Small games (<50mb), all redistributables checked for and installed as needed by the setup program. If we have somebody whose competent with making installers (not me!), then this should be a breeze. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2015 6:00 To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] braille/large print/other media
Hi Ron, While I like such a sampler disc in principle I can foresee many problems arising from such a disc. One, is compatibility. If someone were to freely redistribute a sampler disc they would have no idea of what version is on the end user's machine thus can't for see any compatibility issues arising from such a sampler. Jim Kitchen's games, just as an example, are all written in VB 6 and require that Winkit be installed on Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8.x systems prior to being installed and if the end user doesn't know that I can foresee a problem installing and playing those games just because they aren't familiar with what is required to play them. Two, is space and exposure for developers. While a DVD would offer 4 GB of distribution space I can foresee such a disc not covering all there is to offer thus there needs to be a vetting process of what games and demos are offered to the end user. We don't want to offer a number of games from developers x, y, and z and forget about developers a, b, and c. That said, a media disc might be a good idea over all. I know some magazines such as PC World and PC Magazine come with sampler discs with trials for software, games, and that has been very successful in getting demos and trials of new software out there to the mainstream market. Perhaps something similar might work for the audio games community too. Cheers! On 6/21/15, Ron Schamerhorn <[email protected]> wrote: > "I've also thought of approaching the ADP people. Assistive Development > Program. I'd go for burning a cd/dvd with the games and a well done > read me about gaming for the blind/vi in general. > --- 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].
