OURCADE: A Game to Solve Real-World Game Accessibility Puzzles

Video games are becoming increasingly accessible, but there are still scant resources for gamers with disabilities to reliably discover and evaluate which games are accessible to them. To remedy this, I designed <i>OURCADE</i>: a social simulation role-playing game that utilizes player engagement to produce a wiki-based resource for game accessibility information. This design leverages existing insights around game accessibility, citizen science, and video game communities, while also exploring new questions around the potential of social video games as a medium for answering complex game accessibility questions.

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2025-04-23
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3720323
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Digital Games and Media
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OURCADE: A Game to Solve Real-World Game Accessibility Puzzles

Jesse J. Martinez
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OURCADE: A Game to Solve Real-World Game Accessibility Puzzles

Jesse J. Martinez
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Abstract

Video games are becoming increasingly accessible, but there are still scant resources for gamers with disabilities to reliably discover and evaluate which games are accessible to them. To remedy this, I designed <i>OURCADE</i>: a social simulation role-playing game that utilizes player engagement to produce a wiki-based resource for game accessibility information. This design leverages existing insights around game accessibility, citizen science, and video game communities, while also exploring new questions around the potential of social video games as a medium for answering complex game accessibility questions.

Vol. 2025
University of Washington (US)
University of Washington, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
Openalex Percentile: Top 89%
Digital Games and Media
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