[Audyssey] NEw game from choiceofgames

2013-04-13 Thread dark
Hi. here's a new one from choiceofgames, a new gamebook adventure. These are quite accessible on the iPhone, and given the easy interface, I'd be surprised if they didn't work the same way on android too. Sadly, windows users are out of luck thanks to the chrome web store, (I

[Audyssey] problems downloading alter aeon from home website

2013-04-13 Thread Keith
Hi, I tried to download the alter aeon mush z client from the alter aeon site and the page tells me that the page is not avilable. I have an older copy of the client so I installed that, but when I try to play AA, it tells me that there is a missing drop box link. Anyone have the up to date

Re: [Audyssey] Hand-held devices.

2013-04-13 Thread Angela Lerma
Quentin C's playroom is still up and working fine. - Original Message - From: Nicole white bookworm.nic...@gmail.com To: Games list\ gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 7:31 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Hand-held devices. If they're not selling the Franklin speller any

Re: [Audyssey] unable to run Rail Racer Demo on windows8

2013-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, As I said there was a number of major changes made between 1.1 and 2.0. Those changes introduced compatibility issues between 1.x and 2.0 .NET applications. As it happens newer .NET Frameworks like 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, and 5.0 come with backward compatible libraries for .NET 2.0 and later but

Re: [Audyssey] Audyssey Magazine Now Online

2013-04-13 Thread James Bartlett
Hello I think it's very cool. Thank u 4 all your hard work. Bfn James -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward [mailto:thomasward1...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 1:48 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Audyssey Magazine Now Online Hello gamers, I would like to announce as of

[Audyssey] Other Game Suggestions was Unable to Run Rail Racer Demo

2013-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Lenron, Not sure if you are interested in commercial or freeware games, but some of my favorites are Lone Wolf, GMA Tank Commander, and Shades of Doom by http://www.gmagames.com which are some of the best audio games ever built in my opinion.. In Lone Wolf you get to command a World War II

Re: [Audyssey] Audyssey Magazine Now Online

2013-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ron, I'm sure Josh and the other guys at Draconis are working on that very thing. I know they have a version of Change Reaction for Windows coming up so I would expect Silver Dollar won't be too far behind that. Cheers! On 4/12/13, Ron Kolesar kolesar16...@roadrunner.com wrote: Hey Tom,

Re: [Audyssey] Audyssey Magazine Now Online

2013-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dennis, I don't think its necessary, but if you want to do that go ahead. For the moment I don't know where Ron is with issue 55, and since his personal life has been up in the air I don't know how often the magazine will get updated at this point. I have considered temporarily taking over the

Re: [Audyssey] Hand-held devices.

2013-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Nicole, As was mentioned on list the other day Franklin is still selling the Language Master, and it has gone down in price. So you may want to look around for the best price for it. As far as other handheld devices about the only other one I can think of is BopIt. I don't really have too

Re: [Audyssey] unable to run Rail Racer Demo on windows8

2013-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Lenron, Hmmm...The web setup should have worked. That's the one I would have recommended in fact since it will detect what components you were missing and installed only those components you needed. On 4/12/13, lenron brown lenro...@gmail.com wrote: i tried the online installer maybe i went

[Audyssey] Anyone with a working version of Mushz, I'd like to ask a favor

2013-04-13 Thread Keith
Hi, apparrantly the mush z link on alteraeon.com is dead, and my copy of mushz got corrupted some how and I had to nix it. So, I don't have a working copy of the client or the plug ins, or the soundpack for alteraeon. Was wonering if someone could drop box or send space a copy of the programs

Re: [Audyssey] unable to run Rail Racer Demo on windows8

2013-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, I know the feeling. I wasn't a big Rail Racer fan, but I did beta test it and had a license for the game that won't work on any of my newer machines. Not only that I felt Che was being too strict with his licensing policy so that if I wanted a copy for my desktop and a copy for my

Re: [Audyssey] Revisiting dragon pass

2013-04-13 Thread James Bartlett
Hello Dark Thank u 4 all your input on this. I'll b shore 2 check out those games. I went 2 the audio games website and signed up there. L o l I read the review that u wrote about the screening birds. I thought it was very funny. especially because I have a terrible fear of birds l o l.

[Audyssey] interest in possible moo development?

2013-04-13 Thread Nick Helms
Hello all, I'd like to try and gage the level of interest in myself possibly developing a moo in the not terebly distant future? I have no interest in repeating what's already been done countless times before now, wich is why I am posting this. If there is some interest, I'd like to see if we

Re: [Audyssey] interest in possible moo development?

2013-04-13 Thread Angela Delicata
Well, it would be great.. Especially a game related to Formula1 as it is now.. Wiwh players, points etc. However, I'm not a programer, so what I can do is only suggest a game I'd like to play - smiles. I hope I understood correctly what you meant, if not, I beg your pardon. Angela from Italy.

Re: [Audyssey] Corporate VS IndependentDeveloperswasModeratorMessage

2013-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Hmm...I hadn't quite thought of it that way, but I do see your point. From a purely exploration point of view 3d type games can be more frustrating and more complex because you now have six primary directions instead of four to deal with, and that in turn requires more complex controls

Re: [Audyssey] I'm sad: Chillingham.

2013-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, Well, while it is true Microsoft will discontinue updates and support for XP next year I somehow think it won't go away immediately. Remember a lot of blind users refuse to upgrade to Windows 7 or Windows 8, and plan to stick with XP as long as possible. As a result even though XP won't

Re: [Audyssey] Anyone with a working version of Mushz, I'd like to ask a favor

2013-04-13 Thread James Bartlett
hI there yes I have a copy I can dropbox 4 u. if u still want it. Email me off list. Bfn James a. k. a. Caspero -Original Message- From: Keith [mailto:ks.steinbac...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 8:00 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Anyone with a working version of Mushz,

Re: [Audyssey] interest in possible moo development?

2013-04-13 Thread Nick Helms
You understood perfectly. On 4/13/13, Angela Delicata angeladelic...@email.it wrote: Well, it would be great.. Especially a game related to Formula1 as it is now.. Wiwh players, points etc. However, I'm not a programer, so what I can do is only suggest a game I'd like to play - smiles. I

[Audyssey] puppet nightmares.

2013-04-13 Thread Nicole white
Does anyone know the answer to the question that it asks at the end of the forum sign up? i tried to do that, and i absolutely didn't know the answer. --- 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

Re: [Audyssey] Anyone with a working version of Mushz, I'd like to ask a favor

2013-04-13 Thread Dennis Towne
Keith, I run a backup site for mush-z, and you can find it at: http://backup.mush-z.com It's got downloads for a few of the latest versions on it. It's not the main mush site, but the builds there should work. I'll try to find oriol and figure out what's happened to the server. Dennis Towne

Re: [Audyssey] problems downloading alter aeon from home website

2013-04-13 Thread Dennis Towne
Keith, Until Oriol gets the site back up, you should be able to download a fairly recent copy from: http://backup.mush-z.com I keep a few archives there, just in case something like this happens. Dennis Towne Alter Aeon MUD http://www.alteraeon.com On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 1:16 AM, Keith

[Audyssey] hangman.

2013-04-13 Thread Nicole white
Does anyone know the direct link for a handman game that works with Jaws for Windows? James, if yo utell me your email address, i can send yo uthe files you need in attachments. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to

Re: [Audyssey] Anyone with a working version of Mushz, I'd like to ask a favor

2013-04-13 Thread dark
Hi Kieth. for some reason orliol's mushZ page seems to be down again. while I really like the pack I do rather wish Oroiol had chosen a better host for his site, since the page seems to go up and down like a yo yo. It'll doubltess be back soon, but still it would be good if it were hosted

Re: [Audyssey] Corporate VS IndependentDeveloperswasModeratorMessage

2013-04-13 Thread dark
Hi Tom. well as I have said before, my spacial memorization is pretty cruddy, though i find a game like shades of doom playable with my usual landmarks method, still this is a point to considder. that being said, as you've pointed out yourself, there is currently no 3D game in audio, so

Re: [Audyssey] hangman.

2013-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Nicole, I can't think of anyy Hangman games that work with Jaws specifically, but Jim Kitchen has a free Hangman game that uses Sapi 5. Go to http://www.kitchensinc.net and click on his Sapi 5 games page. There you will find a decent Hangman game that is fully accessible. Cheers! On

Re: [Audyssey] Revisiting dragon pass

2013-04-13 Thread Allison P
Hey Dark, are there any other games like Sryth out there? I assume you know waht Sryth is...basically it's a browser based fantasy type game. Not quite an rpg, but sort of. Sryth is cool, don't get me wrong, but it gets rather, well, boring, and the whole melee rating and adventure token reliance

Re: [Audyssey] Revisiting dragon pass

2013-04-13 Thread dark
Hi Alisan. I actually know sryth very well. Back in 2004 when it was just a free game, before there was any commercial signup I was very much a fan and played endlessly, I was even 2nd on the leaderboards for a couple of years, but in 2009 I pretty much abandoned I pretty much abandoned sryth

Re: [Audyssey] Hand-held devices.

2013-04-13 Thread Charles Rivard
Although this is good to know, I was looking for info on handheld devices. --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. - Original Message - From: Angela Lerma amle...@roadrunner.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 3:57

Re: [Audyssey] Revisiting dragon pass

2013-04-13 Thread Allison P
Thank you, sir! Will definitely check all of those out. Funnily enough, I did listen to the podcast you did for Blind cool Tech, about the fighting fantasy games. Enjoyed it, and always meant to check the ff project out, but kinda forgot about it. Heh. I love that whitestick page! Very useful. I

[Audyssey] Audyssey format discussion -Re: Audyssey Magazine Now Online

2013-04-13 Thread Charles Rivard
The last I heard, he wants to go to a podcast format, which may or may not work as well as the previous method. JMO, but I think that a magazine should be read, not heard. Also, direct links to sites can't be put into an audio presentation. Also, submissions from readers might be more

Re: [Audyssey] Audyssey format discussion -Re: Audyssey Magazine Now Online

2013-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, It was my understanding that the podcast, assuming we did one, would be in addition to and not a replacement for the Audyssey Magazine. Like you I feel a magazine should be read and not listened to. Besides that it would get pretty darn expensive paying for extra hard drive space and

Re: [Audyssey] Revisiting dragon pass

2013-04-13 Thread dark
Hi Alisan. ask what you like. if I feel it's too personal I might ask for it off list, though equally your welcome to contact me on my mail address d...@xgam.org too. As to the ffproject, well i like gamebooks generally, and ffproject as opposed to say the projectaon site does have the

Re: [Audyssey] Audyssey format discussion -Re: Audyssey MagazineNow Online

2013-04-13 Thread Tony James
Hi, Maybe you could switch to HTML as opposed to plain text and that way you could insert heading tags to allow the reader to jump from article to article. Tony the Tiger!! - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org

Re: [Audyssey] Audyssey format discussion -Re: Audyssey Magazine Now Online

2013-04-13 Thread Dennis Towne
One other problem with podcasts is that they're not considered 'real' by sites like wikipedia, wheras if it's written down and has an editor that checks articles, it can be used as a reference. I don't know that it's that important, but giving the magazine legitimacy like that may help get it out

Re: [Audyssey] Corporate VS IndependentDeveloperswasModeratorMessage

2013-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Well, its definitely not beyond reason to create a true 2d side-scroller in audio. Its more than possible provided that the developer uses the correct API and tools which is kind of the catch 22 from a developmental aspect. What I mean by that is in Microsoft DirectSound you can modify

Re: [Audyssey] Audyssey format discussion -Re: Audyssey MagazineNow Online

2013-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Tony, Thats something we have been seriously considering. The only problem is it would take a while to convert all 54 of the back issues to html , but I don't see why any new issues couldn't be properly tagged and posted in html. Cheers! On 4/13/13, Tony James megatronja...@gmail.com wrote:

[Audyssey] Fifty Shades of Dark.

2013-04-13 Thread Phil Vlasak
Games we'd like to play. Fifty Shades of Dark. Allison visits Dark at his company's headquarters where she finds him working out his patented fifty shades of blindness that had earned him a PHD and eventually a fortune. It was like a handicap in bowling in which your light perception could be

Re: [Audyssey] Audyssey format discussion -Re: Audyssey Magazine Now Online

2013-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dennis, Good point. Wikipedia and a number of encyclopedia type sites like it will not accept quotes or references from podcasts which could be counter productive if we want to write an article on Wikipedia about audio games, accessible games, or refer someone like Popular Mechanics to back

Re: [Audyssey] Fifty Shades of Dark.

2013-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Phil, Hahahaha! I swear you crack me up some times. I love it. On 4/13/13, Phil Vlasak phi...@bex.net wrote: Games we'd like to play. Fifty Shades of Dark. Allison visits Dark at his company's headquarters where she finds him working out his patented fifty shades of blindness that had

Re: [Audyssey] Fifty Shades of Dark.

2013-04-13 Thread amanda burt
I think that's excelent, it would be worth doing, i think. Amanda -- From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 9:39 PM To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Fifty Shades of Dark.

Re: [Audyssey] Audyssey format discussion -Re: Audyssey MagazineNow Online

2013-04-13 Thread Charles Rivard
If it is a supplement, and the magazine content is not dependent on the podcast content, cool., --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent:

Re: [Audyssey] Audyssey format discussion -Re: Audyssey MagazineNowOnline

2013-04-13 Thread Charles Rivard
I'm thinking that they should all be in the same format. HTML conversion could gradually be done --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent:

[Audyssey] swamp complete weapons guide finally updated

2013-04-13 Thread john
I've finally completed the new weapons guide for version 2.9. It should be in a more user-friendly format now, and I've added some extra information on strategy to the end. The download link is: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/85682400/weaponsguide.html?dl Note that if you end up getting

[Audyssey] world of war query

2013-04-13 Thread joseph weakland
hello does anyone know how i can get the game world of war? the download link on audiogames.net don't work --- 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 update your subscription via the web, at

[Audyssey] Python Games On the Mac?

2013-04-13 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, all, I'm not a programmer, but I'd call myself an intermediate computer user, and I'm not afraid to try command-line options. I've run across a few Python games, but they don't launch. I'm using Mac OS X 10.8. I've installed Python 1.4, PyGames, and PYOCJB. When I run a .pyc file indicated

Re: [Audyssey] Python Games On the Mac?

2013-04-13 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Teresa, As a fellow Mac user, it would help if I knew which games in particular you were referring to, so I could see if I could get them working. Any chance you could supply me with a name and place to get them? :-) Thanks, Zack. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 13, 2013, at 3:16 PM, Teresa

Re: [Audyssey] world of war query

2013-04-13 Thread Matheus Rheine
Hi, here's the download link for the game, the developer is redesigning the website but currently it's very hard to navigate because it's 100% in japanese, it seems that the download of bk2 is also broken, it's giving a 404 error, I'll see if I can contact him and ask for a very basic english

Re: [Audyssey] swamp complete weapons guide finally updated

2013-04-13 Thread ryan chou
wow, this is pretty good! nice job just out of curiosity how long did it take you to get all the weapons, test them and type in the information? lol on the m240 thing, I have to agree with the damage rumor but it also seems to be a bit louder or that could just be me, who knows On 4/13/13, john

Re: [Audyssey] Python Games On the Mac?

2013-04-13 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Zack and list, Sorry about that. The game I'm trying at the moment is SoundRTS. Website: http://jlpo.free.fr/soundrts/ THANKS, Teresa On Apr 13, 2013, at 3:19 PM, Zachary Kline zkl...@speedpost.net wrote: Hi Teresa, As a fellow Mac user, it would help if I knew which games in particular

Re: [Audyssey] swamp complete weapons guide finally updated

2013-04-13 Thread john
Thanks. I'm glad you're enjoying it. I've been thinking about updating it since the group of smgs came out (probably 2-3 weeks ago), and I've been looking at the various weapons as they appeared. It's handy to have the custom maps and campaign scripting; the only special weapon I've actually

Re: [Audyssey] Python Games On the Mac?

2013-04-13 Thread Jacob Kruger
Are you sure you're running python 1.4? Most widely adopted/largely in use version of python nowadays is 2.7 as far as I know - but/and, that' s what I work on/run on my windows PC, and when recently tested/tried out something on a ubuntu/linux machine it seemed to be running version 2.5.

Re: [Audyssey] Python Games On the Mac?

2013-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Teresa, Python applications are Python version specific. For example, if you have a program that requires Python 2.7 then you must install Python 2.7 and not any other version to run that application. Running a version of Python too old or too new will likely end up not working. Also you must

[Audyssey] Audio Disc on the Mac.

2013-04-13 Thread michael barnes
Hello. When I try to run Audio Disc on my Mac it doesn't do anything. It says that I need flash to run the game. However I have flash and it still will not run. Will someone please help me with this? Thanks! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send

Re: [Audyssey] Python Games On the Mac?

2013-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Jacob, Not sure what version of Ubuntu you tried, but version 12.04 and later use Python 2.7. Ubuntu and most Linux distributions haven't used Python 2.5 for two or three years. However, I agree with the point that 2.7 is the current stable release. Anything less than 2.7 is old, and if she is

Re: [Audyssey] Python Games On the Mac?

2013-04-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Teresa, Ah, that makes sense. SoundRTS, if I remember correctly needs Python 2.4, as well as the latest Pygame for that version of Python That game is sadly a bit out of date and isn't compatible with newer versions of Python so you may run into compatibility issues running it on Mac. On

Re: [Audyssey] swamp complete weapons guide finally updated

2013-04-13 Thread ryan chou
oh wow I actually completely forgot about the offline mode when I was typing that, duhr On 4/13/13, john jpcarnemo...@comcast.net wrote: Thanks. I'm glad you're enjoying it. I've been thinking about updating it since the group of smgs came out (probably 2-3 weeks ago), and I've been looking at

Re: [Audyssey] Python Games On the Mac?

2013-04-13 Thread Jacob Kruger
This was a tweaked/customised version of ubuntu. Anyway, in the readMe file for soundRTS .pyc version I see they insist on python 2.4, FWIW. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward

Re: [Audyssey] Python Games On the Mac?

2013-04-13 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, guys, Thanks for the help. Yes, the instructions in the readme file were specific about dependencies and versions and such. I'm sure I followed them, but I'll double-check. There were a couple of versions of dependencies that I couldn't find in the given links, so I googled them. This is

Re: [Audyssey] Revisiting dragon pass

2013-04-13 Thread Allison P
Um, well, okay then. Here goes. Heh. Please don't take this the wrong or anything, I don't mean to sound all stalker-ish or whatever, but well, I would kind of like to get to know you better off-list. I've listened to your podcasts, as I say, and I think you and I would probably get along pretty

Re: [Audyssey] Python Games On the Mac?

2013-04-13 Thread Teresa Cochran
Oh fooey, I think I got the wrong version number in my head. I'll definitely check this out and let you all know what happens. Thanks, Teresa On Apr 13, 2013, at 4:36 PM, Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Teresa, Ah, that makes sense. SoundRTS, if I remember correctly needs

[Audyssey] old handheld games

2013-04-13 Thread Tony James
Hi, While I was growing up, I enjoyed playing self-contained handheld games. I had a wide variety of these games, but over the years for one reason or another, they have disappeared. I'm wondering if anyone can help me track some or of them down. There's a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles one

Re: [Audyssey] Python Games On the Mac?

2013-04-13 Thread Teresa Cochran
Yes, I have Python 2.4. So the installer put it in the apps folder. I notice that there are other versions in /library/python. Should I move it there, or does it matter? I notice that in /library/developer, I find PyGames and PYOBJC. Thanks, Teresa On Apr 13, 2013, at 4:38 PM, Jacob Kruger

Re: [Audyssey] Audio Disc on the Mac.

2013-04-13 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Michael, Is this a website? Sorry, I'm not familiar with it. If so, are you running a flash-blocking extension, such as ClickToPlugin? If you are, you can press command-control-w for ClickToPlugin to allow flash to run on the domain, or you can do a VO-space on the area that says flash,

Re: [Audyssey] swamp complete weapons guide finally updated

2013-04-13 Thread Johnny Tai
Thanks for this- very help info indeed especially for casual players/newb like myself. --- 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 update your subscription via the web, at

Re: [Audyssey] swamp complete weapons guide finally updated

2013-04-13 Thread john
Your welcome. I'm glad people are finding it helpful, I wasn't sure how useful it would end up being in practice, but it's really nice to see that it's doing it's job. - Original Message - From: Johnny Tai johnnyti...@shaw.ca To: 'Gamers Discussion list' gamers@audyssey.org Date sent:

Re: [Audyssey] world of war query

2013-04-13 Thread joseph weakland
thanks lots love the game can you earn cheat codes to? also i hope that someday an update comes out where the movies are in english to - Original Message - From: Matheus Rheine an...@bol.com.br To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 6:01 PM

Re: [Audyssey] Hand-held devices.

2013-04-13 Thread Ron Schamerhorn
There's always Nemesis Factor, On 13-Apr-2013 2:51 PM, Charles Rivard wrote: Although this is good to know, I was looking for info on handheld devices. --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. - Original Message - From: Angela Lerma amle...@roadrunner.com To:

Re: [Audyssey] Python Games On the Mac?

2013-04-13 Thread Gabriel Battaglia (Kriyaban)
Teresa: I've installed Python 1.4, PyGames, and PYOCJB. GB: Hi Teresa. Python 1.4 is a very very extremely old release of Python. Are you sure to have reported the correct version of you Python interpreter? If so, I strongly suggest you to upgrade to 2.7.3 www.python.org Bye Gabriel. ---

Re: [Audyssey] Audio Disc on the Mac.

2013-04-13 Thread michael barnes
Hello. No, this is a downloadable game. You can get it at http://www.audiogames.net --- 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 update your subscription via the web, at