Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 Hi all,Just wanted to quickly chime in and say that I agree with what most people said about this situation. I am quite saddened to hear Thomas has passed, and I feel that he could've made great products if he had more energy and motivation, even with al

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 I think that was why I kept beta 18 rather than any of the updated ones, the mechanics were far more stable. The thing I'm really sorry about is that montizumas  return, of which tom finished six levels can't be distributed withut some sort of

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 Well Raygrote, on a purely practical level, betas of betas of mota and installers for what other games he produced are drifting around will be likely archived by someone, perhaps Phil Vlasac.As to what happens to his source code, I did hear his wife apparently

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 Dark,I have 485 messages from Thomas Ward Some were from the Audyssey list, some from the MOTA private beta testers list and some were directly to me.I plan to pick out the important ones and post them, with the approval of the people he was writing to on the

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 Hi to all. I found an old beta of mysteries of the azteks and probably I think he had a pottential to work. I played only for 20 seconds or maybe a little shorter time to judge the game but I know that he tried his best. Why don't we modify the concept of

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 Well some comments might have  been joking, but I do recall Tom getting rather annoyed at certain people when such remarks got made sinse he tended to be a little touchy on the subject, particularly sinse despite his words to the contrary people persisted in

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 I won't disagree that right now probably isn't the best time to make such jokes about USA raceway or Mysteries of the Ancients, but I don't agree that these jokes wouldn't be made if Tom were still alive.Dark wrote:...especially sinse thos

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 @Aprone, the thing is we already have jokes like that in the community. "when Chillingham two comes out" was one people used for quite some time, being that Chillingham one (produced in 2004), ended on a major cliff hangerr with the message &quo

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 After news of Tom's passing went around the forum and audyssey list, several comments popped up about his unfinished projects.  In my opinion, those people were making ill-timed jokes rather than actually being upset that those games weren't going

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 How old was Tom?  I was shocked to read this on a general games discussion thread for the first time.Best Regards,Luke URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=253976#p253976 ___ Audiogames-reflector

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 As much as I agree with that Dark, I do have to backtrack a bit -- Tyler didn't specify that it was terrible that Thom was gone because he won't get the game. He only inquired about its state. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=2539

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 Slj and Ishen are correct, however  it is a little disrespectful that people think of this first. If it were  the case as with Jim Kitchin of wanting to preserve his work for posterity and people to enjoy in the future, then I'd understand but saying "

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 That of course means that all the projects he have worked on now are in the grave, together with him. He properly didn't know he was going to die, so he didn't got a chance to let others take over those projects, so we can't do anything but just m

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 no obtaining man. move on from this. There is nothing we can do that. ThanksIshan URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=253939#p253939 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 So, as you all know, Thomas has passed on. What does that mean for USA raceway? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=253935#p253935 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector

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Re: Usa games Actually they aren't cross platform. I know he did want to go that route but his experiments in that direction were less than satisfacttory. The games would run fine on Mac or whatever but then you'd run them on Windows and they'd lag a whole bu

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Re: Usa games well, Thomas Ward took it down. Last thing I herd he was working on a remake of mota called arc of hope, although I'm not sure about that any more since from what i know he's been quiet for over 2 years now consirning his games. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/vie

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Re: Usa games hello. Misteries of the Ancients (MOTA) was for Linux, but I cannot download that. Vojta. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=245725#p245725 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin

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Re: Usa games well I do know they are cross plattform so they might. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=245723#p245723 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin

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Re: Usa games There was never a beta of USA raceway, and I dont think that the games of this developer even run under the linux operating system. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=245718#p245718 ___ Audiogames-reflector

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Usa games Hello all. I would like to play old games from Usagames interactive on Linux, but Misteries of the ancients I can't download. Please, what about Montezuma's revenge or some beta of USA raceway? Usagames were great games. thanks. Best regards Vojta.

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 Vlad, sorry, but I do not use Skype. So I can't add you to Skype since I don't use it. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=223236#p223236 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 ok. thomas  if you want add me on skype because i can help you with suggestions and much more.my skype  isvlad_ciotescu andmy profile  name is MC vladbest regards.vlad URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=223149#p223149

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 ok. thomas  if you want add meonskype because ican help youwith suestionsand much more. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=223149#p223149 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 How are Mysteries and Raceway going? Honestly I miss the monthly news updates. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=223127#p223127 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 @Vlad, Ark of Hope has been shelved for the time being. I have a lot going on, and of course I am trying to complete Mysteries of the Ancients and Raceway. So have put Ark of Hope on the proverbial back burner for a while. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 hi.you're awesomebut i'm curiously how is the tomb hunter ark of  hope. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=223062#p223062 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games

Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games Hi,I agree, and it annoys me but if someone either enjoys something new that I discover or create, then I let tha spur me on.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172183#p172183 ___ Audiogames

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Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games Bryan, its not just games the blind community wine and complain about. They complain about everything, or so it seems to me. I've been around on this and other blind forums and there have always been more than a handful of blind members who will

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games

Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games It's the blind community. From my observations its the nature of much of te blind community to whine and complain,at least when it comes to games. Sorry if that sounds harsh but that's what I've observed over the years. In fact it&#x

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Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games Well, Tom, I would say that although it is taking a long time, you've had a heap of trouble from the start.  Legal issues, language problems, etc.  I'm glad that you took the time to sort of waffle between a bunch of languages, since it&#

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Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games I certainly agree were I a large company that if something didn't benefit me, I wouldn't do it. As for Dropping support for some things, there again, if newer does indeed work better, then by all means go for it. Less bugs, less complaini

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Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games KG4RDF, I don't really know why a company would stop developing a game for a certain platform unless they either no longer have the tools to do so, or the feel the prior versions for that platform were satisfactorily complete. Its hard to say wi

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Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games They should when the effort required to continue to support it would outweigh the benefits.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=171859#p171859 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames

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Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games There is a game called Plants Versus Zombies that was originally released for PC. Now, its latest incarnation is available on every other platform except PC. I think this is strange. Why wouldn't a company, especially a well-known one, keep rele

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Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games True. Another thing is that this person says Tomsould just have used VB6since im Kitchen and if I'm not mistaken GMA as well still use that language. The problemis that while we can for the moment get Jim's games to run on newer systems

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Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games Bryan, that is unfortunately true. No matter what a developer does it is a no win situation as far as end users are concerned. Someone somewhere will complain about the developer's choices, because they take those decisions personally. If a deve

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Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games Hi Tom,I agree, also, about cross platform, if only for the sake that I'd just like to see it happen. WHile I don't own a mac, I find the idea of games coming to the mac to be a great one, as I think it's well overdue. I also own

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Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games LOL Tom it's interesting that you should mention Doom. I remember back when was a freshman in High School my dad used to play it. I remember that for a while he had a Simpsons mod and another featuring Santa Claus.URL: http://forum.audiogame

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Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games Hi,Cross platform games, especially in this community, is a must these days. I do, in fact, use the same language as danny for creating games, so cross platform isn't a problem. In fact, the SnowRace server is running on my linux vps right now.

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Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games Tom: I totally respect your awesome and fantastic reply! All this should be shared everywhere. Thumbs up dude.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=171710#p171710 ___ Audiogames-reflector

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Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games I also agree that writing games for cross platform is a must. I myself used to use linux as my main operating system, and one of the things that made me switch back was the lack of games. Sure you can play muds, but orca's support in terminal

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Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games Sebby, I completely agree with you that these days writing cross-platform code is a must. It was one thing 10 years ago when a game developer could count on his or her end users running Windows XP, that Visual Basic 6 compatibility was no real

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Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games @Lord_raven: at the risk of damaging the points I made above, do consider the possibility that some games are actually, genuinely constrained by market circumstances. For example, some games are better suited to a touchscreen, or some touchscreen

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Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games Whiny Blindy wrote:Not many, and those who do have most also access to a windows machine, so developing an audio game for another platform than windows is nothing more than a waste of time.Bigotry of the worst kind. Windows is the reason I don't

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Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games @Sebby:I can understand where you are coming from.Really.While I personally don't own an IPhone or any other Mac product, I am not totally ignorant of these other platforms and I think that any user of said products would like to see their ga

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Re: Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games Whiny Blindy wrote:Not many, and those who do have most also access to a windows machine, so developing an audio game for another platform than windows is nothing more than a waste of time.Bigotry of the worst kind. Windows is the reason I don't

[Audiogames-reflector] Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games

Addressing Some Concerns About USA Games Hi all,A discussion came up on the USA Games Gamers list I thought should be posted here so that those of you who have the same thoughts, concerns, and questions as Claudio could read my responses to his message. Below is a transcript of my conversation

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] USA Games News 9/7/2013

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 sswwaaiikkee, I guess I should probably send out an update soon on what were are doing, but as SLJ said above I'll let you know when there is anything substantial to report. Things are up in the air right now and I don't really want to say anything I m

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 I'm sure he'll let us know as soon as there is any news.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=166738#p166738 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukogl

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 hi twardmaybe is news about tomb hunter?thanksURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=166730#p166730 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 Hi.Thanks for the status report, that's great news. Keep up the good work man.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=147774#p147774 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabah

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 Hanif, its actually called the Evolution Engine not the Revolution Engine. Big difference in names. As far as a 3d version of Tomb Hunter that was on my things to do list, but honestly I'm not sure at the moment. I have a lot of irons in the fire, and I don&#

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 I was thinking of suggesting that to the pokemon project too.  really can't be dealing with Microsoft anna butchering the names so badly lolURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=147766#p147766 ___ Audio

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 Hi. It is called universal speech. It has support for the most common screen readers like Jaws, window eyes, and Sapi.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=147755#p147755 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 Wasn't it already 3d?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=147735#p147735 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/ma

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 Hi,Thanks for the status report.Now, I know you like the idea of cross platform and such, but might I suggest, for windows at least, the possibility of using Quentin C's API that he created for screen reader and sapi support all in one? I forgot the name of it

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 Hi,Thanks for the status report anyway.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=147731#p147731 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 [[wow]]! cool news!I hope that the game will be released, also the revolution engine!and are you planning to make a 3d version of tomb hunter?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=147680#p147680 ___ Audiogames

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Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 @Fatih, yes, but its on the back burner. I can't do everything at once. I am just now getting back into development. Last thing I want to do is bury myself with more than one or two projects at a time. Rest assured when I am ready to work on it I'll be work

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] USA Games News 9/7/2013

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 hi,How about USA raceway? Are you going to develope it?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=147650#p147650 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com http://sabahattin

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] USA Games News 9/7/2013

Re: USA Games News 9/7/2013 Hi Thom,I'm happy to hear that the amount of curve balls life has been sending you has decreased as of late, goodness knows you definitely did not! need any more of those. I really appreciate you sending out these news letters every once in a while, its much nic

[Audiogames-reflector] USA Games News 9/7/2013

USA Games News 9/7/2013 USA Games NewsSep. 7, 2013IntroductionWelcome gamers to the USA Games News. We know that it has been a very long time since our last news letter, and we felt it was a good time to send out a new one. So here we are with news and information about USA Games and our