Madden NFL 17 Accessibility Improves with Larger Icons, Colorblind Support & More

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  • jpdavis82
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    • Sep 2005
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    Madden NFL 17 Accessibility Improves with Larger Icons, Colorblind Support & More


    EA Sports has improved accessibility in Madden NFL 17 with larger icons, colorblind support, 5 levels of brightness/contrast and more. If you want to request other accessibility options, make sure to tweet the team here.

    Any in-world icon that is prompting user interaction (pass, catch, tackle battle, etc.) will be about twice as big. Augmented UI banners will gracefully enlarge, but will still be prevented from filling too much of the screen. The kick meter is larger and it pins itself to the screen, instead of being placed in the world. These changes have been tested by internal Madden NFL developers that also have vision issues, such as macular degeneration.

    We estimate that over half a million current Madden NFL users are colorblind*. Bright primary colors are used all over Madden NFL, so there were issues with many menus and on-field art. Filters seemed to be a great way to go, as they cover the entire game, including all menus. Red, green, and blue weak colorblindness are all supported and tested, with great results.

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  • GoJags904
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    • Aug 2014
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    Re: Madden 17 Accessibility Improvements

    Originally posted by jpdavis82
    This is a very welcomed change.
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    • Cowboy008
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      • Mar 2012
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      #3
      Re: Madden 17 Accessibility Improvements

      That's nice that they are making it easier for people to play the game.

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      • canes2008
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        • Jun 2008
        • 466

        #4
        Re: Madden 17 Accessibility Improvements

        This is awesome I'm disabled and visually impaired and love madden


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        • DeuceDouglas
          Madden Dev Team
          • Apr 2010
          • 4297

          #5
          Re: Madden 17 Accessibility Improvements

          This is great. Other games have done this and it's good to see them stepping up to implement this stuff. Only change I would change is maybe allowing options for specific items. I don't have vision issues but I like the way the big kick meter looks and wouldn't mind using that by default.

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          • cthurt
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            • Oct 2009
            • 2525

            #6
            Re: Madden 17 Accessibility Improvements

            This is something I always wanted in sports game the contrast and brightness setting, huge move Madden hope other sports games follow suit.

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            • NateDogPack12
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              • Jul 2011
              • 1271

              #7
              Re: Madden 17 Accessibility Improvements

              Originally posted by canes2008
              This is awesome I'm disabled and visually impaired and love madden


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              I'm going to send them a lot of positive feedback over this. We need to really praise them for considering visually impaired people. I hope this helps you enjoy the game more.
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              • charter04
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                • May 2010
                • 5740

                #8
                Re: Madden 17 Accessibility Improvements

                great additions. I like the larger icons because I'm getting older and like to play sitting on the couch further back. I am also color blind and am looking forward to using the color blind feature.

                I also love the addition of brightness and contrast settings.

                So glad EA is adding more options. Hopefully they add more for sliders too.
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                • Sparkles
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                  • Jul 2011
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                  Re: Madden 17 Accessibility Improvements

                  Yea this is a great move. I wonder if playing with those brightness and contrast settings, the in-game lighting would look better. Can't wait to try it out
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                  • Gilley
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                    • Jun 2012
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                    #10
                    Re: Madden 17 Accessibility Improvements

                    Good on the dev team for this! The more options, the better.
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                    • cthurt
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                      • Oct 2009
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                      #11
                      Re: Madden 17 Accessibility Improvements

                      Originally posted by Sparkles
                      Yea this is a great move. I wonder if playing with those brightness and contrast settings, the in-game lighting would look better. Can't wait to try it out


                      I'm wondering the same thing, maybe it can give the on field graphics more of a pop that it needs.
                      Last edited by cthurt; 06-10-2016, 03:12 PM.

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                      • noplace
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                        • Jul 2004
                        • 2121

                        #12
                        Re: Madden 17 Accessibility Improvements

                        Nice additions. Hope they fixed the passing cam that wouldnt shut off during CFM
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                        • Brightline
                          Banned
                          • Jul 2013
                          • 382

                          #13
                          Re: Madden 17 Accessibility Improvements

                          They did this instead of a draft board!

                          Obviously a joke. Really nice that they did this and kind of makes you wonder why nobody else has. Seems (to me a non programmer) to be easy enough.

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                          • NateDogPack12
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                            • Jul 2011
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                            Re: Madden 17 Accessibility Improvements

                            Originally posted by Brightline
                            They did this instead of a draft board!

                            Obviously a joke. Really nice that they did this and kind of makes you wonder why nobody else has. Seems (to me a non programmer) to be easy enough.
                            Your joke wasn't funny.
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                            • Brightline
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                              • Jul 2013
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                              #15
                              Re: Madden 17 Accessibility Improvements

                              Originally posted by NateDogPack12
                              Your joke wasn't funny.
                              Hmmm...to clarify, the emoji was supposed to represent my comment about a draftboard as being "silly." Certainly not making fun of vision impairment.

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