Hi Tomas, I would personally prefer we keep the warnings, and add a a way of jumping that is less idealistic. After all, even without the warnings, all you would need to do is step up to the edge, then jump across.
Best Regards, Hayden -----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 10:05 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game difficulties was best side scroller? -Re:Q9version 1.2. Hi Charles, As Dark correctly pointed out jumping in MOTA is purely mechanical. If you are standing on a ledge and press alt+right arrow to jump you will always make it safely to the other side because the trap is exactly one jump across. Knowing where to start, therefore, means you will always jump over that trap without any possible margin of error That's just down right unrealistic.. My point more over was that just because a sighted person can see a trap in a game is no certainty the can actually cross it. Take Super Mario for example. In Mario you had to jump over traps, and there were a number of factors that would come in to play when trying to cross a certain trap. If Mario was normal size or big the chances of jumping a large trap were greater than if Mario was small. I remember getting pretty mad when Mario would get shrunk and then there was a big trap coming up, because it usually meant I couldn't make the jump and would die trying. In such a case weather I could see the trap or not made absolutely no difference in the outcome. So if we are going to keep the edges around traps like people want we now have to rewrite the game mechanics, the jump code, etc to put some challenge back into the game. We can't always jump a chasm and make it to the other side with 100% certainty. There needs to be some factor or margin of error. Does that make sense? On 11/4/10, Charles Rivard <woofer...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > This may be true, but I think the key here is that sighted people can see a > trap, shouldn't a blind person be able to hear it? Thinking of it another > way, it would be like a blind person walking down the street without a cane > or a dog guide to let them know that there is an open manhole in front of > them. Even if they know that it is at a specific intersection that they > must cross, they should still be able to feel it with their feet before > falling into it so that they can go around it safely. This is my take on > whether or not there should be an indication of a trap. > > --- > Shepherds are the best beasts! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
