Hi tom. as some one who really enjoys audio games I would be willing to
support this eather by donation or bying the new games out right if and when
they would get made. having said all this though I have not played Troopanum
I did play hunter once though. also I am running windows xp and i have a
laptop running windows 7. but my main pc runs windows xp. so I am happy to
hear that these games would be still able to work on xp pc's. as has all
ready been pointed out alot of the comunidey still has xp pc's so the
chances of these games not beaing able to be played on these systems is
quite small but i am not shure about windows 7 and 8 and future windows
systems. so in short I would forshure support this project. well these are
my thoughts. from Mich.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 6:12 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] A Possible Offer To Consider
Hi all,
In light of what is happening with Blindsoftware.com, formally BSC
Games, I thought I would throw an offer out here that some of you
could consider and think about. Perhaps offer up your advice or
suggestions regarding this matter.
Based on my discussions with Justin via email he does not have the
source code for any of his games or software on the Blindsoftware.com
site, and all of the sound effects for said games are locked in pack
files that are encrypted. This means if a developer, any developer,
wanted to update those games he or she would have to start over from
scratch. Since all the games were written in Visual Basic 6, a
language no longer officially supported on newer Windows platforms all
the games would have to be rewritten anyway. However, considering the
sounds and music are encrypted and need to be repurchased it could get
expensive rewriting these games from scratch. This of course leads to
two important questions I have regarding these titles.
First, do you really want to see a developer spending time writing a
modern remake of these games. After all, there are currently a lot of
Space Invader clones out there like Judgment Day, Alien Outback, and
of course Troopanum so is it really worth it to rewrite Troopanum to
keep that game going?
Second, would you, the community, be willing to spend money on a
modern remake of Hunter, Pipe, Troopanum, etc if one was made? This
might be through donations or actual sales of the software, but is it
worth your money to have newer updated versions of these games?
Third, seeing that new sounds and music would have to be purchased it
wouldn't exactly be like the original. These would be strictly modern
remakes of the games with new sounds, new music, and would in their
own way be different games. Would you be interested in these games
even if they were a bit different from the BSC versions you have now?
The reason I am asking these questions is over the years I've seen a
lot of audio game developers come and go such as Danz Games, BSC
Games, PB Games, Lighttech Interactive, etc. Every time a developer
goes they leave behind a number of games people still want to play but
the games are no longer being updated or supported. It strikes me what
we need is something comparable to the mainstream Retro Remakes site
where interested audio game developers take on some of these abandoned
projects and either update or rewrite them to keep them available in
the community. I'd be willing to do this myself if there is enough
interest in the project.
In the end I think it comes down to what Cara was asking a few days
ago on the Audyssey List. If you, the community, want game developers
to continue writing and supporting accessible games you need to make
it worth their time. So the big question is are these games worth my
time and your money to make sure they work on Windows 8 and beyond as
well as bring them to new platforms?
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