Re: [blind-gamers] Help with mausoleum in A Hero's Call.

[michael barnes]

Hey, Darrne.

I didn't realize that it was random.
However I spent a good while trying to figure it out before I ask.

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Re: [blind-gamers] Coming up with ideas for a new game project.

[Justin Jones]

A few possibile scenarios that the player could explore:

1. Exploration
2. Military conquest
3. Economic superiority
4. Diplomatic mastery, e.g. the United Federation of Planets from Star Trek

Or, the player could play around with all of these ideas, doing a
little of each.

On 2/12/18, Paul Lemm  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have to say I really like Dark's suggestion too.  I think  the idea has
> lots of potential and could have loads of replay value, due to the
> different
> ways you could choose to run your colony and all the random factors
> involved
> too.
>
> Paul
> -Original Message-
> From: blind-gamers@groups.io [mailto:blind-gamers@groups.io] On Behalf Of
> dark
> Sent: 12 February 2018 17:43
> To: blind-gamers@groups.io
> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Coming up with ideas for a new game project.
>
> Hi Knick.
>
> Hope I'm not too late to this discussion being as I've been on a vocal
> studdies course all weekend :D.
>
> One game I'd love to see which I think you'd be in an ideal position to
> make
> is an sf themed single player space colonization game.
>
> There are hundreds of games online where you can minimax your space colony
> or space empire to battle other players, but very littel that actualy give
> you the idea of going out into an alien environment.
>
> I'd love to see a game where you had to build up a colony from scratch,
> grow
> and manage your population, look at the resources of your planet or star
> system and see what you can make, try to relate to  nearby aliens by war or
> peaceful means, and generally attempt to  survive.
>
> The  sort of game I'm thinking would be a little like castaways in that
> you'd be building buildings, producing resources and other  pieces of
> technology, but you'd also be researching, exploring your planet as well as
> (when you have the  vehicles and resources), it's moons and near by space,
> to gather more resources and  increase your colony even further.
>
> It'd be  particularly awesome if the game could be a little random so you
> had to adapt to things, both small scale disasters, like maybe your planet
> has some rainy weather that rusts some of your materials, to major
> problems,
> like  maybe your planet is low in metals and so you need to take more time
> working on genetics and organic research instead.
>
> What I've always found  irritating about so many click happy online space
> games (apart from the endless minimax pvp  elements), is they miss the
> random, haphazard nature of really being in an alien place. You click
> "build
> ship hanger" and ping! there it is.
>
> In reality, maybe the ground would be too soft, or maybe you have a sudden
> attack of alien giant flying jelly fish you need to  beat back.
>
> I'd love to see a game that had you look after human colonies, had you
> struggle against the environment, and come up in the end.
>
> With your focus on games related to time, as well as the great job you did
> Park boss, I definitely think this could be a good project, and one which
> would give a very unique experience in audio gaming.
>
> Hth.
>
> All the best,
>
> Dark.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 
>
>


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Re: [blind-gamers] Coming up with ideas for a new game project.

[Paul Lemm]

Hi,

I have to say I really like Dark's suggestion too.  I think  the idea has
lots of potential and could have loads of replay value, due to the different
ways you could choose to run your colony and all the random factors involved
too.

Paul
-Original Message-
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dark
Sent: 12 February 2018 17:43
To: blind-gamers@groups.io
Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Coming up with ideas for a new game project.

Hi Knick.

Hope I'm not too late to this discussion being as I've been on a vocal
studdies course all weekend :D.

One game I'd love to see which I think you'd be in an ideal position to make
is an sf themed single player space colonization game.

There are hundreds of games online where you can minimax your space colony
or space empire to battle other players, but very littel that actualy give
you the idea of going out into an alien environment.

I'd love to see a game where you had to build up a colony from scratch, grow
and manage your population, look at the resources of your planet or star
system and see what you can make, try to relate to  nearby aliens by war or
peaceful means, and generally attempt to  survive.

The  sort of game I'm thinking would be a little like castaways in that
you'd be building buildings, producing resources and other  pieces of
technology, but you'd also be researching, exploring your planet as well as
(when you have the  vehicles and resources), it's moons and near by space,
to gather more resources and  increase your colony even further.

It'd be  particularly awesome if the game could be a little random so you
had to adapt to things, both small scale disasters, like maybe your planet
has some rainy weather that rusts some of your materials, to major problems,
like  maybe your planet is low in metals and so you need to take more time
working on genetics and organic research instead.

What I've always found  irritating about so many click happy online space
games (apart from the endless minimax pvp  elements), is they miss the
random, haphazard nature of really being in an alien place. You click "build
ship hanger" and ping! there it is.

In reality, maybe the ground would be too soft, or maybe you have a sudden
attack of alien giant flying jelly fish you need to  beat back.

I'd love to see a game that had you look after human colonies, had you
struggle against the environment, and come up in the end.

With your focus on games related to time, as well as the great job you did
Park boss, I definitely think this could be a good project, and one which
would give a very unique experience in audio gaming.

Hth.

All the best,

Dark. 






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Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

[Paul Lemm]

No worries Lorie, do you know by the way that your messages are all appearing  
at the bottom of the message rather than at the top, I noticed this with the 
other messages you sent too.



-Original Message-
From: blind-gamers@groups.io [mailto:blind-gamers@groups.io] On Behalf Of lori 
duncan
Sent: 12 February 2018 20:18
To: blind-gamers@groups.io
Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

On 11/02/2018 23:54, Paul Lemm wrote:
> Hi Lorie,
>
> As far as game walk through/recordings if you go to the audio games archive  
> there are loads there, I've put the web link below:
>
> http://www.agarchive.net/
>
> Paul
>
> -Original Message-
> From: blind-gamers@groups.io [mailto:blind-gamers@groups.io] On Behalf 
> Of lori duncan
> Sent: 11 February 2018 23:05
> To: blind-gamers@groups.io
> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs
>
> On 11/02/2018 22:43, Katie Epperson via Groups.Io wrote:
>> That, my friend, is why you should get a Mac. They don’t eat your 
>> stuff most of the time
>>> On Feb 11, 2018, at 2:33 PM, Lori duncan  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi I was wondering if someone could send me the link to the website which 
>>> had all the audio game recordings, including the ones from Asmodean.net?  I 
>>> had it until my system got wiped by a stupid microsoft update, and now I 
>>> can't remember the webb address.
>>>
>>> Thanks from Lori.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> This still isn't any help.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 
>
Thanks Paul, that's the one I was looking for.  :)






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Re: [blind-gamers] Coming up with ideas for a new game project.

[Justin Jones]

I agree with Dark: a space colony game would be interesting.

On 2/12/18, Lenron  wrote:
> Nick this game Idea sounds amazing. I look forward to seeing this come
> to life. I would totally love being able to drive around my city and
> others cities as well. I love the fact that you plan on making us work
> with others cities as well.
>
> On 2/12/18, dark  wrote:
>> Hi Knick.
>>
>> Hope I'm not too late to this discussion being as I've been on a vocal
>> studdies course all weekend :D.
>>
>> One game I'd love to see which I think you'd be in an ideal position to
>> make
>>
>> is an sf themed single player space colonization game.
>>
>> There are hundreds of games online where you can minimax your space
>> colony
>> or space empire to battle other players, but very littel that actualy
>> give
>> you the idea of going out into an alien environment.
>>
>> I'd love to see a game where you had to build up a colony from scratch,
>> grow
>>
>> and manage your population, look at the resources of your planet or star
>> system and see what you can make, try to relate to  nearby aliens by war
>> or
>>
>> peaceful means, and generally attempt to  survive.
>>
>> The  sort of game I'm thinking would be a little like castaways in that
>> you'd be building buildings, producing resources and other  pieces of
>> technology, but you'd also be researching, exploring your planet as well
>> as
>>
>> (when you have the  vehicles and resources), it's moons and near by
>> space,
>> to gather more resources and  increase your colony even further.
>>
>> It'd be  particularly awesome if the game could be a little random so you
>> had to adapt to things, both small scale disasters, like maybe your
>> planet
>> has some rainy weather that rusts some of your materials, to major
>> problems, like  maybe your planet is low in metals and so you need to
>> take
>> more time working on genetics and organic research instead.
>>
>> What I've always found  irritating about so many click happy online space
>> games (apart from the endless minimax pvp  elements), is they miss the
>> random, haphazard nature of really being in an alien place. You click
>> "build ship hanger" and ping! there it is.
>>
>> In reality, maybe the ground would be too soft, or maybe you have a
>> sudden
>> attack of alien giant flying jelly fish you need to  beat back.
>>
>> I'd love to see a game that had you look after human colonies, had you
>> struggle against the environment, and come up in the end.
>>
>> With your focus on games related to time, as well as the great job you
>> did
>> Park boss, I definitely think this could be a good project, and one which
>> would give a very unique experience in audio gaming.
>>
>> Hth.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Dark.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
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> Cell: 985-271-2832
> Skype: ron.brown762
>
> 
>
>


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Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

[Lenron]

Love using the mouse for certain games like swamp. I wish more audio
games had mouse support. Also gaming on the mac is not so good, unless
you have a vm or duel boot. I don't use my mac for gaming because I
have a lame 128 ssd. A nice computer but still prefer windows for most
things.

On 2/12/18, lori duncan  wrote:
> On 11/02/2018 23:54, Paul Lemm wrote:
>> Hi Lorie,
>>
>> As far as game walk through/recordings if you go to the audio games
>> archive  there are loads there, I've put the web link below:
>>
>> http://www.agarchive.net/
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: blind-gamers@groups.io [mailto:blind-gamers@groups.io] On Behalf Of
>> lori duncan
>> Sent: 11 February 2018 23:05
>> To: blind-gamers@groups.io
>> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs
>>
>> On 11/02/2018 22:43, Katie Epperson via Groups.Io wrote:
>>> That, my friend, is why you should get a Mac. They don’t eat your
>>> stuff most of the time
 On Feb 11, 2018, at 2:33 PM, Lori duncan 
 wrote:

 Hi I was wondering if someone could send me the link to the website
 which had all the audio game recordings, including the ones from
 Asmodean.net?  I had it until my system got wiped by a stupid microsoft
 update, and now I can't remember the webb address.

 Thanks from Lori.




>>>
>>>
>> This still isn't any help.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Thanks Paul, that's the one I was looking for.  :)
>
>
> 
>
>


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Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

[lori duncan]

On 11/02/2018 23:54, Paul Lemm wrote:

Hi Lorie,

As far as game walk through/recordings if you go to the audio games archive  
there are loads there, I've put the web link below:

http://www.agarchive.net/

Paul

-Original Message-
From: blind-gamers@groups.io [mailto:blind-gamers@groups.io] On Behalf Of lori 
duncan
Sent: 11 February 2018 23:05
To: blind-gamers@groups.io
Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

On 11/02/2018 22:43, Katie Epperson via Groups.Io wrote:

That, my friend, is why you should get a Mac. They don’t eat your
stuff most of the time

On Feb 11, 2018, at 2:33 PM, Lori duncan  wrote:

Hi I was wondering if someone could send me the link to the website which had 
all the audio game recordings, including the ones from Asmodean.net?  I had it 
until my system got wiped by a stupid microsoft update, and now I can't 
remember the webb address.

Thanks from Lori.








This still isn't any help.









Thanks Paul, that's the one I was looking for.  :)


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Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

[Shaun Everiss]

I have an old gaming mouse which works.

As for having moter issues I feel your pain.

My brother completely due to his teen aged gaming addiction now has rsi 
badly and has to take medication that well has issues with it.


Anyway he really can't type or mouse round much well he can but its 
really not a good time for him to do that constantly.


He has voice recognition software but loads of different mice.

So your standard mouse is 1 type or ergonomic mice.

You can have a mouse which is a series of bars, foot pedals, which just 
click, track balls, and a mouse that looks like a joystick which he uses 
a lot.


A touchscreen he uses a lot to.

Compaired to the expense of all his mice, a logitech touchpad only costs 
20 dollars including shipping.





On 13/02/2018 1:07 a.m., Jude DaShiell wrote:
Actually that's incorrect for one reason.  The mouse moves easily. 
Unless you have parkinsons disease you can probably use a touch screen 
since you'll be able to keep a finger still long enough to do a gesture.
 I can't use mice either and have a major fine motor deficit yet I can 
and do use a touch screen every day.  I think what you could have used 
to play those games with is a track ball.  That has a ball in a case 
you turn to move the cursor and then there are two separate buttons on 
the case you press to click.  You also keep your hand in the same 
position to use a track ball since only the ball in the track ball 
turns and the buttons are its only moving parts.  If you try any of 
this stuff, I'll be interested to know what results you have.  There's 
also a rat.  A rat is on the floor and attached to the computer and 
you operate a rat with your feet.  Never having used one of those, I 
can't go into specifics on that device though.  I have two problems 
with mice.  First those move way too fast and second the targets for 
them (controls) are too small. If a screen could have no more than 9 
controls in three columns of three rows I expect then I could have 
used a mouse effectively.


On Mon, 12 Feb 2018, Damien Garwood wrote:


Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 19:06:29
From: Damien Garwood 
Reply-To: blind-gamers@groups.io
To: blind-gamers@groups.io
Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

Hi,
Being totally blind from birth, I've never touched a mouse, and I 
hope I would never need to. Mice (mouses? mice? that just sounds 
weird!) were unusable by the blind at the time when I was taught 
computers, hence the reason I could never really play Swamp or 
RailRacer, let alone think about complete system navigation with it. 
Not only that but my coordination and spatial awareness isn't all 
that great. If I can't use a touchscreen then I've no chance of using 
a mouse.

Cheers.
Damien.
-Original Message- From: Jude DaShiell
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 12:00 AM
To: blind-gamers@groups.io
Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

Windows users just think mac operating system is hard until they start
playing with the mouse then they learn different quickly.  Now, mac on
the command line interface, that's a different operating system and
needs study.

On Sun, 11 Feb 2018, Damien Garwood wrote:


 Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 17:49:44
 From: Damien Garwood 
 Reply-To: blind-gamers@groups.io
 To: blind-gamers@groups.io
 Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

 Katie,
 That may well be your opinion. I know a lot of people who are Mac 
lovers,
 and they are certainly well advertised. But for those who are 
brought up
 and taught around Windows, learning a whole new operating system is 
like
 learning how to live on another planet. You may as well lose your 
legs,
 get wooden ones and learn how to walk all over again. I had to sell 
my Mac

 because I couldn't figure for the life of me how to use it.
 Cheers.
 Damien.
 -Original Message- From: Katie Epperson via Groups.Io
 Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2018 10:43 PM
 To: blind-gamers@groups.io
 Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

 That, my friend, is why you should get a Mac. They don?t eat your 
stuff

 most of the time
 On Feb 11, 2018, at 2:33 PM, lori duncan  
wrote:


 Hi I was wondering if someone could send me the link to the 
website which
 had all the audio game recordings, including the ones from 
Asmodean.net?

 I
  had it until my system got wiped by a stupid microsoft update, 
and now I

  can't remember the webb address.

  Thanks from Lori.





















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Re: [blind-gamers] Coming up with ideas for a new game project.

[Lenron]

Nick this game Idea sounds amazing. I look forward to seeing this come
to life. I would totally love being able to drive around my city and
others cities as well. I love the fact that you plan on making us work
with others cities as well.

On 2/12/18, dark  wrote:
> Hi Knick.
>
> Hope I'm not too late to this discussion being as I've been on a vocal
> studdies course all weekend :D.
>
> One game I'd love to see which I think you'd be in an ideal position to make
>
> is an sf themed single player space colonization game.
>
> There are hundreds of games online where you can minimax your space colony
> or space empire to battle other players, but very littel that actualy give
> you the idea of going out into an alien environment.
>
> I'd love to see a game where you had to build up a colony from scratch, grow
>
> and manage your population, look at the resources of your planet or star
> system and see what you can make, try to relate to  nearby aliens by war or
>
> peaceful means, and generally attempt to  survive.
>
> The  sort of game I'm thinking would be a little like castaways in that
> you'd be building buildings, producing resources and other  pieces of
> technology, but you'd also be researching, exploring your planet as well as
>
> (when you have the  vehicles and resources), it's moons and near by space,
> to gather more resources and  increase your colony even further.
>
> It'd be  particularly awesome if the game could be a little random so you
> had to adapt to things, both small scale disasters, like maybe your planet
> has some rainy weather that rusts some of your materials, to major
> problems, like  maybe your planet is low in metals and so you need to take
> more time working on genetics and organic research instead.
>
> What I've always found  irritating about so many click happy online space
> games (apart from the endless minimax pvp  elements), is they miss the
> random, haphazard nature of really being in an alien place. You click
> "build ship hanger" and ping! there it is.
>
> In reality, maybe the ground would be too soft, or maybe you have a sudden
> attack of alien giant flying jelly fish you need to  beat back.
>
> I'd love to see a game that had you look after human colonies, had you
> struggle against the environment, and come up in the end.
>
> With your focus on games related to time, as well as the great job you did
> Park boss, I definitely think this could be a good project, and one which
> would give a very unique experience in audio gaming.
>
> Hth.
>
> All the best,
>
> Dark.
>
>
> 
>
>


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Re: [blind-gamers] Coming up with ideas for a new game project.

[Stan Bobbitt]

Hi,
   I would be very much interested in an audio Civilization like game. I have 
longed for something like that. Years ago I used to play Utopia. It was a turn 
based, online, text only game.
M2C
Stan B
-Original Message-
From: blind-gamers@groups.io [mailto:blind-gamers@groups.io] On Behalf Of 
Justin Jones
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 10:31 PM
To: blind-gamers@groups.io
Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Coming up with ideas for a new game project.

There was a computerized version of Axis and Allies and it was to that version 
that I was referring. Still, I agree, Civilization is a better fit for what I 
am talking about.

Other ideas:

1. A Dwarf Fortress-esque game
2. A good 2D action-platformer (that supports game controllers), The Gate was a 
step in the right direction, but there were way too many flaws to make it 
playable 3. Something similar to the above, only with an emphasis on 
exploration, e.g. something like Metroid

On 2/10/18, Daniel Wolak  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> pitching in here for once, as I rarely do :)
>
> Just wanted to say that I agree 110% with what Josh has just said, as 
> far as the fact that simulations are lacking in the audiogaming world, 
> and I like Josh would love an as realistic as possable trucking 
> simulator. It's I would say the one area that's really not had a solid 
> entry since Jim Kitchen's excelent trucker, although it's just a 
> starting point in my oppinion and is an excelent game for what it's worth.
>
> Just my thoughts.
> Cheers,
>
> Daniel
>
> On 10/02/2018 21:55, Joshua Tubbs wrote:
>> I think we need a realistic trucking simulator. Jim Kitchen’s Trucker 
>> doesn’t do it for me, as you don’t actually drive a truck, instead 
>> it’s just programmed by playing sounds and inputting numbers.
>>
>> This simulator should be like Eurofly and use real map data from a 
>> source such as Open Street Maps, where the world is at our 
>> fingertips. I’m sure BGT won’t be able to pull the data from the Open 
>> Street Map API though, so I hope you switch to a language capable of doing 
>> that.
>> I also think we are getting more online games, but at present Swamp 
>> is the only one where you can team up with people on missions. With a 
>> trucking simulator, it’d be nice to communicate and interact with 
>> people online, whether that be buying food at truck stops or resting with 
>> them.
>>
>> I don’t know how task dispatches would be generated, but when I think 
>> of “simulator” I’d like it to be as realistic as possible, no excuses 
>> unless you can’t get help programming a certain feature. For example, 
>> the Eurofly developer says it’s impossible to program some features 
>> to make flying more realistic. Okay, fine, I don’t expect to be 
>> flying airways and for you to map out every single airport in the 
>> world. But at least use feet for everything, as real pilots do, make 
>> ATC phraseology realistic and use all the frequencies and have 
>> coverage available worldwide, even though the tower voices may be the same a 
>> lot.
>>
>> Which brings me to Tube Sim. There’s not a lot to do in it. Once 
>> you’re done with Driver School, you’ve got about 10-15 tasks to do, 
>> some of which are long sure. Once complete, that’s it. Then you’re 
>> just left with driving freely and that’s it.
>> So really, I think you should go for the trucking simulator, as 
>> simulators are honestly what’s truly lacking. Those and RPGs.
>>
>>> On Feb 10, 2018, at 7:51 AM, Nick and Gemma Adamson 
>>> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All.
>>> As you may know I develop audio games and currently have 3 titles 
>>> I've released over the last 6 years, check out 
>>> https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.ndadamson.co
>>> m=02%7C01%7C%7Cc89185ab47fc4cc2eb2c08d570ffe424%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C636539166698392958=LQ%2FSA%2FNUZyvaXPCKAeQOY1ZCRjD%2FJJ3Z7fKtaAw6h70%3D=0
>>>  for Dotris, Park Boss, and Tube Sim.
>>>
>>> I'm trying to come up with a new project that I can work on and I 
>>> thought I'd ask what area do players feel is lacking with in the 
>>> audio games community.
>>> As a day job I'm a developer in a field which is not related to 
>>> games at all so developing audio games is something I do for fun.
>>> So I'm after your ideas. What is a type of game which you'd like to 
>>> play which there's not an audio game for?
>>> Now that's quite a big question so I'm going to put some limits.
>>> 1.  I'm not after a whole game synopsis or script yet. A brief paragraph
>>> is more than enough. Tell me just enough so I get the idea of the 
>>> game or the type of game you'd like to play.
>>> 2.  I'm not interested in rewriting an audio game that already exists.
>>> That's not to say that if your idea has enough differences to 
>>> something that already exists it won't be considered. For example, 
>>> suggesting a "better racing game" is a bit vague. You'd need to tell 
>>> me why it's not the same 

Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

[Jude DaShiell]

No, the buttons are clicking buttons not equivalent to arrow keys.  With 
jaws you can't even do this since jaws doesn't support mice.  With other 
screen readers the screen reader will announce what you are 
highlighting.  Understand, until you use one of those buttons you 
haven't activated what you've highlighted.


On Mon, 12 Feb 2018, Damien Garwood wrote:


Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 07:22:12
From: Damien Garwood 
Reply-To: blind-gamers@groups.io
To: blind-gamers@groups.io
Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

Hi,
No. Thankfully I don't have Parkinsons. But my motor skills aren't all that 
great. Neither is my spatial awareness and coordination. I battled with 
iPhones and iPads for the better part of 5 years and had to give up in the 
end. Typing at averages of 60 WPM on a desktop keyboard, 40 WPM on laptops, 
10 WPM on the old Nokia phones with qwerty keyboards (at least they had 
standard buttons), 5 WPM with standard number-based texting on the really old 
phones, I'm lucky if I can do a single word in five minutes with an iDevice. 
The touchscreen is just too sensitive, my other fingers get in the way far 
too easily. You have to be really careful about how many fingers you have on 
the screen, how they're positioned...Ugh. Even my grandma can use it better 
than me, and that's saying something.
As for a mouse. I'm guessing I'll have similar problems with that. Not to 
mention I'm not sure how it's supposed to move with two buttons, unless those 
are like arrow keys? I guess at least if you have a proper mouse they are 
actually buttons and not just some stupid touch based area. And how do you 
know how far it's moving? How do you know you're not activating the wrong 
thing? This is all, totally brand spanking new to me. To think I can install 
hard drives in laptops and yet as far as mouse operation is concerned you may 
as well be speaking to an alien. Lol.

Cheers.
Damien.
-Original Message- From: Jude DaShiell
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 12:07 PM
To: blind-gamers@groups.io
Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

Actually that's incorrect for one reason.  The mouse moves easily.
Unless you have parkinsons disease you can probably use a touch screen
since you'll be able to keep a finger still long enough to do a gesture.
I can't use mice either and have a major fine motor deficit yet I can
and do use a touch screen every day.  I think what you could have used
to play those games with is a track ball.  That has a ball in a case you
turn to move the cursor and then there are two separate buttons on the
case you press to click.  You also keep your hand in the same position
to use a track ball since only the ball in the track ball turns and the
buttons are its only moving parts.  If you try any of this stuff, I'll
be interested to know what results you have.  There's also a rat.  A rat
is on the floor and attached to the computer and you operate a rat with
your feet.  Never having used one of those, I can't go into specifics on
that device though.  I have two problems with mice.  First those move
way too fast and second the targets for them (controls) are too small.
If a screen could have no more than 9 controls in three columns of three
rows I expect then I could have used a mouse effectively.

On Mon, 12 Feb 2018, Damien Garwood wrote:


 Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 19:06:29
 From: Damien Garwood 
 Reply-To: blind-gamers@groups.io
 To: blind-gamers@groups.io
 Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

 Hi,
 Being totally blind from birth, I've never touched a mouse, and I hope I
 would never need to. Mice (mouses? mice? that just sounds weird!) were
 unusable by the blind at the time when I was taught computers, hence the
 reason I could never really play Swamp or RailRacer, let alone think about
 complete system navigation with it. Not only that but my coordination and
 spatial awareness isn't all that great. If I can't use a touchscreen then
 I've no chance of using a mouse.
 Cheers.
 Damien.
 -Original Message- From: Jude DaShiell
 Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 12:00 AM
 To: blind-gamers@groups.io
 Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

 Windows users just think mac operating system is hard until they start
 playing with the mouse then they learn different quickly.  Now, mac on
 the command line interface, that's a different operating system and
 needs study.

 On Sun, 11 Feb 2018, Damien Garwood wrote:


  Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 17:49:44
  From: Damien Garwood 
  Reply-To: blind-gamers@groups.io
  To: blind-gamers@groups.io
  Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

  Katie,
  That may well be your opinion. I know a lot of people who are Mac
 lovers,
  and they are certainly well advertised. But for those who are brought up
  and taught around Windows, learning a whole new operating system is like
  learning how to live on 

Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

[john]

Hi Damien,
At least with swamp, you don't need to be precise. Moving the mouse left or 
right turns your character, and pressing a button fires or walks. There's no 
impact if you move the mouse up or down.
I will note though that this is coming from a trackpad user. Everyone else 
seems to hate trackpads. I never got the hang of a mouse, and just go back 
to playing on my laptop.

Best,
John

--
From: "Damien Garwood" 
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 7:22
To: 
Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

Hi,
No. Thankfully I don't have Parkinsons. But my motor skills aren't all that
great. Neither is my spatial awareness and coordination. I battled with
iPhones and iPads for the better part of 5 years and had to give up in the
end. Typing at averages of 60 WPM on a desktop keyboard, 40 WPM on laptops,
10 WPM on the old Nokia phones with qwerty keyboards (at least they had
standard buttons), 5 WPM with standard number-based texting on the really
old phones, I'm lucky if I can do a single word in five minutes with an
iDevice. The touchscreen is just too sensitive, my other fingers get in the
way far too easily. You have to be really careful about how many fingers you
have on the screen, how they're positioned...Ugh. Even my grandma can use it
better than me, and that's saying something.
As for a mouse. I'm guessing I'll have similar problems with that. Not to
mention I'm not sure how it's supposed to move with two buttons, unless
those are like arrow keys? I guess at least if you have a proper mouse they
are actually buttons and not just some stupid touch based area. And how do
you know how far it's moving? How do you know you're not activating the
wrong thing? This is all, totally brand spanking new to me. To think I can
install hard drives in laptops and yet as far as mouse operation is
concerned you may as well be speaking to an alien. Lol.
Cheers.
Damien.
-Original Message- 
From: Jude DaShiell
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 12:07 PM
To: blind-gamers@groups.io
Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

Actually that's incorrect for one reason.  The mouse moves easily.
Unless you have parkinsons disease you can probably use a touch screen
since you'll be able to keep a finger still long enough to do a gesture.
  I can't use mice either and have a major fine motor deficit yet I can
and do use a touch screen every day.  I think what you could have used
to play those games with is a track ball.  That has a ball in a case you
turn to move the cursor and then there are two separate buttons on the
case you press to click.  You also keep your hand in the same position
to use a track ball since only the ball in the track ball turns and the
buttons are its only moving parts.  If you try any of this stuff, I'll
be interested to know what results you have.  There's also a rat.  A rat
is on the floor and attached to the computer and you operate a rat with
your feet.  Never having used one of those, I can't go into specifics on
that device though.  I have two problems with mice.  First those move
way too fast and second the targets for them (controls) are too small.
If a screen could have no more than 9 controls in three columns of three
rows I expect then I could have used a mouse effectively.

On Mon, 12 Feb 2018, Damien Garwood wrote:

> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 19:06:29
> From: Damien Garwood 
> Reply-To: blind-gamers@groups.io
> To: blind-gamers@groups.io
> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs
>
> Hi,
> Being totally blind from birth, I've never touched a mouse, and I hope I
> would never need to. Mice (mouses? mice? that just sounds weird!) were
> unusable by the blind at the time when I was taught computers, hence the
> reason I could never really play Swamp or RailRacer, let alone think about
> complete system navigation with it. Not only that but my coordination and
> spatial awareness isn't all that great. If I can't use a touchscreen then
> I've no chance of using a mouse.
> Cheers.
> Damien.
> -Original Message- From: Jude DaShiell
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 12:00 AM
> To: blind-gamers@groups.io
> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs
>
> Windows users just think mac operating system is hard until they start
> playing with the mouse then they learn different quickly.  Now, mac on
> the command line interface, that's a different operating system and
> needs study.
>
> On Sun, 11 Feb 2018, Damien Garwood wrote:
>
>>  Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 17:49:44
>>  From: Damien Garwood 
>>  Reply-To: blind-gamers@groups.io
>>  To: blind-gamers@groups.io
>>  Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs
>>
>>  Katie,
>>  That may well be your opinion. I know a lot of people who are Mac
>> lovers,
>>  and they are certainly well advertised. But for those who are brought up
>>  and taught 

Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

[Jude DaShiell]

Actually that's incorrect for one reason.  The mouse moves easily. 
Unless you have parkinsons disease you can probably use a touch screen 
since you'll be able to keep a finger still long enough to do a gesture.
 I can't use mice either and have a major fine motor deficit yet I can 
and do use a touch screen every day.  I think what you could have used 
to play those games with is a track ball.  That has a ball in a case you 
turn to move the cursor and then there are two separate buttons on the 
case you press to click.  You also keep your hand in the same position 
to use a track ball since only the ball in the track ball turns and the 
buttons are its only moving parts.  If you try any of this stuff, I'll 
be interested to know what results you have.  There's also a rat.  A rat 
is on the floor and attached to the computer and you operate a rat with 
your feet.  Never having used one of those, I can't go into specifics on 
that device though.  I have two problems with mice.  First those move 
way too fast and second the targets for them (controls) are too small. 
If a screen could have no more than 9 controls in three columns of three 
rows I expect then I could have used a mouse effectively.


On Mon, 12 Feb 2018, Damien Garwood wrote:


Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 19:06:29
From: Damien Garwood 
Reply-To: blind-gamers@groups.io
To: blind-gamers@groups.io
Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

Hi,
Being totally blind from birth, I've never touched a mouse, and I hope I 
would never need to. Mice (mouses? mice? that just sounds weird!) were 
unusable by the blind at the time when I was taught computers, hence the 
reason I could never really play Swamp or RailRacer, let alone think about 
complete system navigation with it. Not only that but my coordination and 
spatial awareness isn't all that great. If I can't use a touchscreen then 
I've no chance of using a mouse.

Cheers.
Damien.
-Original Message- From: Jude DaShiell
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 12:00 AM
To: blind-gamers@groups.io
Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

Windows users just think mac operating system is hard until they start
playing with the mouse then they learn different quickly.  Now, mac on
the command line interface, that's a different operating system and
needs study.

On Sun, 11 Feb 2018, Damien Garwood wrote:


 Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 17:49:44
 From: Damien Garwood 
 Reply-To: blind-gamers@groups.io
 To: blind-gamers@groups.io
 Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

 Katie,
 That may well be your opinion. I know a lot of people who are Mac lovers,
 and they are certainly well advertised. But for those who are brought up
 and taught around Windows, learning a whole new operating system is like
 learning how to live on another planet. You may as well lose your legs,
 get wooden ones and learn how to walk all over again. I had to sell my Mac
 because I couldn't figure for the life of me how to use it.
 Cheers.
 Damien.
 -Original Message- From: Katie Epperson via Groups.Io
 Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2018 10:43 PM
 To: blind-gamers@groups.io
 Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

 That, my friend, is why you should get a Mac. They don?t eat your stuff
 most of the time

 On Feb 11, 2018, at 2:33 PM, lori duncan  wrote:

 Hi I was wondering if someone could send me the link to the website which
 had all the audio game recordings, including the ones from Asmodean.net?
 I
  had it until my system got wiped by a stupid microsoft update, and now I
  can't remember the webb address.

  Thanks from Lori.


















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Re: [blind-gamers] Help with mausoleum in A Hero's Call.

[Darren Duff]

Mike.  We can't tell you the numbers for the door because they are 
different for every game.  More over, why are you wanting someone to 
spoil it the easy way for you! IF you just take the time to enjoy the 
game, think a little and explore, You can figure it out!  Not bashing 
you man, Just trying to tell you that you are missing out on a lot by 
asking for the answers the easy way! :)


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On 2/11/2018 7:32 PM, michael barnes wrote:

Hello.

I am stuck in the graveyard in A Hero's Call.
I have found a door in one of the mausoleums that have pictures with 
number that you have to place.

Can someone please tell me the the order and the code to enter the door?

Thanks.






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Re: Mac, was: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

[Appleman]

I also love my Mac and still use it for some things, but one of the reasons why 
I came back to Windows was because of the lack of games available for the Mac. 
While it is true I could have used Bootcamp on my Mac, I personally didn’t feel 
comfortable about doing this. Time and again I was reading the news about new 
audio games and a lot of the time I was bitterly disappointed because they 
weren’t available for the Mac.
David



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From: Maria and Joe Chapman
Sent: Monday, 12 February 2018 3:14 PM
To: blind-gamers@groups.io
Subject: Re: Mac, was: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs

I agree.

And recently there have been some games developed for the mac.  Do I wish there 
were more? Of course, but there are more games now than there were when I first 
got my mac.

Maria

On 12 Feb 2018, at 3:07 pm, Devin Prater  wrote:

My Mac delights me every day I use it. It’s not perfect, of course. Braille on 
all Apple products isn’t the best it could be, but it can be used still.
Devin Prater
Assistive Technology Instructor

, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and Powerpoint instructor certified by World 
Services for the Blind 


On Feb 11, 2018, at 9:26 PM, Katie Epperson via Groups.Io