Hi Ron, Well, adding force feedback support to audio games is not a problem in of itself. The problem is that when I did a poll some time back that very few blind gamers actually have such devices. Only a handful have joysticks, gamepads, and gaming mice which unfortunately means that a developer has to do a fair amount of extra work that is only beneficial to a small minority of gamers. The question becomes will doing the work increase the number of people who have such devices, or is the developer only doing the work for a small minority of gamers?
The other issue is you are talking about finding a USB combo that works well for hand and feet. The problem is that the mainstream community is moving away from such devices as far as the PC goes. There is plenty of controllers for the Play Station, Wii, XBox, etc but I've noticed a lack in controllers for the PC for quite a while now. These days it seems the best we can get is a gamepad, a racing wheel, or a flight stick, but there aren't that many to choose from. Especially, combos with hand and foot control. So I don't have an answer when the hardware itself simply isn't there to begin with. Cheers! On 5/15/14, Ron Kolesar <[email protected]> wrote: > Let me add my two cents to this thread. SMILES. > How about > 1. adding force feedback to all hand to ear games and or hand to ear > simulators? > 2. How about finding a universal USB package for both the ands and feet to > make the games more realistic and to have a optional input device besides > the old keyboard. > Just a thought. > > > > Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states > "that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week." > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Ward > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 8:20 PM > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] some suggestions and comments for better audio > games > > Hi Sky, > > Well, I do believe there was an accessible clone created based on > Frogger, but the game Bryan and I are talking about is an old Atari > game from the early 1980's called Frogger. The basic idea is that you > are a little green frog trying to make it back to your home. In order > to do that you have to cross a busy highway with trucks and cars, then > get passed a river with crocodiles, and eventually make it to your > home. The original game certainly is not accessible, but you may have > to see about that accessible version I mentioned. > > Cheers! > > > On 5/14/14, Sky Mundell <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Thomas, is frogger a game for the blind? > > --- > 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]. > --- 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].
