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In July 2025, the ASSIST HEIDI Summer School for Accessible Gaming<\/strong><\/a> was held at UAS Technikum Wien with great success. A total of 18 students from seven countries in Europe, America, and Asia<\/strong> took part and worked together on innovative projects related to accessible and adaptive gaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ASSIST HEIDI Summer School Video<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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International expertise and inspiring input<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The summer school kicked off with specialist presentations by national and international experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The speakers included:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melanie Eilert<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 expert in inclusion in the field of gaming
Mara Schulze<\/strong><\/a>(FJMK)<\/strong> \u2013 researcher specializing in accessible game design
Chris Veigl<\/strong><\/a> (UAS Technikum Wien)<\/strong> \u2013 expert in accessible technology development
Stefan Wilhelm (<\/strong>Inclusive Gaming GmbH<\/strong><\/a>)<\/strong> \u2013 specialist in accessible game engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Their contributions provided participants with a well-founded overview of current developments and challenges in the field of inclusive game design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joint projects for greater inclusion in gaming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In international, interdisciplinary teams, the students worked together with so-called co-designers<\/strong> \u2013 people with various disabilities who were actively involved in the design process \u2013 to develop creative solutions for accessible gaming.
Both digital games<\/strong> (computer and console games) and analog games<\/strong> such as dominoes<\/strong> were adapted to make them accessible to as many people as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Results and impressions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The project results \u2013 including photos, videos, and detailed descriptions \u2013 impressively demonstrate how inclusion can be designed in a playful way. They illustrate the potential of interdisciplinary collaboration and international exchange in the field of accessible and adaptive gaming<\/strong>.

We would like to thank the City of Vienna for funding the Inclusion International<\/a> project (prj-no: 33-02), of which Assist Heidi is a part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Further information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ASSIST HEIDI Summer School 2025 \u2013 International Summer<\/a>

Course ASSIST HEIDI \u2013 Designing and implementing Assistive Tools for people with disabilities<\/a>

ASSIST HEIDI was awarded the international PROFFORMANCE Teacher Award in June 2025 as the best project in the category Inclusion & Diversity<\/a>

ICT projects to promote inclusion and internationalization in academic education (In2 \u2013 Inclusion International)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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