Please be aware that today's episode includes discussions over topics like suicide and depression.
In today's inspirational and educational eppisode of the podcast, Chad Bouton talks with Zach Tidwell. Zach Tidwell is the founder and owner of Dark Horse Game Studios LLC,which is a small indie game studio that develops accessible games for mobile devices. Zach Tidwell is a fully blind retired United States Marine who currently develops fully accessible games for visually impaired gamers. Additionally, when not busy creating a game, Zach competes competitively in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. In today's episode, Chad talks to Zach about his suicide attempt that left him completely blind. Zach explains how he reinvented himself and learned how to have a positive disability identity. Chad asks Zach how he decided he wanted to learn how to code games, and the importance of creating accessible games. The bulk of this episode revolves around his acessible game Zanagrams, which just hit the app store on July 4th. Zach explains how he chose to develop a Anagram puzzle game, as well as, explains to listeners how to play the game. If you have any questions you would like to ask Zach then please make sure to visit his company's official website. Https://darkhorsegamestudios.com
