Personally, I'd try not to beat myself up too much if I were a developer that we're quite far behind our sighted counterparts in most genres in terms of game detail and size of maps etc. Having spent a Christmas around a selection of new PS3 titles, I've just realised how big the gap is, and it's not something I can imagine anyone being able to bridge with audio cues alone for some time to come yet. Not to mention that the shock to the systems of most blind gamers would cause a love/hate divide for sure.
The way I see it Philip, as someone who seems to be able to turn out sounds/music/naration/decently running products pretty much as a one man band, you're in a great position. Two things I haven't seen you cover yet are sprawlingly complex storylines, and online gameplay. I'm pretty sure that there's room for another spin off of an Entombed style interface perhaps with a less fantasy-based plot. So far as I know, nobody's done a mixture of turn-based and realtime yet either, though I could be wrong on that. Hmmm, I suppose what I'm saying is, it'd be good to have someone to shake things up a bit, and maybe you're the man to do it. What I mean is that if I see a Blastbay release upcoming, I expect something side-scroller, if I saw a Blind Adrenaline release I'd assume it'll be all about the online play and will most likely take some technical grappling to get good at it,. I'd like to be surprised more often. On 12/26/09, william lomas <[email protected]> wrote: > surely we need 3d adventures though to be on a level playing field > with our sighted counterparts we are way behind in the types of games > we will accept as blind gamers > > On 26 Dec 2009, at 07:57, James Dietz wrote: > >> I'm with dark; we need more actual 2-dimentional side-scrollers. I >> wouldn't object to a 3d game of the type you suggest though I do find >> walking around a ritch environment a little wrird without the ability >> to turn my virtual head. >> >> On 12/25/09, Hayden Presley <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Sharon, >>> Regarding your question regarding Sidd Scrollers, no, crazy tennis >>> is not at >>> all a good example-that's actually nmre of a space invaders type >>> feel. A >>> side Scroller is literally a character moving from left to right >>> across the >>> screen, thinking of walking sideways instead of forwards. >>> Best Regards, >>> Hayden >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:gamers- >>> [email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Sharon Hooley >>> Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 7:55 PM >>> To: Gamers Discussion list >>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] The future of Blastbay Studios >>> >>> What is a side-scroller, exactly? Is CrazyTennis a good example of >>> this, >>> going left to right to center? >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [email protected]. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of >>> the list, >>> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [email protected]. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of >>> the list, >>> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >>> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected] >> . >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of >> the list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
