Hi. I've actually had great success with teaching sighted friends how to play our games. You're right. Most people will buy a new game for their X-Box rather than go get Shades of Doom or Rail Racer, to name a couple favorites. I think that we need to find a way to sell our ideas to bigger companies.
I'm very, very new to the world of object-oriented programming, and I have to admit that it scares the living love outa me, but I was thinking...what if the GMA Games game engine was shown to Microsoft or Soni and they liked it. Then, there could be games made for blind and sighted players alike. The problem is this. Very few games for both blind and sighted individuals are quite fair. We've got more practice with sound than they do, but visual components can give them a huge advantage. That's why Sound RTS is so good, because it doesn't rely on either. It just has a sorta high learning curve for people who aren't used to the keyboard...namely many sighted individuals. The AQ JediQuake mods do a great deal to level out the playing field...in fact I am always amused by the number of times I kick some sighted friend's butt and they're totally stunned. The basis for this topic, though, was whether to host blind games on mainstream sites, to generate PR. I'm not too good with names, but I agree with the originator and proponent of this topic. The only thing that PR can possibly do that is not useful to us is get ignored. Since that's the status quo anyway, what's the difference? Is it not worth a try? Signed: Dakotah Rickard PS: I have a friend who learned how to understand Eloquence, the JFW synthesizer, and can now listen to JFW almost as rapidly and easily as I can. Does this mean that he'll go spend over a thousand sollars on it? Probably not, but it's not the blind community's fault that assistive tech is so expensive, even for us. On 7/25/07, Ken the Crazy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know three sighties who have downloaded and use jaws demo on a > simi-regular basis, probably because they are too lazy to read, and play at > least one or two of our games. Remember, though that I have told dozens of > them about our products. > Ken Downey > President > DreamTechInteractive! > > And, > Coming soon, > Blind Comfort! > The pleasant way to get a massage--no staring, just caring. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Montowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 10:37 AM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Sighted gamers: was assistance with sound rts > > > > Jim, > > I did not take your comments ina negative manner. > > Here is the analogy I offer: > > I have something I wish to pass around..either for free or for $$$. > > I make up a flier..and I either hang one flier on a phone pole near my > > corner of my block..or maybe I even put it in the doors of all my close > > neighbors. > > This offers me a possible audience of maybe 45 folks..maybe higher if > > there > > is alot of foot traffic on my corner of folks walking to church or work. > > Now I take the same flier..and post it on craig's list...EBay...or some > > similar sites.. > > what I call mainstream sites! > > Now I have a possible audience of hundreds of thousands of folks. > > will this guarantee more folks come to me for my benefit? > > maybe not..or maybe it will be a huge improvement? > > At least when I post on those sites...I don't have to worry aobut my site > > comingup 80th or lowe ron a list of sites when I type in blind and games > > into a search engine. > > I can still do my local fliers...but I added possible new contacts by > > going > > thru one of those mainstream web sites. > > It is amazing how many folks just dont' know computers can talk..that > > blind > > folks can play games.. > > all they know is we can do braille. > > I am not trying to change anyones opinions on how to do their business.. > > I am just offering the idea that there could be more if these sites were > > taken advantage of. > > and by the by...Jim..you have some truly awesome games on your site. > > Robert > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > > 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. > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.19/917 - Release Date: 7/25/2007 > > 1:16 AM > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > 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 .. [email protected] 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.
