Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Finally good topic comes for me!1. The best game...hmm, diffrent person has diffrent opinion about it man. As for me, Ill point at the following, based on the genre :Shadow rine, a japanese style rpg.Entombed, a

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Finally good topic comes for me!1. The best game...hmm, diffrent person has diffrent opinion about it man. As for me, Ill point at the following, based on the genre :Shadow rine, a japanese style rpg.Entombed, a

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hi there!Welcome to the AudioGames fórum. Firstly, let me introduce myself. Secondly, I will answer your questions.My name is André Filipe Silva and I was born in the USA. However, I come from a Portuguese

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. 4. Im very comfortable using more than one, two or three keys on the keyboard in order to play a blind-accessible computer game. In fact, I use the whole PC keyboard daily.Hi there!Welcome to the AudioGames fórum.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hi there!Welcome to the AudioGames fórum. Firstly, let me introduce myself. Secondly, I will answer your questions.My name is André Filipe Silva and I was born in the USA. However, I come from a Portuguese

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hi there!Welcome to the AudioGames fórum. Firstly, let me introduce myself. Secondly, I will answer your questions.My name is André Filipe Silva and I was born in the USA. However, I come from a Portuguese

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hi.Im sorry I didnt explained myself good enough. I ment a graphical interface, made accessible to blind people from the ground. A graphical interface like in a mainstream game, so sighted people and blind people

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. devinprater wrote:I’d really like to see more games for mac though, as running a VM is well, not all that lovely, but playing a game with a missing up-arrow key and my shift+left arrow acting as up-arrow complicating NVDA

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hi.Sorry to dubble post, but I would make sure my comment regarding to gaming on a virtual machine made through. [[wow]] this topic has grown a lot while Ive been out of the country this weekend. I didnt had the japanese

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Well, I guess I just haven’t tried all the Japanese audio games there are. I base my “vague outline” thing on the BK series, where I guess the story isn’t all that needed, but perhaps some of the other games are better

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. devinprater wrote:... I know I know, not everyone has a missing up-arrow key but still, it’d be hard to deal with just because of the 1.5 second delay with gm’s.Have about getting a new keyboard? If you are using a laptop

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hello GameDev, and welcome to the audio games forum.GameDev wrote:1. what is the single best game on the market?Personally I like the Swamp FPS, but I also like to play alter Aeon (a textual MUD) every once and a

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Well, I have a lovely Logitech k760 solar keyboard, that really saves money on batteries, so I’d rather not give this one up for as long as the other arrow keys work.URL:

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Mainstream publishers have us beat by miles simply because their market is far larger than the audiogames market. Id be surprised if we had more than 1 blind gamers, and they measure their sales in hundreds of

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Bladestorm, I might not be thinking of the same thing, but Ive registered my Kaldobsky LLC company as an official software/hardware business. I think some of the other developers have done the same (or at least have given

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Aprone... I think bladestorm was refering more to a business as one that was specifically dedicated to making games such as capcom, Namko, blizard, etc. But I see what you mean about the fact that whether you have a

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Roger that assault_freak. After re-reading I think you may be right about what he meant.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=178690#p178690 ___

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Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. GameDev, heres a blow by blow account of the audio clip that AssaultFreak posted.The recording starts with the game already on the title screen, and he loads up his save with an option from the menu, which accounts for the

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hi, I’d gladly buy a game from iTunes if it was for the mac. I did buy silver dollar, but it turned out to be just another “press space when a sound is in the center of you’re ears and press them arrow key things when you

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. To further add to the message, I’ve played almost all mortal combat titles, and believe we have quite a long way to go. Mortal combat deadly alliance and deception had like, 3 modes of gameplay, fighting, adventure, and

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Firstly, I have far more than a vague idea about the story when I play japanese games. Ive beaten them all and have translated the story very accurately for every one of them, with almost no knowledge of the language. Ive

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Devin... I cant speak to google translate since that isnt all I have to rely on... but many people I know play the game, dont know any Japanese at all and can understand substancially more than just a vague outline of the

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hi.Here are my answers:1. Understand how to make any conventional game work perfectly for blind people.Well, I think the best way to learn this is by push out some beta versions so people can come up with some great

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Oh bty the way, if you have an iPhone, you should get the awesome audio game called Papa sangre 2 and spent the weekend playing this really, really epic game. Youll be amazed, for sure! URL:

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. SLJ, I dont think I agree that if you want a high quality game, you have to pay. There are tons and tons of what I would call high quality japanese RPGs in the audiogames market, just not in english. So far, every one of

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hey folks. Except for the games I already pay for, I wouldnt pay for an audiogame taking into consideration the titles we already have. So, if we really end up with something innovative, Ill gladly pay for it.Best regards,

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. bladestorm360 wrote:SLJ, I dont think I agree that if you want a high quality game, you have to pay. There are tons and tons of what I would call high quality japanese RPGs in the audiogames market, just not in

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hi game dev, i dont have time to answer all the questions but i just want to point out quickly that your previous post is a matter of perspective. While certainly there are games that are worth the money, there are also

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. GameDev wrote:Sorry bladestorm360, but your are wrong in this case. Free will limit the quantity and quality of games. We all have to make a living, and great games take a great deal of time, skill, and resources. The

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Thanks arqmeister. I hear you, but I dont think you get my point. When you refer to high-quality games, you are making a statement based on past audiogames. If the market for paid audiogames was larger, the quality and

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. hadi.gsf wrote:GameDev wrote:Sorry bladestorm360, but your are wrong in this case. Free will limit the quantity and quality of games. We all have to make a living, and great games take a great deal of time, skill, and

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. I dont disagree that you need to pay for a high-budget game, but I think what a lot of people here are saying is that quality doesnt always mean depending on movie-grade sounds or music. As someone who has played the

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. At game dev: got you, i understand where you are comeing from. Perhaps at some point, the quality of audio games will be beyond my imagination right now. Although as assault_freak stated, its much more than about thousands

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Game-dev, here is am mp3 of one of the Japanese games that has been brought up here before. Bokurano Daibouken 3, probably the most inovative side scroller the audio games market has seen so far. This is a sampling of two

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. assault_freak wrote:Game-dev, here is am mp3 of one of the Japanese games that has been brought up here before. Bokurano Daibouken 3, probably the most inovative side scroller the audio games market has seen so far.I

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. I dont have time to write one out now so perhaps someone else will fill it in for me. I dont disagree with you that all those things are things that should be looked at. But all of them have answers which arent concrete...

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Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. This discussion about game qualities reminds me of similar frustrations when I first arrived. I remember at least 1 thread where a few of us were butting heads about this same thing! The problem was caused because I was

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. assault_freak wrote:Well... that question can be asked of any indie gaming industry which is essentially what the audio games market is.Indie games are not free games, which is why they are flourishing.URL:

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Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. I think you bring up good points, approne. I dont think were necessarily budding heads here.. I know Ive learned from this discussion. And since a lot of us here play console games I think we do realize what is meant and

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Aprone wrote:GameDev, think back to the days of Oregon trail, Pacman, and perhaps the original Mario brothers.I dont understand the point you are trying to make? These games were not free.As for the rest of your post, it

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. I want to riff a bit on Aprones most recent post here, as he represents a sighted developer who has made great strides towards providing audio gaming content that hadnt been realized before. This is not to say that you,

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Welcome GameDev,I can give you a quick history of audio games.Twenty years ago the only games a blind person could play were text based, like Zork from Infocom.Back then, I got together with another computer programmer and

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Thanks Phil. I love history, and you provided me with some valuable context. It is also great talking to an innovator like yourself. I hope I can lean on you from time to time with some questions.What do you think caused

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Assault freak, sorry if I ruffled any feathers, lol. My analogy probably didnt paint the prettiest picture possible, so hopefully it didnt offend anyone.GameDev wrote:Aprone wrote:GameDev, think back to the days of Oregon

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hello folks! Gamedev, try to see the audio in audiogames as the graphics for mainstream games. If we have a stunning sound ambientation in a game like: Kill the ducks before they cross the bridge, it will surely be a waste

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Resources are what were talking about, not money. Its just the most reliable way to get resources is through money. (Money and charisma, but blindness seems to come with a charisma penalty).So, yeah. Give me a million

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. I hate to break this to everyone, but I play many console games as a sighted person and trust me, most of them are not worth it. Some are good, but not many. To me innovation was an 80s/90s thing. That is long gone

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. I believe thats a matter of personal opinion. Im happy with several of the console games Ive played, such as BlazBlue, Dragon Warrior VII and Dragon Quest VIII (with sighted help), and other games that have really good

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Ive heard similar sentiments from other sources - publishers nowadays focusing on super ultra mega graphics and rushing out sequels to milk shallow franchises for all their worth, etc.And yet, they still have us beat by

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. I agree with bladestorm.. its more a matter of opinion than anything else. I play mostly fighting games and some of those have been getting a huge resurgeance in popularity over the last five years. I love deep mechanics

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Also, aprone, no feathers ruffled at all here! URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=178618#p178618 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

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Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. gameDev:welcoem to this awesome forum.I agree with Thomas. Question number 1 is based on personal opinions, because we have games in nearly every categories. I could ask you: Whats the best mainstream game out there? the

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hello,1. what is the single best game on the market?As others have said before me, it is all based on opinion. Personally I like entombed and I also have a game in early development that is becoming interesting to play.2.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hey folks. First, welcome Gamedev to our gaming den. And yes, I agree with you guys, we really dont have a good english rpg. The best I have played is Entombed, but I really prefer a good background story, character

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. [[wow]]! I certainly came to the right place. I never found such intelligent, knowleagable gamers on one game forum. I must thank each and every one of you for responding. Your help is really appreciated.I asked the first

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. [[wow]]! I certainly came to the right place. I never found such intelligent, knowleagable gamers on one game forum. I must thank each and every one of you for responding. Your help is really appreciated.I asked the first

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. [[wow]]! I certainly came to the right place. I never found such intelligent, knowleagable gamers on one game forum. I must thank each and every one of you for responding. Your help is really appreciated.I asked the first

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Thanks assault_freak. I wonder why Japanese games are so much better? Also, based on your personal experience and just plain guessing, how many total blind gamers do you think there are?Thank you so much for your clear

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hi there. Welcome to the forum... here are my answers to some of the questions you posed.1. I would say the best audio games on the market for me are probably Shadow Line: Full voice edition and bokurano Daibouken 3.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hey Gamedev, would you mind adding me on skype?My skype name is Aanderson.carvalhoIf anyone else wants to add me too, feel free to do so.I guess it would help us to have a straight conversation this way.Best regards,

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. I cant speculate on either one, really. Its impossible to say... because we have so many people who play who are scattered around the globe. As to Japanese games... honestly, I dont know either. But I would seriously urge

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. I have no idea why japanese games seem to be better. I can tell you that their school system seems to have a much greater emphasis on self-disciplin and being creative, so that might have something to do with it, but Im

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. I have no idea why japanese games seem to be better. I can tell you that their school system seems to have a much greater emphasis on self-disciplin and being creative, so that might have something to do with it, but Im

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Thank you so much bladestorm360. You put a lot of effort into your post, and I really, really appreciate it.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=178411#p178411 ___

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Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. First off, since I am fully sighted I do not think I should try to answer the 3 questions youve asked above. My answers would not help you in the slightest, haha! GameDev wrote:Is there no commercial market for games? I

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Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Thanks Aprone. That was a great post, and very helpful.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=178420#p178420 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. I dont think theres much I can say that hasnt already been said, other than Yay! Hopefully more comes of this than my akrasiatic flailing!Swamp, Entombed, Shadow Line, and the Bokurano Daibouken trilogy make up the bulk of

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hello GameDev!Welcome to the audio games forum!Lets get onto your questions...1: swamp, Road to Rage, and 3d velocity.In three of these games, You have high quality sounds, high quality development and code, and great

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hello GameDev!Welcome to the audio games forum!Lets get onto your questions...1: swamp, Road to Rage, and 3d velocity.In three of these games, You have high quality sounds, high quality development and code, and great

I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. I really want to revolutionize and improve upon games for the blind, but I am stuck. I am going to need help, and I think this is a great place to find experienced, dedicated gamers who might be able to answer my questions. I

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hello there! Im not sure if I can answer all questions accurately, since I dont have a touch screen device myself. But Ill surely help.1. what is the single best game on the market?I can point Swamp as the best FPS I ever

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. Hello.1.It really varies for what game is the best on the market.Some are free and are really great, others are paid and ok.That said, In my! Opinion, the best titles out there are bk III, (a 2d action packed rpg), The

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Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. GameDev, Welcome! It is good to have you here with us and I think we all look forward to seeing what you can come up with.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=178310#p178310

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Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. 1. I dont know that I can point to a best game, but my favorites are the japanese RPGs, of which there are several. Most recently I praised Shadow Line Full Voice in a review, but they are all great. English games, I dont

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people.

Re: I have a deep desire to build higher quality games for blind people. GameDev, welcome to the Audio Games forum. Below are your questions and my answers.1. what is the single best game on the market?Answer: I think this is entirely based on personal opinion. I think many blind gamers would