UX Design – What Video Games, Web Design, and Mobile App Design have in Common: Part 1

Part 1: Accessibility Design 

Video games need to be designed in a way that avoids unnecessary roadblocks for those with disabilities or impairments. A good game design is a design that can be used by everyone, and like games, every digital product should provide its users with equal access to its intended experience. No user should be penalized for their disability. Whether it’s a user or player who has multiple sclerosis, is deaf, or has a temporarily broken arm, having good accessibility design opens up the experience of your game, website, or mobile application to a much wider audience. 

Conclusion

These are just a few of the many things that need to be considered in terms of making your digital product more accessible to the users, whether they are within your target demographic or not. Having these types of designs can help make a game enjoyable for many more people, boost the SEO of your website, or allow an application to be used as it was intended. Questions need to be asked throughout the design process to allow the designer to create a more accessible user experience.

Check out part 2 of this series where we take a look at user interfaces and empathy.