Hey all, A while ago I had emailed the You don't Know Jack Jellyvision product manager I believe he is, Mike Bilder, about the possibility of the Jack Attack being made accessible. Mainly I emailed him to tell him that yes, we do play and since the game wasn't out yet I had asked if there was keyboard entry questions, as that would be an accessibility issue on consoles. Turns out it'd be an issue for everyone. This is his response. I like it, and usually when someone mentions to You don't know Jack on Twitter that they're a blind player they start following us immediately after they see it, so I think they're interested, to say the least.
Email below. Orin orin8...@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/orinks Skype: orin1112 Begin forwarded message: > From: Mike Bilder <m...@jellyvision.com> > Date: March 29, 2011 8:26:48 PM EDT > To: 'Orin' <orin8...@gmail.com> > Subject: RE: Regarding the new You don't know Jack > > Hi Orin, > > Thanks for your note. I have to tell you, your email has started quite a > lengthy discussion here at the office. Unfortunately I'm not sure there's > much we can do to address this in the current version. I really wish I would > have heard from you about 8 months ago. The current version contains 3 types > of questions: 1. The traditional multiple choice. 2. The DisOrDat 3. The > Jack Attack. There are no question types that require keyboard / virtual > keyboard entry. There are some variant specialty questions that are based on > the multiple choice but they are executed in the same manner as the normal > multiple choice. Given what you've explained below, all of the game, with > the exception of the Jack Attack, should be fully accessible. > > I'd love to keep in contact with you so we can take proper steps in future > versions of the game to make it fully accessible to blind players. > > Best, > > -Mike > > --------------------------------------- > Mike Bilder > General Manager > Jellyvision Games > Email: m...@jellyvision.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Orin [mailto:orin8...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 8:24 PM > To: Mike Bilder > Subject: Regarding the new You don't know Jack > > Hi Mike, > > I visited the Jellyvision site, saw an email address and wanted to email you > guys on something regarding YDKJ in general, something you probably never > considered or thought of for this series. > > I don't know if you know this, but a good number of us fans of the old games > are blind. I miss the game, and have pre-ordered the game for my PS3 and will > be playing it on Tuesday. I notice that Cookie continues to read the > questions, this is great. However, I'm concerned; will there be question > types like Roadkill? In the ride, that was inaccessible. That doesn't annoy > me more than the Jack Attack though. The reason that this is the most > frustrating is that with the new multiplayer features, we won't really be > able to compete. And the people who I'm playing against certainly won't read > the Jack Attack words as they come up, they'll just take advantage and win. > I'm just curious if there could possibly be anything you can do to improve > the jack attack experience for blind players? Because so much of the game is > accessible and playable for us already, that's the thing. It's just that > online blind people can probably only compete against blind people and even > then, we have to be really good at the questions as we can't answer the jack > attacks. If I do crappy on the questions and get some right on the attack > that's what the whole point of the attack is, to get bonus cash. Also, I'm > curious, are there questions where you have to type in answers this time? I > would think on consoles and a virtual keyboard that'd be hard. > > Thanks for reading this email if you do at least. I hope that maybe you can > figure out a way to make the attacks accessible and put it in a downloadable > patch. My first guess would be to have Cookie somehow read them, but I guess > the whole point is to see them in buzz in quickly. > > Anyway, if nothing else, I'll enjoy the game and Cookie's humor, even if I > can only truly play against the computer or local. > > Thanks. > > > > > > Orin > orin8...@gmail.com > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/orinks > Skype: orin1112 > > > --- 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/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
