For example, here is a search for my one-page RPG, Highway Haunt! The unique combination and structure (I don't know that I would have had the same success with "Haunted Highways," for example) helps make your game easy to find.
This is an all-too-often ignored element of marketing (which can feel skeevy but essentially is just getting your game in front of people who might enjoy it). If someone hears about your game and tries to search for it later, try to make their job as easy as possible!
TRULY *all-ages* design, like scissors for people with arthritis, requires elegance. It prevents reliance on "in-group" knowledge, focusing design on how to invite players in and build a game into something FUN. Even if you're not building for all ages? DESIGN like you are. It makes games BETTER.
I've been Elder Certified since 2019 when I heard a 15-year-old refer to Smash Bros Brawl as "the old Smash" and my soul astral projected to find a cloud to yell at.
I honestly don't know how any nerd in their early 30s (or certainly younger) could think disability can't be represented in fantasy. we grew up with Fullmetal Alchemist and matt fraction's Hawkeye and Darth Vader and Luke's hand and Tyrion Lannister and professor Xavier and Oracle and
Wow, Wyrmworks absolutely rules, and I had no idea it existed. Thank you!!
Here's a glimpse into some of my experiences working with other disabled adults in a youth program! My productivity brain really pushed back against the culture of care and sustainability at first, but I soon realized how essential it was to our work. rootedinrights.org/when-disable...
At my community’s youth-facing arts organization, there are no normal days. There are days when poetry prompts turn to discussions of love and worth, days when youth are too exhausted to do a…
The first part of my document "Accessibility Academy" is now ready to download, for free, on my Ko-Fi! ✨ This document is an easy to understand resource for anyone that works in the industry that wants to learn more about game accessibility: ko-fi.com/s/85607afa2b
You can nab Rolling with the Youth (along with a BUNCH of other awesome resources and games) while you bring these incredible dice to life!
That sounds awesome!