Right, but deaf players are going to miss out on the full Witness experience. I get the idea of using the not-traditional ways of game information dispersion, but we both agree deaf gamers shouldn’t be left out.

What do you think about having the ‘A’ button appear on screen? I get that it’s a game, but if the idea is too truly immerse oneself, reminding the player that they are holding a controller doesn’t seem less egregious that subtitled audio.

Having said that, it would be a shame if deaf players can’t play the game. So perhaps a “subtitles” option would be sensible for if/when they listen to the audio logs?

…and for deaf gamers?

I’m not deaf, but I don’t understand why you’re not liking the idea of captions as an option. You would grant that “we” are intelligent enough to discern the difference between random pop-up text (or reading in-game texts or any other way of having in-game data presented via text) and captioning of audio, yes?

I’d say captions for audio is no less egregious to sucking someone out of a world–like when you talk about not wanting Achievements for this game–then having the “A” button appear when first approaching one of the blue puzzles as shown in a gameplay video.

Ruber: We’ll see. I’m not positively predisposed, right now, to the use of captions.

That’s all, I’m sure you will do the right thing, but it is better to say something now that lament later a release without localization.

Regards,

Science is in favor of The Witness. :)