Well, sorry for the missleading expression - it's probably true that when I said 3D sound positioning, you would think you needed a surround sound system. However, as Richard from Audiogames stated, you don't really need a surround sound system, just good stereo headphones or even speakers, but it's almost impossible to me to play it just with speakers. :-) Imagine yourself walking through an unknown environment without a white cane. You'd probably encounter the same difficulties you've been describing - I've tried that myself personally so I can confirm that it's really almost impossible and might even be dangerous, especially if there is lots of disturbance. I think the way in which the city soundscape and the limited physics are simulated is really excellent and the conceptual idea is an interesting element as well...
As for Showdown: I am not a true programmer myself yet (programming only in Sinclair Basic, Autoit and Borland Turbo Pascal 3.0 (the language that was most commonly used for Eureka A4 if you wanted to create a bit more complicated programs than its Basic interpreter offered)) but I still think it wouldn't have to be all that difficult really. Take Top Speed 2 as an example - and this game is even more demanding. In Showdown, you would just have to track the serve and then send the few bytes of data to the opponent's computer, where it would be processed off-line and then the corresponding data output would be sent back, and so on... Would not even have to require a fast connection, perhaps dialup should be enough. Could have as simple ip tracking system as Top Speed and his original Tictactoe have. It's possible that I might have been missleading again though, so please correct me someone more involved if my assumptions are way too imaginative. :-) And for the sounds: I meant that they are as high-quality as nothing else I've ever heard, specially the sports games... Simple, isn't it? :-) They sound so well that I can clearly see myself standing behind the goal hole at my side of the table, trying to defend it from a hard attacking rival. :-) Thanks, Lukas ----- Original Message ----- From: "ari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] war games and the blind eye > Hi Richard, > The Blind Eye is a game where you have to walk through a city, gather > instruments, and bring them to an organ, where they all play together. > Lukas, thanks for telling me about the 3d sound thing, maybe it's then > because I don't really have that great surround sound. > About a online Showdown game, it must be quite difficult to do actually, > if > you think of things like the sound scheme. What do you mean that the > sounds > were recorded during a live showdown game? > Ari _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
