Hi.
I hope this thing hasn't gotten past its used by date.
If so excuse me but I thought I'd get this out while I remembered it
before I got my mail and got into others debates.
I have actually used an hybred touch screen tablet/ keyboard combo,
there are some of those hp has them already.
Well while all other screenreaders gw, dolphin, etc fs want
to probably include it as another pricy addon.
Nvda does some mouse tracking though I have never managed to make it
usefull right now.
At 08:03 a.m. 23/04/2012 -0400, you wrote:
Hi Charles,
Well, I can definitely say that Freedom
Well, I actually wonder now if it's something more serious.
I was a few years ago trying everything to get in touch with the creator of
the text rpg westfront, who's site and games are very much still up. I
E-mailed him, wrote on his blog, even tried to join his forum but never got
a
Well dark I recon the games may as well be abandonware for what use
they will be to futurewindows systems.
At 08:15 a.m. 24/04/2012 +0100, you wrote:
Well, I actually wonder now if it's something more serious.
I was a few years ago trying everything to get in touch with the
creator of the
What? Paul Panks? No!!
RIP.
At 05:15 PM 4/24/2012, you wrote:
Well, I actually wonder now if it's something more serious.
I was a few years ago trying everything to get in touch with the
creator of the text rpg westfront, who's site and games are very
much still up. I E-mailed him, wrote on
Hey, I remember a few months ago looking up some things on the same
developer and saw where he had died.
So if something like this has happen to Bavisoft then I feel that we
should be able to pass out the games.
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If you want to leave the list,
yes, according to an artical I found in Spag, Paul Panks is indeed no longer
with us.
I'm actually rather sorry I didn't find westfront earlier, or in fact have
time to communicate with him, since he had a real interest in text rpgs and
I think he would've been pleased to know his games were
Hi Paulette,
I just have Colossal Cave on an external hard drive along with all of the stuff
from an old dos computer that died. A friend took the hard drive and put it
all onto CDs for me and then I put it onto the external hard drive for easy
access.
Most of my games are not the quest or
Hi Ivan,
Thank you very much. I really appreciate you saying so.
Have fun.
BFN
- Original Message -
Jim, your games are amazing!
Jim
I personally guarantee that you will love my Kitchensinc games, or I will give
you double your money back.
j...@kitchensinc.net
I was actually lucky enough to communicate with Paul in the late 90s
and early noughties. I helped him a little bit with westfront pc. I
got on quite well with him. This is terribly sad news!
Horiffic to hear of his passing.
At 06:50 PM 4/24/2012, you wrote:
yes, according to an artical I
Hi Paulette,
I can not say that I am a Windows expert in any way, but I get around my
computer ok. I am totally self taught both on the computer and programming
games.
Did you know that you can still use the command prompt? And heck I still write
and use batch files all the time. Almost
Hi Curt,
winwar.exe is the strip war game install file. It should not be put in the
kitchensinc folder. The kitchensinc folder is where the winwar.exe self
extracting zip file would unzip the strip war files to. Then the game file
name is stripwar.exe.
But if when trying to run the
Hi Paulette,
I do create my games in the programming language Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and
have been learning and creating games in one Basic programming language or
another for like 32 years now. But like others have recommended I think that
for a beginner the BGT tool kit might be the
HiPaulette,
Yes. That's a good way of looking at it.
Learning to program is different for everyone who tries it. Some
people like myself took to it like a duck to water. Others find it
more daunting and difficult. Either way the best thing to do is try,
try, try again until you get it. :D
Hi Paulette,
No. The Blastbay Game Toolkit requires you learn the scripting
language, Angelscript, that it uses to extend the toolkit. Its simpler
than learning a general purpose programming language like C++ or even
a basic type language such as Visual Basic, but the principle here is
the same.
Hi Dark,
As they say whatever works. Although, I must say I find your way of
navigation pretty alien to my own experiences.
When I play Shades of Doom I bring up a mental image, a map, of how
the levels are laid out. I realize on level 1, for example, I start in
at (19, 19) which is the
Hi Damien,
Relax. There is no need to hate yourself, or beat yourself up because
you can't do something. We all have our personal limitations. I have
them, you have them, Charles has them. Its a part of life.
For instance, I know of guys on here who talk about beating games like
Street Fighter
Hi Tom.
i can understand my method seeming alien. As I said, I find it very
difficult to comprehend space, and will frequently walk into an object I've
previously seen or felt simply because I cannot judge spacially where it is.
I can't for instance judge when I'm upstairs in a building where
Hi Damien,
Question. How many times have you called the manufacturer and actually
got them to commit to improving accessibility based on your personal
suggestions?
That's where the rubber meets the road for me. We can call and
complain all we want, but short of a lawsuit most companies will
To keep this game related, as you said, some people are better at gaming
than others. I have beaten very few of the games that are on my PC. I
don't think of myself as a poor gamer, although it may be true. I consider
the games as having great replay value. It's all how you look at it. I
Hi I was wondering why quests arn't accessible in the custom maps of Swamp? I
think it would be a good thing to have as it would inable you to practice
before atempting them in the online game, also I would like to see solo
missions introduced in the offline version of the game. I'm finding
Hi Paulette,
No. Bavisoft is for all intents and purposes out of business. They
haven't released a game since 2004, never update their website, and
rarely if ever respond to e-mails. As far as I know they aren't even
registered on this list or the audio games forum. They seem to have
just
Hi Dark,
That is the only type of game that I have ever played. Would you suggest
another one that is, well, different? Thanks.
Paulette
-Original Message-
From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of dark
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 5:06 PM
To:
Thanks for the Colossal cave link. I want to solve this game because it was
the first one that I ever played and it is personal now. I just have to
solve it, even though I am using a cheat sheet. I know that is illogical,
since the game doesn't know or care, but it's just a mental itch that I have
Hi Paulette.
it's a little difficult to suggest other types of games, since I don't know
what you may like.
For instance, there are now audio games just using sound in catagories from
arcade and fast action, to horror shooter, to racing, rpg and stratogy.
There are traditional card, puzzle
Chillingham easy! Isn't it an illogical puzzle, too? Thanks so much for the
link. I will definitely check it out.
Paulette
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From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of dark
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 5:22 PM
To: Gamers
Hi Charles,
I don't understand your last post. Why did you put each letter for the
words, spoiler and space, on a separate line? And what do they mean? I use
backtracking, too. It works well.
Paulette
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From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org
Error unexpected end of file is almost always a quoted string with
unbalanced quotes, so the compiler is looking for more code, since it thinks
everything is a string.
Menu creation is handled in the dynamic_menu object under the helper layer
in the documentation. If you can give us more
Well i never found too many of the puzzles in chillingham too bad, but more
than that because the parza is limited, your not constantly playing guess
the verb. What I mean is, in chillingham you just use one thing with another
thing, meaning you can keep trying alterantives, where as in a lot
Hey! You leave Captain Ash, the crypto IRA bomber alone. He's an important
character in my story! *smile*
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From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of simon dowling
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 10:23 PM
To: Gamers Discussion
Hi Paulette.
spoiler space means that what follows is a possible spoiler for the game,
so people who haven't completed it on their own shouldn't read on.
putting a letter on each space is a convention that a lot of sighted gamers
use, since when reading visually, it means the screen won't
If you think you might be interested in any of what's below, and you haven't
already done so, go to
www.Out-Of-Sight.net
and sign up at no charge, install the plug-in used for online voice chatting,
plug a mike into your PC, and join in on the fun, as well as the availability
of rooms just to
Hi Ron,
If you have 32-bit voices installed on Windows 7 you have to access them
through the 32-bit control panel by opening run and typing
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Speech\SpeechUX\sapi.cpl
into the run dialog. Then, you can configure your 32-bit Sapi voices.
On 4/23/2012 1:18 PM, Ron Kolesar
Hi Keith,
GTC is shorthand for GMA Tank commander.
Cheers!
On 4/23/2012 1:18 PM, Keith S. wrote:
Hi, what is GTC?
I'm kind of new to the audio game world. I've played trivia games
from Jim Kitchen, and the games from Babisoft, but other than that,
I'm totally at a loss. Been a member
Hi Ron,
Not true. Some 32-bit voices do work under Windows 64-bit versions. You
just have to access them through the run dialog rather than from the
control panel. That said, Real Speak Samantha isn't one of them.
On 4/23/2012 1:19 PM, Ron Kolesar wrote:
for some reason, Ms. anna is the
Hi Ron,
Unfortunately, you are out of luck when it comes to the Real Speak
voices that came with Jaws 8 or 9. The problem has to do with the
setup/installer rather than the voices themselves. The setup program
Freedom Scientific used to install the voices bombs out on a 64-bit machine.
I
Hi Ron,
Yes. For the most part if you want to run an older voice such as ATT
Crystal, ATT Mike, etc its as simple as running the installer,
installing the voice, and once you have it installed access the 32-bit
control panel for Sapi. To do that press Windows+r to open the run
dialog, and
Hi Paulette,
It is considered good list etiquette to let readers know that a spoiler
is coming so they can close the e-mail before viewing the spoiler. The
reason Charles and many others spell the word out putting each letter on
a separate line is a sighted convention used on many mailing
Sometimes, rather than doing that, I will write some sort of warning like
this:
Here is a possible spoiler for the problem asked about, so if you don't want
it, either delete it or save for later if you might need it. Now that we've
gotten that out of the way, here's my solution:
This
I know the compass directions and, to some degree, what is located where.
My main method of direction is sort of a combination of skills. These
examples aren't necessary true, but here's an example: Go from the house to
the street and turn left. Turn left at the corner and go a block. Turn
I can't even imagine that being possible. The appliances never move.
They're always in the same place. Memorization should work.
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Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second.
- Original Message -
From: Damien Pendleton dam...@blunderfield.plus.com
To: Gamers
Only a few minutes of this game are included. This is very similar to Space
channel 5, but the game is exclusively tailored for blind gamers. If you
want to play the full 2 chapter demo yourself or find out more info , check
out www.captaindynamite.com
I only made this so you know what you're
dark Got to agree with you on the spoiler thing. It's good to have the
warning, but it's anoying letter byh letter.
Lisa Hayes
www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes
- Original Message -
From: dark d...@xgam.org
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Wednesday, April 25,
To be honest charles even that is a bit much.
People will be listening to all their screen readers say,so personally I
just go with warning! spoilers below or similar, that way people can stop
reading at that point, but whatever works for you.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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We've had the developer of this one on audiogames.net for a while. he
announced the game last year, then came on to announce the release of the
first playable demo. It's also got a page in the audiogames.net db.
This one rather surprises me, since the gameplay is very simple indeed, in
fact a
yeah gameplay is simple, however we've only played the first 2 levels. It'll
probably get a whole lot more difficult. I'm totally loving what I played
and will buy the game instantly as soon as it's released. Story is totally
neat, and music is definitely top notch!
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