Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-03 Thread Willem Venter
Adding to what Thomas said, there are still rules for changing and using open source software. if some feature (e.g cross platform support) is required badly enough and the program is open source a developer could adapt it and request that their work be merged into the main project. On 6/2/14,

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-02 Thread Bryan Peterson
don't! -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 9:08 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update Hi Ishan, Did you read Philip's original post on this topic? The reason I ask is he did decrease the price of BGT to f

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-02 Thread Bryan Peterson
if I don't! -Original Message- From: ishan dhami Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 8:43 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update Hello all. the idea is so good according to my friend MR Vallient Philip sir should abandond the software. the only thing w

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-02 Thread Bryan Peterson
, see if I don't! -Original Message- From: ishan dhami Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 12:27 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update No bryan I am unable to download the tutorial. Thanks ☺ Ishan On 6/2/14, hayden presley wrote: And, of course, there

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-02 Thread Shaun Everiss
I agree tom. without bgt we wouldn't have got the small indie game industry growing up while the big core devs rumble on. We reached a point and then the industry slowed down I was loosing interrest but not now its true there are a few small project quite a lot of them. I am testing in at least

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello Ishan, Please, specify which tutorial you mean. The basic user's guide and tutorial comes with BGT. Its in a help format so it is easy to look up things and learn while following along with the tutorials etc. If you are talking about the audio tutorial Philip had made honestly that isn't wo

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ishan, Did you read Philip's original post on this topic? The reason I ask is he did decrease the price of BGT to free. It is impossible to make it any less than free. The new cost is not $99 but$0. Maybe you should go back and read what Philip actually said as you seem to be a bit confused in

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-02 Thread ishan dhami
t; Best Regards, > Hayden > > > -Original Message- > From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Bryan > Peterson > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 12:58 PM > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update > > I definitely a

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-02 Thread ishan dhami
Hello all. the idea is so good according to my friend MR Vallient Philip sir should abandond the software. the only thing which I can conclude and my suggestion is that Philip sir should decrease the price of BGT the actual cost is $99 it may become $89 or something else. I hope Philip and other e

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Hayden, Not necessarily. If we are talking open source the complaints or bug reports would go to the open source project manager not Philip unless he took up the job of project manager. Not just anyone can edit and modify source code, and any good open source project has rules and regulations t

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-02 Thread john
I think its probably worth noting here that notepad has some oddities, especially the fact that the delete prior word (ctrl backspace) has a habit of adding random characters to your file, in addition to not working in the first place. A bgt script is just a plane text file (you can actually get

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-01 Thread hayden presley
Peterson Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 12:58 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update I definitely agree that open sourcing it seems like a bad idea to me. Oh freddled gruntbuggly, thy micturations are to me as plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee. GroupI implore

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-01 Thread Bryan Peterson
gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon, see if I don't! -Original Message- From: lenron brown Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 4:19 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update thanks is there somewhere to read up on bgt a little more. On 6/1/14, Thomas Ward

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-01 Thread Bryan Peterson
4 3:44 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update What bgt Icon do I need to click on to start building my game and what will it say when I open it. When I click on the distop Icon it says open script but I don't have any scripts to open. On 6/1/14, Thomas

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-01 Thread Bryan Peterson
cheon, see if I don't! -Original Message- From: ishan dhami Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 2:01 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update Hello Philip Sir It is a very good news for us! O I forget about your tutorial Can you give me? Thanks ☺ Ishan

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-01 Thread Bryan Peterson
the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon, see if I don't! -Original Message- From: Valiant8086 Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 6:04 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update I think open source would be a bad idea probably. If everyone can compile it

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-01 Thread Paul Lemm
lto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Philip Bennefall Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 10:02 PM To: gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update aHi all, Over the last few years, BGT has acquired a pretty large user base. In fact, it has become more popular than I could eve

[Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-01 Thread Eleanor
Philip, We really appreciate the work you have done with BGT. There are a number of accessible games that would not exist except for you. And thanks for keeping it available to people who want to build games for the blind and VI community. We wish you the best in whatever new project you a

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Lenron, The user's guide for BGT comes with BGT, and it is in a help format so it is easy to locate chapters and sections of interest. I suggest you start with the documentation supplied with BGT, and if that isn't enough go to the BGT forum. Cheers! On 6/1/14, lenron brown wrote: > thanks

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-01 Thread lenron brown
thanks is there somewhere to read up on bgt a little more. On 6/1/14, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi Lenron, > > If you haven't' written any BGT scripts there is nothing to > compile/build. You first have to write your game's source code in an > editor like Notepad, before you can build it. > > Cheers!

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Lenron, If you haven't' written any BGT scripts there is nothing to compile/build. You first have to write your game's source code in an editor like Notepad, before you can build it. Cheers! On 6/1/14, lenron brown wrote: > What bgt Icon do I need to click on to start building my game and w

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-01 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
probably a text editor like Notepad. I must admit this could throw some users off. Something like an IDE would be nice. The project is now freeware so we can't expect updates any time soon. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 01/06/2014 10:44, le

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Philip, Thanks for all the hard work you have done to bring us this great product. I think considering the situation you are making the right decision. I don't believe abandoning it and releasing it as abandonware would have been the right thing, but equally if you can't support the product com

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-01 Thread lenron brown
What bgt Icon do I need to click on to start building my game and what will it say when I open it. When I click on the distop Icon it says open script but I don't have any scripts to open. On 6/1/14, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi Valiant, > > Possibly, but the fact of the matter is the scripting compon

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Valiant, Possibly, but the fact of the matter is the scripting component of BGT, Angelscript, is already open source. I don't know if Philips script compiler is a completely custom script compiler or one based on open source examples, but the point here is that someone could probably use the ex

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-01 Thread Valiant8086
eblotchits on a lurgid bee. >GroupI implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes, >And hooptiously drangle me with crinkly bindlewurdles, >or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon, see if >I >don't! >-Original Message- >From: Devin Prater >Sent:

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-06-01 Thread ishan dhami
if I >> don't! >> -Original Message- >> From: Devin Prater >> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 5:14 PM >> To: phi...@blastbay.com ; Gamers Discussion list >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update >> >> Oh wow, this is pretty good news

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-05-31 Thread lenron brown
in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon, see if I > don't! > -Original Message- > From: Devin Prater > Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 5:14 PM > To: phi...@blastbay.com ; Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update > > Oh wow, this is

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-05-31 Thread Bryan Peterson
: phi...@blastbay.com ; Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update Oh wow, this is pretty good news. Now if only it were cross-platform, but I won't expect that for. Another 4 or so years. :) Sent from my iPod 5 keychat/google talk: r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com primary email

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-05-31 Thread Devin Prater
Oh wow, this is pretty good news. Now if only it were cross-platform, but I won't expect that for. Another 4 or so years. :) Sent from my iPod 5 keychat/google talk: r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com primary email: d.pra...@me.com facebook/iMessage: devinpra...@live.com > On May 31, 2014, at 16:02, Phili

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-05-31 Thread Bryan Peterson
audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update aHi all, Over the last few years, BGT has acquired a pretty large user base. In fact, it has become more popular than I could ever have imagined when I first started developing it back in 2009. So in terms of adoption and community, it has bee

Re: [Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-05-31 Thread Hunter Jozwiak
May I suggest open sourcing it? That way, the comunity can help build the engine, thereby alleviating the stress. On 5/31/14, Philip Bennefall wrote: > aHi all, > > Over the last few years, BGT has acquired a pretty large user base. In > fact, it has become more popular than I could ever have ima

[Audyssey] BGT Important Update

2014-05-31 Thread Philip Bennefall
aHi all, Over the last few years, BGT has acquired a pretty large user base. In fact, it has become more popular than I could ever have imagined when I first started developing it back in 2009. So in terms of adoption and community, it has been a definite success. However, financially the pic