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Dev Support: Accessibility @ Rockstar Games | Accessibility Nerd | Formerly EiC @ CIPT | Opinions mine | Deaf 🦻🏻 (he/him)
Jun 14, 2018 13 tweets 10 min read
As a deaf gamer I see a fair amount of #gamedevelopment questions asking how #gamedev's can support the #deaf and #HardofHearing folk.

I've got a few ideas and of course anyone else with ideas can reply to this or share it.
#accessibility #gaming #videogames • Directional Waveform HUD

A toggle feature which could hover over the player. Whichever way the audio is coming from the waveform reacts. Would be no different to hearing directional footsteps. Perhaps a The Division tracking HUD for inspiration?

Example with #Fortnite