Re: [blind-gamers] To The Dragon Cave

2024-04-25 Thread Heather Seaman
t leaving tiny paw > > prints that matter. > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Heather Seaman via groups.io" > > Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 08:50 PM > > To: "Colton Conner via groups.io" > > CC: blind-gam

Re: [blind-gamers] To The Dragon Cave

2024-04-23 Thread Heather Seaman
It may not be. From what I've heard, the only Google Play apps that will work on Fire tablets are those from the Amazon App store. Also, I think Amazon is going to pull support for Play Store apps altogether sometime next year. Check to see if this info is correct, but that's what I've heard.

Re: [blind-gamers] Dosbox accessible issues and Zork

2024-04-18 Thread Heather Seaman
ters. Jzip is a bit simpler and a modified form of which you get on the old BrailleNote units (mpower and apex). Given a choice and if all else is equal I would say go with Frotz though, as it supports a bit more complex games. On 4/18/2024 12:45, Heat

Re: [blind-gamers] Dosbox accessible issues and Zork

2024-04-18 Thread Heather Seaman
ilable maybe > like jzip or fizmo or xyzzy.  No idea if any of them will work. > > > -- > Jude > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. > Please use in that order." > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Thu,

Re: [blind-gamers] Dosbox accessible issues and Zork

2024-04-18 Thread Heather Seaman
Bummer! None of your suggestions are available on Android 8.1, at least. Not even Frotz or Adventure 770. The closest I got to Huge Cave was something called The Greedy Cave and its sequel. (shrug) Oh well. Thanks for the suggestions, though. On Apr 18, 2024 11:24 AM, "Heather Seama

Re: [blind-gamers] Dosbox accessible issues and Zork

2024-04-18 Thread Heather Seaman
Oops! I meant the app White House. On Apr 18, 2024 11:22 AM, "Heather Seaman via groups.io" wrote: > > I'll do just that. I didn't know Frotz was a thing. Thanks again. On Apr 17, > 2024 7:14 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > I'm sure fotz isn't availab

Re: [blind-gamers] Dosbox accessible issues and Zork

2024-04-18 Thread Heather Seaman
jury, and ammo. > Please use in that order." > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Wed, 17 Apr 2024, Heather Seaman wrote: > > > My notetaker uses Android 8.1 and neither Zork nor the Fotz app seem to be > > available on this version of the Play store. Which is a r

Re: [blind-gamers] Dosbox accessible issues and Zork

2024-04-18 Thread Heather Seaman
e in the original zork adventures. > > > > > > -- > >  Jude > >  "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > >  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. > >  Please use in that order." > >  Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > > >

Re: [blind-gamers] Dosbox accessible issues and Zork

2024-04-17 Thread Heather Seaman
gt; > > -- > Jude > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. > Please use in that order." > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Wed, 17 Apr 2024, Heather Seaman wrote: > > > > > Zork has always interested

Re: [blind-gamers] Dosbox accessible issues and Zork

2024-04-17 Thread Heather Seaman
Zork has always interested me ever since I read about it in Ready Player One by ernest Cline. (Unsure of spelling of title and author.) I'll have to check out your YouTube channel. Also, welcome to the group. Hope you enjoy your time here. On Apr 16, 2024 11:37 PM, "Jeff Parker via groups.io"

Re: [blind-gamers] MLB the show 24 is it accessible?

2024-04-17 Thread Heather Seaman
Based on Michael's message, I'd say try using ocr in the menus at the very least, Dennis. Pair what ocr gives you with sound cues. On Apr 17, 2024 4:19 AM, "Michael Maslo via groups.io" wrote:It playable. It does not have talking menus but if you take the time to learn the sound cues and such

Re: [blind-gamers] Exciting News from AudioCat - Pre-Sale Still Open!

2024-04-07 Thread Heather Seaman
I haven't checked it out, but I'm wondering if it's a platform for hosting accessible mobile audiogames. That's the impression I get from reading between the lines of the emails that have been sent to this list. But I'm with Mich: Could someone please explain what this thing actually is and how to

Re: [blind-gamers] Query regarding Sarah from PCS games.

2024-02-26 Thread Heather Seaman
I can't help with the in-game question, but you might want to look into buying sooner rather than later. According to emails recently sent to this list, PCS is closing sometime in March, I think. On Feb 26, 2024 3:36 AM, "Gary Price(Gmail)" wrote:Morning everyone!Well it's that time in the UK

Re: [blind-gamers] Air traffic control

2024-02-20 Thread Heather Seaman
Air traffic control > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:07:35 -0500 > From: "John" > > There's definitely a version in the bsdgames package for Linux that was > brought up here a while ago, but I don't believe that would be playable > with a screen reader. > > >

Re: [blind-gamers] Air traffic control

2024-02-20 Thread Heather Seaman
nitely a version in the bsdgames package for Linux that was > brought up here a while ago, but I don't believe that would be playable > with a screen reader. > > > On 2/20/2024 10:50, Heather Seaman wrote: > > Although I have heard of games where you can fly planes, such as >

Re: [blind-gamers] Air traffic control

2024-02-20 Thread Heather Seaman
Although I have heard of games where you can fly planes, such as Eurofly, and drive trucks, I haven't heard of any game on any platform that allows you to play as the air traffic controller. If the original ATC text-based game was a dos game, you might be able to run it using something like

Re: [blind-gamers] accessible IOS game ideas

2024-02-16 Thread Heather Seaman
Path Of Adventure is a good text-based roguelike, with increasingly difficult classes to play. On Feb 16, 2024 9:42 PM, Sawyer Born wrote:Hi.   Does anyone have any game suggestions for IOS or Ipados. I want to do some more gaming. Thanks Sawyer  _._,_._,_ Groups.io Links: You

Re: [blind-gamers] Accessible games on Xbox

2024-01-09 Thread Heather Seaman
f Thieves today, very interesting and all menus > speak, but I can't find a way to effectively move around and find objects / > people to interact with. > > Never heard of Brok the Investigator, what is it about? > > On Jan 9, 2024, at 23:49, Heather Seaman wrote: > >

Re: [blind-gamers] Accessible games on Xbox

2024-01-09 Thread Heather Seaman
I misread FC as MC so sorry for the error. As I said, Madden is a football game. And FC 24 may refer to the Fefa Cup, which would make this a soccer game if I'm correct about the acronym. On Jan 9, 2024 7:15 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Looking at release dates of these five packages may give

Re: [blind-gamers] Accessible games on Xbox

2024-01-09 Thread Heather Seaman
Madden is a U.S. pro football game. I have no idea about accessibility. And I don't know what MC 24 is. On Jan 9, 2024 4:59 PM, Mich Verrier wrote: > > What kind of games are Madden 24 and MC 24 question I know about the other > two. I’m just curious as to what games those two are. From Mich

Re: [blind-gamers] any other discworld players on the list?

2024-01-07 Thread Heather Seaman
Thanks to both Richard and Jude for all these tips. On Jan 7, 2024 4:33 PM, "Richard de Boer via groups.io" wrote: > > The map and item database need to be downloaded separately, running >    bash/install.sh > should handle that.  If that doesn't work, >    bash/update.sh > might fix it. >

Re: [blind-gamers] beat the bear

2024-01-07 Thread Heather Seaman
I think it's a minigame in the game called Idle Iktah, which is available on both Ios and Android. On Jan 7, 2024 4:49 PM, Maureen McEntee wrote: > > Hi a few days ago, someone asked a question about a game called beat > the bear, is it an ios game? and what exactly is it? Thanks > > > > >

Re: [blind-gamers] discworld

2024-01-07 Thread Heather Seaman
iberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. > Please use in that order." > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Sun, 7 Jan 2024, Heather Seaman wrote: > > > I've never played DiscWorld so this may be a very noob question, but can't > > you carry a light source of some kind s

Re: [blind-gamers] any other discworld players on the list?

2024-01-07 Thread Heather Seaman
available > from bard. > > > -- > Jude > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. > Please use in that order." > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Sun, 7 Jan 2024, Heather Seaman wrote: > > > Is ther

Re: [blind-gamers] any other discworld players on the list?

2024-01-07 Thread Heather Seaman
Is there an equivalent ! the Gossip or Questinfo channels on this mud? If so, I'd drop a message on one or both and see what other players or admins have to say. That's another avenue in addition to this list, of course. On Jan 7, 2024 11:32 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > What can be done to

Re: [blind-gamers] discworld

2024-01-07 Thread Heather Seaman
I've never played DiscWorld so this may be a very noob question, but can't you carry a light source of some kind so you don't have to wait for daybreak to do whatever you're trying to do? I ask because, if time runs as quickly in Discworld as it does in Alter, you'll have to move fast once it

Re: [blind-gamers] alteraeon habberdasher's guild status

2024-01-04 Thread Heather Seaman
. On 1/3/2024 19:10, Heather Seaman wrote: It's the same for druid totems. After I find a suitable limb or branch I type something like: totem carve create wolf to start; then remove the word create until it says I can't find any way to carve

Re: [blind-gamers] tintin does!

2024-01-04 Thread Heather Seaman
ur boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. > Please use in that order." > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Wed, 3 Jan 2024, Heather Seaman wrote: > > > That's the closest I can come to what you're trying to do. I can't seem to > > g

Re: [blind-gamers] tintin does!

2024-01-03 Thread Heather Seaman
That's the closest I can come to what you're trying to do. I can't seem to get the logging function in Nexus to work consistently and haven't found it all that useful anyway, but when I could get it to function it recorded every interaction, with timestamps. Even when I tried to turn those off.

Re: [blind-gamers] tintin info

2024-01-03 Thread Heather Seaman
I haven't used Tintin but have you checked its settings to see if there is a logging function? Or if it doesn't have traditional settings have you checked for scripts that provide this feature. That way you would see every bit of text generated by both user and mud from the time you start

Re: [blind-gamers] alteraeon habberdasher's guild status

2024-01-03 Thread Heather Seaman
You guys came up with a fix. So just for future reference, don't add an s or an apostrophe s to a word like wizard or magician. You don't make a wizard's hat you make a wizard hat. It halps me to think of it as being made for a singular person; so a hat made of one wizard. Hope that helps. On

Re: [blind-gamers] alteraeon habberdasher's guild status

2024-01-03 Thread Heather Seaman
It's the same for druid totems. After I find a suitable limb or branch I type something like: totem carve create wolf to start; then remove the word create until it says I can't find any way to carve it more, basically; then I add the those finish to the above command to seal its magic. Also, it

Re: [blind-gamers] Help finding games to use with stirring wheel set

2023-12-30 Thread Heather Seaman
Oof! Thanks for letting us know. Much appreciated. On Dec 30, 2023 11:33 PM, Oriol Gómez wrote:GTA, gran turismo.. not accessible at all. I wish they were lol El El dom, 31 dic 2023 a las 5:30, Heather Seaman <hsbookrea...@gmail.com> escribió:What about Grand Theft Auto. There are at leas

Re: [blind-gamers] Help finding games to use with stirring wheel set

2023-12-30 Thread Heather Seaman
What about Grand Theft Auto. There are at least five games in that series that I know of. Another series that would be closer to Forza would be one called Grand Terismo. I think it's spelled something like the above and it's a racing sim, competitor to Forza. I have ne clue how accessible these

Re: [blind-gamers] idle iktah!

2023-12-30 Thread Heather Seaman
available will have to check on > amazon. > > > -- > Jude > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. > Please use in that order." > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Sat, 30 Dec 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: > &g

Re: [blind-gamers] idle iktah!

2023-12-30 Thread Heather Seaman
Can you hook a mouse or trackball to your touchscreen device and use that to navigate and click on stuff? Or does the game have to support a mouse for that to work? Because the only other idea I can think of would be to use a stylus or touch-friendly pen. The problem with that being that a

Re: [blind-gamers] idle iktah

2023-12-29 Thread Heather Seaman
Great guides, Taren. You're doing a great job with these. On Dec 29, 2023 5:02 PM, Tarren van Ettinger wrote:Hi Jude and all,I'll second what I've seen others say, it is perfectly playable without sight. I'm going to address the question of axes that you raised.First, it is perfectly possible to

Re: [blind-gamers] idle iktah

2023-12-29 Thread Heather Seaman
From watching YouTube videos, the only advice I can give players of this game is that you can't activate anything unless it says "image" or "button" first. Take the first bag Cora crafts for you. First you manage to get crafting type set to container. Then you scroll way down the list till you

Re: [blind-gamers] marcos the flint knapper

2023-12-26 Thread Heather Seaman
gt; Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Tue, 26 Dec 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: > > > Thanks. I may check that out if I dare go back into that village lol! On > > Dec 26, 2023 11:05 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > > > It's a job from vemarken general s

Re: [blind-gamers] marcos the flint knapper

2023-12-26 Thread Heather Seaman
thing very similar. > > > > > > kevin > > email: > > lord.l...@sky.com > > twitter: > > lordl1974 > > -Original Message- > > From: blind-gamers@groups.io On Behalf Of Heather > > Seaman > > Sent: 26 December 2023 02:52 &

Re: [blind-gamers] marcos the flint knapper

2023-12-26 Thread Heather Seaman
Thanks. I may check that out if I dare go back into that village lol! On Dec 26, 2023 11:05 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > It's a job from vemarken general store owner. > > > -- > Jude > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. > Please use in

Re: [blind-gamers] marcos the flint knapper

2023-12-25 Thread Heather Seaman
I've only been playing Alteraeon for a few months and I've never heard of this Marcos character either. And I think I've done all the quests given by the Vemarken general storekeeper. As well as most, if not all, the ones in Hildibrad. As well as a few in Bandera Azul and Stillwater. So is this

Re: [blind-gamers] marcos the flint knapper

2023-12-25 Thread Heather Seaman
I don't know about Goro's ring, but according to the wiki, the druid "ring of verdant magic" is in the hands of a pillywiggin outcast. Whom I have yet to find thanks to the aforementioned thorn beasts. Even though I'm now a level 18 druid and that's supposedly a level 9 area. Sigh! Good luck

Re: [blind-gamers] marcos the flint knapper

2023-12-25 Thread Heather Seaman
And watch out of the venerable thorn beasts. Those things have killed me every time I've gone into that ruined village, seeking a piece of equipment supposedly held by a pillywiggin outcast. On Dec 25, 2023 8:46 AM, "kev lyon via groups.io" wrote: > > Hi, it's just called 'the centre of slow.

Re: [blind-gamers] marcos the flint knapper

2023-12-25 Thread Heather Seaman
Lol! Always put packages in collector's bag. That thing's a messenger's best friend. Especially after being killed. On Dec 25, 2023 9:20 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > alteraeon.  Strange I've been in the city and found quarry but not flint > knapper.  One man one woman one dog and a bunch of

Re: [blind-gamers] alteraeon job

2023-12-23 Thread Heather Seaman
Thank you. I haven't done more than the jobs given by the Vemarken General storekeeper and a few people in indira as yet, but I'm archiving this message for future reference. On Dec 23, 2023 7:00 PM, John wrote: You can see the location of delivery jobs by typing job. If you want to see

Re: [blind-gamers] alteraeon job

2023-12-23 Thread Heather Seaman
Yes, there is an orchard in Stillwater and I believe it has a keeper puttering about. But I can't remember it's exact location and I never talked to the keeper so I don't know if he does actually exist or if he has a job. But the orchard is certainly there. On Dec 23, 2023 4:58 PM, "kev lyon

[blind-gamers] Lag Vanished From Nexus Mud Client Tonight!

2023-12-09 Thread Heather Seaman
A few weeks ago I got the bright idea to try setting my scrollback limit from the client's default of 1,000 to 0. When I tried logging in this evening the lag was completely gone. To the point that I could finish the mouse-hunting quest in the Brown House and buy some equipment, all without a

Re: [blind-gamers] Accessible DND?

2023-12-03 Thread Heather Seaman
I'd also be interested in an accessible Android dnd game. On Dec 3, 2023 3:45 AM, David Mehler wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm looking for an accessible DND game perhaps one similar to baldurs > gate 3 using Windows 10 x64, or Android? > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks. > Dave. > > > > >

Re: [blind-gamers] bowling

2023-11-11 Thread Heather Seaman
Thanks, Cara. Much appreciated. On Nov 11, 2023 6:03 PM, Cara Quinn wrote:Hi Charles and all, not to put too fine a point on it, :) but we actually do have two apps in the Mac app store:Change Reaction and Silver Dollar.iOS apps will be coming but not yet. -Just wanted to eliminate any possible

Re: [blind-gamers] bowling

2023-11-11 Thread Heather Seaman
Um, then Ten-pin Alley may not be quite right for you. From what I've watched of its gameplay, you're allowed to choose, name, gender I think, and whether you're left- or right-handed. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. On Nov 11, 2023 11:32 AM, Charles Rivard wrote:Good thought, but I’m

Re: [blind-gamers] bowling

2023-11-10 Thread Heather Seaman
I don't know the link but you could try Ten-pin Alley by Draconis Entertainment. They've recently started porting at least some of their games to IOs so I'd check the Apple App store first to see if the game has been added. I don't know the status of the title on Windows. Meaning that I don't know

Re: [blind-gamers] legends of kallisti faerie realms quest

2023-10-26 Thread Heather Seaman
and ammo. Please use in that > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Thu, 26 Oct 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: > > > You can say that again. Thanks for all your ideas, Jude. If Nexus continues > > to lag like this, I'll reach out to the developers. It didn't start &

Re: [blind-gamers] legends of kallisti faerie realms quest

2023-10-26 Thread Heather Seaman
"There are four boxes to be used in > defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Thu, 26 Oct 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: > > > That depends on whether the client could put the input bar in its own &

Re: [blind-gamers] legends of kallisti faerie realms quest

2023-10-26 Thread Heather Seaman
text and have it > > register, can I? On Oct 26, 2023 7:06 PM, Jude DaShiell > > wrote: > > > > > > I'll try that and see what happens. > > > > > > > > > -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in > > > defense of liberty: soap, ba

Re: [blind-gamers] legends of kallisti faerie realms quest

2023-10-26 Thread Heather Seaman
text and have it > > register, can I? On Oct 26, 2023 7:06 PM, Jude DaShiell > > wrote: > > > > > > I'll try that and see what happens. > > > > > > > > > -- Jude "There are four boxes to be used in > > > defense of lib

Re: [blind-gamers] legends of kallisti faerie realms quest

2023-10-26 Thread Heather Seaman
t; > -- > Jude > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. > Please use in that order." > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Thu, 26 Oct 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: > > > Good luck. Just use whatever skills your characte

Re: [blind-gamers] legends of kallisti faerie realms quest

2023-10-26 Thread Heather Seaman
at > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Thu, 26 Oct 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: > > > I've never heard of Kalistii either. But did you actually find the > > character's location and talk to her before going back to the quest master? > > That's what I would try

Re: [blind-gamers] legends of kallisti faerie realms quest

2023-10-26 Thread Heather Seaman
; Please use in that order." > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Thu, 26 Oct 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: > > > Yes, that one is available. I'll check it out. Though a review on the Play > > Store says it doesn't work well, if at all, with speech and braille. I will >

Re: [blind-gamers] legends of kallisti faerie realms quest

2023-10-26 Thread Heather Seaman
iberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Thu, 26 Oct 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: > > > I just checked the Play Store and Tintin++ is NOT available for those of us > > using Android 8.1. But it may be for those running

Re: [blind-gamers] legends of kallisti faerie realms quest

2023-10-26 Thread Heather Seaman
I've never heard of Kalistii either. But did you actually find the character's location and talk to her before going back to the quest master? That's what I would try in Alter as a next step. On Oct 25, 2023 6:32 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > The only quest master I found was Torgos and he

Re: [blind-gamers] legends of kallisti faerie realms quest

2023-10-26 Thread Heather Seaman
I just checked the Play Store and Tintin++ is NOT available for those of us using Android 8.1. But it may be for those running newer versions of the OS. On Oct 25, 2023 8:24 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Any platform at all.  I play it on archlinux but it can be played on > windows too.  For

Re: [blind-gamers] RSGames and/or other resources for games on the computer

2023-10-21 Thread Heather Seaman
You're welcome. Hope it helps. On Oct 21, 2023 8:12 PM, Laura Richardson wrote: > > Thank you for the information. > > Laura > > > -Original Message- > From: blind-gamers@groups.io On Behalf Of Heather > Seaman > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2023 5:0

Re: [blind-gamers] RSGames and/or other resources for games on the computer

2023-10-21 Thread Heather Seaman
Those are good for audio games. Another good source for word and boarg games is Quentin C's Playroom. With both Quentin and Rsgames, I think you download a game client, install that, and that will allow you to choose the game you want to play from a list of options. I think you have to set up

Re: [blind-gamers] as dusk falls crashing on steam.

2023-10-21 Thread Heather Seaman
If you can go into the game's settings, see if you can turn the graphics to their lowest resolution and-or frame rate. From what you've written, I'm guessing you have little to no useable vision, and that might help the game run better on integrated graphics. You might also check the web

Re: [blind-gamers] Introduction

2023-10-04 Thread Heather Seaman
Welcome to the list. I hope you enjoy yourself. What types of games do you enjoy? Any favorites titles? We cover everything from IPhone, to PC, to some console games. On Oct 4, 2023 12:39 PM, Daniel Sommerfeld wrote: > > Hello all. > > I am new to this list and would like to introduce myself.

Re: [blind-gamers] A Hero's Call Mausoleum Question

2023-08-11 Thread Heather Seaman
Thanks. Good to know. On Aug 11, 2023 12:19 PM, Mongwen wrote: > > The dials only control access to one stone. You need 3 numbers from > inside that mausoleum and two from the graveyard.  The other stones are > in other mausoleums. > On 8/10/2023 5:24 PM, Heather Seaman wrot

Re: [blind-gamers] A Hero's Call Mausoleum Question

2023-08-10 Thread Heather Seaman
I don't know where they are, but I think you need to find and deactivate the indevidual runestones. If nothing else works, try entering the mausoleum using the numbers gleaned from the tombstones and twisting the dials to match. Once inside, look for the runestones. If I remember the

Re: [blind-gamers] Nethack.

2023-08-08 Thread Heather Seaman
I'm not sure how to stop Jaws blocking repeated punctuation, but a good place to look for such a command would be in any kind of Verbosity settings. And you might be able to get around fiddling with settings by simply moving around the screen using only the arrow keys, without adding shift or

Re: [blind-gamers] any new accessible games released

2023-08-07 Thread Heather Seaman
fense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. > > Please use in that order." > > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > > >> On Sun, 6 Aug 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: > >> > >> I totally agree with you there. And although I haven't played them myself,

Re: [blind-gamers] any new accessible games released

2023-08-07 Thread Heather Seaman
iphone and I can assure you, both are accessible. > > > > > > -- > > Jude > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. > > Please use in that order." > > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > > >> On Sun

Re: [blind-gamers] any new accessible games released

2023-08-07 Thread Heather Seaman
lot, jury, and ammo. > > Please use in that order." > > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > > >> On Sun, 6 Aug 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: > >> > >> I totally agree with you there. And although I

Re: [blind-gamers] any new accessible games released

2023-08-06 Thread Heather Seaman
I totally agree with you there. And although I haven't played them myself, I think Hosted Games and Choice Of Games are also accessible, since they're both text-based. On Aug 6, 2023 8:12 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Delight games premium is a good download for screen reader accessible >

Re: [blind-gamers] any new accessible games released

2023-08-06 Thread Heather Seaman
For anyone playing D Style Choice Game, you'll get push notifications whenever a new chapter is released, unless you've turned off notifications for that app from within Settings on your device. Ranger's Choice 5 was recently released, and just a few days ago, MetaGame 1 dropped. So there's the

Re: [blind-gamers] I have another question witch epople have found better x box? or ps 5?

2023-08-03 Thread Heather Seaman
Assuming it's available on Xbox, the remake of The Last Of Us Part 1 is accessible, with built-in narration as you play, and audio description of the cutsceens. I don't know if the sequel is accessible or not. Or whether either game is available for xbox. On Aug 3, 2023 7:21 AM, goshawk on

[blind-gamers] Final Update on Nexus: Failed to Log In to my Game

2023-07-07 Thread Heather Seaman
Last update on this topic unless I find a better program. Tried to log into Alter Aeon but the game wouldn't except password, though it was exactly as created. So nexus kept returning me to main menu. Might not be a Nexus problem per se, but I just can't deal with it. So no Alter Aeon for me.

[blind-gamers] Final update: Nexus Client Success!!

2023-07-05 Thread Heather Seaman
I've written previously about wanting to play an online text-based game called Alteraeon using the Nexus Client from Iron Realms Entertainment. Well today I set everything up, from the Nexus account required to connect third-party games to the app, all the way through character creation on

Re: [blind-gamers] what games are available for the amazon fire tablet hd 10

2023-06-22 Thread Heather Seaman
Since the tablet is from Amazon you could probably install the Alexa app, assuming it's not already on the system. That would make any games for the Echo family of devices available to you. I don't know about slot machines but I do know they have trivia games for the echo like Jeopardy and Who

Re: [blind-gamers] Tried Nexus Client But still Didn't Work

2023-06-17 Thread Heather Seaman
17, 2023 9:10 AM, john wrote: Did you try typing "yes" when asked if you wanted to create a new character? On 6/17/2023 3:34, Heather Seaman wrote: A month or so ago I talked about trying the Nexus Mud Client to play a text-based g

[blind-gamers] Tried Nexus Client But still Didn't Work

2023-06-17 Thread Heather Seaman
A month or so ago I talked about trying the Nexus Mud Client to play a text-based game called Alteraeon. I was spooked because they wanted both my email address and its associated password to create a Nexus account which would allow me to add this third-party game to the app. Today I decided to

Re: [blind-gamers] looking for new blood

2023-05-23 Thread Heather Seaman
I'm not entirely sure, but I think they might be novels that have been "gamefied". So instead of just reading the book, you as the player-reader make choices that determine how the story progresses. So a choose-your-own-adventure story blown up to novel length, with all the complex plots and

Re: [blind-gamers] looking for new blood

2023-05-22 Thread Heather Seaman
What game books are you into right now? On May 22, 2023 2:55 PM, Shaun Everiss wrote: > > To be honest  I have not tried all the microsoft games on the store for > card and others. > > The main interfaces do work and you get a lot of adds and extra junk, > however if you pay a few bucks a

Re: [blind-gamers] Question about the new Alter Aeon update

2023-05-08 Thread Heather Seaman
> to have spam minions turned on. > > Hope this makes sense. Happy mudding. > > Shermanator > > -Original Message----- > From: blind-gamers@groups.io On Behalf Of Heather > Seaman > Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2023 4:40 PM > > In all my watchthroughs of peop

[blind-gamers] Question about the new Alter Aeon update

2023-05-07 Thread Heather Seaman
In all my watchthroughs of people playing Alter I've never heard class letters referenced at all with regards to minions, most, if not all, of which have been controlled by a necromancer if that makes any difference. So, what are class letters? What would the TTS say if they appeared as part of

Re: [blind-gamers] Hearthstone access?

2023-04-24 Thread Heather Seaman
I've heard that the guy who made the accessibility mod stopped because it was dificult to keep up with the updates Blizard makes to the game. So Blizard themselves have taken on the job of making the game accessible. Try updating the base game to the latest update and see if that works. On Apr

Re: [blind-gamers] Youtube channel with playthrough of manamon

2023-04-20 Thread Heather Seaman
Francis Cole, yes that's his channel name, also has full playthroughs of both Manamon 1 and 2. And he does a good job of noting important parts and elements of the game as well as explaining what you have to do to solve some of the puzzles. On Apr 20, 2023 11:28 AM, mattias wrote:Yes i know

Re: [blind-gamers] Games expensive lately?

2023-04-04 Thread Heather Seaman
Thanks for this post. Excellent explanation of US disability programs. On Apr 4, 2023 6:11 PM, Danielle Ledet wrote: > > Yeah that statement was cold and unkind. Living on just disability is > not living. It's existing. You can't plan for anything other than > food, meds, and housing. You

Re: [blind-gamers] Forget Nexus Mud App

2023-04-04 Thread Heather Seaman
I can think of no reason at all any gaming client would > want access to my email account, not just the address so it can email me > something. That'd be a hard nope. > > > On 4/4/2023 2:51 PM, Heather Seaman wrote: > > I'm with Jude on this one. At least as far as malware

Re: [blind-gamers] Forget Nexus Mud App

2023-04-04 Thread Heather Seaman
be used in > > > defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > > > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > > > > >> On Tue, 4 Apr 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: > > >> > > >> Then I won't be giving th

Re: [blind-gamers] Forget Nexus Mud App

2023-04-04 Thread Heather Seaman
e four boxes to be used in > defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Tue, 4 Apr 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: > > > > > Let us know what you find, please. When I opened mx browser just now it > >

Re: [blind-gamers] Forget Nexus Mud App

2023-04-04 Thread Heather Seaman
Let us know what you find, please. When I opened mx browser just now it opened the documentation so I looked up creating an account and it said you have to use an email address and "its" password, the quotes are mine. I was using my email but with a different password that I intended for use only

[blind-gamers] Forget Nexus Mud App

2023-04-04 Thread Heather Seaman
A few weeks agoI wrote that I had found a new mud client for Android called Nexus from Iron Realms Entertainment. Well in order to add third-party games to the app you have to create a Nexus account first consisting of an email address and a password. The first time I tried, they were having

Re: [blind-gamers] Games expensive lately?

2023-04-03 Thread Heather Seaman
Chocolate teapot!! I like that _expression_ Simon. I haven't heard it before; thaoks for using it. On Apr 3, 2023 12:19 AM, goshawk on horseback wrote: I agree, people who come out with trash like that are about as helpful as the proverbial chocolate teapot.   Simon     -

Re: [blind-gamers] Games expensive lately?

2023-04-02 Thread Heather Seaman
As far as I know, most muds, like Alter Aeon, Aardwolf, DiscWorld etc. are free to play. You can donate if you're able, but you don't have to. And clients like MushZ are also free as far as I'm aware, and that's all you need to play these text-based games. Though many have sound packs. On Apr 2,

Re: [blind-gamers] Game manuals?

2023-03-28 Thread Heather Seaman
Try opening the folder where the game is installed and looking through its subfolders and files to see if there's a readme or other documentation. You might also try the site where you downloaded the games. Or just do a search for "Manual for Manamon", to use that as an example, and see what

Re: [blind-gamers] manamon 2, barren underground boulder puzzle

2023-03-28 Thread Heather Seaman
Yeah, from what I've watched, the dev doesn't give you many, if any, instructions. And it IS annoying! On Mar 28, 2023 10:44 AM, Christy S wrote: > > You're right. I had to move the statue onto the switch, then a hole > appeared. There were no instructions though, so that was annoying. > > >

Re: [blind-gamers] manamon 2, barren underground boulder puzzle

2023-03-28 Thread Heather Seaman
MANAMON is an audio game for Windows PC's. It's probably at vgstorm.com. On Mar 28, 2023 11:42 AM, nancy prior wrote: > > Hi: What is this game, is it a computer game or can you play it on an IPhone > and where can you find the game? Thanks. > Nancy > > On Mar 28, 2023, at 7:44 AM, Christy S

Re: [blind-gamers] Test

2023-03-16 Thread Heather Seaman
I think they are. This one made it to the blind-gamers list. If you ever want to check whether your messages are working properly just send a message to yourself. Or are you having trouble with lists specifically? On Mar 16, 2023 9:14 AM, Lindsay Cowell wrote:Just making sure my messages are

Re: [blind-gamers] accessible games on Android and PC (NVDASR)

2023-03-16 Thread Heather Seaman
I'd recommend looking for the type of game you want in the Play Store and then just trying out demos to see if they work. I personally like text-adventure games so I searched for text-based games and came up with several choose-your-own-adventure-style games where you read a story and make choices

Re: [blind-gamers] Muds

2023-02-21 Thread Heather Seaman
of this. I've been playing alter aeon for years, and never knew they had a blind friendly port. What does it offer that the main mud port does not? What's the purpose? (honestly, I don't see the point, but whatever works I guess). On 2/21/2023 6:05 PM, Heather Seaman

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