We see video games as an inescapable and important part of most children's lives. This led us to the realisation that the discovery of great games for families needs to account for different requirements and impairments players may have.

We worked with the Playability Initiative, and a range of other experts, to create a section of the database that enables parents and guardians to search for games on the basis of accessibility requirements.

Games on the database now have an Accessibility Report (like this one for Boomerang X) that can highlight over 100 different aspects of each game. As you can imagine, tracking this is detailed and time-consuming work. It's really important that the data is accurate and fairly represents each game.

To help with this process we have a questionnaire that developers fill in. It asks them a series of questions that aim to guide them through the kinds of designs and features that their game may offer players.
From first contact to completion of the questionnaire and publishing of a bespoke accessibility page for a game can be done in around an hour:

• First contact on Twitter or elsewhere.
• Introductory chat about accessibility.
• Questionnaire completion with assistance if required.
• Audit checks from database accessibility experts.
• Published accessibility page ready for linking.

The process not only results in good accessibility data for the database but also often highlights easy accessibility wins for developers and aspirations for the future:

Top Games Needing Accessibility Data

You can be a big help in progressing our accessibility data by clicking the Tweet the Developer links below, you can invite them to complete our questionnaire. The links on each game, below, automatically generate a concise tweet that links the game and tags the developer. All you have to do is click Tweet. It’s a powerful way to help both the database and raise awareness about accessibility.