Aether (moved) @Taylor@awoo.space

The best sort of game accessibility features are the ones where you don't need options for them in the first place, because they're provided for through the default behaviour. Like making captions always contrasted and readable.

An accessibility sin I've admittedly committed in Twelve Thousand is disabling/removing the transition setting and text-to-speech functions that Renpy provides. The main reason I did this was I felt their behaviour was too broad-strokes.

It would definitely be a good idea to include them, but if I do, I would rather have more control on how they behave.

Turning off transitions for example would keep some slow effects on, while reduce the strength of others. Some motions might not even be affected by the setting, so I could implement that.

And the text-blip sound naturally interferes with the text-to-speech system, so I will have to make one or the other play, never mind determining what voice synthesis it uses and such.

In Witness to Unity, I added an option to switch what the run button does - besides the usual walk vs run by default, I also added the option to make the button toggle between different modes.

Both WTU and Twelve Thousand also have a volume setting for the "text blip" effect, since that could either be annoying for people or Lets Players could turn the effect down to better balance with their voices.

WTU's options screen also has an "assist mode" there. This setting was to serve as a "time freeze" option to halt the calender/time system if a player wanted extra time to level up. However the calender system in and of itself might be scrapped, so this option too would be moot.

I watched today's Game Maker's Tookit video on accessibility, and it had me thinking about accessibility in my own projects.

Since they're RPGs and a VN, certain issues like QTE settings are less applicable, but it's still something worth thinking about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWQcuBigOj0

@Oneironott Where can I order this ebook--

@Oneironott Bells on collars?

Also some good shots of the current state of my avatar... (pictures taken by friends) ... so much shine and good shape, aaah.

Spent... several hours in VRChat earlier, half testing the avatar I've been working on, half hanging out with friends.

VRChat is... just... really good...

This is wonderful...

I'm big, shiny, my seams are coming along nicely, and I have a big swishy tail and big dragon-y belly...

@ -@

Shiiiiny.

So I've been working on a model of myself for VRChat, and I've reached the point of testing it and, aaaaa?

This feeling of seeing something that feels close to seeing myself is intensely powerful. Looking down and seeing paws was wonderful enough, but these are my paws.

@Metaph But toy dragons don't have any body heat...

@Oneironott I dunno, puns make you more like a cartoon animal, surely.

Watching today's Jimquisition talking about ~the $70 price tag~ .

I once again will always be snarky about this because game prices have always been varied and changing.

What games are 60USD? Where?

I paid 120NZD for FF13 when it came out. Atlus games are often around 90NZD. Both of these are, supposedly, 60USD new, in the US, right?

There's no consistency here because of a combination of publisher choices and exchange rates.

Add to that special editions muddying up the prices I frankly never see a digital storefront where any two games are the same price. (Though, admittedly, Switch games are pretty consistent... consistently 100NZD.)

So now we're going to get games 15-25NZD more for the new generation, all because of whatever the US is doing.