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Niagara-made audio game nominated for accessibility Game Award

• The Vale: Shadow of the Crown, by Falling Squirrel games company, is an audio-only game, released in August 2021.
• The game gained a nomination at this year’s Game Awards (which was watched by 80 million people in 2020).
• I found a more informative article on digitaltrends, which notes that the games origins weren’t “altruistic” in nature; the studio director simply didn’t have any design experience, so wanted to build a game on a scale that he could afford!
• “The story centers around Alex — a feisty, intensely brave, and blind princess — and her companion, Shepherd, and their journey to save their realm from destruction”. The game uses 3D audio technology and controller feedback to immerse the player in the story. There are no visuals other than the menu, which can also be navigated by audio only, i.e. this game is fully accessible to visually impaired players.

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