Hello!
 

Welcome back to the Splash Damage newsletter and, as is fast becoming tradition, we’ve got quite a bit to get through. So, shall we get started?
 

Thursday 19th May was Global Accessibility Awareness Day: a permanent fixture in our yearly calendar of events. In fact, you can check out what we did in 2021 here.
 

This year, our friend Joe Kulik returned (he features in the blog linked just above!) to share more learnings from his research. This year, he focused on how some game studios can struggle with doing accessibility ‘right’, despite having all the best intentions.
 

We also had a talk from Joanna Blackhart; an Accessibility & Sensitivity Consultant for games, books, music, and movies, about the different types of neurodiversity and how best to support our neurodiverse colleagues.

Finally, our own Robert Macdonald, Head Of UI & Accessibility, took us through a history of accessibility at Splash Damage and how we're building on those foundations to ensure our future projects are as accessible as possible.

Speaking of future projects, did you know that we're hiring to help us build the future?

Also on the theme of accessibility, a team of Splashers took part in SpecialEffect’s game industry 5-a-side football tournament, held in Shoreditch. Looking positively dapper in their brand new Splash Damage kits, the team put on a solid performance but unfortunately it wasn’t quite enough to bring home the trophy (That glory went to Jagex!).
 

But hey, it was all for charity so doesn’t that mean we're all winners at the end of the day?

And if that wasn’t enough, we managed to fit in appearances at not one, but two career events!
 

First up, Senior Brand Manager Max headed back to Falmouth, where he spent his student days, for the Games Academy Expo 2022. He joined representatives from Epic Games, Rocksteady and Playstation for a panel on how to get into the games industry.
 

The very next day, he hopped on a train and joined myself and a couple of other Splashers at Goldsmith’s University where we were taking part in We Are Lewisham’s Creative Careers Fest. We spent the day talking to a ton of young people about the different roles and routes into the games industry as well as working at Splash Damage… and letting them know to keep an eye out for the return of a little thing called Fresh Talent!

You’d think that after all of that, we’d take it easy with events and parties, right?
 

Well, you’d be wrong! We kicked off June with our Jubilee Quiz Night and then rolled straight into our Pride Month celebrations! Keep an eye on our socials to see what we get up to, and I’ll be back in your inbox in a month with the next newsletter to recap it all along with more news and behind-the-scenes looks.
 

Take care,

Sarah