I just don’t think that complexity of the game necessarily correlates with replayability. I happen to prefer first-person shooters, trivia, and word games, and these are games I can play over and over again. I played Terraformers so many times i can’t count. I also don’t think accessibility requires a keyboard, especially on IoS. If you factor in the gyroscope, IoS games are more similar to video games. Moving the device or the body becomes the interface. I realize this is more difficult with RPGs and strategy games,but Solara has become very popular on IoS. I played it for awhile, but strategy and RPGs are just not appealing to me.
Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Dec 15, 2013, at 8:43 AM, Support <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, I loved Secret of Mana on the SNES. I beat it, multiple times I think. > > Secret of Mana happens to be a game that would be very difficult to make > accessible, even on a computer. > And when doing so an accessible game author would likely make heavy use of > extra shortcut keys for the player to get at information like health and mana > that is usually presented visually at all times and can be seen at a glance. > > I suppose my main point is just that accessible versions of many games have > more player input requirements than sighted versions. > > So as Che mentioned a keyboard is a requirement for a large portion of > accessible games. And it makes it difficult to target IOS with those types > of games knowing that each of your users will need to also own a bluetooth > keyboard. > > > > On Dec 15, 2013, at 7:01 AM, "dark" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Teresa. >> >> I agree with you on replay, even in some of the basic games. I've replayed >> choice of the dragon three times over and still haven't seen all of the >> game, simply because as a gamebook it is highly replayable, and lets not >> forget king of dragon pass with it's random set of events and other major >> factors in the game. >> >> I can see Che's point with games like sixth sense and Zany touch and it is >> true that there are very many arcade style games for Ios simply because the >> fact of being on a small portable device lends itself to quick and casual >> games, but that doesn't mean that is all that is available by any means. >> >> One game my brother has on his Ipad is Secret of Mana, an action rpg similar >> to Zelda by square originally released for the Snes, and known to be one of >> the longest and most complex games for that platform taking nearly 50 hours >> to complete! >> >> So yeso yes, while there are lots of simpler, quicker games that's by no >> means all the platform is capable of at all. >> >> Beware the Grue! >> >> Dark. >> > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. > 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/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
