Mattel163 is taking a significant step toward inclusivity with an exciting update aimed at making popular card games more accessible to everyone. They're introducing colourblind-friendly decks for UNO! Mobile, Phase 10: World Tour, and Skip-Bo Mobile through a new feature called Beyond Colors.
What Is Beyond Colors?
This update is a thoughtful enhancement designed to cater to the approximately 300 million people worldwide who experience colour blindness. By replacing traditional card colours with distinct shapes such as squares and triangles, Mattel163 ensures all players can easily differentiate between cards.
Activating the Beyond Colors feature in Phase 10: World Tour, Skip-Bo Mobile, and UNO! Mobile is simple. Just tap on your avatar within the game, head to your account settings, and toggle on the Beyond Colors deck under the card theme options.
To develop Beyond Colors, Mattel163 collaborated with gamers who have colour blindness to ensure the new symbols are both effective and user-friendly. This initiative is part of Mattel's broader commitment to accessibility, with a goal to make 80% of their games colourblind accessible by 2025.
For this update, Mattel163 worked alongside experts in colour vision deficiency and the global gaming community to develop solutions such as patterns, tactile clues, and symbols. These efforts ensure that colour isn't the sole method for distinguishing cards.
The shapes used in Beyond Colors are consistent across Phase 10: World Tour, Skip-Bo Mobile, and UNO! Mobile. Once you become familiar with them in one game, you'll be set for the others. Be sure to explore these games on the Google Play Store: UNO! Mobile, Phase 10: World Tour, and Skip-Bo Mobile.
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