At long last we have reached the final level in our Accessibility In Gaming series. In the season finale of our podcast series, I sit down to talk with Aksel Englund. Aksel Englund works for Mojang Studio where he works as a UX and accessibility designer on Minecraft. Aksel started making games, because he believes games are something everybody should get to experience no matter who they are. Aksel has over ten years worth of experience working with accessibility outside of the gaming industry. Aksel helps create prosthetics and tools together with and for people living with physical disabilities. Aksel believes it is thanks to this experience that has helped him learn how to think about accessibility in a much broader manner. If you want to learn more about Aksel and all of his work then please visit his website at https://www.akselenglund.com. create

In part eleven of my accessibility in gaming series, I sit down with Rosie Taylor of Safe In OUr World. Rosie is the Content & Community Manager at Safe In Our World, which is a non-profit based out of the United Kingdom. The goal of Safe In Our World is to create and foster worldwide mental health awareness within the video game industry. Additionally, Safe In Our World focuses on eliminating the stigma surrounding mental health by making it a natural topic. Rosie and I talk at length about the impact video games have on our mental health. Additionally, I talk to Rosie about the Good Game Playbook, which is a partnership between Safe In Our World and Ubisoft that focuses on combating toxicity in online gaming. If you would like to learn more about Safe In Our World then please visit their website at https://safeinourworld.org. If you want to learn more about Rosie Taylor then follow them on Twitter @rtparty3 or find them on LinkedIn at https://uklinkedin.com/in/rosie-taylor-3179bb1a5.

It is time for part ten of my accessibility in gaming series. So get excited! In level ten, I sit down with Huw Millward the developer of War Sim: The Realm Of Aslona. War Sim is a deep and rich text based kingdom management game unlike anything else. Complete with charming graphics it is up to you to navigate the millions of procedurely generated races, events, and environments. With a huge emphasis on player choice no day of playing the game will ever be the same. Did I mention that the game is accessible and playable for gamers who are totally blind. Huw and I talk about his motivation for becoming an independent game developer, and what games helped influence War Sim. I talk at length with Huw on what motivated him to add accessibility features for blind gamers to his game. Additionally, Huw shares with me how big of a role the audio game community played in helping to guide him on always making sure the game is playable for blind gamers. If you would like to follow and support Huw Millward then make sure to find him on Twitter at https://x.com/HuwMillward.

You can find the link to the War Sim steam page pinned in his bio.