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Game developers start to take note
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Posted April 20, 2011 at 11:53PM
Being colour blind myself I am pleased to read that game developers are beginning to do something to help, where possible.
Anyone here have this colour perception problem? TC.
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Posted April 21, 2011 at 9:08AM
Interesting article; however, I think they've aiming at the wrong people - colour-blind friendly options do exist in some games; but shouldn't the call for this be aimed at the developers of graphic card drivers?
I'm not sure if it's possible, but obviously something implemented at that level so everything you play on your system was forced to use would be better than developers having to do game-specific options
Alternatively, there was a LCD Monitor produced a few years back, although obviously I have no idea about if this works and how well.
I think the other problem in forcing changes to happen would be the fact that colour-blind people are very much a minority, although with the stats saying 1 in 20 men in an industry that traditionally has been male-dominated - you'd think there would have been something over the years; perhaps it's just as games have become more graphically complex that the issue has come to the fore.
I'm surprised that Microsoft don't have requirements for such options given their commitment to accessibility in other areas.
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Posted April 21, 2011 at 11:49PM
"The link with video posted above doesn't tie up with the subject matter. Why is that please?"
You had inadvertently included the 'http://' twice in your link TC. I've sorted it out for you.
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Posted April 22, 2011 at 12:48PM
Thank you very much, FE. Like a few others, I'm struggling to get to grips with the new format. It will come in the end I hope! TC.
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Posted April 22, 2011 at 6:47PM
Interesting article, but I cant see it being put into force with most new game releases.
Iv had problems myself with certain games, in that I get motion sickness.
There was a recent update in Perfect world where a boss produced blue waves and after 5 minutes of viewing them I felt really ill.
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Posted April 21, 2011 at 12:03AM
The link with video posted above doesn't tie up with the subject matter. Why is that please? I repeat it below. TC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13109063
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Posted April 21, 2011 at 12:14AM
Posted the above BBC url in my browser window (IE8) and it works fine. Weird. TC.
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