Hi Phil, That's a great concept. My bowling game is currently physics based, but your message gave me some ideas. Right now Galaxy Bowling models 13 game types from across the world and a few fictional ones (like 100 pins mode.) I'm thinking about making an audio cue where the ball is on the lane before you roll it. You can then spin it left or right as it goes down the lane. I'll see if I can make some headway on this in the next few days.
Cheers! Jason On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 2:27 AM, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: > I would really like to see this game, or one like it, available for > iDevices. > > --- > Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're > finished, you! really! are! finished! > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Vlasak" <[email protected]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2014 6:29 AM > Subject: [Audyssey] Galaxy Bowling was audio games popularity > > > > Hi Jason, >> I worked on Ten Pin Alley with Draconis. It is a Windows based bowling >> game that is totally accessible. >> The concept is simple. Your screen is the width of the bowling alley from >> left to right. Instead of aiming your ball to the pin, the ball scans from >> the left gutter to the right gutter and back again. As it passes the >> position of a pin at the other end of the alley, it makes three click >> sounds, at the exact position of the pin representing the left side of the >> pin, the center of the pin and the right side of the pin. >> You bowl by hitting the space bar which sends the ball down the alley and >> if you timed it right, it knocks over pins. >> The more pins you knock over the more you hear pins knocked over, as the >> game has the sounds of from 0 to 10 pins knocked over in sound files. >> You then get a verbal report as to what pins are left standing, and only >> those pins make the three clicks as you scan the alley. >> >> You can hear an audio demo of the game at >> http://dracoent.com/Windows/TenPinAlley >> Phil >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Allen" <[email protected]> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 4:54 PM >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] audio games popularity >> >> >> To joseph, >>> >>> I wrote Entombed. A rogue-like RPG game. It was a lot of fun to make and >>> remains one of my favorite projects. >>> >>> To Scott, >>> >>> My mobile games aren't accessible, but I'm curious if I could make them >>> that way. The only one I think might be doable is Galaxy Bowling. It's a >>> bowling game with many modes and variations. You'd need some way to know >>> where any remaining pins are and what your score is. Are there any >>> existing >>> bowling accessible bowling games? How did they manage it? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Jason >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 11:39 PM, Josh k <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> the only one you could do that with is provox, because provox is open >>>> source. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 12/18/2014 11:33 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Josh, >>>>> >>>>> Simple answer is no. Dos screen readers and other 16-bit applications >>>>> will not run on modern Windows platforms. I've tried running them in >>>>> Dosbox with a Dectalk Express and got absolutely nowhere with them. So >>>>> I don't think running a Dos screen reader on modern Windows is really >>>>> possible. >>>>> >>>>> The only thing I can think of, and I have thought of this for a while >>>>> now, is embedding a screen reader into Dosbox itself. That way the >>>>> screen reader can use Sapi and other text to speech services native to >>>>> the platform while performing screen reading tasks. By making the >>>>> screen reader an integrated part of Dosbox it would save the end user >>>>> all the trouble of trying to install some old screen reader into >>>>> Dosbox and then still require a hardware synth or similar device to >>>>> run it. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 12/18/14, Josh k <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> hi phil, I tried using dosbox and its not working for me. is there any >>>>>> way to use a dos screen reader anymore at all? >>>>>> >>>>>> --- >>>>> 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 >>>> Gamers-unsubscribe@audyssey. >>>> org. >>>> 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]. >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 10.0.1434 / Virus Database: 4235/8264 - Release Date: 12/19/14 >>> >>> >> >> --- >> 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 Gamers-unsubscribe@audyssey. > org. > 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]. 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