Photonically impaired? Now I've heard them all. :) Teresa
Winging its way from my iPod > On Jul 21, 2014, at 8:38 AM, "dark" <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is something that just turned up recently, and > something I'm quite pleased about. > A company called Ap endix llc have started producing > gamebooks for Iphone. They have begun with the first protius > magazine adventure Tower of Terror and I hope they're > planning on more. > Crytically however, and unlike Tinman and the attempts to > port Steve Jackson's original books to Iphone, the > developers of the protius port actually include! full voice over > support. This means not only does everyone with an Ios > device get speaking text and easily usable buttons, but also > the games are entirely accessible to the photonically > impared. > The game can be found here on the ap store: > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/proteus-the-tower-of- > terror/id832754003?mt=8 > Sadly I can't find the developer's own site (sinse I want to > contact them and say thank you), but I am definitely liking > the setup. its' absolutely free but a few extra items such as > an additional save slot in the form of a bookmark and a get > out of death free card can be bought in the ap itself, though > of course they're not necessary. > I will confess I've been quite disappointed and somewhat > mistified by the fact that Apple include a very usable screen > reading program in their operating systemn, nearly all > gamebooks are made out of pure text, ---- and yet with the > exception of the works Choiceofgames (which are not > exactly gamebooks in the traditional sense), nearly everyone > has completely buggered things up in terms of access. > I definitely hope tinman and gamebook experience are taking > lessons here, and nin the mean time I'm having lots of fun > finding sticky ways to meet my doom in the Tower of Terror! > All the best, > 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].
