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The Big Accessibility Roundup

At Filament Games, we treat accessibility in game-based learning as a foundation for our game development goals. It shapes how we think about design, development, and implementation across every project. Over the past month, we’ve explored accessibility from nearly every angle – legal frameworks, interface design, emerging tech, classroom integration, and beyond. This roundup gathers…

// Brandon Pittser

What Educational Games Can Learn from These Accessible Commercial Games

When most people think about accessibility in games, they picture subtitles, colorblind modes, and screen readers, and they’re not wrong. But some of the most exciting accessibility work happening right now goes far beyond checklists. Across the commercial games industry, we’re seeing standout examples of inclusive design that both broaden access and improve the experience…

// Brandon Pittser

Webinar: Accessibility in Educational Games – What Compliance Misses

If you’re working at the intersection of game design and accessibility, this webinar is worth your time. The conversation brings together developers, accessibility specialists, and educators to unpack where legal standards like Section 508 and WCAG align with good design – and where they don’t. Drawing from real-world examples and a new whitepaper on the…

// Brandon Pittser

The Hidden Barriers in Game UI – and How to Spot Them

Most educational game developers know the basics of accessibility: add alt text, check contrast ratios, and support keyboard input. But beyond those essentials, there’s a second layer of UI design decisions – subtle, structural, and often invisible to those without firsthand experience of disability. These “hidden barriers” aren’t flashy. They’re baked into everyday assumptions about…

// Brandon Pittser

The Limits of Automated Accessibility Testing in Games

For many digital products, automated accessibility tools like axe, Lighthouse, or WAVE can catch common issues such as poor color contrast, missing alt text, or improper focus order. These tools serve an important role in a complete accessibility pipeline. They work well for documents, websites, and apps that follow structured layouts and predictable user flows.…

// Brandon Pittser

Designing for POUR: How Accessibility Principles Can Elevate Educational Games

Earlier this week, we published a glossary of WCAG 2.1 AA terms for game developers – a plain-language breakdown of the technical vocabulary behind today’s most important accessibility standards. In that post, we briefly introduced the POUR framework: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust. Now we’re following up with a deeper dive. POUR offers a flexible design…

// Brandon Pittser
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