You may know Inkle from interactive storygames like 80 Days, Heaven’s Vault, Overboard!, and the Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! Series. All of these games were made with Ink, a scripting language the studio created that uses markup instead of script, and came with Unity integration built-in. Given how badly Unity dropped the ball then also tripped over the ball then ate the ball while rolling around in dirt this year, it makes sense developers with an interest in using Ink might want to divorce it from Unity.

Now they can, thanks to Nick Slaven, technical director at The Chinese Room, the studio that made its name with a Half-Life 2 mod turned foundational walking sim, Dear Esther—though nowadays it’s working on nautical horror game Still Wakes the Deep and long-awaited RPG sequel…

Microsoft has revealed a plethora of new accessibility updates designed to make gaming more inclusive for disabled players as part of its October celebration of the disabled gaming community. Sony has been following Microsoft’s lead, announcing more options for disabled gamers in the form of new, accessibility focussed controllers, but now we’re seeing more of this inclusivity being brought into Windows and PC gaming specifically. 

Accessibility for gamers with disabilities has become something of a hot topic in recent years, with one recent study from Samsung showing that 81% of participants who identified as living with a disability struggled to play their favourite games. Chief complaints identified in the study included hard-to-read text, fast paced gameplay and a lack of…