Hi Shaun, Might I make a suggestion here. I think you are being overly critical of Travis. While it is true there are plenty of card and board games available for VI players there is always room for a new developer to put his or her own spin on an old game. For one thing card and board games are easy to develop, especially for a first time game developer, and it gives him/her good practice for bigger and better things. For another each developer may add features not available in a prior version that would make it a more appealing version of that game. So let's not cut a new developer short before he or she gets started.
I'll use myself as an example. There are plenty of card and board games for Windows, but the same can't be said about Mac OS or Linux currently. As a result once I'm done with MOTA, Raceway, etc I plan to spend some time developing games like War, Uno, Blackjack, Monopoly, etc for non-Windows platforms such as Mac and Linux. Some might make the case that there are already too many card and board games, but that only really applies to Windows gamers. Those of us who choose not to use Windows don't have that much to choose from. So if I proceed with my plan to port said games to Mac and Linux I'd essentially be adding to an already large list of games in the same genre, but it would be for a completely different target group. It looks to me that Travis's current games mainly applies to notetakers which is a different target group and deserves just as much attention as the bigger well known platforms in my book. The one thing that gets me about your argument is this. You slam Travis for creating too many card and board games, and then complain that there are no PC versions of said games. If there are too many card and board games for you why are you worrying about a PC version of them? Cheers! On 9/2/12, shaun everiss <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > no one seems to have responded to this so I will do so. > Travis, firstly welcome to the list. > I think new development should be encouraged. > Thats the good stuff. > There is a bit of a problem though. > 1. no pc > Sure you support packmate and packmate only but there is more out > there than packmate. > Secondly either you have a dim view of what the blind play or are > quite new to the scene. > There! are! to! many! board! games! > There are at least 3 versions of monopoly for windows based systems I > know of all free. > kitchensinc rsgames and I think quentin c do those. > all in play and kitchensinc do poker. > Blindsoftware has a memmory and kitchensinc has simon which is > simular to a memmory game. > I have seen a version of whack a mole in klango and I think > braillesoft has one which is free you need to buy the klango version. > Whack a mole can stay but the rest. > There are more than pack mates, iphones, android devices, pcs mainly > windows xp and 7 mostly these days. > We don't need a new load of board games and sertainly not for > something like the pack mate sertainly its not a major platform, > braillesoft is already doing packmate and a few other braille devices. > true their games are in windows but I have never found them all that > entertaining. > Saying that I'd like to test anything which is windows compatible. > > > --- > 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]. > --- 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].
