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I'm making a text-based online fantasy roleplaying game, which is accessible to the visually impaired. This is the developer diary entry 2. I'd love to hear your input. (enfors.medium.com)
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Orinks 3 points 1y ago
Muds are already accessible pretty much, how will this be different? I'm not sold on a blind mud and/or muds that are intended specifically for blind people.
Enfors [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Also, this MUD is not only intended for the users of screen readers. The idea to make a MUD came first (I've been thinking about it for years), and the idea of making it accessible to screen reader users came much later. So it will be a MUD for anybody, but I'll try to make sure it is as hassle-free for the visually impaired as I can.
Enfors [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Good question! The answer is twofold:

1. MUDs often have a lot of text-based "graphics" such as ASCII boxes around attribute numbers and skill values. This MUD will have a screen reader mode which filters out all such things. I'm aware that screen readers already can do that, but I imagine that can still be a bit fiddly from time to time.
2. Combat will not be in real time but turn-based. Everybody will have 30 second to determine their next action, and as soon as everybody has done so the turn will be resolved and the result shown.

There's a bit more to it than that, but that's the first of it. There are more details in the first article I wrote about it which is available $1.
mantolwen 2 points 1y ago
Don't forget to put alt text on your images.
Enfors [OP] 1 points 1y ago
You're right, I did forget to put an alt text on one of the images, sorry about that. I'll edit the article.

**Edit**: Unfortunately, Medium won't let me add an alt text to the second image for some reason. The image in question is an illustration of concentric circles. There is a cross on top of all the circles, giving them each four sections, labeled World, Characters, Combat, and Miscellaneous, respectively. The innermost of these circles has been filled with green in all four sections, indicating that that circle has been "completed".
[deleted] 2 points 1y ago
I'm gonna checck it out later, sounds great!
Enfors [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Thank you, I appreciate it!
Enfors [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Last week, I published $1 in this subreddit as well.
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