Lost in Spaze: An Audio Maze Game for the Visually Impaired

In response to the severe lack of video games geared towards individuals with visual impairment and blindness, we designed and developed a maze game ("Lost in Spaze") that can be enjoyed by players of varying visual ability. Using controllers, players navigate through four mazes of increasing difficulty, guided by audio cues indicating what direction they should take. Given that Lost in Spaze is a video game, there is still a visual component that is not meant to be used by players. However, the visual component may allow a non-player audience who are not visually impaired or blind to engage in the fun of this local multiplayer party game.

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