Re: [blind-gamers] A tip in response to the OT linux topic

[Tyler Wood]

Hi, Fantastic resources, thanks. I’m going to save this email. I’d certainly be interested in helicopter game if it’s easily available. Thanks a ton, again     Sent from Mail for Windows   From: Travis Siegel Sent: April 4, 2023 6:57 PM To: blind-gamers@groups.io Subject: [blind-gamers] A tip in response to the OT linux topic   Linux command line games do exist, and in spades.   One way to get a whole heap of them is to install the package called BSD_games.  That will get you several interesting games, almost all of which can be played with a screen reader.   There's also the text adventure games on various systems, AGT, ADVSYS, inform, and others.   You can also play games like nethack, umoria, rogue, and other clones with a bit of work, though that's not as easy as some of the other games.   Also, there are a couple of trek variants, and other text games such as battlestar galactica, dinkdum (or something similar, can't remember the spelling off the top of my head), wumpus, and loads more.  I also (at one point) ported the helicopter game put out something like 20 years ago to osx/linux if you wanted to play an audio game.  I still have that code around here somewhere, I can dig it out and repost it if folks don't have it, or want it again.  You need to have the SFML development kit/software installed, but it works just as well now as it did then.   Oh, So many games you can play on linux, and so many more that can be made to work.   Linux isn't the playground windows is, but it's far from barren when it comes to accessible games for the visually impaired players.     On 4/4/2023 6:50 PM, Christy S wrote: > This is OT I know, however it's a response to people's comments on > linux. Also, it might be relevant, if anyone knows any decent linux > command line games. I'm sure they're out there and would be curious if > anyone does know of some. They could be good when I just want to mess > around with something that isn't audio based. >  >  > I wanted to chime in not to forget about WSL when you're talking about > linux. Depending on what you want to do, you can probably accomplish > it on WSL, and be able to use your windows screen reader while you're > at it. The install has gotten tons easier, too. I remember the days of > hating to use remote linux boxes, because nothing would use ssh and > read properly when trying to edit config files and so forth. Now, I > just pull up wsl, ssh in, use nano and I'm good to go. The real > advantage though is the ability to use most, not all but most, linux > command line things right from within windows. Last I knew, you > couldn't easily get audio from a wsl instance but it's possible that's > changed by now. >  >  >  > >  >            _._,_._,_ Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#126175) | Reply To Group | Mute This Topic | New Topic Your Subscription | Contact Group Owner | Unsubscribe [arch...@mail-archive.com] _._,_._,_