Hi Che, Like you I was once sighted, and use to play everything that I could get my hands on. As a result I know what is possible with audio games, and when I first got in to audio games my first thought was these audio games are too simple, and is like going back to the Atari 2600 again. The only developer that seamed to be staying from the Space Invader and board game style of games was David Greenwood, and Shades of Doom was a huge hit with me. I felt like I could play something on the level I was use to. As far as racing games goes I have about 150 people on the pre-order list for USA Raceway and it has already outsold Rail Racer by 30 units. So I don't think it is racing in general that is Rail racer's problem. I think it honestly has to do with a couple of factors. Rail Racer isn't a triditional racing game with Nascar or Formula 1 which has it's own kind of following amung sports fans. One reason I am working on USA Raceway is I want a game similar to Nascar Thunder and Rail Racer isn't the same as racing games I like. Second, Rail Racer has a larger learning curve than most games. For example, using the mouse to lean your racer left and right takes a while to master, and it was something I didn't care to much for myself. Third, most blind computer users have some major aversion to the mouse. The minute you say this game has mouse control they hit the panic button and think they can't play the game because they think they can not use the mouse, or they don't know how to operate it. Yet, the mouse actually is a nice game controller in certain games.
Che wrote: > Hi Brian, > you and I are on the same page. I was appalled at the lack of immerssive > games when I first became blind, as I was an avid sighted gamer, playing > just about every new title if it was of good quality. > Unfortunately, it appears we are in the minority amongst blind gamers, > either that, or I have vastly underestimated the amount of blind gamers that > aren't into racing titles. > At any rate, I appreciate the support, and you can count on Blind > Adrenaline to produce high quality games in the future, but I will be > including more basic games along with the more involved ones as well. > Out. > Che > _______________________________________________ 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.
