Re: [Audyssey] Easing Tentions on List

2013-05-02 Thread Charles Rivard
Is it up to the author to accurately convey a meaning?, or is it up to the reader to figure out what was meant. I think that most of the responsibility is that of the author's. If there are misunderstandings, they should be able to be straightened out through clarification. --- Shepherds

Re: [Audyssey] a suggestion to the developer of soundscape exploerer

2013-05-02 Thread Ken The PionEar
Yes, joystick support is definitely coming. i'm not promising when, as there a lot of other features I want to implement first. Also, since it's a community project, why not learn to write code and add it in yourself? Either way, support will be around eventually. Check out my games at

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread Ken The PionEar
This sounds like a cool minigame. Shaking the gates: moneydrop Check out my games at www.ThePionEar.net and my music, and that of my band, at www.ThePionEar.net/BlindLabyrinth.html . If you want to reach me, you can call 419-744-0517, friend me on Facebook, (KenWDowney,) or write me at

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts on Vista and 7: was Re: challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread Jacob Kruger
Will just say, funny enough, a while ago had a relatively decent spec dell laptop that was initially running windows XP on, but when then upgraded it to windows7, it firstly booted up in around half the time, but, also actually responded better under windows7 - hardware compatibility? Stay

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts on Vista and 7: was Re: challenge fordevelopers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread Ken The PionEar
Well, as I said, I'm not fully knowlegeable on the OS, and there might be things I'm just not getting. Also, I'm using JFW 11, and I can neither afford nor am I willing to go for an upgrade. My son's computer, which has Windows 7, uses NVDA. Check out my games at www.ThePionEar.net and my

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread James Bartlett
Hi well I don't have a problem with n v d a myself. I've messed around with it a little bit, but the thing is that in order to not only learn windows 8 I now have to learn how to use a new screen reader to. witch will just make the learning that much longer for me. I'm not aganst learning

Re: [Audyssey] Newly released, reacting change!

2013-05-02 Thread Will
it is only a bit of light humour smile phil does it all the time and actually i wish half the titles he wrote about existed move on guys, lol On 2 May 2013, at 02:01, Draconis i...@dracoent.com wrote: Sounds more vindictive to me, under the guise of trying to be funny. Certainly is

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread Dallas O'Brien
Hi. The only thing to keep in mind here, is that although the blind community still like their 16-bit applications, 99.9% of the rest of the world, stopped using 16-bit, a long, long, long! Time ago. LOL. And that, is what Microsoft have to keep in mind, when creating an operating system. There

Re: [Audyssey] Newly released, reacting change!

2013-05-02 Thread James Bartlett
That is great. So where do I not buy a copy. -- From: dark d...@xgam.org Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 8:23 PM To: Gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] Newly released, reacting change! Hello gamers. Welcome to this new audio action puzzle

Re: [Audyssey] Wondering about the size of the audio gamingcommunity

2013-05-02 Thread Willem Venter
This does not take into account people like me who do not regularly post to this list. On 5/1/13, Phil Vlasak phi...@bex.net wrote: Hi Folks, It's easy to find out how many participate in the Audyssey list, Jim Kitchen lets us know the beginning of each month: 126 people posted 2241 messages

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread James Bartlett
l o l nothing at all. It was just the fact that we were talking about mS, Bill, and arrest with hackers. that it kind of jogged my memery that's all. bfn James -- From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 8:41 PM

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts on Vista and 7: was Re: challenge fordevelopers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread Jacob Kruger
Ok, reminds that it was either jaws 11, or jaws 12 that specifically needed to be used with windows7 to make it really viable as well - biggest issue there was that jaws would keep on seeing that you'd changed hardware, when you hadn't...smile Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype:

Re: [Audyssey] Newly released, reacting change!

2013-05-02 Thread James Bartlett
Yes Dark I'll have to agry with you on that. For a gaming list there shore is a lot of tention around here, and you know lately it seems to me that there is more going tit for tat and and he said she said bs then there is gaming talk, and in a list this big not everyone is going to see eye to

Re: [Audyssey] Newly released, reacting change!

2013-05-02 Thread shaun everiss
dark have you had lessons from phill. At 12:23 PM 5/2/2013, you wrote: Hello gamers. Welcome to this new audio action puzzle game, the latest release from dropdead entertainment, the same company who brought you such classic audio games as aliens in my backside, mucky business and rusty

Re: [Audyssey] Easing Tentions on List

2013-05-02 Thread James Bartlett
Hello That sounds like a plan to me. So lets stop all the bs fighting and get back to more sereus problems like blind gaming. Bfn James -- From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 10:58 PM To: Gamers

Re: [Audyssey] Easing Tentions on List

2013-05-02 Thread James Bartlett
Hello I think that is very well put, and I think that is a great policy for a bisness to have, and like you said it's just to bad that we can't do it here. bfn James -- From: Ian Reed supp...@blindaudiogames.com Sent: Wednesday, May 01,

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread James Bartlett
l o l funny you say that I was thinking the same thing when he said it l o l. bfn James -- From: Ken The PionEar kenwdow...@me.com Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 2:08 AM To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Subject: Re: [Audyssey]

Re: [Audyssey] Easing Tentions on List

2013-05-02 Thread shaun everiss
I aggree tom though I think it was good to air the washing. Also as far as I know this may be one of the first if not the first constructive debates that have not degenerated into a flame war. At 02:58 PM 5/2/2013, you wrote: Hi all, I know over the last week or two we have had a few lively

Re: [Audyssey] Easing Tentions on List

2013-05-02 Thread shaun everiss
hmmm never thought about doing that. we would have to have some way to post the scores to somewhere though. would be fun. At 03:29 PM 5/2/2013, you wrote: Let's find games that we can post to scoreboards, and beat the heck out of each other! Heh heh heh. Good sportsmanlike ornery fun! ---

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread shaun everiss
its more the interface changes happening all at once. suddenly its accept this new interface or die and I have issues with this. At 05:06 PM 5/2/2013, you wrote: Another thing to bear in mind, when considering how fast Microsoft have change things on people, is that it was not actually that

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts on Vista and 7: was Re: challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread shaun everiss
its 8 I have issues with. all those tiles. its hard to replate to when you are blind. At 06:20 PM 5/2/2013, you wrote: Will just say, funny enough, a while ago had a relatively decent spec dell laptop that was initially running windows XP on, but when then upgraded it to windows7, it firstly

Re: [Audyssey] Wondering about the size of the audio gaming community

2013-05-02 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Willem, The babble report that I do each month does list all those who have posted to the list in the past month. And then of course on January first I do the babble report for the entire last year. Not sure how else you would report on how many people that subscribe to the list

Re: [Audyssey] Audyssey babble report for April 2013

2013-05-02 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Christina, You are welcome. Sure was an active month for the Audyssey list eh? Have a good one. BFN Jim Check my web site for my 35 free games. j...@kitchensinc.net http://www.kitchensinc.net (440) 286-6920 Chardon Ohio USA --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want

Re: [Audyssey] Newly released, reacting change!

2013-05-02 Thread Cara Quinn
Lol! well, ya know, I do have my moods! lol! -Best think twice before crossing me… ;) Smirk, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On May 1, 2013, at 8:43 PM, Charles Rivard wee1s...@fidnet.com

Re: [Audyssey] Easing Tentions on List

2013-05-02 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Thomas, while I tend to agree, I've been on some lists where discussions like this happen a lot and it didn't blow the list up or anything. We've actually gotten to know eachother better as people even though it's over the web. So if people can still be adults, it can work, but yes, as I

Re: [Audyssey] Audyssey babble report for April 2013

2013-05-02 Thread Lisa Hayes
It was one of the most active months i've seen. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes - Original Message - From: Jim Kitchen j...@kitchensinc.net To: Christina Gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 6:57 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Audyssey babble report for April

Re: [Audyssey] Audyssey babble report for April 2013

2013-05-02 Thread James Bartlett
Hi Jim Sorry I didn't say it earlier, but thank you once again. I do look forered to your reports every month. bfn James -- From: Jim Kitchen j...@kitchensinc.net Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 4:57 AM To: Christina Gamers@audyssey.org

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts on Vista and 7: was Re: challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread Dallas O'Brien
The simple answer to that, is don't use the tiles if you don't want to. I rarely use them myself. You don't have to use them, unless you want to arrange them for access to various windows 8 apps. Regards: Dallas On 02/05/2013, at 18:54, shaun everiss sm.ever...@gmail.com wrote: its 8 I

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts on Vista and 7: was Re: challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ken and all, One thing you need to keep in mind here is Windows 7 and Windows 8 were designed for pretty new hardware. If you don't have a fast enough processor, memory, etc it will run poorly on the machine in question. As I mentioned to someone else off list one factor often overlooked by

[Audyssey] Change Reaction and Silver Dollars

2013-05-02 Thread Chris H
Just got both of these games from the Mac App store. All I can say is they're brilliant aren't they? Hope Draconis releases more titles soon and other vendors follow suit. Oh, how I love Old Man Stanley doing the voice in Silver Dollar! Yes! -- Christopher Hallsworth E-mail and Facebook:

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, And to add to Dallas's post one reason Windows 7 and Windows 8 run as well as they do is because Microsoft did some long over do house cleaning when it comes to legacy code and libraries. They did their best to trim the fat per say out of the operating system, and some stuff clearly had to go

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts on Vista and 7: was Re: challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread Dallas O'Brien
This is less true, of Windows 8. Windows 8 got rid of a lot of the arrow theme stuff, and 3-D graphics animations, at least in terms of the desktop environment. Obviously if you're using apps with these kinds of things in them, it still remains true. But one reason why windows 8 is so much

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-02 Thread Keith
the chalice is in pelim. search for it in the city. And the ring is north of the bridge. When you are on the bridge, go north and you will end up in the stream. Head north and follow the exits at the bottom of the screen when you look and you will see it in the water. Ther is an alter

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-02 Thread James Bartlett
hI there Yes the alter google group is a great resores to have for alter. you should look us up. bfn james --- 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

Re: [Audyssey] Easing Tentions on List

2013-05-02 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, additionally, people tend to be more bold behind the keyboard. What I mean by this is that when people write emails or send texts, they will say many things they wouldn't think of saying to the person's face. In fact, there is a saying out there which goes something like, I'll say whatever

[Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello everyone, As many of you know back in 2008 when I was literally almost ready to release Montezuma's Revenge AKA Montezuma's Return I got a cease and desist letter from someone purported to represent Utopia who now owns the rights to both of those games. At the time I was extremely

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts on Vista and 7: was Re: challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dallas, Thanks for the info. I didn't know Microsoft had scrapped a lot of the Windows Arrow junk in Windows 8 but given the way it runs I'm not surprised. Windows 8 is way faster than Windows 7. I took a Toshiba laptop that was built in 2011 with a 1.5 GHZ duel core AMD processor in it, 3 GB

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi, quite honestly at this point I just want a game from you. I personally don't care which one it is as long as I get it since I paid you in 2008 or 2009, I forget which. I'd be fine with either type since no matter which way it goes, it will be of some kind of adventure. The only thing I ask

Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread Dallas O'Brien
Hi, yes windows eight is way, way, way! More stable then XP. As for accessibility, it is more so, probably not immensely so. However there are a lot of things that allow screen readers to access things now, that they could not before. New APIs, and other various techniques can now be used, that

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts on Vista and 7: was Re: challenge fordevelopers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread Dallas O'Brien
Hi. This is only one reason why I switch to NVDA, because of the fact that I could not upgrade from my old version of Jaws. It was simply getting worse and worse, with me on one version, and every six months to 12 months, a new version comes out with new abilities, and guess what! I can't use

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts on Vista and 7: was Re: challenge fordevelopers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dallas, Not only that but the way Jaws does things aren't exactly the best way to handle them. Take for instance the way it handles keyboard commands. Jaws sets a low-level keyboard hook that intercepts keyboard events, taking it away from the application and the operating system, filters them

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Raul, Lol. I knew someone was going to say that, and I understand your feelings as well. I know it has been irritating for some folks for me to stop and start over etc but a lot of the reason for that was because of testing, experimentation, and fooling around with the engine rather than a

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Thomas, I would welcome a side scrolling type Montezuma's Revenge game named Mysteries of the Ancients. However, I would like you to keep the voice of Angela Carter, as you purchased the voice recordings for that game. Unless you are saving it for your future Tomb Hunter series, but then

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Phil, Angela Carter is being reserved for my Tomb Hunter series of games. Mysteries of the Ancients will likely be just a stand alone treasure hunting adventure with its own back story and main character. In fact, I am thinking of an Indiana Jones type character much like the original game.

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Greg Steel
Hey Tom I would be stoaked about it. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 7:39 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations Hello everyone, As many of you know

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Draconis
Hi Tom, I say go for it, and make a Mac version as well. LOL. Sadly, James North cut me, and most everyone else, out of his life at the time he turned over Monty to you. I considered him a friend, and hope he has managed to get his life together. I was actually the one who came up with the

Re: [Audyssey] Wondering about the size of the audio gaming community

2013-05-02 Thread Dakotah Rickard
Also, the audiogame genre is growing outside the VI community. Many app developers are starting to consider the value of making audiogames or in making games that have extensive audio interfaces, a sort of audiogame videogame hybrid, where both are equally important, hence my push to try to make

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Draconis
I can empathize. Unfortunately, with this community, you're damned if you do, and damned if you don't. While Draconis worked on our new game engine, I kept pretty quiet about what we were doing. So everyone thought we were dead. A decision I still get flack for from time to time. But if you do

Re: [Audyssey] Easing Tentions on List

2013-05-02 Thread Ian Reed
That is a very good point Raul and one I had not thought of. But it is definitely true. I think also that people can have things short circuited in verbal conversations. For instance, they may start angry or irritated but the other person can quickly realize and try to calm the situation.

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Michael Feir
I certainly would be Thomas. You would at last be free of at least that part of what you origionally took on. Just as long as it feels right for you and lets you move onto other territory after. Pack it with as much replay value as you can so that it serves as an advertisement for your next title.

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts on Vista and 7: was Re: challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread Dallas O'Brien
Yeah, that, and many other reasons, is why I switch to windows 8 on a permanent basis, even when it was only a developer's version, and not the full RTM Version. Even on my laptop, which had 4 GB of RAM, and a 2.4 GHz dual core gprocessor, Windows 8 ran a whole lot faster than Windows 7. Almost

[Audyssey] Newly Released Reacting Change

2013-05-02 Thread Nicole white
Those folks who developed that have just subjected themselves to piracy! That is an outrageous price. What if you absolutely cannot afford that? That games sounds prety cool and i would love to play it. HOwever, i have no hope of playing that. Now, do you understand why i advicate piracy? Game

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Bryan Peterson
How about Idaho Jones? LOL. But thou must! On 5/2/2013 9:35 AM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Phil, Angela Carter is being reserved for my Tomb Hunter series of games. Mysteries of the Ancients will likely be just a stand alone treasure hunting adventure with its own back story and main character. In

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts on Vista and 7: was Re: challenge fordevelopers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread Dallas O'Brien
Yes, exactly. Not the most efficient way to do things, and like you said, probably one of the reasons why jaws does not access Windows 7 or windows 8 as fast as it should. But unfortunately, like Microsoft's own business model, jaws has not been stripped down and redesigned for too long.

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-02 Thread Bryan Peterson
I didn't find any exits. But thou must! On 5/2/2013 6:19 AM, Keith wrote: the chalice is in pelim. search for it in the city. And the ring is north of the bridge. When you are on the bridge, go north and you will end up in the stream. Head north and follow the exits at the bottom of the

Re: [Audyssey] Newly Released Reacting Change

2013-05-02 Thread Bryan Peterson
First of all it's not even a real game. Second are you looking to get banned from the list? I'mno moderator admittedly but it seems to me that's what you'll be asking for if you keep tat up. Most devs price their games quite reasonably so there's no reason at all to pirate them. All you gotta

Re: [Audyssey] Newly Released Reacting Change

2013-05-02 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
Hi Nicole. Are you that naive, or are you just playing with the rest of us? Somehow I think it's the second and not the first. Everyone in their right mind would know that Dark's message was a spoof and a play on the recent topics. heck, even if you read the messages which followed his first

Re: [Audyssey] Newly Released Reacting Change

2013-05-02 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Hi Nicole. OK, tell you what, why don't all developers stop developing games right now, just shut down and release all their games as freeware. Play their games to your hearts content, send them around to your friends, do what the hell you like. OK, so you're now board of the games you

Re: [Audyssey] Newly released, reacting change!

2013-05-02 Thread Charles Rivard
Avada Kadavra! --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. - Original Message - From: Cara Quinn caraqu...@caraquinn.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 4:11 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Newly released, reacting change!

Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts on Vista and 7: was Re: challenge for developers, post xp windows

2013-05-02 Thread Charles Rivard
That's one of the problem for the blind or visually impaired community. That's why upgrading isn't done very often. To use the new OS, you need to upgrade the machine. That takes cash. --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. - Original Message - From: Thomas

Re: [Audyssey] Newly Released Reacting Change

2013-05-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Nicole, You do understand he was only joking right? He wasn't at all serious. As for your attitude about piracy you have made it perfectly clear, but its still wrong. Let me put it to you in words maybe you can understand. Let's assume you just spent months perhaps a couple of years for

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Charles Rivard
I'll be interested in it, but, darnit! I want a finished game rather than several partially finished attempts! Make a decision, and stick to it until finished! Maybe it has something to do with the recent tension on the list, maybe not, but that's my current frame of mind on this. I've

Re: [Audyssey] Newly Released Reacting Change

2013-05-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ibrahim, Well said. It is messages like the one Nicole sent why I have considered more than once of finishing a game like Mysteries of the Ancients and quit developing games for the public. Nicole and others like her are going to steel anything I create anyway so there is no money in writing

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Charles Rivard
This is merely a tease: You are just now going to get serious at writing the game? Seriously, I know that the game has to be created along with the engine and that there must be tons of testing. There's a heck of a lot more to a game than just the game. --- Shepherds are the best beasts,

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Smile. We will get their sooner or later. If I go with this new idea for Mysteries of the Ancients, which I am pretty certain I will, this will be the final rewrite as I'm sick of messing with it. As for Windows XP compatibility there is no reason to worry. The Evolution Engine Links

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-02 Thread Dennis Towne
Bryan, I think he means to just head north from the bridge and follow the stream to the end. You should find the ring at the end, guarded by a creature. If you want to subscribe to the Alter Aeon mailing list, send a mail to: alteraeon+subscr...@googlegroups.com Have fun! Dennis Towne Alter

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Michael, That's the idea. One thing of using a simple arcade type side-scroller like the original Montezuma's Revenge I can load it up with things like unlockable trophies, maybe have a high score server,add bonus rounds etc all which should add replay value to the game. Something else I might

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Charles Rivard
I think it's all in how you do it. I hadn't thought you had just left the scene because you did let people know that you were still around once in an infrequent while. There were signs of your existence. How often do we hear from David Greenwood? Do you think he has quit working on games?

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Josh, Exactly. I think a lot of people got frustrated and upset with me because when I wrote the initial version of Mysteries of the Ancients it was being used as a sample application for the engine. /At the time I wasn't seriously involved in developing the game itself and was testing various

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-02 Thread Bryan Peterson
I eventually did figure that out. But now the search for the calice has me stumped. I've searced allte buildings I can in Pellam and talked to everyoneI cantink of. But thou must! On 5/2/2013 11:17 AM, Dennis Towne wrote: Bryan, I think he means to just head north from the bridge and follow

Re: [Audyssey] Newly Released Reacting Change

2013-05-02 Thread Charles Rivard
If you cannot afford to buy something, does that give you the right to steal it? If so, tell me why. There are a lot of things I would like to have, but cannot afford them. I'm not going to go down to a computer store and swipe a new state of the art computer that runs Windows 8, nor am I

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Josh., Interesting. I didn't know you came up with the name of Arizona Smith. I admit it is a decent name, and is kind of like Indiana Jones without outright using George Lucas's ideas. :D As far as a Mac port we will see. Right now I don't have a Mac so don't have the hardware and software

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Sarah Haake
Hi Thomas, honestly, I have to stop myself from screaming out loud when I read one of these messages from you in which you change your plans again, and again, and again... I think you get my drift here. Just finally finish something, ok? And honestly, even if you say it would not take long

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Bryan Peterson
I would suggest Idaho Jones. Then it'd be a play both on Indiana Jones and a favorite restaurant of mine called Idaho Joe's LOL. I like it when devs throw in little bits of humor like that. But thou must! On 5/2/2013 11:36 AM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Josh., Interesting. I didn't know you came

Re: [Audyssey] Newly Released Reacting Change

2013-05-02 Thread Charles Rivard
Not only that, but if we steal all of your hard work, you're gonna quit doing it, and then we'll have nothing new, all because of some lowlife game pirates who expect everything for free. As for the jail time, I suggest years rather than days or months. I have no sympathy for a pirate,

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-02 Thread Sarah Haake
Hi Bryan, as far as I remember this quest, I think you have to use the search command in the town to find it. Just go from place to place and type search, this should work. I hope I'm right here, it was quite a while ago when I completed these quests. Best regards Sarah - Original

Re: [Audyssey] Newly Released Reacting Change

2013-05-02 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Hi Thomas. Thank you, I had to put my two pennyworth in somewhere, but I think my message sums up the feeling generally quite well which is that piracy is self defeating and only takes any incentive any developer would have in making these games for us. We are an incredibly small minority of

Re: [Audyssey] Newly Released Reacting Change

2013-05-02 Thread Chris H
Wow, this girl needs to be banned from this list as soon as possible! Neither anyone else nor myself advocate piracy, and you shouldn't be any exception. I tell you what, without folks from Draconis, Gma, L-Works, etc, none of us would have any games to play, or if they do it would be of

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-02 Thread Bryan Peterson
I've already tried that everywhere I can think of, both in the few buildings you can enter and just onthe street. But thou must! On 5/2/2013 11:46 AM, Sarah Haake wrote: Hi Bryan, as far as I remember this quest, I think you have to use the search command in the town to find it. Just go

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Charles Rivard
Speaking of a level editor, if you create a temple, what would be the replay value for the creator? You know where everything is before you even play it. A thought: Could there be something like a computer generated temple? This might seem like an odd question, but it's just a thought. ---

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-02 Thread Sarah Haake
Hi Bryan, hmm, sorry it didn't work. I really can't remember this quest really well. Maybe there are some kind of containers around? Boxes, crates, something which could hold items? You could look in those. Just an idea, I really don't know anything for sure. Sorry I can't be of more help

Re: [Audyssey] Newly Released Reacting Change

2013-05-02 Thread Allan Thompson
It sounded like sarcasm to me. shrug. al The truth will set you free Jesus Christ of Nazareth 33A.D. - Original Message - From: Chris H To: Gamers Discussion list Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Newly Released Reacting Change Wow, this girl

Re: [Audyssey] a suggestion to the developer of soundscape exploerer

2013-05-02 Thread lenron brown
I would love some books so i can learn to write code On 5/2/13, Ken The PionEar kenwdow...@me.com wrote: Yes, joystick support is definitely coming. i'm not promising when, as there a lot of other features I want to implement first. Also, since it's a community project, why not learn to write

[Audyssey] SoundScape Explorer Update

2013-05-02 Thread Ken The PionEar
Well, Alpha 4 is here. I squished a rather embarrasing bug in which the sounds were totally upside down. Things that should have been on the left were actually on the right, and things that should have been in front of you sounded behind you. Also sped up the cars and added four more of them.

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Allan Thompson
Hi Tom, I aam a fan of both games. I layed Monty on the atari computers they came out with in the early eighties and Tomb Raider was still one of my all time favorite sighted games for the PS1. So I would just say Both, lol. Both sound intrigueing. I guess which ever one you do it will be

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-02 Thread Support
I'm prety sure the chalice is found in a building 2 tiles east of the town center where the captain is. That is from memory though. Are you sure you're searching the right town? And you actually type search in that room to get it to show up. Ian Reed On May 2, 2013, at 12:03 PM, Sarah Haake

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-02 Thread Bryan Peterson
Yup. I found the chalice in Pellam. That's where I was looking but for some reason it took me an embarrassingly long time to search the town hall. Now I'm stuck trying to find out who dumped soap in the hidden gardens near Vemarken. But thou must! On 5/2/2013 12:19 PM, Support wrote: I'm

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-02 Thread Bryan Peterson
Nope, nothing you can actually search. You just have to search the town hall. But thou must! On 5/2/2013 12:03 PM, Sarah Haake wrote: Hi Bryan, hmm, sorry it didn't work. I really can't remember this quest really well. Maybe there are some kind of containers around? Boxes, crates,

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-02 Thread Jennifer
Hey, sometimes when things don't show up whem searching, i do a scan of the room and it will show objects when the search doesn't work. If you like add shianne to your friends list, i been through them quests so if you need help Sent from my iPhone On May 2, 2013, at 1:32 PM, Bryan Peterson

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-02 Thread Sarah Haake
Hi Bryan, ok, then my first idea was actually right. Glad you found it. *smiles* Best regards Sarah --- 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] SoundScape Explorer Update

2013-05-02 Thread Darren Duff
Where can we download this please? -Original Message- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Ken The PionEar Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 2:07 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] SoundScape Explorer Update Well, Alpha 4 is here. I squished a rather

Re: [Audyssey] The missing needle

2013-05-02 Thread Support
I found the needle in a haystack in the northwest corner of town. On May 2, 2013, at 2:18 PM, Bryan Peterson bpeterson2...@cableone.net wrote: Ok, so I decided to undertake a quest from the general storekeeper in Vemarken. He asked me to find a missing needle for his wife. He said it was

Re: [Audyssey] The missing needle

2013-05-02 Thread Bryan Peterson
In the town proper? I've searched everywhere, at least everywhere I can get to. The only haystacks I've found were in the fields. But thou must! On 5/2/2013 2:24 PM, Support wrote: I found the needle in a haystack in the northwest corner of town. On May 2, 2013, at 2:18 PM, Bryan Peterson

Re: [Audyssey] The missing needle

2013-05-02 Thread john
The quest is really rather amusing. Try identifying the haystacks and see if you get any clues. - Original Message - From: Bryan Peterson bpeterson2...@cableone.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Date sent: Thu, 02 May 2013 14:42:02 -0600 Subject: Re: [Audyssey] The

Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients Considerations

2013-05-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, If a game is well designed that shouldn't really matter too much. Even though a developer might know where every item and monster is in the game that doesn't necessarily mean achieving those items will be easy or free of challenges. Most of the classic Atari games were extremely

[Audyssey] link to latest version of soundscape exploer needed

2013-05-02 Thread joseph weakland
hello if anyone has link to latest soundscape explorer much appreciated --- 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] question on stripwar

2013-05-02 Thread Curt Taubert
I notice that when I turn the volume down on one of the strip V files, eventually it goes back to the normal volume. Are those wave files made to where they can't be changed? -- Curt Taubert skype: curt_taubert twitter: curt78Curt Taubert --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If

Re: [Audyssey] a fun recording in swamp

2013-05-02 Thread loriduncan
Ouch, sounds interesting, I'd havedied in the first 10 seconds of that. I actually don'g like armor that much, there always seems to be a catch with most pieces like slows you down because they are bulkey or provides wildy protection depending on luck, I never know what to do for the best,

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-02 Thread Keith
head north and then go west and north west and you will find a platapus. Kill it and you can pick up the lead ring. Keith - Original Message - From: Bryan Peterson bpeterson2...@cableone.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 11:05 AM Subject:

Re: [Audyssey] Help in Alter Aeon?

2013-05-02 Thread Keith
yeah, that's what I meant. In AA exits are any way to get out of the current location. the 8 cardinal directions plus up and down, in and out Keith - Original Message - From: Dennis Towne s...@xirr.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 12:17

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