Hi Michael, While I agree with you for the most part it is important to really see what has been going on the last few years.
First, the majority of games for mobile platforms like iOS are being developed by mainstream developers rather than blind developers. There is a number of mainstream developers who are making games that happen to be accessible or are willing to make them so for iOS, but have little to no interest in developing for say Windows and other PC platforms. Thus we are seeing an explosion of games for iOS that are accessible, but little interest in making more games for the PC. At the same time as you no doubt know the blind developers who were developing games for the PC have been leaving left and right. Just in the last few years we have seen BSC Games, DanZ Games, L-Works, and X-Sight Interactive all close their doors and the owners/developers of said companies have moved on to other things. Thus fewer developers means fewer games for the PC. I certainly don't think we've seen the last of the audio games for the PC, but I do think unless we get some more developers to help we aren't going to see as many new titles as before. Moreover its not just the number of developers we need, but skilled developers. the bigger the more complex the game idea the more skilled and seasoned developer you will want/need for the project. It would be unreasonable to expect a brand new game developer to write something like King of Dragon Pass on his/her first go. Such a game requires skills anew developer probably wouldn't have. Cheers! On 12/15/14, Michael Gauler <[email protected]> wrote: > That's true... > However, If I look back at the last two or three years I mostly see some > rather long and potentially interesting games released, but only for IOS or > > something mobile. > While it is true that the Inquisitor series is cross platform, apart from > new versions like Shades of Doom 2.0, Time of Conflict 2.0 one revised > Draconis title (Change Reaction 2.0) and Silver Dollar, I can't recall many > > new commercial PC audio games being released in the last few years. > > While other projects like Rail Racer 2 and Three-D Velocity 2 are in > development, both developers have been quiet for a while. > In the case of Rail Racer 2, all references to the game have wanished from > the corresponding site. > > I personally think that we should get some more PC games and I don't mean > only simply games, but ones with a longer play time and interesting stories. > > > > --- > 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].
