Dani Devesa

Screenshot of RetroRapid, a retro-style top-down racing game, running on macOS. The player's pixel art Formula 1 car is centered at the bottom of the track, with three opponent cars ahead. A checkered finish line is visible in the middle of the track. The score reads 99 with 3 lives remaining. A "Hey Ho! Speed increasing!" message appears at the bottom of the screen.

RetroRapid for macOS, anyone?! Another update coming soon in v1.3. For now, download it from the App Store and start practicing on iOS and watchOS. 🏎️

Screenshot of RetroRapid, a retro-style top-down racing game, running on macOS. The player's pixel art Formula 1 car is centered at the bottom of the track, with three opponent cars ahead. A checkered finish line is visible in the middle of the track. The score reads 99 with 3 lives remaining. A "Hey Ho! Speed increasing!" message appears at the bottom of the screen.

RetroRapid for macOS, anyone?! Another update coming soon in v1.3. For now, download it from the App Store and start practicing on iOS and watchOS. 🏎️

Hey! If you were on Xarra's TestFlight, I've had to move the app to a new account. Here's the new link to continue beta testing. Now at Release Candidate! Thanks for your support!

Gorgeous new icon by the super talented illustrator @raulgil.bsky.social!

testflight.apple.com/join/ysbKq74Z

Awesome! 🙌 Please let me know what you think! What works, and specifically, what doesn’t. And more than open for contributions 👍 Thanks!

GitHub - rgmez/apple-accessibility-skills: Accessibility audit skills for Apple platforms (SwiftUI, UIKit, AppKit) Accessibility audit skills for Apple platforms (SwiftUI, UIKit, AppKit) - rgmez/apple-accessibility-skills

Here are two other resources you should absolutely check out:

github.com/rgmez/apple-... by Roberto Gómez, the first iOS Accessibility skill I came across.

github.com/PasqualeVitt... by @pasqualevittoriosi.bsky.social, great coverage of Nutrition Labels, WCAG, and other platforms like macOS.

GitHub - dadederk/iOS-Accessibility-Agent-Skill: Add expert iOS Accessibility Best Practices guidance to your AI coding tool (Agent Skills open format). Add expert iOS Accessibility Best Practices guidance to your AI coding tool (Agent Skills open format). - dadederk/iOS-Accessibility-Agent-Skill

I've just published a first version of an Agent Skill for iOS Accessibility.

I first learned about Agent Skills from a video by @avanderlee.com and he suggested someone should do one for accessibility. So I did.

A few thoughts on what it is, what it isn't, in the thread.
github.com/dadederk/iOS...

GitHub - rgmez/apple-accessibility-skills: Accessibility audit skills for Apple platforms (SwiftUI, UIKit, AppKit) Accessibility audit skills for Apple platforms (SwiftUI, UIKit, AppKit) - rgmez/apple-accessibility-skills

Here are two other resources you should absolutely check out:

github.com/rgmez/apple-... by Roberto Gómez, the first iOS Accessibility skill I came across.

github.com/PasqualeVitt... by @pasqualevittoriosi.bsky.social, great coverage of Nutrition Labels, WCAG, and other platforms like macOS.

Accessibility is about users. It's about intention, experience, taste, and judgement. No tool is going to do that work for you. But hopefully this one can help you along the path of continuous learning, and maybe even make you appreciate, or become passionate about accessibility.

What I'm really hoping is that this skill becomes a learning companion. It won't be a magic tool that suddenly fixes all the accessibility issues, but an aid that offers possible implementations, surfaces trade-offs, makes you think, and prompts you to test that your changes work as intended.

It's been a couple of months in the making, on and off, with some hesitation about actually putting it out there for fear some people use it thinking that Coding Agents are going to do their accessibility work for them from now on. I don't think that's the right approach. But here it is.

GitHub - dadederk/iOS-Accessibility-Agent-Skill: Add expert iOS Accessibility Best Practices guidance to your AI coding tool (Agent Skills open format). Add expert iOS Accessibility Best Practices guidance to your AI coding tool (Agent Skills open format). - dadederk/iOS-Accessibility-Agent-Skill

I've just published a first version of an Agent Skill for iOS Accessibility.

I first learned about Agent Skills from a video by @avanderlee.com and he suggested someone should do one for accessibility. So I did.

A few thoughts on what it is, what it isn't, in the thread.
github.com/dadederk/iOS...

Hey! If you were on Xarra's TestFlight, I've had to move the app to a new account. Here's the new link to continue beta testing. Now at Release Candidate! Thanks for your support!

Gorgeous new icon by the super talented illustrator @raulgil.bsky.social!

testflight.apple.com/join/ysbKq74Z

Indie App of the Week: RetroRapid! by Daniel Devesa Derksen-Staats
An LCD-style retro game available on iPhone and Apple Watch with a genuine commitment to accessibility: VoiceOver support, Dynamic Type, multiple control options, and thoughtful interaction design throughout
bsky.app/profile/crea...

This week's community picks:
@dadederk.bsky.social — on how he make accessible his new iOS games
Kyle Browning — modularizing Swift apps with SPM
Artem Mirzabekian — on why @Observable class init() runs multiple times in SwiftUI

RetroRapid! App - App Store Download RetroRapid! by Daniel Devesa Derksen-Staats on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like RetroRapid!.

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App RetroRapid! by @dadederk.bsky.social, issue #96.

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Continuing to explore ways of making RetroRapid! more accessible!

accessibilityupto11.com/post/2026-02...

#accessibleGaming #Accessibility #A11y

Oh! Thank you! ☺️ I was experimenting. Should probably write a blog post collecting these.

Continuing to explore ways of making RetroRapid! more accessible!

accessibilityupto11.com/post/2026-02...

#accessibleGaming #Accessibility #A11y

Tag: Accessibility Inspector - #365DaysIOSAccessibility iOS accessibility development blog and resources for developers who want to make their apps accessible to everyone.

And you can also filter by topic, for example, all posts about the Accessibility Inspector:
accessibilityupto11.com/365-days-ios...

If this can be useful to someone you know, please send it their way! And if you have a favorite tip, share it with everyone!

#A11y

App Store ratings screen for RetroRapid!, showing a 5 out of 5 rating from 8 reviews. Two featured reviews are shown: "The Greatest" (5 stars, 1 week ago) reads "I'm not much of a gamer, but RetroRapid! has me hooked. I was even top of the leaderboard for a while 😇" and "Fun Game" (5 stars, 2 weeks ago) reads "So fun and addicting to play. I love it!"

Loving the first reviews for RetroRapid! 😊 Have you tried it already? What do you think? Any features or improvements you'd like me to implement next?

apps.apple.com/us/app/retro...

If you're not subscribed to @createwithswift's newsletter yet, you're missing out. Their resources are top notch and their Make it Accessible section is one of my all-time favourites! 🙌

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Weekly Newsletter Issue 96 Weekly newsletter summing up our publications and showcasing app developers and their amazing creations.

Was on a run listening to @createwithswift.bsky.social’s newsletter when I heard my name... then heard it again! 🎉 Two mentions in one issue! one for my post on Learning to Develop More Accessible iOS Games, and one for the game itself: RetroRapid!

www.createwithswift.com/weekly-newsl...

If you're not subscribed to @createwithswift's newsletter yet, you're missing out. Their resources are top notch and their Make it Accessible section is one of my all-time favourites! 🙌

www.createwithswift.com/subscribe/

Weekly Newsletter Issue 96 Weekly newsletter summing up our publications and showcasing app developers and their amazing creations.

Was on a run listening to @createwithswift.bsky.social’s newsletter when I heard my name... then heard it again! 🎉 Two mentions in one issue! one for my post on Learning to Develop More Accessible iOS Games, and one for the game itself: RetroRapid!

www.createwithswift.com/weekly-newsl...

App Store ratings screen for RetroRapid!, showing a 5 out of 5 rating from 8 reviews. Two featured reviews are shown: "The Greatest" (5 stars, 1 week ago) reads "I'm not much of a gamer, but RetroRapid! has me hooked. I was even top of the leaderboard for a while 😇" and "Fun Game" (5 stars, 2 weeks ago) reads "So fun and addicting to play. I love it!"

Loving the first reviews for RetroRapid! 😊 Have you tried it already? What do you think? Any features or improvements you'd like me to implement next?

apps.apple.com/us/app/retro...

#365DaysIOSAccessibility iOS accessibility development blog and resources for developers who want to make their apps accessible to everyone.

Some people have been asking me to keep going with #365DaysIOSAccessibility, and I will! I promise!

But the other big ask was to have them all in one place. So here they are, in their new home:
accessibilityupto11.com/365-days-ios...

There's an RSS feed you can subscribe to.

#iOSAccessibility

Tag: Accessibility Inspector - #365DaysIOSAccessibility iOS accessibility development blog and resources for developers who want to make their apps accessible to everyone.

And you can also filter by topic, for example, all posts about the Accessibility Inspector:
accessibilityupto11.com/365-days-ios...

If this can be useful to someone you know, please send it their way! And if you have a favorite tip, share it with everyone!

#A11y

Day 1 UIAccessibility is the cornerstone of any accessible UIKit app. Among others, understanding what an accessibility label, value, trait or hint are, is key. This is an example of how they could be confi...

You can start from Day 1 and go through them in order:
accessibilityupto11.com/365-days-ios...

At the end of the post I suggest some related posts to keep learning about the topic.

#Accessibility

#365DaysIOSAccessibility iOS accessibility development blog and resources for developers who want to make their apps accessible to everyone.

Some people have been asking me to keep going with #365DaysIOSAccessibility, and I will! I promise!

But the other big ask was to have them all in one place. So here they are, in their new home:
accessibilityupto11.com/365-days-ios...

There's an RSS feed you can subscribe to.

#iOSAccessibility