[Audyssey] core exiles

2010-01-06 Thread anouk
Hello everyone, I havent checked this lists for months and months now. Very happy to notice on my return that there is a new and accessible browser based game! In the past i played ashes of angels (found it rather slow and dull) and still at times play aegis as far as online browser-games are

Re: [Audyssey] Braille games on the Apple Tablet?

2010-01-06 Thread Tim Kilgore
Can youy say refreshable braille display? Sounds possible. Tim Kilgore - Original Message - From: Phil Vlasak p...@pcsgames.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:34 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Braille games on the Apple Tablet? Hi Folks, I

[Audyssey] webbased games/new muds by iron realms entertainment

2010-01-06 Thread anouk
Hello again, As mentioned before I am really excited about the new browser based game, my ce name is valentina I am sorry if this has been mentioned before but Iron Realms entertainment (makers of achaea among other muds) have recently opened an open beta to their newest game which is based on

[Audyssey] Need an American Teenager or Student who is a Blind or VI Gamer

2010-01-06 Thread John Bannick
Munawar, I passed your email on to Voice of America. Don't know if or when they might contact you. My limited experience with the media is that things happen very randomly. Ron, Thanks for the kind offer. I suspect both you and I are too far out of student-hood for their needs. John ---

Re: [Audyssey] Braille games on the Apple Tablet?

2010-01-06 Thread Scott Chesworth
Interesting article. To be honest I usually avoid reading too much stuff like this, because as much as I'm an Apple fanboy I find the speculation and pontification drives me up the wall if I read too much of it lol. I'm fascinated by this device though, if only because it strikes me that

Re: [Audyssey] games and windows7?

2010-01-06 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Josh, I have been told that my games run just fine on Windows 7 as long as you first run the setup.exe in my WinKit.zip file. HTH BFN Jim Kitchen's Inc, for games that are up to 110 percent funner to play. j...@kitchensinc.net http://www.kitchensinc.net (440) 286-6920 Chardon Ohio

Re: [Audyssey] webbased games/new muds by iron realms entertainment

2010-01-06 Thread James Howard
actually that is a mud, not a web based game. On 1/6/10, anouk radix_an...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello again, As mentioned before I am really excited about the new browser based game, my ce name is valentina I am sorry if this has been mentioned before but Iron Realms entertainment (makers of

Re: [Audyssey] webbased games/new muds by iron realms entertainment

2010-01-06 Thread William L. Houts
By the way, does anyone know when Tears of Polaris, the Iron Realms sciencefiction game, will be ready for open beta? --Bill - Original Message - From: James Howard coldshadow...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:05

Re: [Audyssey] Development Environment

2010-01-06 Thread Harmony Neil
Hellow Thomas, I didn't get to do the download today because my laptop ran out of charge and I forgot to take my charger with me, but I will definitely do it tomorrow. I've got the link saved already. Harmony. -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org

Re: [Audyssey] Sudoku for newbies, possibly dummies

2010-01-06 Thread Ryan Strunk
You would be surprised how little spatial information is required to play something like this. What's really needed is a way to tell if the current row, region, and column you're in already contains the number you want to put there. Give sudo-san a try. It's a great setup for people new to this

Re: [Audyssey] Sudoku for newbies, possibly dummies

2010-01-06 Thread dark
Hi Ryan. I've tried sudo san, but I just can't get it, sinse I really don't have the spacial knolidge to handle a grid correctly, especially when using audio review commands rather than having the physical grid in front of me in a tactile form. Thanks for the suggestion though. Beware the

Re: [Audyssey] webbased games/new muds by iron realms entertainment

2010-01-06 Thread Ryan Strunk
I am excited at the prospect of this latest installment by Iron Realms. One of my biggest complaints about the Iron Realms combat style is their heavy emphasis on potions, herbs, and pipes while engaged in combat. Hit with a sword stroke that cuts off your ear? Eat this plant. Want an aura of

[Audyssey] Note About USA Games Sales

2010-01-06 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello listers, Recently we moved all of our e-mail accounts to a new e-mail client, Evolution for Linux, and discovered that the USA Games sales account was full of sales questions and requests. After some investigation it would appear our Windows mail client was misconfigured so we were not

Re: [Audyssey] games and windows7?

2010-01-06 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Yes, that's true. I've got several of your games running under Windows 7 on my laptop. The main thing is to make sure Winkit gets installed, and you run the setup files as administrator. If someone does that they should work ok. On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 05:25 -0500, Jim Kitchen wrote: Hi Josh,

[Audyssey] Blind Fate?

2010-01-06 Thread Mark
Hi I was wondering if there is a blind version of the game fate? If so, where would I find it? Thank you for your help. God bless, Mark --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or

Re: [Audyssey] Question on Monopoly.

2010-01-06 Thread Mark
Hi Where does one get the games that are being discussed here? God bless, Mark - Original Message - From: James Howard coldshadow...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Question on Monopoly.

Re: [Audyssey] webbased games/new muds by iron realms entertainment

2010-01-06 Thread Mark
How does one create a character on this game? I tried twice and found that there was some type of problem with the server. God bless, Mark - Original Message - From: James Howard coldshadow...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Re: [Audyssey] Sudoku for newbies, possibly dummies

2010-01-06 Thread Ryan Strunk
I understand the difficulty with spatial concepts, but I wonder if the problem with Sudoku stems from how you're going about analyzing the puzzle. If it helps to think of it as a game of memorization, you might have success thinking of numbers in terms of column one contains the following. You

[Audyssey] Rhythm Game Accessibility

2010-01-06 Thread Eleanor
Hi Yohandy Scott - I just found out that the January meeting of the IGDA - Boston chapter, is on January 13th. Unfortunately, I will not be here on that date and so will have to wait till February to get that message to the Harmonix developer. Sorry about that - they usually have their

Re: [Audyssey] Question on Monopoly.

2010-01-06 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Mark, The on line Monopoly game that they are talking about can be found at www.rsgames.co.nr I also have a monopoly game and many more at http://www.kitchensinc.net All of my games are totally free and include Baseball, BattleShip, Black Jack, Bop It, Concentration, Craps, Draw Poker,

Re: [Audyssey] Rhythm Game Accessibility

2010-01-06 Thread Scott Chesworth
No probs Eleanor, thanks for letting us know. It's actually a good thing, gives us more time to get the perfect note to them together. Cheers Scott On 1/6/10, Eleanor elea...@7128.com wrote: Hi Yohandy Scott - I just found out that the January meeting of the IGDA - Boston chapter, is on

Re: [Audyssey] Rhythm Game Accessibility

2010-01-06 Thread Yohandy
yup definitely appreciate that you're willing to speak to them. Now does anyone have any idea of a good method harmonix could use for figuring out the notes? I've been thinking hard but can't come up with an idea that would actually work, and not annoy the blind gamer to the point that we

Re: [Audyssey] Rhythm Game Accessibility

2010-01-06 Thread Scott Chesworth
I think the idea here is to get across the most amount of info with the least amount of noise over the top of a good song, right? So, firstly there needs to be a clear distinction between the left and right hand. The right hand seems simple enough, as as far as I know we're only dealing with a

Re: [Audyssey] Rhythm Game Accessibility

2010-01-06 Thread Yohandy
Hello Scott, Just so you know, in rhythm games you can strum whichever way you wish. Up and down, down only etc, so it should make things a bit easier to figure out in that regard. I was also considering beeps for the different buttons, but what if we play a song like Malmsteen's Capricy di

Re: [Audyssey] Rhythm Game Accessibility

2010-01-06 Thread Scott Chesworth
Hi Yohandy, Aha, well that simplifies the right hand, only one noise necessary. Hmmm, for scrolling notes to be useful I'd assume that they must scroll a consistent amount of time ahead of the song? At a guess, sighted people must see more detailed buttons and have less time to react to the

[Audyssey] question on games

2010-01-06 Thread Shirley Starblanket
Hey gamers. I want to play a baseball game, golf game or mathematics games. I tried Jim's site but my hard drive won't accept compressed files, only applications. So, is there a site with those games? Thanks. Sincerely, Shirley --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to

Re: [Audyssey] Rhythm Game Accessibility

2010-01-06 Thread Orin
You also have to remember that the right hand is used for playing solos with the solo buttons as well. On Jan 6, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Scott Chesworth wrote: I think the idea here is to get across the most amount of info with the least amount of noise over the top of a good song, right? So,

Re: [Audyssey] Rhythm Game Accessibility

2010-01-06 Thread Yohandy
You can, but it's not really necessary. with songs such as the final countdown though, it's probably a bad idea to try strumming the notes and pressing buttons simultaneously as you'll most likely miss most notes since they're so fast. It's a matter of preference whether we strum or not.

Re: [Audyssey] question on games

2010-01-06 Thread Willem
Um Shirley, I don't know how to say this, but maybe you should ask someone near you to discuss the running of programs, the uses of compressed files and so forth. In short, the compressed file can't be run and shouldn't be run. It is simply used to store files in a single location in a

Re: [Audyssey] question on games

2010-01-06 Thread shaun everiss
um why exactly will your hard drive not accept compressed files? I suggest you reformat and the problem will go away. Actually why only run standard programs and not compressed. you either have your security system screwed or you just need to reformat or something. At 01:29 p.m. 7/01/2010, you

Re: [Audyssey] question on games

2010-01-06 Thread shaun everiss
well winzip from www.winzip.com is a good program. www.izarc.org is good for free things. the other extracters can be run normally. though you may have to run as admin or something. At 02:14 p.m. 7/01/2010, you wrote: Um Shirley, I don't know how to say this, but maybe you should ask someone near

Re: [Audyssey] Blind Fate?

2010-01-06 Thread Jason Allen
Hello, Entombed is a game I'm nearly finished with that is in the same genre as Fate. It's a role playing roguelike game. You can download the public test version at my website: http://www.blind-games.com/ Also there is a vibrant community here: http://groups.google.com/group/entombedgame/

Re: [Audyssey] Public betas vs private testing

2010-01-06 Thread Jason Allen
I'm weighing in a bit late on this conversation, but I've generally had a positive experience with open public testing. There are a few things I'm worried about though. For one, as your application gets better, you start competing with your final product. I'm also a little worried about people

Re: [Audyssey] Sudoku for newbies, possibly dummies

2010-01-06 Thread Jason Allen
Do these Sudoku games have infinite puzzles and online scoreboards? I created a random sudoku generator for a phone app and think it could be adapted to an audiogame. I know it's a popular game, but maybe I can offer an alternative version. Generating sudoku puzzles was absolutely not trivial,

Re: [Audyssey] Sudoku for newbies, possibly dummies

2010-01-06 Thread Charles Rivard
I try thinking of a Sudoku grid in 3-by-3 segments. That makes it easier. --- In God we trust! - Original Message - From: Ryan Strunk ryan.str...@gmail.com To: 'Gamers Discussion list' gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:17 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Sudoku for

Re: [Audyssey] hello

2010-01-06 Thread Spencer Miranda
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Re: [Audyssey] Sudoku for newbies, possibly dummies

2010-01-06 Thread Ryan Strunk
Hi Jason, I don't believe any of the three in existence have online scoreboards. However, the fact there are already three in existence--Sudo-San, Soundoku, and BGSudoku--means you might not get much buck for your time, especially considering that two of the three are free. If you could

Re: [Audyssey] question on games

2010-01-06 Thread David Chittenden
Hello, Please do not suggest reformatting until we have much more information. Reformatting is a very drastic step, and someone who does not know what they are doing can end up with a very expensive paperweight and lose all of their data. David Chittenden, MSc, CRC, MRCAA Email:

Re: [Audyssey] question on games

2010-01-06 Thread Bryan Peterson
If you've got a newish machine the OS should have software built in that can open those files. So I'm not sure what the issue is. Homer: Hey, uh, could you go across the street and get me a slice of pizza? Vender: No pizza. Only Khlav Kalash. - Original Message - From: David Chittenden

Re: [Audyssey] question on games

2010-01-06 Thread shaun everiss
thats point I forgot that. you can add and extract files. I have always liked external programs but probably because I have used them since 1995 At 05:55 p.m. 7/01/2010, you wrote: If you've got a newish machine the OS should have software built in that can open those files. So I'm not sure