There's something that I want to point out, and this seems like a good place to point it out. There's this movement in the sighted gaming community to move toward retro gaming. For them, that means eight-bit graphics, simulated eight-bit sounds, simple stories, and cheap prices. I suggest that our community isn't as used to the kind of glorious soundscapes that maybe we'd like, but retro is still neat. Sure, a game like this with sounds would be neat, but sounds aren't a deal breaker for me at least. A game like MOTA should, in my opinion, have great sounds, which it does, because it's an emersion experience. You might say that the goal of the game is to put you, the player, into the environment. A game like this, in this style, isn't an emersion experience. If the sounds are there, cool. If they aren't, sure.
On another note, am I right in remembering that in Hack you could get another better unit if you leveled up, so you had to figure out whether it was better to upgrade your current unit or to wait for a better one? If so, I would really like to see that mechanic remain. if not, I'd like to ask that you consider implementing something like that. I really liked one thing about Hack, though. It was iconic to us, a sort of playful tour through history. It didn't neatly fall into the genre traps of fantasy, sci-fi, etc. It was purely fanciful. I'd like to see that again somehow. I don't know really how to explain it. I suppose the closest thing I can come up with are the silly games like Elf Bowling that sighted folks used to play, but even that doesn't really encompass it. Imagine a game where, say, Android products and iOS products got up and waged war on each other, something that silly and ridiculous and just plain fun. That was my favorite part of Hack. On 11/23/13, Ryan Conroy <staindadd...@juno.com> wrote: > I used to play this game constantly when I had the Braille N Speak. I'm > definitely interested. One question though, will you be adding sounds to the > game? That would make it way more interesting for me. :) > > Ryan > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> > To: Gamers Discussion list <gamers@audyssey.org> > Subject: [Audyssey] Hack and Other Simple Games > Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 19:59:22 -0500 > > Hi everyone, > > Recently on the Audiogames.net forum Harrylst announced he has ported > Hack by Daniel Zingaro to the PC using the Blastbay Game Toolkit. For > those of you who do not know what I am talking about Hack is a very > simple but addictive game in which a player starts out with a Braille > N' Speak Classic, and increasingly fights more and more complex > notetakers by adding more ram and ways to hack the other notetakers. > As I have said the game is fairly simple, but despite its simplicity > it is a fun little game to play around with for a little while. As a > result I have considered creating something similar, but instead of > using notetakers I thought I might use something else such as robots > or perhaps a warrior you could train to fight in gladiator type > competitions. I am basically wondering if there is any interest in > such a game as this? > > I know that such a game is likely to be fairly simplistic in nature, > would in fact be very basic, but I currently don't have much time to > devote to complex games like Mysteries of the Ancients or Raceway > right now. So if I create anything at all it has to be fairly simple > and easy to make. I realized that something like Hack is exactly the > type of game I could create that would be fun, addictive, and not all > that hard to make. Plus if I wrote it as a text based game I could > create versions for Mac, Windows, and Linux without too much trouble > which would make it available to pretty much anyone. Any thoughts on > this idea? > > Cheers! > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > ____________________________________________________________ > Do THIS before eating carbs (every time) > 1 EASY tip to increase fat-burning, lower blood sugar & decrease fat > storage > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/52915256ee02652551b50st03vuc > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > -- Signed: Dakotah Rickard --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
