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Mattel Updates Mobile Games for Colorblind Accessibility

By LoganFeb 21,2025

Mattel Updates Mobile Games for Colorblind Accessibility

Mattel163 enhances inclusivity in its popular mobile card games with a groundbreaking update: Beyond Colors. This feature makes UNO! Mobile, Phase 10: World Tour, and Skip-Bo Mobile more accessible to the estimated 300 million people worldwide affected by color blindness.

Beyond Colors: A New Way to Play

Traditional card colors are replaced with easily distinguishable shapes – squares, triangles, and others – ensuring all players can readily identify different cards. This thoughtful design ensures fair and enjoyable gameplay for everyone.

Enabling Beyond Colors

Activating Beyond Colors is simple. In each game (UNO! Mobile, Phase 10: World Tour, and Skip-Bo Mobile), tap your avatar, go to account settings, and select the Beyond Colors deck under card theme options.

Collaboration for Inclusivity

Mattel163 partnered with colorblind gamers throughout the development of Beyond Colors, guaranteeing user-friendly and effective symbols. This initiative reflects Mattel's broader commitment to accessibility, with a goal of making 80% of its games colorblind-accessible by 2025. The development process involved color vision deficiency experts and the global gaming community, exploring solutions such as patterns, tactile cues (though not directly applicable to mobile), and symbols to ensure color is not the sole differentiator between cards.

Consistent Across Games

The shapes used in Beyond Colors are consistent across all three games, meaning mastering the system in one game translates seamlessly to the others. Download and experience these enhanced games on the Google Play Store: UNO! Mobile, Phase 10: World Tour, and Skip-Bo Mobile.

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