I don't want accessibility to be an after thought. If nothing else it's easier if built in from the start.
Controls must be remappable and work with controllers. Minimum: touch only, mouse only, keyboard only, and open to mods so if anyone comes up with anything else we can let them. On that note:
I'm thinking one player game so quite frankly as long as they keep the nsfw stuff off our official site then we want to encourage any customization they can think of. I'm thinking an official policy of "we do not see it" with a way to submit mods to be adopted officially if they meet certain requirements. A few "why yes we are woke af" posts and a few "we can't undownload the game from your computer or prevent you from altering your own copy but the only fanworks we go after are those that introduce bigotry, violence including sexual assult, or violate the 0th mod law 'fuck you, I said stop'"
All time based bits must be skipable, ideally several options: everything time based gets an auto "C" and is skipped, turn based alternative, spend points to skip 5 minutes etc, mode where you click a button to get to the end of any waiting time without it burning etc
Everything has both words and an icon to mark it. Yes that will take more translation, find a good one and pay them well. The sensitivity consult we need for the disability, religious, and racial representation may have ideas on who to hire. At minimum they can help point out idioms esl kids wouldn't get.
There is no punishment for not logging in every day, ideally we have an in game calender so it can hit seasonal holidays etc without ever knowing how many days it took you to get past an in game day or tell logging in after 5 minutes or 5 months.
Accessibility
Controls must be remappable and work with controllers. Minimum: touch only, mouse only, keyboard only, and open to mods so if anyone comes up with anything else we can let them. On that note:
I'm thinking one player game so quite frankly as long as they keep the nsfw stuff off our official site then we want to encourage any customization they can think of. I'm thinking an official policy of "we do not see it" with a way to submit mods to be adopted officially if they meet certain requirements. A few "why yes we are woke af" posts and a few "we can't undownload the game from your computer or prevent you from altering your own copy but the only fanworks we go after are those that introduce bigotry, violence including sexual assult, or violate the 0th mod law 'fuck you, I said stop'"
All time based bits must be skipable, ideally several options: everything time based gets an auto "C" and is skipped, turn based alternative, spend points to skip 5 minutes etc, mode where you click a button to get to the end of any waiting time without it burning etc
Everything has both words and an icon to mark it. Yes that will take more translation, find a good one and pay them well. The sensitivity consult we need for the disability, religious, and racial representation may have ideas on who to hire. At minimum they can help point out idioms esl kids wouldn't get.
There is no punishment for not logging in every day, ideally we have an in game calender so it can hit seasonal holidays etc without ever knowing how many days it took you to get past an in game day or tell logging in after 5 minutes or 5 months.