quote: "the mouse is a nice controler in certain games." I will agree with you, Thomas. I cant wait for this thing to be out! USA raceway! Woohoo!
On 8/6/07, Thomas Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
