(I had hoped to post this at the time, but my ME decided that wasn’t allowed. I’m only about 4 months late š)
The cool thing I did in the last post? I filmed an intro for a game for the Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2025. I’m really happy I was able to do so, after being invited to last year but not being well enough.
The Access-Ability Summer Showcase (AASS from now on, both to make it easier to type and because I find it funny) is a yearly streamed event by LauraKBuzz that highlights video games with cool accessibility features to make it easier or possible for more disabled gamers to play.
Afterwards the videos are all available on YouTube, in case you missed it, want to go back to them, or weren’t told it existed until four months later. There’s the usual subtitled version, and it’s also available with British Sign Language, American Sign Language, and audio description for blind viewers. I’ve linked the subtitled version above, but below is linked a post with links to all versions, and each trailer individually.
Every Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2025 Video
What ended up being less than a minute of video took multiple days of preparation and hours of trying to get it to sound and look okay enough in a room definitely not designed for filming. I don’t think my bed had been as empty of stuff (except penguins) since I first got it. It was definitely worth it though, despite the long payback. Did I surround myself with more penguins and put that in my script just to make sure the word penguin was signed in both BSL and ASL? Yes, yes I did. I have no regrets there š If you just want to see my intro, it’s at 34:07 in the above video, or before the Rollick N’ Roll trailer. If you like video games though, I do recommend looking at all of them because there’s some awesome ones in there š I tried the demo for Rollick N’ Roll and it’s a lot of fun, though I suck at it as I keep forgetting pause exists. There’s only so much accessible options can help with a memory like mine š
Other than that, I’m doing okay. Annoyingly typing is causing more payback than most other activities, and it doesn’t seem to matter whether it’s on my computer or tablet, which is why this took me four months to finish. Hopefully update post soon š