GDC 2017 Flash Forward: Game Accessibility: Practical Visual Fixes from EA's 'Madden NFL' Franchise

hi I'm Karen Stevens a software engineer on Madden NFL my GDC talk is game accessibility practical visual fixes from EA's man and NFL franchise this talk is designed for all audiences including all levels of experience and all disciplines my story starts with a conversation with a friend he's a huge Raiders fan and I asked him if he was looking forward to the next version of Madden NFL he told me that since mad moved to 1080p he wasn't able to see many things on the screen well enough to be able to play as he's legally blind I promised myself that if I ever had the opportunity to address his issues along with the issues of many others I would do everything I can to make the game more usable to a wider audience my talk also includes color blind filters to improve gameplay for the over half a million colorblind Madden users it also includes an addendum slide code for how to do this however no programming experience is needed for the presentation nor is the

code actually in the presentation these and other technical changes were done within a month and I was the only developer dedicated to them my presentation describes them all and shows how you can use community outreach to find your biggest wins this presentation is available for all past types and I look forward to seeing you there