, not Twine, that's just an enhanced gamebook. I meant the stories made against the Z-Machine (v5-8), and maybe the TADS ones.



Most legally blind people have partial sight and only need some assistance from the software to enjoy the same games their sighted friends enjoy.


Why do you think that?


It is reasonable that blind people will enjoy an experience that is based on hand eye coordination and visual spectacle less.


Following up on this with a recent Tweet[1]

@sightlessKombat: If the game's numbers are accurate, after 28 hours, 14 minutes and 20 seconds... I have completed #TheLastOfUsPartII on Grounded, earning 100% of the trophies... All without any sight whatsoever. Thanks to @Naughty_Dog for the #accessibility features that let me achieve this.

https://twitter.com/sightlessKombat/status/14549208490358620...


One of the first rules of decent accessibility is that assumptions will get you in hot water. Asking people what they’d like is usually the best option, then attempting to provide it.


Well, one of the best implementations for the blind it's the scripted Pokemon Crystal for VBA and JAWS, but not every game could be set like that.




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