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Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 9:21 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] problem with vipmud
hey everyone. i
Hi,
Well said. I too also feel as though the accessible games we have are a
bit disappointing. No disrespect to my fellow game developers, but there
really isn't anything that is really new or innovative to speak of
besides Rail Racer.
For the most part accessible games tend to fall into two
it will be interesting though to be fair, to see what draconis have up
their sleives. i thought 2009 was the year for draconis, but nothing
as of yet?
On 14 Aug 2009, at 07:29, Thomas Ward wrote:
Hi,
Well said. I too also feel as though the accessible games we have
are a bit
regarding the idea of developers teaming up, it is a great idea in theory,
but a diffficult one to put into practice in reality.
every developer i have talked to without exception, myself included have
large egos and set ways of doing things, this would be a serious problem i
think.
secondly,
Hi Che,
I know the feeling. I'm not sure why but simple and easy games appears
to be what sells in the accessible games market. As many people know one
of my plans will be to create a full blown 3d game engine, as in actual
3d levels with 3d objects, 3d movement, as well as 3d audio support.
vip's manual says you can access up to 99 stars just so you know but I dout
you'd need tht much.
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Yes, fighting game would be cool, something I have been waiting for since
I first saw an audio game!
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I too am of the pursuation that would quite like to have a fighting
game rock my socks off, mainly because I'm too broke to own a console
at the moment.
Seems to me though having seen some of the PS3 and even the later PS2
titles that it would be a massive project to get it up to current
console
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone would be willing to do a walkthrough on Tank
Commander for me? I just need the fifth sector done. I can beat all other
missions, but not number five. Big thanks for anyone that wants to help.
Ryan
Click
Hey Ryan,
Check out Raul's walkthrough on www.asmodean.net
It's broken down into individual missions so you don't have to spoil
anything you don't want too, a really thorough and well played run.
hth
Scott
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I was wondering if anyone
hi, thanks so much peter, aaron and ryan, it worked like a charm.
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Assunto: Re: [Audyssey] problem with vipmud
vip's manual says you can
I agree, and I loved the trailer for Star Wars Jedi Attack.. Hey, you guys
do a great job, bottom line.. I know developers are true gamers at the very
core and that is what pushes you to make games in general, I just would like
to see that 13 year old gamer come back out in the creation of
I see this situation as a challenge, I feel with correct marketing and
advertising of the games the market would expand; NFB, ACB and others could
be considered as a avenue of advertisement. Secondly, even paying monthly
for a on - line Digital Marketing, company to push the games for the first
Its pretty sad, if I must say so myself, because gamers are basicly just
shooting themselves in the foot.
They ask for enw games, then they complain.
Not pointing fingers here, but its what I've noticed.
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You're definitely right about that Tristan. Many of us complain about how
most games are too easy, which I can definitely agree with, but then when
something new comes out or is even mentioned we start whining and snivelling
about how it'd be too hard. Take Technoshock for instance. Granted I
Hello,
I sure hope it does; it sounds like you and her would make a great game dev
team. *grins*. And I agree holeheartedly with your message..
Regards,
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I'll bet that technical support for a game that was created by a bunch of
different developers would be a mess, too.
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As for word of mouth, the best advertising tools are current customers. Us,
folks. Spread the word that there are games we can play, and spread the
word about where they can be obtained. This kind of advertising is free to
the developer, and, the more the better!
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Hi Che,
When you make your high quality football game can you make an offline mode
where you play against the computer in case people with limited internet
connections would rather play offline?
Thanks,
Josh
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For those who like to use netbooks, could you add keyboard support?
Josh
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Hi,
I wish liteTech interactive would come back, the trailor for their star wars
game sounded pretty cool.
Josh
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I'll admit, I'm not into audio games that much, because of the simple
fact, they're like some say, not really inovative. I don't know about
rail racer, cause I haven't ried it yet, but I'm planning on doing so.
If I do play any audio games, I only stick to the ones that go online,
thats the
Personally I could care less about online play. I don't know, I've just
never had much interest in it. But I imagine my games will probably include
the option at some point even if not right away.
You have acquired the skill of Weaponry Theremin.
Your current level of mastery is 10 Apprentice.
raul has one, now I foget the mirrors.
At 10:16 p.m. 14/08/2009, you wrote:
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone would be willing to do a walkthrough on Tank
Commander for me? I just need the fifth sector done. I can beat all other
missions, but not number five. Big thanks for anyone that wants to
well I have always accepted we will always be behind the sighted, no way in
fridays that we will ever catch up.
and we either catch up or try to adapt.
I have the same issue with a voice recorder, I use soni as a prefured recorder
as
they record in a format meaning better space for recording
well I am in pkd, which has piter mach in it.
At least from the projects I run some of them say this.
no official site yet though all there is is bits and bobs some of which I will
comment on at some point.
At 06:07 a.m. 15/08/2009, you wrote:
I'll bet that technical support for a game that was
i agree with you since i lost my sight that is all i can play is audio
games they do remind me of old video games that i enjoy playing but it
would be cool to play never before ideals that none of the sighted game
maker ever came up with i do wish someone would make a newer version of
yes a fighting game would be cool i wish someone would make a mortal
kombat game like the old ones not like the ones on ps2
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try radio shack and the olympus series; excellent, hit a button and pull and
the USB exposes itself, plug right into your port and Wham! For gaming the
quality is great, the audio files can be transferred easily and enhanced
with effects or whatever you like; great to tape live sounds for any
What do you mean?
I use a netbook, and the only different keys are the page up, page down, and
HOME/END.
I just do FN + up arrow for the home, for example.
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totally agree with you there.
RPG's are my favorite, or close to it.
That's why I have started in coding my own MOO, which is a type of MUD -- on
my MUD I enforce being in-character, so the RP gets very intensive, at
times. I also like how adventurous MUDS and other text-games can seem at
Hi,
Not to take you down, but...
Sadly, it seems to me like the sighted come up with every idea that we have
before it ever even seemed like an idea. They have millions and still
counting of video games released in one country. Thousands for single
consoles, sometimes it seems like whatever
As for game creation ideas, I think of it this way: How long have games for
the blind been produced and by how many companies? Compare this with the
number of companies that have been producing games for the sighted and the
period of time they have been doing so. Fresh ideas are bound to be
keyboard support will definately be supported, but i can't promise it will
be as fulfilling an experience without using a mouse or joystick, the
keyboard is simply too limiting, and personally i hate playing action games
of any type with it.
For example, with the mouse, the speed of your pass
When the game is ready, I'll be curious as to how the location of all the
players can be determined by the game player. Hopefully, we can play
against other people as well as against the computer. Another thought,
although I don't know how popular this would be, would be to be able to set
well to tell you the truth there are not so many big shots now.
in fact nothing has made the headlines of late.
no big company has released anything lately that has hit the lines either my
friend that is sighted says he does pick the odd bit up but its not as bussy as
it was like a year or 2
Hi all,
The subject asks it all here really. does GTC have any sort of
controller support? I've been right through the help system and
couldn't track down anything about it, but thought I'd ask here to be
doubly sure.
Cheers
Scott
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Hi,
All too true. In many cases it boils down to the difference between a
corporation and a small business. Comparatively speaking none of us
accessible developers are in the same league with the mainstream game
companies. That
is why we really can't compare with the latest and greatest Play
Hi,
Yeah, a game like Civilization or Galaxy Civilization would totally
rock. However, as you pointed out that is a rather large task for a one
or two man operation.
A couple of games I really miss from my sighted days is Mech Warrior and
Starcraft. Those were a couple of cool games that have
Hi,
Same here. I got mine a few months back, and it is the best controller
I've owned so far.
In terms of developing for it I'm trying an open source technology
called SlimDX. It is an open source version of Managed DirectX and it
also has support for the XNA libraries including XAudio2, X3D,
Hi,
Smile. There are always exceptions to the rule. However, by and large
the games out there for the WII are pretty much family oriented rather
than for the blood and guts fans.
Ken wrote:
There are a few exceptions to that. The one off hand I can think of
is Red Steel, but of course it's
Ideas themselves, such as general storylines, can't be copyrighted. It's
when you start using the names of characters and places that you run the
risk of legal trouble. I imagine the main reason people like Phil haven't
run into trouble about Sarah and the Castle of Witchcraft and Wizardry,
Hi Shaun,
Ummm..Don't take one opinion as an absolute sign of failior. I have one
myself and it works fine. I have it since I have been experimenting with
including XBox 360 controller support in the Genesis Engine at some point.
shaun everiss wrote:
hmph and I was thinking about getting one
Hi,
When it comes to choosing game music a developer must always keep his
target audience in mind. Not everyone likes the so-called up to date
music you speak of. I know several people who absolutely hate hip-hop
and I know a few people who think it is the best music on earth. I
personally
Or you could do what Che did for Rail Racer and give players the option of
using their own music via WinAmp. I never did that myself because the music
got too distracting and I couldn't hear ART. Actually if Angel and my plans
work out we'll probably do that for a lot of our games, particularly
Hi,
Unfortunately, that is all too true. Working with other game developers
can be and is problematic for a lot of reasons.
For example, a couple of years back a lot of people were disappointed
when Justin announced he was not going to release Castle Quest. There
was a problem with the leade
Hi,
And that is exactly the problem game developers face. What would be the
point in creating an infurior clone of MK or Street Fighter when the
ones out there are already playable. Maybe not 100% accessible, but
playable. All I could do is come up with an infurior clone that might
get some
Hi,
Are there any other muds, apart from Miriani, that have sound packs for VipMud?
Lindsay Cowell
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Hey Che, I sent you a song to hear but your server rejected my message
stating the size was to much; the file is 4.7 mb; would you like me to set
up a link from send space?
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Well thankyou. Thankyouverymuch. Yeah, I hope this works out. Angel's
offered to try to teach me some of what she knows and we can go from there.
Like I may have said she's in college and her major is computer programming.
She's actually hoping to open her own computer repair shop someday, but
Agreed. I have gotten the same complaints about Three-D Velocity--although
it seems as if most people here are very tempted to try new things. So yes,
you get the occasional this is too hard, add feature X to make it easier
message, but for the most part you'll see a positive outlook; if for
same here.
online play sounds nice but I must admit I rarely have the time or care to go
online.
Although I enjoyed the comcept, after testing I didn't bother.
the other thing is my connection is slow on upload so 12kb.
so if I ever needed to download anything ginormous or anything forget it.
The .ini track loading system is working now. Nothing is set in stone so this
might be different later. At the moment ctrl+o will pop up the list box of
tracks that are found in the tracks folder that can be selected. when on a
track doing stuff, ctrl+s will save the current state of things so
Hi,
Yes, that is definitely one of the major problems I face as a game
developer. Even something as simple as a title for a game is already
used, copyrighted to the hilt, and there isn't much I can do about it.
For example, I've been thinking of creating a large roll playing game.
Well, I
Hi,
True. There really hasn't been any thing new that has made a big splash
of late. At least nothing I would be really interested in. Last fall
Edos released Tomb raider 8, but Underworld was more of a disappointment
than anything else. The Tomb Raider games have been really losing sales
Hi,
Unfortunately, no. Technically the GMA Game Engine has joystick support,
but it was never enabled for GTC for some reason.
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Hi Bryan,
Well, my point was that certain games require a certain type of music, a
theme to set the mood, and is all part of the art of game design.
Sticking heavy metal, hip-hop, or anything else in a game were it
doesn't belong will kill the game. You can't write a purely fantacy game
and
Hello,
I was wondering I was able to get the game started but was wondering
for instance
when I am playing tennis,and want to play baseball what do I do
I tried to play baseball and managed to get it kinda going but it just gives
me a few throws where I swing the bat and that's it.
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Hi Bryan,
Yes, there is a gray area where copyrights are concerned. For example, a
game company like Edos can copyright a game story called Tomb Raider,
with a female character named Lara Croft, and so on. However, that
doesn't exclude someone coming up with a similar type of game with
Can we check out this cool-sounding sim yet?
Tim
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The .ini track
i would like to be a tester
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Can we check out this cool-sounding
Hi Charles,
Actually, I don't think coming up with fresh ideas is the problem, but
the trouble is coming up with a fresh idea that sells. Not everyone can
come up with a story line that is in the league of Star Trek, Harry
Potter, Star Wars, Final Fantacy, etc. I'm pretty sure when George
To give another example, how about some Iron Butterfly while playing a game
of Sudoku? It just doesn't fit. On the other hand, the music and
background ambiance in your currently being played demo certainly do fit the
game, creating the desired mood.
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I can tell you thta I support you creating a fully 3d sound and all that
engine. I like a challenge and the more complex the game, the more it holds
my attention.
There are always those who dislike change or something foreign. There are
many who critasize the IPhone for being a touch
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Same here
Is this a train simulator that you are developing, or did Harren find it?
Also, forgive me, but what exactly do you do in a train simulator.
Do you just imput two stations and hit ok and watch your train move
between them?
No afence, but what exactly does it involve? ?
Best,
Nick
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Oh and by the way, unless you have a very small child, don't even bother
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pre-recorded melodies with new rhythms and dynamics, but there is no way to
make your own melody. They had a great concept though, so maybe they'll do
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Hi,
That's my problem as well. I like online game play, but I really don't
have time to devote to it.I've played some games like SoundRTS and Rail
Racer online, but you really have to do it when there are enough people
around to play.That's really the problem with network game play. You
have
aah.
thanks for the keys man I suppose if I bothered hacking the code like I do then
I would have noticed it.
the only thing I have done is to doodle with one of the other projects to make
a battle even or something.
I'll redo the train again and see.
At 06:21 p.m. 14/08/2009, you wrote:
The
well you can if you get on the test team, for those that don't at some point in
the next 2 weeks I will be doing some podcasts on things pkd has done so far.
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Can we check out this cool-sounding sim yet?
Tim
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this sounds boring to be honest lol
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Can we check out this cool-sounding sim yet?
Tim
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same for us in the blind community no games have came out this year
and we are eight months into the year already
On 15 Aug 2009, at 04:58, Thomas Ward wrote:
Hi,
True. There really hasn't been any thing new that has made a big
splash of late. At least nothing I would be really interested
Hi,
Well, if their train simulator is anything like Microsoft Train
Simulator there is a whole lot more to it then just inputting two
locations and letting the train go. In MS Train Simulator you have a
variety of trains to choose from. You can pick anything from a classic
steam engine to a
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