Hi All.
My Name is Nick Adamson. Some of you may remember me from about 8 years ago
on the old blind gamers list.
I'm a blind software engineer who's been out of touch with the blind gaming
community for ages but I'm back and after some software testers for a new
game I'm working on.
For quite some time I've been wondering if it would be possible to write a
Tetris like game but played on a Braille display. A month or so ago I
stopped thinking about it and Started coding Dotris. This is a windows based
game that I'm working on in the little spare time I've got.
So if you've tested software before and enjoyed the opportunity to shape the
direction of the game or have never done game testing but would like to give
it a go then I want to here from you.
For now I'm looking for a smallish group of people, You must have a Braille
display of at leased 12 characters, a windows XP PC or better, confidence in
using the computer and a couple of hours of spare time.
If you want to get involved then please send me details of which make model
and size Braille display you have and which version of windows and screen
reader your using along with your email address. Please send the details to
me using the contact us link at www.ndadamson.com.
I want to keep the list of testers relatively small and manageable but still
test on the widest range of software and hardware possible. this means I may
not ask everyone I here from this time.
I'm also planning to release the game as donation-ware. The idea is that,
once complete, the software can be downloaded at no charge but the user will
be strongly encouraged to make a donation of what ever they think the game
is worth to a charity I'm going to support. I've not yet decided which
charity but am looking in to those that promote the learning and use of
Braille. with this in mind there isn't going to be any payment for testers
made available, just my gratitude, credits in the documentation and the
opportunity to work on a pretty unique game.
I've not been around for ages, are there many games that use a Braille
display as the main feedback method?
Thanks for your time.
Nick.
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