Services
Large Studios:
Small and Medium-Sized Studios:
Who Can Benefit?
Everyone!
With an increasing focus on game accessibility across the industry, spotlights and awards are going to those games and studios that bring new and comprehensive approaches to accessibility.
Without the same internal resources at their disposal (including processes, methods, and employees dedication to accessibility), studios with more limited budgets are left playing catch-up with larger companies, often directly copying features from other games or simply not knowing what they can do.
To engage with our services it doesn't matter what size your studio is - from a single developer to a team of thousands - Nanoskew provides all game companies with a means of finding and solving accessibility barriers in their games at a price that fits their budget.
Nanoskew offers customized training and educational programs, direct from educational specialists with decades of experience in academics - for groups and individuals at all levels of experience in game accessibility.
Further, Nanoskew can provide additional evaluative and analytical work to lessen the often-significant load of internal accessibility specialists.
Regardless of internal resources, large studios also have accessibility needs.
Nanoskew's experts will collaborate with you to develop the best program to assist you and your team in your accessibility journey.
Reach out to discuss a customized solution, at a customized price that fits your budget!
Don’t see a fit for your needs within our standard services list below?
Rate :
$2500
+
$250
per hour for customized training development
per hour to run a custom training, once developed
Disability Market Overview
2 Hours
$500 per participant
Game Accessibility Training
Upgrade your team’s accessibility knowledge through workshops led by experienced educators.
In-Person or Virtual Workshops
Book interactive workshops with your team!
Nanoskew leads discussion and example heavy trainings for up to 15 members of your team per session - covered under NDA, as needed - preparing developers in any role to incorporate accessibility concepts into their daily work.
Expand each of the training options below to view content and price details:
Groups of developers at a studio can take individual workshop sessions separately or combine them for increased learning at a discounted rate.
Inquire about discounts when combining multiple sessions
2 hours
$3500 Total per session
up to 15 participants per session
Expand your understanding of game accessibility by learning about the primary beneficiaries: players with disabilities. Delve into the spectrum of disability and the impact that accessibility can have, while finding out why it is vital to incorporate accessibility into your game’s development, not just for financial reasons, but also for the good for all players.
Participants in this workshop will learn how to:
Consider the varied and complex spectrum of disabilities, specifically as it relates to gaming
Examine the population and purchasing power of people with disabilities
Understand and Explain the benefits and impacts of accessibility on all players
2 hours
$3500 Total per session
Explore the ways that game accessibility can be implemented into your own studio by discussing the differences and overlap of methodologies, learning the overlap between accessibility and common development approaches, and delving into ways of integrating accessible design into your existing production pipelines.
Participants in this workshop will learn how to:
Conceptualize the overlap of Usability and Accessibility
up to 15 participants per session
Compare and Implement Guidelines, Checklists, and Design Patterns for Accessibility
Operationalize and Improve Accessibility Practices
Balance the Gameplay needs and wants of both Players and Developers
Present Players with Clear information and Customizable interactions
Approach Difficulty as an Individualized Concept, without adding unnecessary complexity
Participants in this workshop will learn how to:
Uncover how and why the concept of universal difficulty levels don’t quite align with accessible game design, while learning how your vision and accessibility implementation do not need to be at odds with one another.
$3500 Total per session
up to 15 participants per session
2 hours
4 hours
Empower your teams to think through and tackle accessibility barriers naturally, throughout the development cycle, by giving them a deeper understanding of how to conceptualize and think through accessibility barriers.
Participants in this workshop will learn how to:
Understand the difference between Accessibility Barriers vs. Intentional Gameplay Challenges
up to 15 participants per session
$6500 Total per session
Discover potential Accessibility Barriers within Commands, Information, and Processing
Consider Overlap and Commonalities in Accessibility Barriers
Pre-registering for all four workshops costs a discounted rate of $1800 per participant
The same workshop sessions listed above, offered online, and open for registration to anyone (individuals or groups)!
Open-Access Virtual Workshops
Custom trainings can be offered in-person or virtually, based on your needs and preferences.
Focused on your areas of need and/or critical topics, we will collaborate with you to craft training sessions for those with various specialties and knowledge levels in your organization.
Customized Trainings
Approaches to Game Accessibility Implementation
2 Hours
$500 per participant
Accessibility, “Difficulty,” and the Developers’ Vision
2 Hours
$500 per participant
Working with a Game Accessibility Mindset
4 Hours
$1000 per participant
Embedded
Accessibility Specialist
Nanoskew places an accessibility specialist within your organization, providing direct in-house support for your studio with the lower cost and flexibility of an external contractor.
Our expert works as an integral part of your teams’ ongoing work, testing processes, internal meetings, and more.
This embedded work typically involves continued consultation and evaluation of your ongoing projects, while simultaneously analyzing your processes for ways of streamlining and improving accessibility implementation.
Beginning to operationalize accessibility within your studio, or improving existing operationalization
Creating custom resources (such as guidelines, checklists, and accessibility plans) to speed up your accessibility processes
Consulting members of your teams in real time, allowing them to seek accessibility help without delaying work
Evaluating your in-progress game on-the-fly for potential accessibility barriers and solutions
Educating your teams with customized sessions and talks, as well as ongoing conversations
Rates :
Embedded Accessibility Support requires a minimum of
10 hours, at a cost of $5000
Additional Embedded hours are charged art a rate of
$350 per hour
Annual bundles of
over the year can be purchased for
100 Embedded hours
$30,000
Note: Embedded Accessibility Support is designed to place a specialist within your studio; as such, ideally the specialist will work within whatever existing structure your teams have, be it in-person, remote, or a combination of the two
Game Analysis and Evaluations
Nanoskew will review projects at any stage of development and provide recommendations and suggestions for accessibility improvements where needed.
We begin with conversations that customize the evaluation to fit your needs, followed by an examination of the determined aspects of your project in detail.
Our experts will then test your game and/or review the proposed concepts and game design, and deliver detailed reports, noting both specific and broader accessibility concerns, and potential means of solving the accessibility barriers found.
Evaluations also include a post-delivery consultation to review key points of the report, field questions, and discuss additional steps, as needed.
Costs vary based on the state of the game to be evaluated.
Base prices are as follows:
Pre-Production / Design Document / Prototype Evaluation :
$2000
Vertical Slice / Pre-Alpha Build Evaluation :
$3500
Alpha, Beta, and Release Candidate Build Evaluation :
$4500
Post-Launch Evaluation :
$5000
Additional conversations around the project and customizations in services may result in adjusted costs, depending on the scope of focus and complexity of the evaluation.
If you would like an evaluation beyond what is listed here, reach out so we can discuss!
Accessibility
Consulting À La Carte
Talk with a Nanoskew game accessibility expert before, during, and/or after development.
Ask the accessibility questions you have, get real-time feedback on projects, brainstorm ideas – the focus of these sessions is entirely driven by your issues, needs, and questions.
Rate :
$250 per hour
Inquire about discounts for multiple-hour commitments.
Don’t see a fit for your needs within our standard services listed above?
Reach out to discuss a customized solution, at a customized price that fits your budget!