Cameron Gidari's discussions

My hope is that by writing articles like this I can help bring a little awareness to those devs. It's hard to blame someone for not thinking of it if they don't personally know a colorblind person, but the more awareness that gets spread the more likely that devs will include modes that include everyone. Read more

I took a Patterns in Nature class in college. Completely flunked the section on color spectrum. Read more

Colorblindness affects 10% of men worldwide. The latest study on men and women gamers found that 52% of gamers are male. That means that if you're a game dev, a minimum of 5.2% of your audience in going to have some sort of color blindness. Read more

Right? I'm always hesitant to say that something in a game should be an easy fix because I'm not a game dev and have NO idea how much work goes into changing something like a pattern or color, but it does seem like it should be an easy fix... Read more

I did! It was a grind, but I made it through. The nice thing is that they seemed to let up on the shielded enemies a bit later in the game, although the final boss was a serious challenge. Read more

I haven't tried Wildstar yet so I didn't know, but that's awesome to hear. PC games in general seem to be much better when it comes to including colorblind modes, not sure why. Read more

My wife found out I was colorblind when we were dating in college. She asked me why I was wearing a brown shirt on St. Patrick's Day... Read more

That made the article surprisingly difficult to write, especially with the GIFs. Trying to explain/ show what I see to someone who isn't colorblind is really challenging Read more

Thanks for the catch! We're updating it. Read more

I scored in the 180s, and I'm technically color deficient. I can still tell what a color is if I see it by itself, so I'd assume you're the same way. Read more

Have you tried playing the 3DS? Read more

That's what it looks like when I take it, it means that one of your cell cones is a little wonky too. Welcome to the club! Read more

You should definitely still play it. It's a really good game despite that frustration, and I was eventually able to beat it. Read more

Or people ask what you see when you're at a stoplight. I just tell them that I guess. Read more

That's what happened with Sim City. The studio's QA lead is red-green colorblind, so creative director Ocean Quigley worked with him to create filters to help him play the game. Read more

'Fuck the colorblind' Read more

I can tell you that about half of the blocks on each line look exactly the same to me, so imagine putting half of each line in any random order. That's probably what mine looked like. Read more

This shirt is the single worst thing about being colorblind. My friend texted it to me, and no one would tell me what it said for like 20 minutes.

My wife is a designer and scored a 2, so I think you're on to something. Probably hard to be a successful designer if you have trouble telling shades apart! Read more

Daaaaaaaamn, hats off to you. I don't know anyone else who's gotten a 0 or even a 1. Read more