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Inclusive by Design: Communities Where Everyone Belongs

A practitioner track for community, moderation, and design folks who want to build game spaces where players of every background feel safe, seen, and able to play. Three packs take you from first-session belonging, through safety as inclusion, to accessibility from concept. Built with the IGDA Foundation.

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IGDA Foundation — Inclusive Community Practitioner

Awarded to practitioners who can design game communities where players of every background feel safe, seen, and able to play. Issued in partnership with the IGDA Foundation.

Issued by IGDA Foundation · Verifiable · Earned on program completion

── THE PATH
  1. 1
    IGF-101 · L01 · 18 MIN

    Designing for Belonging

    Community

    Belonging is the strongest predictor of whether a player stays. This pack turns 'be welcoming' into concrete, repeatable design and community moves — first-session signals, identity, and defaults — so new players of every background feel like the game was built with them in mind.

  2. 2
    IGF-102 · L01 · 18 MIN

    Safety Is Inclusion

    Trust & Safety

    Toxicity isn't evenly distributed — it concentrates on women, LGBTQ+ players, and players of color, and drives them out first. This pack treats trust & safety as the backbone of inclusion: proactive design, real player agency, and humane moderation that keeps marginalized players in the game.

  3. 3
    IGF-103 · L02 · 20 MIN

    Access Is Belonging

    Player Psychology

    Roughly 1 in 5 people lives with a disability. This pack reframes accessibility as an inclusion practice: start early, design options instead of assumptions, and recognize that access features make the game better for everyone who plays it.