No. Che made it very clear that he's just putting railracer on hold because of it not selling very well for smaller and not as emercive games. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 10:18 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] rail racer
> So let me get this right, Che is quitting development of all games? I > didn't > get this e-mail stating that. It is truly unfortunate, I have been unable > to > purchase this game and had some major computer internet troubles, but > really > want to download this game and give it a shot. I had look forward to this > game for a very long time. I will go and see if I can get it to download > right this momento. > Bean > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tj > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 10:23 PM > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] rail racer > > All I can say to that is this: > > That sucks. Rale Racer was oen of the best games I've played for the > blind, > > having only bought 4 total. I was hoping to see your work increase, but, > I > completely understand how unencouraging this is. It also is a downfall > for > me as a consumer to that because I like replay and games like my time. > > I hope you do decide to continue developement on more complex games, and I > can promis you that I'll keep an eye out on your releases from now > on...and > I'll beat you on the Pupo Moondo charts one day! > > -Tj----- Original Message ----- > From: "Che" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 7:38 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] rail racer > > >> Thanks for the kind words Everett, >> Just to make sure it is clear, Rail Racer itself isn't on hold, only >> future expansion and development of it, such as more online chat features >> and additional upgrades to the Racer. As far as the online track uploads >> and sharing, and the tournaments, they will go on. >> For me, the sales were dissapointing, I was hoping to move at least 200 >> units, but it turns out I overdeveloped the game and deep and complex >> isn't >> neccessarily what the blind gaming community wants unfortunately. >> I did everything I could to make Rail Racer the most replayable blind >> game >> available, including free online play, an extensive career mode, a track >> editor with an online track upload system, online posting of results, and >> the first web based tournament system for the blind. There simply is no >> accessible game out there with the amount of features Rail Racer offers >> for >> replayability. Despite all that, only around 120 copies of RR have been >> sold, and this is very unfortunate, as it doesn't encourage developers >> such >> as myself to put the kind of time and energy into a project that leads to >> immerssive and involving game play. >> At any rate, my plans for some more involved games, such as an Apache >> helicopter simulation have pretty much been canned, as it just isn't >> worth >> the large amount of time it would take, when I could do 4 simpler games >> in >> the same amount of time. >> Some of the problem with Rail Racer is due to the fact a lot of blind >> gamers just aren't into racing, and I have to wonder how this is going to >> affect the success of USA Raceway when it comes out. >> I think probably Raceway will be more well received, as it is easier to >> relate to todays Nascar racing than a futuristic environment such as Rail >> Racer is set in. Additionally, I think RR is probably a more challenging >> racer to get used to than Raceway will be, this is something I thought >> would >> be a selling point, but I am afraid the opposite has turned out to be the >> case. Blind gamers don't seem to want a game with a steep learning curve >> by >> and large, they just want to be able to start a game, jump right in and >> get >> cracking without having to practice and get used to the nuances of a high >> speed vehicle on complex tracks. >> Anyhow, I have learned an incredible amount by developing and releasing >> rail racer, and the things I have learned will help tremendously in my >> future titles, though I will probably not create something as feature >> rich >> as RR again, at least not in the near future. >> Finally, regarding Raceway, I hope no one takes what I have stated here >> as >> any kind of slam towards that title, I assure you I will be buying it >> myself >> at the first chance, and I would hope Thomas would include me on his beta >> team for the game, as i did with him for RR. I am confident Thomas will >> give us a great game we can all have a lot of fun playing, I think his >> work >> on Final Conflict and Monty shows that he is one of the top developers we >> have. >> And if you haven't given RR a fair chance, I urge you to give the demo >> another try. Ask anyone that has played in the Rail Racer tournament and >> they will happily tell you what a great time we have all had competing >> online with it, it has truly been a killer gaming experience. >> Later all, >> Che >> Blind Adrenaline Simulations >> Games by one of us, for all of us >> www.blindAdrenaline.com >> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 .. 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