Hi Michael.
just a correction, we do have one real time zelda style rpg, at least in
developement, the game Airik the clerric. I've not yet been able to play it
sinse it's not compatibile with windows xp, but it does work on windows 7.
The sounds are slightly temporary, but the gameplay is
Last night I decided, sinse I've not been able to try any new versions of
castaways as I can't download stuff currently to try Lunimals again.
Previously, i'd always got stuck on mission 5 with breeding the turtles, sinse
I just found all my fish died.
this time, i managed it! hurrah! and
Hi Tom.
as regards the text games and upgrades, I'm sorry to say that not everyone
is as good about writing new stuff as you suggest, and certainly many stand
alone text games I've seen have been just the one game and goodbye!.
Look at the titles from Malinch entertainment, you pay 29 usd
Hi Tom.
as regards your point concerning lack of exposure to mainstream games, this
seems true to an extent.
for instance, when justin of bsc described hunter as an adventure role
playing game it's pretty clear that in writing that description, he had
litle idea of what an actual role playing
I know peasants are supposed to get pregnant slightly more frequently than
women in other jbs so as to make life easier (and being a peasant must! have
some advantages ;D).
But I have noticed that sometimes the same woman just get pregnant
constantly.
This might just be the random nature of
Well depending upon which way you look at it, that means she's either a very
good doctor, or a very bad one ;D.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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Hi Tom.
Fair enough, i was just checking, and in that case I'll look forward to
trying out beta 21 this evening when I get back to my parents' and their
network.
I'm sorry to here about your grandma.
My gran actually died several years ago as well while I was stil living in
colidge, so I
in some cases, it's based on hardware, for instance any mega drive prot of a
game plays faster than it's snes counterparts sinse the mega drive had a
basically faster processer, yet the mega drive had only an 8 bit sound card
meaning that the sounds and music are not a patch on other versions.
Hi tom.
Amusingly enough, this is actually what I said when dave made a similar
anouncement on audiogames.net.
At that point he did talk about adding sapi support possibly support for
other screen readers as well, though whether this is going to happen I don't
know.
What bothers me, is
Youch bryan!
I've never played the nes version, but have the Snes version and that's bad
enough, I've only ever completed the 2nd stage twice, and as soon as I get
to the 3rd I die within two seconds as my bike smashes into a pillar, and
that after a long time of trying at the game!
We'll
Hi Tom.
on the matter of difficulty, this is actually a more general trend as well.
Back in the 80's and 90's, games had to be hard, sinse there couldn't be
much too them.
For instance, my favourite game on the amstrad computer was one called
rowland on the ropes, a maze adventure game in
Good or bad, she is clearly skilled at playing doctor. lol.
Well depending upon which way you
look at it, that means she's either a very
good doctor, or a very bad one ;D.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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Hi Dark,
Grin. I have to agree with that one. That's why a couple of weeks back
I made a joke about a dedicated prostitution job. The way the same
women continues getting pregnant time after time lends one to that
conclusion that perhaps its more than one guy they are getting it on
with. For me
Hi,
HmmmWell, that's certainly open to debate. Although giving the
patients a little something on the side probably isn't a bad thing. At
least not from the guys point of view. Kind of reminds me of a porn
movie I once saw called Trailer Trash Nerses. Instead of curing
injuries using standard
Hi Dark,
Exactly. That's one of the core problems with developing games.
Creating an arcade shooter like Space Invaders, Judgment Day,
Troopenum, etc is fairly simple to do and that's why there are so many
of that type available in the audio games community. It doesn't
require much skill or
how I wish i can find such short cuts in real live. A job that others take
for hours and still in testing stage and i only take two minutes to
complete. haha! But for gaming, i will still take the normal route even when
I know there is this way to complete the mission.
锦发/Steady Goh
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HI Dark,
True enough. In a 2d side-scroller you were limited in what you could
do wich was go foward, backward, up, or down. Sometimes not even that
much depending on the game and situation. That made traps and
obsticals difficult because there was no way around it except to fight
that boss,
Dark,
That's part of the reason I decided to keep AA as an online server
only, and don't release it in standalone form. It's hard enough to
create good areas and updates, much less create a whole new existing
game and maintain packages of obsolete or buggy versions for a bunch
of different
Hi Dark,
Definitely. i think people, especially big companies, have forgotten
the early days of video gaming. Blockbusters like Montezuma's Revenge
wasn't created by a big cgame company. As i recall it was written by
some teenager and was sold to Parker Brothers. I can think of several
other
That's why I always make the cook male when possible. All the really
important jobs like cook or doctor usually.
We are the Knights who say...Ni!
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Hi Dark,
Yeah, I've seen that kind of confusion several times on list as well.
A lot of VI gamers toss out terms not really aware of what the
mainstream gamers mean by them because it sounds catchy or they simply
aren't aware of what that style of game is like.
For example, I've heard a lot of
Hi Dark,
I suppose, but I still think you are comparing apples to oranges here.
I always understood games like those from Malinch entertainment to be
done deals as in already complete with no new quests or adventures
forthcoming. Besides that those are text adventures not full blown
roll playing
HI Dark,
Yes, i know. That was really my point. Winboard may be a very good
Chess program, but if its only using Jaws then it is, sorry to say,
not very accessible in comparison to alternative Chess programs. Jaws
may still be the leading screen reader today, but Window-Eyes, state
side, has
Hello Thomas, I have had top mauch tech support with Freedom Scientific, and
I did have problems where when I bought an xp pro laptop and I had to buy
and xp pro version but at that time I did not have a backup. I emailed a
request to them just to see if it works to tell them that they could put
Hi Thomas,
I am going backwards trough recent messages, so don't be confused of my
message order.
And I also have to say something about this practice of mainstream money
hungry persons, since I am now at it.
Why is the game Papa Sangre an Iphone exclusive regardless of it does also
contain
Hi Thomas,
That's exactly what I meant when we talked last about game genres.
Final Fantasy for the blind or something like it, the Elder Scrolls series
or even something like an actual audio version of Sryth.
I was once there, but had not enough time for it a few years back, but
exactly.
I
Hi Thomas,
about Shades of Doom or any game like it.
What you said is asomething ingame training should be there.
I know that I would need a while to learn all necessary things to use Mota
3D, but if I only had a manual with just a bit of learn game sounds, I
would be lost or it would take me a
Hi again,
another Thing I forgot about audio RPGs:
If someone was to make one, then it would be not the best idea to use SAPI
output for all things.
I mean, what fun is dialogue of any kind or cut scenes or some
intermissions, when only one voice reads your stats, narates something and
also
Hi.
I enjoy playing castaways and think its a brilliant step in audio gaming.
But I was thinking maybe include a couple of new features to give it a
little more depth.
The settlement. Every community has its crimes, for example burgularing of
materials and resources etc, maybe have a new
Hi all on this list,
Was just wondering, has anyone on this list plaied this and if so, what is
required in order to be able to play it as a blind person?
Many thanks for any info!
Christian
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Hi phil.
As regards the medaeval jobs, One thing i get very much from castaways is
that though the level of technology involved is medeval, the class system is
not.
In medeval times, the king owned all the land awarded it to his lords in
return for them fighting for him, and the lords then
Hi Michael,
Its simple. I don't have hundreds of dollars in cash laying around to
put twards professional acting and high quality voice overs and
naration. Something like Sapi is the most affordable and simple
solution to that problem. Otherwise I'd have to stick to a text only
format which I
Just fixing the subject line. Wow, this is one of the biggest topics.
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Hi Michael,
Ummm...What level is your audio navigator set to. If you need more
help maybe you should set your audio navigator in Shades of Doom to
full. It will tell you exactly where passages are, what direction they
go, etc. This sounds to me like lack of experience rather than
difficulty. I've
Hi Michael,
Well, those are certainly some good complaints about Entombed, but the
major complaint with that game is that it is a Roguelike RPG which
means all you do is walk around an underground dungeon fighting
monsters and pickup gear. It lacks the story driven aspect of
exploring an entire
Hi Sky,
That may be, but that really wasn't my point. My point was that Jaws
is losing market shares to competing screen readers like Window-Eyes
and NVDA, and there is still some opinion among Jaws users that Jaws
is still number one and nobody else's screen reader counts. That's
totally untrue.
Hi Kelvin.
I admit I thought the same when I began playing castaways, however try
contrasting the amount of work done by your people and the speed at which
jobs get completed when your just feeding them meat, as opposed to when
you've got two or three food sources on the go, try playing with
Hello everyone,
Just want to let everyone know there has been a death in the family.
Today at 2:00 PM my grandma, who was 85, has passed away. Emotionally
I'm ok, this was pretty much expected, but I just wanted to let
everyone know what is going on.
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-Michael.
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Hello
He he, I smell an collusion here. Not only that, an agenda . That's cute
that men still do that even when they are all grown up, he he, that's
cute. You and Audiogamers take your Major KChess and Major BGChess and
use them, they have SAPI support and can save a game. That's all you
need to
Ok guys, it's been forever but here is the next update!
Version 1.6b has been posted. There are a few little changes, but 1 really big
change. Mission 3 is now added, and it proves to be a much bigger challenge
than either of the other missions.
- The butcher has been adjusted again. Normal
Sorry to hear that Thomas.
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Right about the two jobs.
And If I know one thing about fantasy worlds, the magic you can use in
entombed is child's play against a (fictional) legend like Merlin.
Thus I personally am not the biggest fan of the last two Harry Potter books.
I won't go into detail here, but if I had to deal with
I know what the navigator can do.
But the problem I have is of another kind.
It is a big place and if this was a mainstream game, there would probably a
feature in it where I could look at a full map at any time and could use
this to figure out that I have to go left instead of right, to go
Hi Thomas,
I know that professional voice acting is expensive.
But there might be an alternative.
I take it you know what amateur audio plays and fan films are?
If so, ask yourself if any amateur (voice) actor is that bad.
Do you know that in a short while the longest Star Trek fan film is going
Hi,
I know that many people here in Germany are considering to leave JAWS
behind and are going to switch to something else very soon or have already
done so.
But I would like it if some things were adressed in all screen readers.
While it is nice to have current MS Office support, I wish they
Hi Thomas,
I just want to say that I am sorry for your loss.
My own grandmother passed away at the end of the last year shortly before
Christmas and her next birthday which would have been December 23rd...
She was my favorite grandmother but she was ill for some years. She was the
mother of my
My sympathy as even when expected it's never an easy time. Best to you and
yours.
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Sorry
Praying for you and the family.
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Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 3:23 PM
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My sympathy as even when expected it's never an easy
my condolences to you and your family. from Mich.
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Praying for you and the family.
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I am really sad to hear of this sad news. I will be thinking of you at this
sad time.
Amanda
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Hope everything is well, I will pray for you and your family.
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Hi all, I've recently been playing some various Lone Wolf missions and I
found the ones I had written. Man, I can't beat them. Sure, I could look
at the original text file which contains the mission and see how I did
things so I can win, but that would be cheating. So I've been playing
them as
Hi Dark,
I think that multiple food sources should increase your efficiency
exponentially instead of just doubling it.
so with 2 you get double but with three you get four times, and with 4 you
get eight times the efficiency.
Phil
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This looks fantastic.
What is the goal of Mission Three?
Thanks.
Christina
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Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 4:16 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] Castaways version 1.6b including Mission 3
Ok guys,
Sorry to hear that Thomas. My condolences to you and your family.
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Hello everyone,
Just
Sorry to hear this Thomas, take what ever time you need.
Lisa Hayes
www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes
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My thoughts are with you at this time
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I am really sad to hear of this sad news. I will
First of all, up grade to Flight simulator ten or better known as FSX.
Then go check out the program It's Your Plane from
www.itsyourplane.com
Just to let you know, there's a up grade coming out sometime next year about
fsx.
HTH.
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Hey Tom.
all the best.
Ron
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Hello everyone,
Just want to let everyone know there has been a death in the family.
Today at 2:00 PM my grandma,
You are attempting to start up a settlement to plunder the area's resources,
and build up catapults that will be shipped back to serve in your nation's
army. You need to build 12 catapults to win the game, but the other nations
will send troops to try to stop you.
This looks fantastic.
Hi Jeremy.
I'm glad to see the new update. I will be trying it soon. Thanks a lot.
I have a few questions about the new units:
Does the walls stop your own units too?
I have been wondering about the strengths /weaknesses between rangers,
knites and cavalry in general for a while now. How much more
Sorry about that Thomas. even if it was expected it must still be difficult.
I wish you the best.
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Hi Thomas,
Allow me to offer my condolences along with everyone else. I wish you and
your family the very best.
Kind regards,
Philip Bennefall
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Dark and Thomas, asking to add aditional support is one thing, insisting
on it is something completely different.
While I am not a jaws user, winboard is much more advanced than anything
out there currently for the blind market and I'll use a jaws demo if I
want the features of winboard.
Hey guys,
I'd love to get unbiased feedback from all those who own an Xbox 360. I'm
considering purchasing a console. Are there any reasons why I should do
this, apart from better accessibility? Are there any good exclusives on the
Xbox that are playable for us, that do not exist on
Hi Tom sorry to here that man.
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Hi Thomas,
Allow me to offer my condolences along with
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