Xeania

I never thought about how color-blindness might affect gameplay - my lil bro's color blind, but it must be mild, because I've never heard him complain.

I, on the other hand, am hearing impaired, with spoken language comprehension difficulties. I literally can't play games that have no captioning. Not only can I not hear spoken instructions, I get nothing out of the game because I can't follow the storyline. For instance, I loved the gameplay in the Spyro series way back when, but I never played more than 15 minutes because I didn't know what I was doing and without understanding the storyline, there was really no point. Game developers have gotten better with making games more accessible to the hearing impaired, but I still sometimes encounter things that drive me insane because I miss voice-over commentary and directions. Imagine how it is for someone who can't hear at all. Imagine how you'll feel 20 years from now when you're trying to play a game but it makes next to no sense to you because you've gotten old and your hearing has deteriorated. (I don't want to think how it'll be for me when my hearing starts to deteriorate from old age, when I'm already operating below maximum. I'll become a grumpy old woman...)

Also, as an aspiring game developer myself (though I'm more of a writer/coder than an artist...) I'm glad I came across this. Something to consider.