Recomendações de acessibilidade para game design document

Abstract

Games have been part of human activities since Antiquity. Sport smanship and pleasure in the competition are present in the most diverse cultures. However, digital games only began to assume greater importance in the entertainment industry and academia from technological advances in the1970s and1980s. The development of a digital game requires, inaddition to technical knowledge, perseverance, creativity, and dedication.There are techniques to collect and keep all relevant information about a game’s design to assist this process. In this sense, Game Design Document (GDD) is a document that helps the planning of all elements (style of the game, characters, scenarios, gameplay, soundtrack, animations, etc.) that will be part of the match. However, for the development of games aimingat the accessibility of several classes of users, there is no standard capable of representing the various requirements involved,makingit challenging to develop application soft his nature. To ensure access to products, services, and information for people with disabilities (auditory, physical,visual,mental),various entities, including private companies, United Nations(UN), and governments, have encouraged initiatives, such as the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which proposes accessibility and usability standards for the Web; the Brazilian Congress of Research and Development in Assistive Technology (CBTA)which provides technological and technical support, and specifically in the are a of digital games, the Game Accessibility Special Interest Group(GASIG), formed by volunteers, whichaims to develop methods to make all game genres universally accessible. The presente work aisto provide designers with a set of specific recommendations for different classes of users with special needs groupe dina document. Fordevelopers, the creation of a plugin that facilitates thein sertion of these guidelines without any initial programming and for audiences with special needs.