GDC19 Flash Forward: You Can Take an Arrow to the Knee and Still Be an Adventurer

hello since you may not have been out to hear me yelling it across the mountaintops did you know you can take an arrow in the knee and still be an adventurer it's true even so we have some difficult things to discuss about the ways disability is included in games from how we rarely see it to how when we do it can be quite heavily stigmatized I'm Jerry Thompson I'm a games accessibility consultant and they live with various disabilities myself I'm looking forward to my session this year where we'll take a look a wide representation can be so impactful to players and how we might actively change stigma I'll be drawing on both personal and community experience with a number of practical examples of the pits we can clumsily fall into as games developers for maybe more importantly I'll lead you

through some ideas for how we can be more likely to get it right in the future the talk will be highly informative for narrative designers writers and artists but I believe it's an important area for learning for developers of all disciplines regardless of genre or platform so come join me for you can take an arrow to the knee and still be an adventurer