Resources | Game Dev Nexus

Name	Categories	Pricing	Description
Xbox Accessibilty Guidelines	Accessibility Guidelines	Free	Game development documentation for creating accessible games.
Game Accessibility Guidelines	Accessibility Guidelines	Free	A list of guidelines to make your game more accessible to players
Accessible Player Experiences	Accessibility Guidelines	Free	The future of Game Accessibility is AbleGamers Accessible Player Experience (APX). 22 design patterns that give you the tools to make accessible games, without the creative limitations that come from standards and guidelines.
IGDA Games Accessibility SIG	Accessibility Guidelines	Free	The IGDA Game Accessibility Special Interest Group IGDA-GASIG volunteers have worked since 2003 to aid the game industry in making games accessible for all, regardless of impairments or other limitations.
CVAA	Accessibility Guidelines	Free	The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) updates federal communications law to increase the access of persons with disabilities to modern communications. The legal requirements in the USA for accessibility of communications. Applies to games with in-game chat or VoIP.
Color Oracle	Color Testing	Free	Color Oracle is a free color blindness simulator for Windows, Mac and Linux. It takes the guesswork out of designing for color blindness by showing you in real time what people with common color vision impairments will see.
Colorable	Color Testing	Free	Color palette combination contrast tester
Ubisoft Chroma	Color Testing	Free	Chroma, Ubisoft's colorblind simulation tool, is now available for public use after several years of internal use and development.
EA IRIS	Photosensitivity Testing	Free	IRIS is a solution created by EA to identify video footage that could potentially cause photosensitive epileptic risks.
EA Fonttik	Font Testing	Free	Fonttik is a console application and library created by EA that processes images and videos highlighting text that meets and does not meet desired criteria.
Steam Input	Input Mapping	Free	This is an in-depth handbook, reference manual, and general guide for using and configuring input devices via the Steam Input software. This includes the Steam controller and all third party devices supported by the system.
DS4 Windows	Input Mapping	Free	DS4Windows is a gamepad input mapper and virtual emulator designed to connect, use and customize your PS4/PS5 Controller on Windows 10/11 PC.
AntiMicro	Input Mapping	Free	Graphical program used to map keyboard buttons and mouse controls to a gamepad. Useful for playing games with no gamepad support - AntiMicro/antimicro.
JoyToKey	Input Mapping	Trial, Paid	Map Gamepad input to Mouse and Keyboard input.
Xpadder	Input Mapping	Paid	Map Gamepad input to Mouse and Keyboard input.
Bluestacks	Emulation	Free	Get the fastest and smoothest gaming performance with BlueStacks - the world's most popular, safest and FREE Android emulator for Windows and Mac. Trusted by over 400M gamers.

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