Hi Dark, That would be interesting to see.If you have the ascii maps I'd like to look at them. Although, I have a braille printer I can't use it do to the fact I don't have a parallel port on any of my computers. I got my Braille Blazer back in 92 when serial and parallel ports were the rage, but now that USB ports are common a lot of equipment like that is litterally rendered useless by age.
Interesting enough though. These days when I want a tactile map I use legos to build structures that I can feel and modify as needed. I can make the stuff, feel it, decide if that feels right, and then convert it to code. Cheers! On 12/30/11, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > that map issue is very strange, sinse myself, i find 3D maps far harder to > contemplate. indeed a basic 2D map with vertical space at the top would be > what I'd always think of as the easiest to get my way around. > > turrican, Metroid etc have all had hyper complex maps, especially metroid! > > One of my favourite litle exercizes as a child, that I stil sometimes run > into doing mentally in an idle moment, is running across a complex flat > serfice such as a set of embroidery, a lightly plastered wall or even a > piece of braille text, heck even the white on black shapes of the scrolling > creddits in films, and imagine it as a side scrolling level in a game. > > If you have a braille embosser or something similar, I'm pretty sure there > are ascii versions of Metroid maps kicking around, and I know! for a very > good guide that has the entire original prince of persia game for the Snes > layed out in ascii, even with each room marked. > > Let me know if that would help and I could send it to you. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. --- 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://mail.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].
