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The State of Subtitles

Why talk about subtitles?

Subtitles are included in almost in al games nowadays. Inform players what’s going on around them. Allows able and disabled players to enrich the game experience. When design poorly, subtitles are like burned toast (not delicious). Ubisoft tracket subtitle ustage in its games:

According to WHO, deaf people make up 5% of the world population.
Subtitles help improve comprehension and are an important tool in storytelling for games.
Poorly done subtitles mean players can have a negative experience.

What can we do as developers?

Having contrast for the subtitles

Avoid too much text

Options

Where do we go from here?

Conclusion

Game devs have to put the needs of the players first,. Games are for everyone and we have to stireve to design on our games so they can be played by everyone.

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