well thomas, I'm not exactly sure, however I can give a great example of a
game I could quickly get out of circling, that game being entombed. the
first thing that could tell me I'm iomewhere I explored was the squishing
sound of enemy corpses and the coordinates key said if I have been or have
not been here before. but the cool part is the slash key. it gives a message
of something like this. "nearest unexplored space: west, 1. north, 2. east,
3. north, 2. west, 7..." and so on.you could call it a gps of sorts that
doesn't spoil anything but it can certainly lead you out of circling. but
being the game is more based on squares like treasure hunt I see a different
way that'd be more suited for an full fps game. up on pressing a key you
could hear something like "area locator on. go straight... turn east here...
climb this ladder..." or something like that until you reach the area. then
it could say "unexplored space located. area navigator off." another thing
could be sound landmarks. for instance in monkey business almost on every
level there are different ambiences that only add to the atmosphere yet aid
in navigation. "ah, I've been here before... so let's go another way." I
know this isn't suited for something like mota unless you could use
different drips, wind howls for different areas but in something like a star
trek game that could work better with sounds of people working with pads...
the warp core in the middle of the room... etc. hth.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] 3D navigation
Peter,
Is there anything specifically about FPS games like Shades of Doom that
confuses you. Any specific reason why you get lost, and anything I can do
as a developer to make it easier for gamers like you to get full enjoyment
out of the game?
I will say this about Shades of Doom though. Shades of Doom is a poor
example of an FPS title, because the levels were intended to be a maze. In
other words they are not logically layed out as a typical building, and I
believe David Greenwood intentially made the levels difficult to navigate
to add extra challenge to the game. Now, when anyone says FPS they
automatically do the, "I can't do that because Shades of Doom is too
hard," even though most levels in sighted FPS games aren't quite that
complex to navigate.
I think what is needed for people who have troubles with FPS games you
need a simple example of an FPS game with a more normal layout. Rooms that
aren't mazes and are more or less like you would find in real life. That
said I personally like the maze factor as it really does add some
additional challenge to the game.
Smile.
peter Mahach wrote:
I was also born blind and, although I have great hearing and I can rely a
lot on the position of the sound heck, I can feel acoustic changes and I
know if something's in front of me and I do understand the idea of boards
in games like battleship, I just can't get the hang of fps games though I
can get around kind of and eventualy beat the level, but at many points
when I killed the monsters and knocked out equipment in the process in
sod, I end up circling around, eventually quitting because of
frustration.
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