Search query: Accessibility design in video games
Video title:  Decisions like these might be controversial,
but if they’re an integral part of the experience that the developer is trying to create - then
the player shouldn’t feel like they’re entitled to be able to mess with this stuff
through options, modes, and toggles. Because that would screw with the developer’s
intentions, and could end up ruining the game in the long run. Those decisions were made for a reason, after
all. Okay. Two. Players should be able to play games however
they want. Whether the player has a disability. Or they’re just not very good at the game. Or they want to focus on the story. Or perhaps they find one specific part of
the game unenjoyable, like action segments or timers, and it’s ruining their experience
with the rest of the game. I think they they should be able to skip boss
fights, turn off entire mechanics, and lower the difficulty to whatever level they so desire. I don’t care, it doesn’t affect my enjoyment,
do what you want. And. Yeah. They’re not exactly the most compatible
opinions. And it means I’ve struggled with conversations
like, “Should Dark Souls have an Easy Mode”. I’m in favour of giving people more ways
to play if they need them, but I also worry that these options will lead to confusion
about what is the proper way to play - and inadvertently lead people away from having
the best possible experience, that the designers have tried to put forward. But here’s what I’ve come to realise. And this is something I briefly touched on
in that Dark Souls video, but have come to better understand through games that have
been released in the intervening months. I think it comes down to communication. I don’t care how people play these games
- as long as they understand what they’re playing. Understanding that there is this proper, intended
way to play a game that the designers have carefully created - and other, alternative
modes, if people really want to play that way. Now, throughout my childhood, this came in
the form of cheat codes. If you wanted to just mess around in Duke
Nukem 3D without worrying about dying you’d simply type in dncornholio to turn on invincibility
and give yourself an infinite jet pack.