Sonic Signatures for the Sight Unseen: Making Games for Blind Gamers

Join our online panel exploring how to build truly accessible games for blind and low-vision players. We'll dive into inclusive audio design, accessible programming practices, and what helps make your games genuinely fun and playable for Games for Blind Gamers 5.

Panelists Include:

Joshua Du Chene—G.A.N.G. Audio Accessibility Award-winning Senior Technical Audio Designer.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuaduchene/

Andreas Stefik, PhD—Founder of Quorum, an accessible programming language that is part of the national curriculum for teaching blind and low-vision students computer science.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefika/

shiftBacktick—Synthesizer artist, solo developer, and co-organizer of Games for Blind Gamers.
https://shiftbacktick.io/

Zack Clothier—legally blind Test Lead for Microsoft Gaming Accessibility Testing Service, games accessibility consultant, and indie developer.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-clothier-b4b1a711b/

Chad Bouton—accessibility consultant, advocate, and educator whose work sits at the intersection of disability inclusion, video games, and community-driven innovation. Living with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye condition that causes progressive vision loss, Chad brings invaluable lived experience to every project he undertakes.

Streamed live on Seattle Indies Twitch, Youtube, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

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