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Barriers to publishing

A topic by OrbWitch created Jun 16, 2023 Views: 167 Replies: 9
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HostSubmitted

What stops you most from publishing your games? Layout, art, playtesting, accessibility features? I'd love to know.

My ideas tend to haunt my google docs and never get a PDF layout.

I can rarely commit to an idea long enough to take it to a finished state.

HostSubmitted

That's a big ADHD mood. I have so many idea fragments littered around

Submitted

I try to do the best with what I have, but considering I have no art skills and no layout skills and no money, it tends to just be exported word docs...

HostSubmitted

Exported word docs definitely get the job done! i've used Canva for a lot of my cover art. Highly recommend if you've never tried it.

Submitted

Mostly ADHD, can't finish most of what i start. Also art but i'm getting better at it so hopefully that won't be that big of an obstacle at some point

HostSubmitted(+1)

It's exciting to watch your skills grow! and i love the charm of very zine-y style games with even just doodles. Can't wait to see what you create

Submitted

Once I hit a hurdle that would take more than a couple of days to work through (usually accessibility, sometimes writing more detailed versions of text), I lose momentum and subsequently completely forget about the game entirely until it comes up in conversation or I stumble across its files. This is very much ADHD and memory issuessss (and how difficult finding good how-to accessibility stuff is).

HostSubmitted

I often find myself in the same boat! If you're looking for resources, I recommend looking up "a11y' https://www.a11yproject.com/resources/#pdfs this is a link to resources on making PDFs accessible

Submitted

yus! a11y is v neat! I oughta look more into them since I'm doing more alt text work <.< Illinois State University  (which I know nothing else about) has a great resource for using Adobe Acrobat for accessibility, tutorial videos and all~