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Would you rather stop playing a game than lower the difficulty? The First Berserker: Khazan devs reckon you would (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Um, Actually, I am a developer.

I agree with you that it's not always enough. But you're making an all or nothing argument. I find it disingenuous.

Developers with more experience throw in some accessibility features.

It is a hard problem, but that's no reason not to make an effort.

I find the whole "purity of artistic vision" argument privileged and ableist.

Software can do better than other art mediums. Accessibility is worth striving for.

Developers who don't add accessibility aren't some high minded artists, they just haven't fully mastered their craft, yet.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Disingenuous? I think that's projection.

    Not once have I stated it was high art to not add this in. That's a wild statement.

    I'm simply stating not doing so isn't lazy, or gate keeping. The devs ar e focusing elsewhere. To focus here, they spend more money or take something else out. As a dev you should know this.

    This is a feature. You can focus on a subset of all possible features. Not implementing one does not make you a worse dev your code is what matters. A dev should know this. You have x amount of time (money) a dev thus can implement y features.

    A house should have a garage. Not building one doesn't make you a lesser builder you just didn't have the finds and chose to build a nursery instead with the money. Focus was elsewhere.

    Edit: It's clear to me this persons not going to engage. They ignore my arguments, make up new ones, and don't seem to care for the discussion. I'm going to disengage

    As a dev you keep throwing around the word accessibility very loosely. This is very weird. Are we talking about accessibility for disabled people or for people who simply find the game difficult? The latter is the main conversation here. The prior is ableism through low expectations. You're nolonger talking about an "easy mode" either. Accessibility settings aren't "easy modes" disabled people don't need to be coddled.

    Also, as a dev, you should know seemingly simple features are not commonly simple. Any dev past junior should know this. No Dev past junior should make these claims unless speaking directly about tech.

    Edit: On top of this, I've made no all or nothing argument. Lowering damage and speed does very little to help. Essentially nothing.

    Please, under any engine of choice, give me a top level on how you're implement variable speed.

    You throw a lot of hatred towards devs (calling them lazy gatekeepers who are poor in craft who can't implement something AI can) what are your creds?

    I'm a fullstack software dev with 7 years experience and a specialization in accessible ui (disability, not dislike for the combat system) and multiplatform codebases. You?

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