Impactos de requisitos de acessibilidade na evolução do jogo digital Programmer

Abstract

Adopting games in programming teaching is a strategy widely used nowadays. Given the contemporary proposal to promote inclusive education for all, it is of paramount importance that these games can be widely accessible. One possible solution to the development of accessibility requirements is applying user interface patterns. Used as a basis for the development of the Programmer digital game, user interface patterns can be used to maintain consistency of the screens that helps create game immersion. However, the development of games, in general, rarely take into account accessibility requirements, creating a wide range of games that exclude people with some type of disability. In addition, the state of the art review suggests the absence of digital game evolution processes that include accessibility among their requirements. Thus, this study has as it’s general objective to promote accessibility in educational games by applying user interface design patterns in the development of digital games. The methodology of this work defines how to adapt the software evolution process, how the necessary documents for the work and the use of a process adapted from Scrum to carry out the development. As a result it was possible to understand the current state of accessibility of the digital game Programmer, from the application of a checklist and produce its Game Design Document, obtaining an overview about the game. In addition, besides developing a User Interface Standards Catalog covering accessibility requirements, screen prototypes were also generated to adapt the game to a new technology, which includes the defined accessibility requirements. As future work, it is proposed to implement these requirements on a different platform than the one originally adopted.