Hi Tom.
by "original" in this case I mean original to the community. It afterall
does Vi gamers no good to say there are hundreds of side scrollers, ---- if
none are accessible without vision, ---- this is why, though I myself stil
have enough vision to play games liek turrican, Mega man and Metroid, I'd
stil love to see something similar in audio.
I admit I didn't considder the cross platform issue, ---- which is fair
enough, and I would say that a company like 7-128 who are able to make
Windows and mac versions of their accessible games are indeed doing a very
good job.
However, the cases I can think of are those where developers, ---- (once
again, I won't accuse or name names), create windows self-voicing card games
which they then try to claime as original despite the fact there are many
others around, ---- or spend their time making a windows arcade game which
just plays like another version of boppit.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 2:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Developer time was: My Opinion of Q9
Hi Dark,
By and large I personally agree with everything you said below. However, I
can think of a few exceptions to the rule. One of them being the need for
more cross platform games.
As you know accessibility for Mac and Linux has really opened up over the
last couple years or so, and more and more blind computer users are
turning to Mac and Linux as an alternative to Windows. Unfortunately most
of our games can't be played on Mac or Linux without some sort of
emulation, and sometimes not even then. In a case like that creating a
cross platform version of Monopoly, Blackjack, Aliens in the Outback,
whatever would be perfectly reasonable. After all, there are a number of
games that could be rewritten to be cross platform compatible, but there
is not enough accessible game developers interested in doing so. At any
rate I think this falls under a good reason why to rewrite or at least
copy an existing title.
As for myself I am not the type to run with the pack. I'm perfectly
capable of creating new and original content which is something I hope to
do as soon as some of these games are cleared away. Even if the game isn't
100% original such as my Tomb Hunter games they are still quite a bit
different from what is already out there currently to be of interest to
customers. Which is something I think our little community needs.
Smile.
dark wrote:
True again Tom.
also though, i would point out, that this is all the more reason for when
a developer is just rehashing an existing game and passing it off as a
new idea, ---- which I'm sorry to say has happened on a couple of
occasions i can think of, ---- it's all the more important for the
community and the other devs to set them right.
Q9, Superliam, Tomb hunter, ----- and even Tarzan Junior ar significantly
different games, ---- I own and enjoy playing all of them. if however a
developer stated an intention to create something like another space
invaders game, a self-voicing single player black jack or a modified
version of boppit, ---- they'd have to offer a pretty good account as to
why such a game would be a worth while use of their time and skills which
could be put to work in writing something we have more need for.
such justifications are possible, ---- as Liam proved with judgement day
and it's many unlockables, and Che proved with his online playable
tournament black jack, ---- but I'd say a developer would do well to
considder all accessible games available before sitting down to
code, ----- especially if they expect to sell such games.
I don't want to name and shame here, ---- but I can certainly think of a
couple of developers who imho have very much wasted their ttime in
creating just another game of a familiar type, ---- and, what is worse in
several cases, expecting people to spend money upon it.
This could've been avoided if they just looked around to see what was out
there first, or honestly admitted that the couple of extra sounds they
stuck in the game didn't make it in any way original or worth the asked
price.
btw, this is on my mind, sinse the audio games database is back up and
running, ---- and in considdering some new entries I'm finding it quite
hard to stay at the very least neutral when describing certain games.
with the database though, Where as I'll always say anything good that
imho should be said about a game, ---- I don't make negative
comments, ----- however deserved I might think they could be.
I'll freely say what I want here and on the forums though, ---- sinse
they are less official.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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