hi tom and all. I think that all those things would work. from Mich. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 3:54 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Accessible methods for locating special items in games.
> Hi all, > All of us know there are several ways to make an inanimate object > accessible in a game for a blind gamer, but I am wondering which way is > best. For example, in Shades of doom when you wish to find a door, > datacard, security chip, etc you can locate the object by listening for > a continuous beep. That's fine for Sci-fi games. However, assume for a > moment we are in a castle like in Sarah. In Sarah you will hear words > spoken like sweet spoken over and over until you pick it up. There is > also a third way as in Montezuma's Revenge were you are presented with > sounds for gems, gold coins, etc and you listen for the specific sounds > to collect the items. > As many of you know I am working on other titles besides Montezuma's > Revenge. > In Star Wars for example when a enemy drops a hand blaster how would > you like me to identify where that object is. Would you like to hear > the sound of a voice saying hand blaster, hand blaster, hand blaster, > over and over again, or would you like an object locator sound similar > to Shades of Doom to find that object. > Recently Trenton has braught up the idea for an accessible Tomb Raider > which happened to be one of my favorite game series when I was sighted. > If I do eventually do one of those I'll have to be creative in > identifying objects as most of them are inanimate objects like > hyrogliphs, chains and levers to open secret passages, swinging ropes, > weapon ammo, med kits, and so on. Basically, some things such as ropes > and chains I can put sounds in which would fit with no problem. Some of > the other things are questionable. Say you are seaking a golden mask or > golden snake. I can't really represent them with sound, but I can use a > object locator with a beep to pick them up, or I can use words to > announce golden snake, golden mask, etc.... > What are your thoughts on this? > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
