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Re: Griff! Sidescrolling Platformer Fantasy Game

2015-11-22 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: Griff! Sidescrolling Platformer Fantasy Game

I hope I'm wrong, but I seriously doubt there's a game ready to go.PayPal can be set up to not only send a confirmation of purchase, otherwise known as a receipt, email, it can also send a fullfillment email with any needed instructions and/or information on how to obtain what you purchased, all automatic, and not really that hard to set up.About 15 years ago I used to sell a lottery picking program through PayPal. Once it was set up, I didn't have to do anything, people who visited my web site that chose to buy the program, were sent to PayPal to make their payment. Once PayPal confirmed receipt of the funds, it sent out a thank you email with instructions how to download and install the program.If this had been me I wouldn't have announced the program's availability until the purchase system was set up and ready to accept and fullfill ordersTo me you just don't tell people a product is ready for delivery when it isn'
 t.

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Re: Griff! Sidescrolling Platformer Fantasy Game

2015-11-21 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: Griff! Sidescrolling Platformer Fantasy Game

There is a very good reason why a demo that is separate from the full game is the better way to go.If you give away your full game as a demo that an activation key to become a full game, then all the cracker needs to do is create a working activation key.With a separate demo and activation key wouldn't do you any good because you'd still be missing the extra content the full game comes with.So far, I've noticed that they never say anything about when buyers might get their download links. That would make me rather nervous if I had put up money for the game.I can't count the number of times wanting to see a demo has saved me from getting ripped off by vaporware.For the sake of those who have already bought the game, I hope my feelings are wrong.

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Re: Griff! Sidescrolling Platformer Fantasy Game

2015-11-21 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: Griff! Sidescrolling Platformer Fantasy Game

stirlock, that's a pretty rotten atitude to have towards other people, calling them chumps or some other derogatory name just because they don't have the inclination to operate their own Internet server.I too am interested in this game, but will not consider buying without a playable demo or proof that the game actually exists.

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Re: Griff! Sidescrolling Platformer Fantasy Game

2015-11-21 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: Griff! Sidescrolling Platformer Fantasy Game

There is a very good reason why a demo that is separate from the full game is the better way to go.If you give away your full game as a demo that an activation key to become a full game, then all the cracker needs to do is create a working activation key.With a separate demo and activation key wouldn't do you any good because you'd still be missing the extra content the full game comes with.So far, I've noticed that they never say anything about when buyers might get their download links. That would make me rather nervous if I had put up money for the game.I can't count the number of times wanting to see a demo has saved me from getting ripped off by vaporware.

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Re: judgement day

2015-11-18 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: judgement day

I agree with Dark, it would be great if there was a free version of Judgement Day available so I could play the full game and not just the demo. The author has said he is working on removing the demo limitations so all I need to do is be patient. The last thing I'm going to do is slap him in the face by going out and getting an illegal copy. That's not the way to show your gratitude and thanks for the game and for thinking of us enough to make it free now that he's no longer selling it. He is under no obligation to do that, so be properly respectful and thankful that he's willing to do it. Also realize that this game is not his only obligation, things like earning a living so he can have a roof over his head, clothes on his back, and food on the table must take greater priority than a game that he will not make any more money on.For those people like me and some others here that want the full game but didn't buy it before it went off the market, all
  I can say is be patient. He's said he would release the full game as free, give him time to do it.And hats off to Jack, I didn't miss that he didn't miss an oppertunity to throw in his opinion that NVDA is better than JAWS even though it has no place in this thread.

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Re: Steam client accessibility

2015-11-16 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: Steam client accessibility

The question to me is, is there enough blind and vision impaired accessible material on Steam to make making the client accessible worth it?But yeah, Valve will do their own thing. They have enough money that they could probably go toe to toe with the FCC like Microsoft did with the DOJ many moons ago.

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Re: Introducing: Out of Sight Games

2015-11-13 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: Introducing: Out of Sight Games

Stirlock, other than it hasn't been released yet, is there a reason why you aren't able to get into it?Just curious, feel free to ignore me.

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Re: Introducing: Out of Sight Games

2015-11-13 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: Introducing: Out of Sight Games

Stirlock, other than it hasn't been released yet, why would you not be able to get into it?

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Re: Introducing: Out of Sight Games

2015-11-13 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: Introducing: Out of Sight Games

Stirlock, other than it hasn't been released yet, is there a reason why you aren't able to get into it?

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Re: Introducing: Out of Sight Games

2015-11-13 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: Introducing: Out of Sight Games

Stirlock, Ah! I make a terrible beta tester. I start enthusiastically, but get so focused on the game that I forget that I'm supposed to be testing it. :-\

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Re: Introducing: Out of Sight Games

2015-11-11 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: Introducing: Out of Sight Games

While combat is important, except for fighting games, you are generally navigating more than you are fighting.And when I play games, I enjoy exploring much more than I do fighting.So I vote for 2. A narrated audio demo of some of the game's navigation and exploration features, such as the "radar" and "beacon" systems we've designed for it.

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Re: One-Button Victory!

2015-11-10 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector

Re: One-Button Victory!

Zoran, I stand corrected. Before I lost my vision I played the Batman video games, Arkham Asylum, and Arkham City. Batman doesn't use weapons as you see in most video games, instead he uses martial arts and other fighting techniques to subdue his enemies. The Batman games are mostly exploration and puzzle solving with a fighting game built in for when he has to fight one of his enemies. The combat would have been mind numbingly boring if all it was was repeatedly pressing the space bar. And there are probably other similar games I've played that I'm forgetting.I agree with Sneak, Assassin's Creed was very frustrating to play because there were so many combos and the keystrokes needed made no logical sense. I eventually gave up and never bought or played another Assassin's Creed game.On the other hand if complex combos are carefully thought out, they can work wonders. Another game I played and completed was Prototype. In this game your charact
er is infected with an alien virus that allows him to change his skin. Each skin has advantages and drawbacks unique to that skin. Each skin also has combos unique to it. What made the combos easy to remember was that all the combos used the same keys except for the first key which was different for each skin. It's kind of hard to explain, but it worked because the key combinations made sense.

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Re: Edge of Winter - New Castle Adventure Audio Game

2015-11-09 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: Edge of Winter - New Castle Adventure Audio Game

Well this game sounds interesting and so does Clocktower Chronicles, so I went to http://www.breakerboxstudios.comWhat I found was a web site that had every line of text marked as a heading, forcing me to have to go through every line of the site regardless of whether I wanted to hear what it said or not. Headings are supposed to mark the beginning of various parts of a page so that readers can easily get to the parts they are interested in. The way this web site is coded defeats that.Even more significant, not only did I not find any mention of the Edge of Winter and Clocktower Chronicles PC games, the only games I did find on this site were all mobile games.And finally, it seemed pretty clear that these are all games that are meant to be purchased, but no where could I find the price of any game. I found that the only way to find out the price of a game was to start the purchase process, then be forced to cancel
  it if you decide not to buy.All in all, it was not a very encouraging experience.I don't think that I'll be back. Pity, those two games did sound very interesting. Oh well, there are other games to play.

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Re: Edge of Winter - New Castle Adventure Audio Game

2015-11-09 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: Edge of Winter - New Castle Adventure Audio Game

Thanks for that!I guess at one time that was the link for Breaker Box Studios. It would be helpful if the link in the first post could be corrected to the new link..

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Re: One-Button Victory!

2015-11-09 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: One-Button Victory!

What you guys are describing sounds like fighting games.Most, if not all, of the main stream games I played only had one or two buttons for attack. What gave the games variety was the weapon you chose to use for the attack.But I agree, having only one way to attack your enemy would get pretty boaring.A while back I bought what I thought would be an adventure/puzzle game from 7-128 software. What I got was a game that read to you for a while, then waited for you to respond, but the only thing you could respond with was a space. Then the game continued reading. Sheesh! I can get all the talking books I could ever want from the National Library Service's Talking Books for the Blind program. As I recall, there were a bunch of games in the series. I didn't buy any more games from that series or from 7-128 software either.

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Re: One-Button Victory!

2015-11-09 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: One-Button Victory!

What you guys are describing sounds like fighting games.Most, if not all, of the main stream games I played only had one or two buttons for attack. What gave the games variety was the weapon you chose to use for the attack.I'm not a fan of fighting games, in fact I've never played one. But I agree, having only one way to attack your enemy would get pretty boaring. Just put something on the space bar and go do something else. What's the point?A while back I bought what I thought would be an adventure/puzzle game from 7-128 software. What I got was a game that read to you for a while, then waited for you to respond, but the only thing you could respond with was a space. Then the game continued reading. Sheesh! I can get all the talking books I could ever want for free from the National Library Service's Talking Books for the Blind program. As I recall, there were a bunch of games in the series. I didn't buy any more games from that serie
 s or from 7-128 software either.

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Re: anybody have a copy of the bgt installer?

2015-11-05 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: anybody have a copy of the bgt installer?

Ah, that's good news.And as far as the virus false positive. I'd rather they be slow and careful, rather than unintentionally releasing a virus because someone was in a hurry.

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Re: Abandonware games

2015-11-04 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: Abandonware games

Message 7 in this thread has a link to a download of the bzk games.At least, it worked for me yesterday.

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Re: Introducing: Out of Sight Games

2015-11-03 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: Introducing: Out of Sight Games

Unless I missed it, I don't see anywhere where it is mentioned what platform this is being developed on. It seems like Windows, but too many times in the past was my interest piqued in a game only to find out later that it was on iOS or Android or something else I either don't have or don't use for gaming.I also hope there will be some kind of playable demo, having been burned a few too many times by software vendors, I'm rather reluctant to buy software without being able to try it first.Other wise this really sounds cool and I'm looking forward to more news about it. Before I lost my vision, RPGs weren't my first choice for games, FPSs were. But after I lost my vision I find that I really like well written interactive fiction because it's like reading a book and finding you're the main character and what you do effects the story, ala The Never Ending Story. And I've found that RPGs are enough like interactive fiction tha
 t I find I enjoy them more than I used to.

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Re: anybody have a copy of the bgt installer?

2015-11-03 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: anybody have a copy of the bgt installer?

Yes, the version Jack posted is v1.3 rev 2

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Re: I'm done with gma games

2015-10-18 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: I'm done with gma games

I have played some of GMA's games. The only game they have I might be inclined to buy is Shades of Doom, but since they want more than $20 for itI won't be buying it, $20 is the most I'll pay for a game.So I have no experience with their registration system. All I can suggest is to try and resolve your problem with the developer,And if that doesn't work out, be sure to let us know.I also had problems with a developer. Ticonblu knows that some of their games are defective, they claim the development team was disbanded so there'll be no updates to fix the game's problems. Knowing all this, as long as they can get people to buy it, they wont remove the game, thus willingly ripping off people with a known defective and non-functional product.They also only allow you to activate their games five times. I used up all of my activations while trying to get the game to work properly, I've emailed them, requesting more activatio
 ns and telling them why I needed them. To date they have never responded to my activation requests.They seem very willing to telly you they just ripped you off with a known to be defective product that will never be fixed, but are totally silent when you need them to actually support you.So I try to keep people from buying from them in the hopes they'll eventually correct the error of their ways or stop ripping people off by going out of business.

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Re: MessApple, Or, The Return Of Apple2E For the VIP!

2015-10-18 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: MessApple, Or, The Return Of Apple2E For the VIP!

This looks interesting!My first computer was an Apple 2, later I upgraded to an enhanced Apple 2e. Then when I saw where the Apple 2 was going with the Apple 2c and the Apple 2gs, I bailed out and switched to IBM PC compatibles.But I still remember the Apple 2 and enhanced Apple 2e with many good memoryies.Until I lost my vision I had been using the AppleWin emulator, I hadn't tried using it with a screen reader.You guys probably know about this already, but just in case you don't. You might be interested in a utility called Cider Press, this utility can convert Apple disk images between several formats (I think). It can also extract files from Apple disk images. If a binary file is a graphic image, it will extract it as a bitmap, if the file is a basic (Applesoft or Interger), it will extract it as a text file listing of the program. You also have the option to extract the file raw (with no conversions applied). It's a pretty handy utili
 ty to have around if you deal with Apple disk images. It used to be a commercial product but is now free. And from my experience, it's readily accessible, at least I had no problems with it.Here's the link to it: http://a2ciderpress.com/

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Re: Jim Kitchen passed away

2015-08-08 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: Jim Kitchen passed away

That is very sad to hear.Considering Im 57, 58 is a way too young age to pass away at.Ive only played one of his games, but downloaded several that sounded interesting. Now I think Ill go download everything, because too many abandoned games just disappear.My thought, prayers, and condolences to his family and friends.Rest in peace, Jim.

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Re: the witcher 3

2015-08-04 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: the witcher 3

I played the original game back when I could still see, and started The Witcher 2 but didnt finish it before my vision loss made it inaccessible. I knew that The Witcher 3 had been released, but paid no attention to it because, from what I knew of the original and The Witcher 2 I didnt think it would be accessible at all.

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Re: got the error when i want to run TDV and entombed

2015-08-03 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: got the error when i want to run TDV and entombed

You can usually uninstall the .NET framework by going to Programs  Features in the Control Panel, the problem youll have is, that there are several versions of the framework, and I dont know which one Entombed installs.You cant uninstall DirectX because it is installed with Windows.Try running Windows update and installing all updates to any version of the .NET framework that is offered. Be sure to check both important and optional updates.There are a number of pages that come up when you google the error code that refer to replacing a particular dll that is apparently part of DirectX, doing that might be something to try as well.http://www.google.com?q=0xc07b

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Re: got the error when i want to run TDV and entombed

2015-08-03 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: got the error when i want to run TDV and entombed

You can usually uninstall the .NET framework by going to Programs  Features in the Control Panel, the problem youll have is, that ther are several versions of the framework, and I dont know which one Entombed installs.You cant uninstll DirectX because it is installed with Windows.Try running Windows update and installing all updates to any version of the .NET framework that is offered. Be sure to check both important and optional updates.There are a number of pages that come up when you google the error code that refer to replacing a particular dll that is apparently part of DirectX, doing that might be something to try as well.http://www.google.com?q=0xc07b

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Re: Q9 Has a New Home

2015-08-01 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector

Re: Q9 Has a New Home

jsymes,Im sorry but I really dont have any simpathy for you, if we use your registration date as an indication of how much time you had, as has been done with me, you had four years to buy the game but didnt, so Phil, after a period of time with little or no sales (where were you and thomas?) was offered a chance to make a few extra dollars on a game that appeared to be dead, took the offer. Who can blame him? Even if I was an NVDA user, I wouldnt.Was I around in the 1990s and 2000s? Yes and no. I was around but had 20/60 vision at the time so I didnt need, and thus ignored, screen readers. I only started using a screen reader 18 months ago.Nnocturnus,Ah! I see what you are doing. By the way you put down your friends that use JAWS, you obviously dont think very much of them, and you are applying their example to all JAWS users. In that case, to return the favor, let me find a mentally challenged NVDA user so I can cla
im that all NVDA users are retarded.Scripts are just programs, just like your word processor is a program. Im afraid you are becoming too dependant on your word processor. To cure you of that dependancy, lets remove your word processor from your computer. You should be able to use notepad to write that 5,000 word report your boss wants next week. If you want, well even be gracious enough to let you pick your favorite utility or tool that you use a lot in place of the word processor. How appealing is that? I think youll find youre no better off than someone who is dependant on some script, and they say that people who live in glass houses shouldnt throw stones.Yet another example of the NVDA users are better than users of other screen readers sentiment. Here it is insinuated that NVDA user are bettter than everyone else because they dont depend on scripts. What is NVDA but a bunch of python scripts? Have some NVDA add ons instal
led? Arent they even more python scripts? LOL!jayde,You could be right that Freedom Scientific may have been first on the market with a useable screen reader and so for a while had no competition, I doubt that they were competition free for long. What I have learned thus far is that NVDA has been available for about eight years, a little less than half as long as JAWS 20 years. Window Eyes is at version 9, which indicates that its been available for about nine years, again a little less than half the time JAWS has been available. And this wikipedia article shows that there are quite a number of screen readers available:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screen_readersFrom this, JAWS had had competition for at least eight years, that should be more than enough time for the market to effect its price, yet it price remains stable. Somebody claimed that the new 90 d
ay license Freedom Scientific is offering for JAWS was evidence that competition was affecting their sales. If the 90 day license could be converted into a permanent license, then Id agree, but it cant, it is simply a lower cost option for those situations where a permanent license isnt needed.Hartgen also offers a 90 days license for Leasey, but unlike the JAWS 90 day license, if you buy four consecutive 90 day licenses for Leasey, your license becomes a permanenbt license.jack,Welcome to the real live world of moderen business, devouring their competition is what every business wants to do, not just Freedom Scientific. And every business will do whatever they think they can get away with towards that end. Freedom Scientific is no different in this than any other business on the planet, including you and your employer.Yes, Leasey provides games, Internet radio, and some productivity tools within its environment, but it doesnt rest
rict users, they are free to get their games, Internet Radio and productivity tools from somewhere else rather than use the ones Leasey provides. Its up to the user, not Leasey. If thats what you think Leasey is, you havent looked at Leasey closely enough to really understand what you are talking about.keyisfull,LOL! Your last message had me in stitches at its complete absurdity. NVDA doesnt have a malware scanner either, nor does any other screen reader or screen reader add on for that matter. Your whole message made exactly zero sense. What does make sense is that everyone, regardless of which screen reader they choose to use, should consider installing an anti virus and/or anti malware scanner to protect their computer.Your message is yet another example of NVDA users having the attitude that they are better than users of other screen readers because it insinuates that only NVDA users would be smart enough to install anti virus and/or
anti malware protection on their system, which is complete non sense.chris,Treasure Troll was never available without a Leasey license. It was designed by Hartgen Consultancy which then hired Phil to write it for them.garrett,It is the same. In both cases the games are inaccessible because system requirements

Re: got the error when i want to run TDV and entombed

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Re: got the error when i want to run TDV and entombed

I googled 0xc07b without the quotes and found that this error shows up most often with 32 bit application on 64 bit systems and is related to DirectX.When you installed TDV or Entombed, did you allow the DirectX installer to run? If not, try rerunning the Entombed installer and this time allow the DirectX installer to run.I chose the Entombed installer because I know that it runs the DirectX installer, if you know that the TDV installer also runs the DirectX installer, you can use it instead. The key thing here is to run the DirectX installer.I hope that helps!

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Re: dle full version

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Re: dle full version

Silly question? If the name of the game is Escape the Dark Leagion, wouldnt EDL be a more appropriate abreviation than DLE?

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Re: Q9 Has a New Home

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Re: Q9 Has a New Home

nocturnus wrote:To do this, we must look at something you seem to despise looking at, and that is the overall success of screen readerWhere do you get the idea that I dispise looking at the success of screen readers? Im very thankful for them, without them Id have no access to computers.nocturnus wrote:At present, JAWS is holding as the dominant screen reader for the most part in the United States and the United Kingdom. Perhaps the most reasonable explanation for this is that in both of the countries JAWS is provided for free to anyone who is engaged in education or employment searching. Another, much more shady argument can also be raised, that agencies do not do their best to educate consumers on everything available so much as what they have to offer, which is only reasonable given goodness only knows what kind of contracts are 
 in place with such organizations and services providers and the likeMost, if not all, blind and visually impaired support and service organizations and government departments are under funded and under staffed. There is often not enough time or resources for these organizations to research and educate themselves about all the screen reader options available. So it often happens that the only screen readers they know about are from those companies that maintain an active marketing campaign. I dont know about other companies, but I do know that Freedom Scientific has a very active marketing department. No matter how good it is, it cant do anybody any good if nobody knows about it.nocturnus wrote:Windows is actually seeing a decrease in usage, probably because voiceover is provided for free on apples operating systemsYou are forgetting that Windows comes with Nara
 tor, it may not be as good as Apples VoiceOver, but is a very useable screen reader. Until I saw all the added features JAWS provided, plus its much more understandable voice, I was going to use what came with Windows.nocturnus wrote:nothing exists whatsoever to persuade me that this is a good move for gamers or a gaming platform as a whole.Youll get no argument from me on that. It would have been much better if Phil could have found someone to sell Q9 to that would have kept it available to anyone that wanted it regardless of their system configuration. Ive already said that a number of times in this thread, but it seems that people seems to ignore that. So I find myself saying yet again.nocturnus wrote:it is my belief that Bryan has relied on an outdated model to continue selling his products.It is only ou
 t dated if it is no longer functional and I dont see that happening for a long time yet.nocturnus wrote:this is a move designed to bring games to people who have been deemed unteachable, for whom scripts seem like a much more reasonable alternative than educating them on how to properly use their computers, because so far as I can tell, the purpose of Leasey seems to be that you do as little as possible with as much as possible.[[wow]], I find it disturbing that youd be so scornfull of people less capable than you, and that youd use them as a crutch to support your obviously misinformed opinion of what Leasey is. Before you say more about Leasey, Id recommend you spend some time educating yourself about what it really is. Its not the crutch you think it is.First theres Leasey Basic, it is a system of menus allowing computer beginners the ability to do basic task
 s such as writing a letter or sending an email, without them getting lost or confused. There is also a getting started guide to help complete computer beginners learn about computers so they can get proficient enough to use their computer without needing the guidance of the menus.Then theres Leasey Advanced which is a set of more than 20 tools and utilities that can help you to be more productive while working with your computer.Two of my favorites are:The enhanced clipboard that has 12 slots that can be cut or copied into or pasted out of at random, so you could copy all the parts of an address into separate clipboard slots, then paste them into an Internet form without having to constantly go back and forth between your address book and your Internet browser.Another favorite is the ability to assign a block of text to a nickname, for example, I could give audiogames.net the nickname of agn, then in any application, I can type agn, hit the Leasey t
 ext key, and the agn will be replaced with audiogames.net. The block of text can be any size from a few words to many pages, and theres no real limit to the number of nicknames and blocks of text you can define. Very handy if you find yourself typing the same thing lots of times.Id call these kinds of tools productivity tools, not crutches for lazy or unteachable people.nocturnus wrote:Forget for just a minute, all that Leasey has to offer and tell me it is worth purchasing a computer, plus a screen reader, already totaling upwards of a thousand dollars, plus a license to a

Re: Q9 Has a New Home

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Re: Q9 Has a New Home

nocturnus wrote:To do this, we must look at something you seem to despise looking at, and that is the overall success of screen readerWhere do you get the idea that I dispise looking at the success of screen readers? Im very thankful for them, without them Id have no access to computers.nocturnus wrote:At present, JAWS is holding as the dominant screen reader for the most part in the United States and the United Kingdom. Perhaps the most reasonable explanation for this is that in both of the countries JAWS is provided for free to anyone who is engaged in education or employment searching. Another, much more shady argument can also be raised, that agencies do not do their best to educate consumers on everything available so much as what they have to offer, which is only reasonable given goodness only knows what kind of contracts are 
 in place with such organizations and services providers and the likeMost, if not all, blind and visually impaired support and service organizations and government departments are under funded and under staffed. There is often not enough time or resources for these organizations to research and educate themselves about all the screen reader options available. So it often happens that the only screen readers they know about are from those companies that maintain an active marketing campaign. I dont know about other companies, but I do know that Freedom Scientific has a very active marketing department. No matter how good it is, it cant do anybody any good if nobody knows about it.nocturnus wrote:Windows is actually seeing a decrease in usage, probably because voiceover is provided for free on apples operating systemsYou are forgetting that Windows comes with Nara
 tor, it may not be as good as Apples VoiceOver, but is a very useable screen reader. Until I saw all the added features JAWS provided, plus its much more understandable voice, I was going to use what came with Windows.nocturnus wrote:nothing exists whatsoever to persuade me that this is a good move for gamers or a gaming platform as a whole.Youll get no argument from me on that. It would have been much better if Phil could have found someone to sell Q9 to that would have kept it available to anyone that wanted it regardless of their system configuration. Ive already said that a number of times in this thread, but it seems that people seems to ignore that. So I find myself saying yet again.nocturnus wrote:it is my belief that Bryan has relied on an outdated model to continue selling his products.It is only ou
 t dated if it is no longer functional and I dont see that happening for a long time yet.nocturnus wrote:this is a move designed to bring games to people who have been deemed unteachable, for whom scripts seem like a much more reasonable alternative than educating them on how to properly use their computers, because so far as I can tell, the purpose of Leasey seems to be that you do as little as possible with as much as possible.[[wow]], I find it disturbing that youd be so scornfull of people less capable than you, and that youd use them as a crutch to support your obviously misinformed opinion of what Leasey is. Before you say more about Leasey, Id recommend you spend some time educating yourself about what it really is. Its not the crutch you think it is.First theres Leasey Basic, it is a system of menus allowing computer beginners the ability to do basic task
 s such as writing a letter or sending an email, without them getting lost or confused. There is also a getting started guide to help complete computer beginners learn about computers so they can get proficient enough to use their computer without needing the guidance of the menus.Then theres Leasey Advanced which is a set of more than 20 tools and utilities that can help you to be more productive while working with your computer.Two of my favorites are:The enhanced clipboard that has 12 slots that can be cut or copied into or pasted out of at random, so you could copy all the parts of an address into separate clipboard slots, then paste them into an Internet form without having to constantly go back and forth between your address book and your Internet browser.Another favorite is the ability to assign a block of text to a nickname, for example, I could give audiogames.net the nickname of agn, then in any application, I can type agn, hit the Leasey t
 ext key, and the agn will be replaced with audiogames.net. The block of text can be any size from a few words to many pages, and theres no real limit to the number of nicknames and blocks of text you can define. Very handy if you find yourself typing the same thing lots of times.Id call these kinds of tools productivity tools, not crutches for lazy or unteachable people.nocturnus wrote:Forget for just a minute, all that Leasey has to offer and tell me it is worth purchasing a computer, plus a screen reader, already totaling upwards of a thousand dollars, plus a license to a

Re: Q9 Has a New Home

2015-07-29 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector

Re: Q9 Has a New Home

While researching Leasey to determine if I want to buy a license for it or not, and I more than likely will. I learned about another of Hartgen Consultancys products. One product, called J-Say, is a program that works with JAWS and Dragon Naturally Speaking to allow users who cant use keyboards to control their computer entirely by voice command. The program is 12 years old and still only supports the JAWS screen reader. From that, I think its safe to say that Hartgen Consultancy is focused on supporting JAWS and probably has no real interest in supporting any other screen readers. I dont consider this to be a good or bad decision, its simply a choice the Hartgens made when setting up their business, and apparently its worked for them as they are still quite successfully in business.Does that make Leasey a failure as a game platform? No. All it does is prevent anyone who doesnt use JAWS from playing any games that are exclusiv
e to the platform, and at present, theres only two. Will there be more? More than likely. If they dont buy the rights to a game, like they did with Q9, theyll have one developed for them, like they did with Treasure Troll. And offering exclusive features is one of many ways to draw customers which every business wants to do.And if Hartgen makes an offer for an old game that has almost no sales, who can blame the developer if they choose to jump at the offer of money for their game. I think most sensible people would make the same choice Phil did.Its no different than the PC versus Macintosh question. If youre a PC user, youre going to pretty much ignore products exclusively for the Macintosh, and visa versa, if you use a Macintosh, youll pretty much ignore products exclusively for the PC. Same thing here, if you use JAWS, you might become a customer of Hartgen Consultancy. But, if you dont use JAWS, then you can safely ig
nore Hartgen Consultancys products.Yes, everyone is entitled to and has the right to voice their opinions, but I hardly consider calling Phil a back stabber or hoping that Hartgen encounters trouble because they bought the rights to a game, voicing your opinion, its just malice, ill will, and intollerence of and lack of respect for people and their choices.

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Re: Learning and playing chess

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Re: Learning and playing chess

I havent seen this mentioned, I havent used it myself because I already know chess, so I cant say if its any good or not.Accessible Chess Tutorhttp://www.audiogames.net/db.php?action … ss%20tutorOne thing that was left ot of the descriptions of how the pieces move. All pieces are blocked by all other pieces except the knight. Hnights can jump over other pieces. So, all the other major pieces are trapped in the back row until at least one pawn in front of them is moved. Knights are not trapped, as they can jump over unmoved pawns.There are some other movement rules left out, but they are for more advanced play, games are often played that never use those rules.

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Re: the randomness of sound you guys want in?

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Re: the randomness of sound you guys want in?

This sounds like fuhn! Ill have to remember it for when Ive built up a reasonable library of sounds.

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Re: Q9 Has a New Home

2015-07-28 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: Q9 Has a New Home

jack, interesting. Im just reporting what Brian says in his response to the NVDA question, he apparently doesnt know about these closed source add ons.Besides its interaction with it, the only other reason why Leasey requires JAWS that I can see is because Leasey is written in its scripting language. If an NVDA version of Leasey were produced, I seriously doubt that it would require JAWS.Since I am a JAWS user, I have very little interest in an NVDA version, so I wouldnt be the best choice for someone to contact Brian about it. If you are really interested in an version of Leasey for NVDA, you should contact him about it and be sure to tell him about the closed source add ons, that might open the door for an NVDA version.BryanP wrote:It comes as part of the Leasy package which you have to be a Flaws user to buy. I can only hope this causes problems for Mr. Hard Gin
 With people posting remarks like this, I can understand Brians comments about he and Phil recieving hate mail, or maybe this is a clue to where it is coming from.Unless people with these kinds of sentiments create them, I seriously doubt thatHartgen will have any problems that come from this move.

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Re: Q9 Has a New Home

2015-07-28 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — General Game Discussion : GeneWarner via Audiogames-reflector



  


Re: Q9 Has a New Home

aaron, from what I understand about the terms of the sale of the rights for Q9, the currently stand alone licenses need to be honored. I would gather that to acomplish this Hartgen would be provided with a list of all the licenses sold, so that someone who lost a key could contact them to have their key sent to them, and possibly even have a new key generated for a new machine if Q9 used hardware based registrations.

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Re: Q9 Has a New Home

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Re: Q9 Has a New Home

I think its most likely the people who procrastinated too long to buy the game and now find that its no longer available to them.

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Re: Immersion: is it possible in an audio game?

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Re: Immersion: is it possible in an audio game?

Unless the players environment could be sealed off from all outside influence, from a safety perspective, the player would want some level of awareness of their surroundings. At least I know I would.From my own experience playing video games, Ive found that total immersion isnt even necessary. As I played a games, I would slowly tune out the world around me to the point that the game world was all that existed, and this was with just a standard wide screen monitor and a pair of stereo speakers.Granted, things like multiple monitors, each showing a different view, surround sound audio, force or haptic feedback, etc. would have made the game playing more immersive, but only from the beginning of the session. If you become focused on the game, your mind will provide all the immersion youll need or want.Blindside was the first truely audio game I played, and I can tell you, it was a very immersive experience. For me, the only thing that mig
 ht have made it more immersive would have been surround sound, but Im not sure that Blindside supports it, though I wouldnt be surprized if it does.I dont know what its like today as its been at least 15 years since I had my last force feedback gaming control, but back then, to me, it was more of a gimmick than a real attempt to simulate the feel of a real steering wheel or flight stick, and it felt like it, I usually ended up turning it off because I found it more of a distraction than anything else.Is it possible for a game to be completely immersive? Probably. Is it necessary? Probably not.

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Re: Immersion: is it possible in an audio game?

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Re: Immersion: is it possible in an audio game?

pitermach,Actually, total immersion is possible with todays technology and has been for several years. The reason you havent seen it yet is because the cost to do it restricts it to well funded research labs.Before I lost my vision, I had a chance to experience some of what was possible. All I can say is that it was pretty darned amazing!For me, all I want is Jordis visor and a holodeck! 

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Re: Immersion: is it possible in an audio game?

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Re: Immersion: is it possible in an audio game?

Before I lost my vision, first person games were always my favorites because I could get so lost in them. Despite it being very short and only the first chapter of story that doesnt appear that it will ever be completed, I still enjoyed Blindside very much because it did try to be realistic with its sound scapes. On the reverse, I tried Palalid of the Sky and uninstalled it in less than ten minutes. It used arbitrary sounds for things so it was so far from what it would really sound like that there was no way I could immerse myself in the game.Ive been wanting to play games like Swamp and Shades of Doom, but have been holding off because I also have tinitus and wonder how much that might effect playing a real time game where being able to locate things bquickly by ear could mean the difference between being able to keep playing or being immediately killed, which could get frustrating, which is no fun.I dont need games to be amazingly real soun
 ding, but I do want them to be somewhat accurate. A game where walls are beeps, doors are baps, people are boops, and furnature is bops, just doesnt do it for me.

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Re: considering selling our audiogames via steam

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Re: considering selling our audiogames via steam

Although I dont know how well it did or not, if I recall correctly, Grail to the Thief is on Steam, it can also be purchased through the authors web site as well. I believe he uses PayPal for that. It would be interesting to know what percentage of his sales were through Steam. I wouldnt be surprised if he sells more copies outside of Steam.

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