Hi Tom.
If I remember correctly, all the traffic basically moved in four lanes one
going left to right, another right to left and so on.
It would be very easy to show each individual lane, but the problem is
unless the player could see at least a couple of lanes together and have to
make a judgement between both lane movements, it'd be a little difficult to
make the game more than a reaction test.
The problem with simply showing four lanes (or even two in opposite
directions), with vertical distance shown in pitch might be that a player
wouldn't get precise enough audio information about the relative speeds of
different lanes of traffic in order to make a complete judgement.
One method that occurs to me might be to try and do two lanes at a time and
vary the sound of the traffic.
So, you have ordinary cars in the first lane going left to right, then
ambulances and police cars in the second lane going right to left. Thus,
with the two sounds being more distinct a player would get maximum
information on traffic position and so the game could be based on judgement
rather than reaction.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] frogger - Re: some suggestions and comments for
betteraudio games
Hi Dark,
That's a real problem. I don't think one can accurately indicate where
the cars, trucks, and other vehicles are by audio alone in a game like
Frogger. Sure we can indicate speed by using pitch/frequency, we can
measure distance somewhat by volume, and the direction left/right via
panning, but it still isn't going to be fully realistic. Probably not
realistic enough to be able to jump between two motor vehicles
accurately. So it would undoubtedly take some practice and fine tuning
to try and get right.
As for the unwieldy motions of the frog I suppose that is the easy
part. I don't exactly remember how Frogger moved is the trouble. It is
one of those things I didn't exactly pay attention to when playing the
game as a kid. Let's remember it has been 25 to 30 years since I have
played the game and I just don't remember things like that real
clearly. Still, if I can find someone to describe how he hops I can
try and emulate it. It is just a mathematical formula after all.
Cheers!
On 5/15/14, dark <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Tom.
Well sounds and music would be an issue, and of course being busy is a
problem, though my main concern with audio frogger would be the mechanics
side of things sinse unless you were able to correctly create the
somewhat
unwieldy motions of the frog and represent to the player not just the
traffic in front of them but the traffic in front of that, you'd
essentially
just have another pong like arcade game requiring nothing but reaction
time,
and not an accurate representation of the original with it's challenge.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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