Post #1072076

2026-04-11 09:25 UTC

During this year&#39;s &quot;Games for blind gamers&quot; 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&#39;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

Replies (4)

@WeirdWriter@caneandable.social 2026-04-11 11:27

I really liked your video on the subject and honestly I really loved the game, too! I played the game twice, once as the sassy disabled person and another way the other time, but really fantastic video! @zersiax

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@matt@toot.cafe 2026-04-11 11:57

@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.

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@twynn@mas.to 2026-04-11 18:07

@zersiax I'm curious if there's a way for you to submit feedback to the dev, so they can at least feel that not everyone is being hostile? You can also link the video if they wanted longer-form feedback.

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@ginsenshi@dragonscave.space 2026-04-11 22:50

@zersiax I kinda wanna play this and hopefully not Laugh.

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