Hi Jess.
It depends upon what you mean by "virtual pets" there are no actual
programs that create a virtual pet on your pc that I can think of, but there
are a good few brouser based games themed around pets of various sorts which
you might want to take a look at, many have pages in the db on
www.audiogames.net.
The most literal virtual pet care game I can think of is furry paws. This is
a virtual dog training game where you train, feed, play with and breed dogs,
own a kennel, get a job as a dog breeder or trainer, and exhibit your dogs
in shows. It's a very well designed game that is easy to navigate and is not
just accessible but actively friendly towards vi players (they even lable
the images of dog's colour).
The only reason I don't play it myself is that as I have! a guide dog who I
take care of each day, she's actually lying on my feet now, taking care of
virtual dogs on the internet just seems a pale immitation to me.
if your interested in real animals, www.whitestic.co.uk's games to play
online page lists several games for showing dogs, cats and horses on it's
games to play online page. I've never tried these so don't know what they're
like, but they're there.
Then, moving away from real animals, the most literal pet game I can think
of is psy pets. this is a game where you care for fantasy creatures. They
don't however battle or fight monsters or do rpg things, rather they grow,
develope, create objects and follow their own calling. The game is based
around Abraham maslow's higherarchy of needs, so you need to not just see
your pets are fed, but also increase their self esteem levels and feelings
of being loved. In return you can see your pets grow, take on interests and
eventually exell in what they do, ---- as well as build and trade the items
they create for in game money.
A really interesting game in fact, particularly because it is so freeform,
though I found it a little slow for my taste sinse each pet only gets one
action an hour.
then there are several games which like pokemon are themed around batling,
training, breeding and competing in tournaments with various sorts of
fantasy type monsters.
puppet nightmares features looking after soul puppets, but has an amazingly
complex gameplay and battle system and is thus not for the feint of heart,
though it does have a great story and surreal atmosphere albeit one that is
hugely complex and quite bizarre.
monster breeder has a great story and plot, interesting battles and monsters
that can work, evolve, train and be spliced together to make stronger
monsters. The only real problem with that game is that it isn't finished,
and updates are rare, though there is still a lot to do in terms of
exploring the map, questing and the like, actually I'd really! recommend
monster breeder as an rpg, albeit that the pet elements aren't as strong as
they could be.
That's a selection of all the pet care games I can think of at the second.
beware the Grue!
Dark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jess Varnell" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 9:51 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] accessible virtual pets?
Hi list. I'm looking for accessible virtual pets. Does anyone know if
there are any for the blind? Thanks.
Jess
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