Comments on: Addressing color blindness in game design

By: Josh Tynjala

Josh Tynjala — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:51:31 +0000

Sharon, it looks like that feature was added in CS4. I thought it had been around longer, but I guess my memory is wrong on that one.

By: Sharon J

Sharon J — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:18:27 +0000

I run photoshop CS3, and alas, I do not have the colour blindness choices in the view proof menu. What version do you use?

thanks for this, btw, it was really interesting

By: Netsy

Netsy — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:55:11 +0000

Actually, Bejeweled can still be somewhat challenging to the color deficient. The six-sided orange and eight-sided green jewels are both round enough that I have trouble distinguishing them at a quick glance. The 3D shading does not help matters.

And don’t get me started on Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook! Blitz includes important “multiplier” gems, all of which are round and are only distinguishable by a thin band of color.

By: Awoo

Awoo — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:06:12 +0000

You gave the example of how bejeweled can be played easily by the colorblind. The main symbols are not a problem, the designers thought about them, it’s the multipliers in bejeweled which are only identifiable by color which are the problem! Seems the developers didn’t think it through beyond the main shapes!

By: Con

Con — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:42:46 +0000

Thanks for this,

Only recently became aware of the substantial number of people who are colour blind and gamers. Will be taking this into account for all my future developments.

By: Trung Truc

Trung Truc — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:53:38 +0000

Hi Josh,
This is the first time I come to your blog, I’m really impressive in this article. Really good work.
Thanks for sharing this experience.

By: Andy Li

Andy Li — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:59:41 +0000

I’ve written an AIR app for simulating color blindness on swf (and a filter for use in any Flash development).
Hope it helps

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