- Is neurodivergent
- Has experienced a traumatic event - Stories From Sol: The Gun-Dog. Hansen Crwys and the protagonist are the lone survivors of a catastrophic battle at the opening of the game, and both struggle to find meaning and solace in the aftermath
- Has a physical disability
- Is a different race than you
- Identifies as transgender, nonbinary, or genderqueer
- Has a mental illness
- Is LGBTQIA+
- Is indigenous
- Is a member of a diaspora - Citizen Sleeper 2
- Is a refugee or fleeing persecution
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- Is neurodivergent
- Has experienced a traumatic event - Stories From Sol: The Gun-Dog
- Has a physical disability
- Is a different race than you
- Identifies as transgender, nonbinary, or genderqueer - Capes. Kinetic is a non-binary superhero who specializes in building ult charge for their team and also punching stuff really hard. They’re played by a trans masc actor, Yasser Zadeh
- Has a mental illness
- Is LGBTQIA+
- Is indigenous
- Is a member of a diaspora - Citizen Sleeper 2
- Is a refugee or fleeing persecution
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I promise I am still working on this challenge… I’m just taking forever to do all the routes in Katawa Shoujo.
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- Is neurodivergent
- Has experienced a traumatic event - Stories From Sol: The Gun-Dog
- Has a physical disability
- Is a different race than you
- Identifies as transgender, nonbinary, or genderqueer - Capes
- Has a mental illness
- Is LGBTQIA+ - Lost Records: Bloom and Rage. Everyone’s gay
- Is indigenous
- Is a member of a diaspora - Citizen Sleeper 2
- Is a refugee or fleeing persecution
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Y’all have suggestions for a game developed by someone who has a physical disability? I’m struggling to find anyone.
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Through Laura Kate Dale I know a few names of consultants for games that have a physical disability. They do work for games but as free agents not fully employed by the studios.
SightlessKombat is a gamer without sight, and accessibility consultant who I first discovered by watching his gameplay videos playing the Last of Us 2 based solely on audio cues. His work directly on games has included working on the upcoming Stories of Blossom, a point and click adventure game with audio descriptions, designed with sightless players in mind.
Brandon Cole is a blind accessibility consultant, who is currently working with the developers of the upcoming Forza Motorsport to make the racing sim series accessible to sightless blind players. His work is looking like it could help take a huge step forward for accessibility in the technical racing genre, and is hugely exciting to see unfold.
TheOakenForest is an accessibility consultant currently working on the Forza series, but who is also notable for their work on the BSL Gaming Glossary, a database aiming to comprehensively chronicle all British Sign Language gaming terminology, in order to improve consistency in gaming specific BSL.
source: Gaming Accessibility Creators You Should Be Following – Access-Ability
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Jim Dattilo makes pulpy fun genre games! Zombie Exodus and its sequel are his biggest hits and center around an ungodly amount of player choice and consequence. Vampire: Out for Blood is cool too, and is the only game I can think of that has a wheelchair-using character written by an actual wheelchair user.
Hyper Light Drifter’s another good one, with a story inspired by co-designer Alx Preston’s congenital heart disease.
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Thank you both for the suggestions. It helped quite a bit. :))
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I hope more people with accessibility needs see this, and that more people support developers who focus on accessibility, as well as developers with disabilities who can enrich game development with their first-hand knowledge.
On AbleToPlay, you could already find games that match your accessibility needs — now you can take it one step further and discover inclusive, accessibility-focused creators who do the same!
To find here: https://abletoplay.com/
This could also be helpful for the Diverse Experiences Challenge.
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Just finished Power Wash Simulator 2 and it featured–
–what I took to be a lesbian couple [Karen and Michelle] ! They played Da Vinci code with each other and wrote a book together and were great ! <3 <3 If only they’d had a text like “by the way Washy, we are married” then it would’ve been confirmed
–I imagined Aura and Jenny in the first one too, but again it doesn’t specifically confirm this [?]
I actually was in the middle of another game where the protagonist is either lesbian or bisexual and ALSO has a disability, but I will have to start over later because a free update rendered the save file inoperable
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- Is neurodivergent
- Has experienced a traumatic event - Stories From Sol: The Gun-Dog
- Has a physical disability
- Is a different race than you - Consume Me. The main character is Asian American
- Identifies as transgender, nonbinary, or genderqueer - Capes
- Has a mental illness
- Is LGBTQIA+ - Lost Records: Bloom and Rage
- Is indigenous
- Is a member of a diaspora - Citizen Sleeper 2
- Is a refugee or fleeing persecution - Haven. Both the main characters are fleeing persecution for rejecting their arranged marriages
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Tonight I played FINAL FIGHT once again in honor of Poison’s birthday. She is a trans character and is one of my favorites. <3 Might like to attempt this challenge later, with new games
Actually, just occurred to me that the final boss is a wheelchair user, though he may not exactly be the best role model
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- Is neurodivergent
- Has experienced a traumatic event - Stories From Sol: The Gun-Dog
- Has a physical disability - Hypogea. One of the main characters has lost their right arm
- Is a different race than you - Consume Me
- Identifies as transgender, nonbinary, or genderqueer - Capes
- Has a mental illness
- Is LGBTQIA+ - Lost Records: Bloom and Rage
- Is indigenous
- Is a member of a diaspora - Citizen Sleeper 2
- Is a refugee or fleeing persecution - Haven
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- Is neurodivergent
- Has experienced a traumatic event - Stories From Sol: The Gun-Dog
- Has a physical disability - Hypogea
- Is a different race than you - Consume Me
- Identifies as transgender, nonbinary, or genderqueer - Capes
- Has a mental illness - Perfect Tides. The main character has severe untreated social anxiety
- Is LGBTQIA+ - Lost Records: Bloom and Rage
- Is indigenous
- Is a member of a diaspora - Citizen Sleeper 2
- Is a refugee or fleeing persecution - Haven
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- Is neurodivergent
- Has experienced a traumatic event - Stories From Sol: The Gun-Dog
- Has a physical disability - Hypogea
- Is a different race than you - Consume Me
- Identifies as transgender, nonbinary, or genderqueer - Capes
- Has a mental illness - Perfect Tides
- Is LGBTQIA+ - Lost Records: Bloom and Rage
- Is indigenous - Shadow Hearts: From the New World. Two of the main party members are from the Pawnee people.
- Is a member of a diaspora - Citizen Sleeper 2
- Is a refugee or fleeing persecution - Haven
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- Is neurodivergent
- Has experienced a traumatic event
- Has a physical disability
- Is a different race than you - Sumatra, Fate of Yandi
- Identifies as transgender, nonbinary, or genderqueer
- Has a mental illness
- Is LGBTQIA+ - Sorry, We’re Closed
- Is indigenous
- Is a member of a diaspora
- Is a refugee or fleeing persecution
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Can anyone recommend some games that prominently feature neurodivergent characters? I’m drawing a blank.
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Sandal Feddic from Dragon Age: Origins. They’re a minor character though if I remember correctly.
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- Is neurodivergent - Life is Strange: Reunion. Astronomer extraordinaire Moses Murphy is autistic, and the devs consulted with the Color of Autism Foundation in writing his character.
- Has experienced a traumatic event - Stories From Sol: The Gun-Dog
- Has a physical disability - Hypogea
- Is a different race than you - Consume Me
- Identifies as transgender, nonbinary, or genderqueer - Capes
- Has a mental illness - Perfect Tides
- Is LGBTQIA+ - Lost Records: Bloom and Rage
- Is indigenous - Shadow Hearts: From the New World
- Is a member of a diaspora - Citizen Sleeper 2
- Is a refugee or fleeing persecution - Haven
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Finally got around to playing Remember Me ! Stars a Black heroine, so that’s someone of a different race
It reminded me much of the Batman Arkham Trilogy, which I also played for the first time earlier this year–I suppose you could say Arkham Asylum is all about people with mental illnesses, though I wondered if it was sort of problematic representation in that regard
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