Biography

Klemens is an Apple Design Award-winning indie developer from Graz, Austria, with a passion for making apps and games more accessible and delightful for everyone. Over the past decade, he has contributed to prominent apps such as Fantastical, Cardhop, and the Nuki SmartLock platform. Since late 2024, Klemens has been a full-time indie developer.

His dedication to inclusive design has garnered recognition from Apple on multiple occasions. He was selected as a WWDC Scholar four times and won an Apple Design Award in 2015 as a student for Elementary Minute. Additionally, he received consecutive nominations in the inclusivity category for Letter Rooms (2022) and Ancient Board Game Collection (2023).

Talk: What Video Games Can Teach us about Accessibility

Video games are as diverse as their user base.

To accommodate all kinds of players, game developers had to come up with creative solutions for complex accessibility problems across motor, cognitive, vision, and hearing needs.

In this talk, I'll share how we as app developers can learn from these solutions and make our apps more inclusive.

Drawing from my background in game accessibility research and inclusive app development, I'll explore practical implementations ranging from topics like accessibility-first onboarding to UI personalization, simplified layouts, and feedback through haptics and audio cues.

By the end of this talk, you'll have a better understanding to tackle complex accessibility challenges in your own apps.