Can 2025 please be the year more games add Text and UI Scaling #GameDev #Gaming #PCGaming #SteamDeck - ThreadSky

gamingonlinux.com • 46 days ago

Can 2025 please be the year more games add Text and UI Scaling
#GameDev #Gaming #PCGaming #SteamDeck

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Text/UI scaling should be in every game, its such a basic accessibility feature and yet so few games have it, there’s been games I haven’t played because I couldn’t comfortably read the text with my impaired vision

beargrifter.bsky.social•46 days ago

Preach! And not just for Steam Deck/handheld use, it's a huge accessibility issue as well. Not to mention playing on other smaller-screen devices. I didn't think there'd be much difference between a 14" and 15" laptop screen, but I was so, so wrong.

justsomedood.bsky.social•46 days ago

No kidding. I got my deck last Christmas and I use that to game more than my PC or any of my consoles. Some of my peers and pals are the same way.

harrypujols.com•46 days ago

With the oncoming Switch 2 developers will have to think of UI for small screens or make them responsive, as CSS can do.

gamingonlinux.com•46 days ago

The problem is that traditional consoles are often ported, different teams, different UI etc specifically tailored for the system.

lantanadan.bsky.social•46 days ago

One thing I'm noticing on my latest project is you can kind of always just make your font sizes about 6-8pt bigger without it being any kind of detriment to the UI. We have gotten WAY too comfortable setting all text at 10pt, meanwhile gamers are skewing older & screens are getting smaller.

the-handler.bsky.social•45 days ago

Totally agree. Not a solution, but possibly just a mitigation on steam deck, it is possible to zoom the screen, and I just found out about it.

For people unaware, you can get more info in this short tutorial / explanation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0FZF6Gz_58

fennecs.dev•46 days ago

Does the steam deck have an accessibility zoom feature like the Switch?

amini-allight.org•46 days ago

Yeah, it's bound to Steam button + L1

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