Dead By Daylight Studio hastily announces color blind mode after designer complains about accessibility requests

A little over a week later Death by the light of day The designer has become publicly agitated by requests for accessibility options, developer Behavior Interactive has announced that it is working on accommodations for color blind gamers.

“This is not how we wanted to reveal this, but we think now is the right time,” said studio official Twitter account Steven Spohn, video game accessibility advocate and advisor. earlier today. “We have been working in a color blind mode for some time now and we are planning a release shortly.”

Spohn previously asked the developer to respond to statements made by live scale designer Ethan “Almo” Larson on his personal Twitch stream, in which he ridiculed a viewer for “constantly chatting colorblind.”

“It’s getting really boring” Larson said on January 12. “We’ve heard it a million times. We know. Continuing to harass us won’t change anything. If it gets done, it will happen when we have time to do it or if someone decides it’s something that needs to be done. We know a lot of players want it. We know it is not a small number. We understood.”

Death by the light of day the fans have long asked for a color blind modebecause the condition can severely affect a person’s ability to play the game. recent article on Reddit Calling on the community to boycott online gambling on September 6, which advocacy groups have designated as Color Blind Awareness Day, some of the more egregious examples of the game include tiny differences between the colors of the status effect by compared to the health bar and recent UI changes which replaced a more obvious visual indicator of character injuries with a simple red glow.

While it can’t provide a release date, Behavior Interactive hopes to add a colorblind mode to Death by the light of day in the game’s next major update. The studio has also shared examples of the work done so far.

“This does not indicate the team’s opinion, and we sincerely apologize for any frustration or harm this may have caused,” the official Twitter account said. added in response to Larson’s statements.