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Add More Accessibility Features For Those With Visual Disabilities #9482

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spookyswords opened this issue Feb 20, 2025 · 1 comment
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spookyswords commented Feb 20, 2025

Is your feature request related to a problem?

Gamemaker Studio 2 is highly inaccessible to those with low vision.

Describe the solution you'd like

A good solution to this is adding layout editing settings — text scaling and icon scaling ootions being the most important of which. Other settings, which are no less essential to making the game engine accessible though I can acknowlwdge may be harder to implement, would be the ability to move locations of different sections and options for better tool organisation to avoid the eye-strain caused by visual clutter, as well as the much-needed support of zooming in and out within the app when a touchscreen monitor is being used. Additionally, a darker option for engine skin — light and dark exist, yes, but a black would be far more visible than the grays.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Unfortunately, there are no alternatives. When it comes to accessibility, something either is or isn't — and Gamemaker simply isn't.

Additional context

I am an aspiring indie developer with visual impairments, but I found myself disappointed in the lack of accessibility that rendered me entirely unable to even begin creating a game.

@spookyswords spookyswords added the feature request New feature (or a request for one) label Feb 20, 2025
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^^^^^^^ !!!!!!!!

@stuckie stuckie moved this from Triage to Backlog in Team Workload Feb 21, 2025
@YYDan YYDan changed the title Accessibility Features For Those With Visual Disabilities Add More Accessibility Features For Those With Visual Disabilities Feb 21, 2025
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