Florian1d ago

During this year's "Games for blind gamers" jam on #itchIO, a #game was submitted that tried to accurately portray a #blind protagonist. This game was developed by a developer who is not blind, but believed to have done adequate research into this. Some people did not agree and came down on them rather hard, but I saw an opportunity.
In this video I break down what was represented well, what wasn't, and we get into some really interesting #blindness and #disability topics along the way. Hopefully it might teach a thing or two :) https://youtu.be/qE81d4Pcw9E

#disability #disabilities #blindness #representation #indieGames #gaming #youtube #selfPromo

Blind Gamer Reacts to Blind Protagonist in Cane & Able: Accurate or Not?

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Show threadMatt Campbell1d ago
@zersiax Thank you for mentioning the part about needing a handrail on stairs. Me too, and I have some usable vision. My orientation and mobility teacher (a sighted man) tried to teach me to do stairs without the handrail. One time when I was in high school, he told me that he had a blind student who was much younger than me, like 8 years old, who could do stairs much faster than me. Not sure that was helpful.
Show threadMatt Campbell
@zersiax About the whole "inspiring blind person" thing, one time I was at a new karaoke bar; my friend had brought me there. I was doing my first song, one of my usual songs that I had done several times by then. Found out the next day, via the friend that brought me there, that a young man had posted a video of me singing on Facebook, complete with commentary about how I was inspiring because I was blind and rocking out. In fact, that wasn't a particularly strong performance of that song.
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Show threadCleverson1d ago
@matt @zersiax Honestly, I don't bother. Would it have been better for that man to continue thinking that blind people couldn't even sing? Now he at least know better than nothing.
Show threadMatt Campbell1d ago
@clv1 @zersiax Oh, I didn't say anything to him. I did express my annoyance to my friend though.