on android blowtorch has aardwolf as default mud and aardwolf has screen reader support available. I've had more success playing aardwolf using linux than android though.
Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) . On Mon, 23 Jan 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: > There don't appear to be any good ones for Android either. Valshara mentions > screen reader support if it detects one but it hasn't been updated in several > years as far as I can see. Iron Realms Entertainment just put out their Nexus > client last August but I haven't seen any reviews yet and they don't coler > the mobile version on their YouTube channel, only the Windows variant which > sounds fairly standard as far as navigation goes. The port does say it works > with other muds besides those hosted by IRE. So I may dive in one of these > days if I'm feeling brave. If I lose a character due to inaccessible client > software, maybe I can contact an admin and have my account removed from the > mud. On Jan 23, 2023 11:40 AM, Ian McNamara <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > A mud is basically an online text adventure where you create a character > > and build it up by killing things and obtaining equipment and experience in > > order to level up and improve your skills. They do require a mud client and > > each mud has a host and port that you need in order to connect to it. > > Personally I have found VIP mud to be the best client for windows although > > been out of the mud scene for a long time now so there could be something > > better out there. The main reason I like Vip mud is because it saves all > > your connections so once you?ve set them up there is no need to remember > > them. Also it?s got an input and out put text window so you can read the > > text back if you?ve missed something. > > > > You just switch between the two text fields by tabbing and shift tabbing > > depending weather you want to type a command or read back your previous > > text that you may have missed. > > > > Not found a suitable client for Mac yet which is mainly why I don?t play > > them much at the moment. > > > > Best wishes. > > > > Ian McNamara > > > > > > > On 23 Jan 2023, at 16:32, Day Garwood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've seen a lot of messages here about muds. I'm getting the impression > > > that, given that not many audiogames are made any more, seems like muds > > > are the way forward if I want to try anything new. > > > > > > I don't know a lot about them, in fact I thought "mud" was a game, but > > > based on messages that I'm seeing I'm getting the impression they're > > > merely a type of game. > > > > > > The only think I really know is that you need a "mud client", suggesting > > > that they're online based. That makes me think of things like QuentinC > > > and RS, but even that doesn't quite sound right somehow. > > > > > > Years ago, I tried to use VIPMud but got nowhere, then was told that it > > > wasn't supported so I should go use this other thing (which was > > > apparently better anyway). My teacher then Enthusiastically got me to > > > press loads of buttons, only to discover that I got a whole screenload of > > > errors, and then they didn't know what to do with themselves and clicked > > > off. So bang went that idea. > > > > > > That was the last I heard about muds for a while, up to now. > > > > > > So I'd be interested to know how they work, how I might go about trying > > > one without embarrassing myself, which client I should try, which game I > > > should try, etc etc. > > > > > > Even better, if someone has any free time and would be willing to > > > actually sit and go through it with me step by step privately on a call > > > or something, that would be amazing. Especially since the one lesson I > > > learned from my disaster of a session is that it's not a case of > > > download, launch, play, like most audiogames are. > > > > > > It'll probably turn out to be one of those things that sounds overly > > > complicated now, but in a year I'll be a whiz at it. Hopefully. > > > > > > Cheers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#125811): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/125811 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/96477557/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/21656/1071380848/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
