i meant auido only games but thanks for the text games On 20 Feb 2010, at 19:36, Philip Bennefall wrote:
> Hi Travis, > > The 10 to 15 order figure was only a guess on my part, based on the fact that > direct requests from Mac users for ports have been so few. It is a costly > endeavour to port over an entire game engine from Windows to Mac, mainly in > time spent but there will also be some investment involved. And so before I > take on such a venture I need to be certain that I will at least get a few > hundred sales from Mac users; the same as I do on Windows. > > Kind regards, > > Philip Bennefall > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Siegel" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 11:51 AM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] programming > > >> Actually, there are several games on the mac. Hundreds, thousands even, >> but I assume you were talking about games for the blind only. >> Well, those exist too. >> Besides some written in java, you can go to: >> http://www.softcon.com/mac/ >> and check out the programs (including some games) I've ported/written for >> the mac. >> >> Unfortunately, programming on the mac using apple provided tools isn't as >> easy as it could be, and that's why there's not a whole lot of mac >> development happening for blind developers. >> However, I disagree with the 10-15 registrations you might get out of the >> mac number. >> There's literally hundreds of users on the various mac lists I'm on, and I >> know for a fact, at least half of those users are waiting for mac ports of >> games, so you are selling yourself short if you think there's only 10 folks >> who will register your game. >> On the other hand, everything I've made is free, so all I have for numbers >> is downloads, but in all cases, they've reached tripple digits, so take from >> that what you will. >> >> philip it is ashame you can't make your game engine mac compatible as well. >> as a matter of fact, why aren't people who are making supposedly mac >> playable games like draconis, helping developers like philip? >> no proof as of yet of a mac playable game has come into existance as of yet >> >> >> --- >> 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]. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Internal Virus Database is out of date. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2662 - Release Date: 02/01/10 > 12:37:00 > > > --- > 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].
