Re: [Audyssey] Saturday's Game Chat

2009-11-22 Thread dark
Well Phil, i've actually wanted to join that game but just don't fancy the hours. As to my own game, that is literally live and not online, and actually happens at my friends' house where, - though I take my laptop to reccord stats and use the Gma dice program, I can't connect to the

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread Willem
Sometimes the idea behind the game isn't properly thought through. If an idea makes sense, it can most likely be programmed with more or less effort. It's true, some things aren't worth the effort to program, but it is a trade off between time, effort and what you want to do. dark wrote: hi

[Audyssey] Multiple headphone jacks and gaming?

2009-11-22 Thread dark
Hi. Recently, I picked up a double sterrio headphone jack from a hifi shop, sinse my idiotic downstairs neighbors are complaining about noise, but I stil want to have my friends round for massive doctor who watching evenings. This will let us both have headphones, in just as good quality

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread Munawar Bijani
Hi Dar, This is very well put. However, I can't be expected to know the ins and outs of baking bread if I'm not a baker. Similarly, a nonprogrammer can't be expected to know how daunting a suggestion would be to program. Indeed, many things--even to programmers--look easy, but are

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Al, I was recently offered 10 to 15 thousand dollars to program an accessible game. I have also been asked to join a company that produces and sells accessible games. Unfortunately I can not afford to make any money. And of course the gentleman that offered me the 10 to 15 thousand

Re: [Audyssey] game suggestion for Jim

2009-11-22 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Peter, I have never driven a bus or large truck, just cars, motorcycles, go carts, tractors and stuff like that. And truthfully the Logitech MOMO Racing steering wheel that I have feels more like a car's steering wheel and peddles more than anything else. BFN Jim My steering wheel

Re: [Audyssey] First computer

2009-11-22 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Jacob, Thanks for the url to your web site. It looks pretty good. I also have a personal page on my site. However I have recently cut and pasted much of it here. grin Not exactly lucky, but a motorcycle verses car accident could have been much worse right? BFN Jim check my web

Re: [Audyssey] Message to Jim Kitchen from a friend (and metoacertain extent)

2009-11-22 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Jacob, That's too bad about you wasting your friends life with all of the cool games etc that you turn her onto. grin I sure have wasted the major part of my life creating and playing computer games. Of course I really don't consider it wasted time. BFN Jim We waste more time by

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread dark
Hi Munawar. This is exactly what I was getting at, it wasn't meant as a don't make suggestions more a be careful what you suggest I like to think that over a long time of playing various sorts of games and discussing them in detail, even though I've never porgrammed a game, I've

Re: [Audyssey] Message to Jim Kitchen from a friend (andmetoacertain extent)

2009-11-22 Thread dark
Yes Jim, you are a horrible time waister! please make your games more boring and less addictive in the future so that we can actually get something useful done, I'm very glad your starting to recognize the terrible problem you are creating here! Grin! Beware the grue!¬ Dark. -

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread Munawar Bijani
Hi, What if you are a creative person, with an excellent game idea that he or she believes ... In any event, you may have a little money to put into a project, ... but you simply don't have the time to really learn how to program. So what do you do? ... Turning a game idea in to a game can

[Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread Eleanor
Allan asked how you would have someone program your game without problems regarding ownership and the like. The only way that really works is to have a contract with a game developer/programmer that spells out all the details of rights, payment and the like. There are programmers who are

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread Philip Bennefall
Hi folks, I work with contractors all the time and as Eleanor says, it's absolutely vital to get the specification as thurrow and detailed as possible. I've found www.RentACoder.com to be very good, especially if the budget is tight. Kind regards, Philip Bennefall - Original Message

[Audyssey] question about pcs.net

2009-11-22 Thread Shirley Starblanket
Hi. I heard on the net that Monkey Business is no longer being sold. How come it is still on the pricing list? Just curious. Dyna --- 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

[Audyssey] question on Monkey Business

2009-11-22 Thread Shirley Starblanket
Hey gamers. How can I get the full version of Monkey Business if it isn't being sold on Cd? I REALLy want to play the full version. My laptop can't download any games. Can someone help me? Thanks alot. Dyna. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send

Re: [Audyssey] question about pcs.net

2009-11-22 Thread Bryan Peterson
I haven't heard that. Homer: Hey, uh, could you go across the street and get me a slice of pizza? Vender: No pizza. Only Khlav Kalash. - Original Message - From: Shirley Starblanket dyna.hender...@sasktel.net To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 8:31 AM Subject:

Re: [Audyssey] question on Monkey Business

2009-11-22 Thread Bryan Peterson
I'm afraid you're out of luck then if you can't download. Draconis hasn't sold games on CD for some years now. Homer: Hey, uh, could you go across the street and get me a slice of pizza? Vender: No pizza. Only Khlav Kalash. - Original Message - From: Shirley Starblanket

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread Willem
Now that's a very good point. Jim Kitchen wrote: Hi Al, I was recently offered 10 to 15 thousand dollars to program an accessible game. I have also been asked to join a company that produces and sells accessible games. Unfortunately I can not afford to make any money. And of course the

Re: [Audyssey] question on Monkey Business

2009-11-22 Thread dark
What is your download problem? Even if Monkey business was being sold on Cd, there are not a few great audio games you might want to buy which aren't. I'd say attacking the cause rather than the symptom here might be the best way round the problem. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original

Re: [Audyssey] Q9 action game, my opinion.

2009-11-22 Thread Reinhard Stebner
I am truly enjoying the game as it is now. This is because it is simple enough to play with out a very complex gaming interface. I have never been a big video gamer, and I can barely beet level 2 of the deaf world. I am really enjoying the game and feel that if the game is made more complex

Re: [Audyssey] question on Monkey Business

2009-11-22 Thread peter Mahach
being most computers duh, all computers, can download large and small files alike I'd be guessing it's the payment plan. I heard of such plans that charge you each x full amount of space or that give you x gigs/megs of bandwidth after which time each x unit adds to this month's fee. -

Re: [Audyssey] question on Monkey Business

2009-11-22 Thread dark
Well peter, if that is the case, maybe Shirly could either wait until next month if the plan renews, or use a download manager to download a certain amount of the program as and when financially viable. Beware the gRue! Dark. - Original Message - From: peter Mahach

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread Allan Thompson
Thanks for that information. It is good to know. smile. al - Original Message - From: Philip Bennefall phi...@blastbay.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game Hi folks, I work with

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread Allan Thompson
This seems to be the growing consensus. It is good to know this for future reference. grin. thanks al - Original Message - From: Eleanor elea...@7128.com To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 10:12 AM Subject: [Audyssey] How to non program a game Allan asked how you

Re: [Audyssey] Q9 action game, my opinion.

2009-11-22 Thread Hayden Presley
If you're having problems withSuper Liam, and if youstill wanted to play it, I could probably help you out; some of it is complicated, and the sounds are not explained atall in the readme. Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org

Re: [Audyssey] Message to Jim Kitchen from a friend (andmetoacertain extent)

2009-11-22 Thread Jacob Kruger
. __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4627 (20091121) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4628 (20091122) __ The message

Re: [Audyssey] First computer

2009-11-22 Thread Jacob Kruger
Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4628 (20091122) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --- 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] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread Allan Thompson
Great post, thanks. al - Original Message - From: Munawar Bijani munaw...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 8:22 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game Hi, What if you are a creative person, with an excellent game

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread Allan Thompson
Hi Jim, Yikes, ten thousand dollars up front is a bit much out of anything I could bring to the table, but I understand precisely what you mean when you say you can't afford to make money. It is funny, but also kind of frustrating. To be honest, money isn't really an issue with me. If I knew

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread Allan Thompson
Some good points that I never thought of, Tom. Geez, what a mess that can be. al - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Charles Rivard woofer...@sbcglobal.net; Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:32 PM Subject:

Re: [Audyssey] question about pcs.net

2009-11-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, I'm not sure what you mean by monkey Business is no longer for sale. Monkey Business is still for sale. It is currently owned and sold by Draconis Entertainment http://www.draconisentertainment.com and costs like $34.95 USD. The only thing i can think of to give you that impression is that

Re: [Audyssey] question on Monkey Business

2009-11-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Why can't you download it? Is there some bandwidth restriction or cap on your download limits that prevents you from downloading the game? I'm afraid i really don't get what the problem is here. On todays high speed connections it only takes a minute or two to download, and part of the

[Audyssey] the shields of q9

2009-11-22 Thread Charles Rivard
One thing I'm not clear on is how to use them. Do you activate them with the space bar and face the enemies so they can attack and get their own medicine back at them twice?, or do you still have to hit the space bar each time you want to do damage. Thanks. --- This coming Thursday is

Re: [Audyssey] Multiple headphone jacks and gaming?

2009-11-22 Thread shaun everiss
hmmm as I said on the other list you can't wear 2 sets at the same time so it wouldn't work. At 11:46 p.m. 22/11/2009, you wrote: Hi. Recently, I picked up a double sterrio headphone jack from a hifi shop, sinse my idiotic downstairs neighbors are complaining about noise, but I stil want

Re: [Audyssey] the shields of q9

2009-11-22 Thread dark
Nope, just activate them and let them do their magic. Usually I switch back to my club while the shield in in effect, then smack the enemies around myself too so as to get through more quickly. Beware the grue! dark. - Original Message - From: Charles Rivard woofer...@sbcglobal.net

Re: [Audyssey] Multiple headphone jacks and gaming?

2009-11-22 Thread dark
, where did I say I was going to wear two sets? I was thinking of this for having the advantage of a complete and complex sterrio environment for multiplayer audio games, multiplayer meaning, two people! I tested the jack myself by plugging in two sets of headphones and listening to

Re: [Audyssey] the shields of q9

2009-11-22 Thread Jeremy Hartley
the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4628 (20091122) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --- Gamers mailing list

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread shaun everiss
what, why not afford to make ny cash do you have benifit restrictions like damien does? In new zealand to some extent we are exempt from said things, ofcause if we are earning a million bucs then maybe that would go away but hmph. At 01:53 a.m. 23/11/2009, you wrote: Hi Al, I was recently

[Audyssey] question on downloading

2009-11-22 Thread Shirley Starblanket
Hey gamers. Do I need a CD to download? Maybe that is my problem. I am so slow when it comes to technology. Anyway, do I? Dyna. --- 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

[Audyssey] question on game hot keys

2009-11-22 Thread Shirley Starblanket
Hi everyone. I am just wondering if a game can be made for a laptop. When I play my games, it's on a laptop and there is some keys my laptop don't have. For example, the scroll lock key, so I don't know how many monkeys I have left to catch on Monkey Business. So, just a thought. Enjoy

[Audyssey] Game chat time

2009-11-22 Thread Shirley Starblanket
Hey gamers. What time dows the game chat start in my time? I live in Saskatchewan Canada.Oh, what does GMT stand for? I want to join the chat. I've read the policies three times to get it. Thanks. Dyna. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail

[Audyssey] Fwd: JamochaMUD release (Accessibility testing)

2009-11-22 Thread Orin
Begin forwarded message: From: KehzaFox kehza...@gmail.com Date: November 22, 2009 9:20:27 PM EST To: macvisionar...@googlegroups.com Subject: JamochaMUD release (Accessibility testing) Reply-To: macvisionar...@googlegroups.com Hi folks, I have just released a new version of

Re: [Audyssey] question on downloading

2009-11-22 Thread dark
Not at all. To download, simply go to Draconis (or elsewhere), where it gives the download link, and click on that. Whatever brouser your using will probably then come up with a box similar to a save dialogue. First it'll ask you if you wish to run or save the file. Click save, then

Re: [Audyssey] the shields of q9

2009-11-22 Thread Bryan Peterson
Just hit space once to activate them and they'll do the rest. Homer: Hey, uh, could you go across the street and get me a slice of pizza? Vender: No pizza. Only Khlav Kalash. - Original Message - From: Charles Rivard woofer...@sbcglobal.net To: audyssey gamers group Gamers@audyssey.org

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, Yes, there are benifit restrictions. It depends on if the person is on SSI or SSDI. In either case there are some restrictions involved. I can't quite remember the exact amounts, but if I'm correct here is how it works for those people on SSI. You can make up to $80 per month without

Re: [Audyssey] question on downloading

2009-11-22 Thread Bryan Peterson
No. At least I've never encountered that sort of situation. Homer: Hey, uh, could you go across the street and get me a slice of pizza? Vender: No pizza. Only Khlav Kalash. - Original Message - From: Shirley Starblanket dyna.hender...@sasktel.net To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday,

Re: [Audyssey] question on game hot keys

2009-11-22 Thread dark
Monkey business is one of the most annoying for a laptop, sinse it requires keys a laptop doesn't have, unless Draconis have fixed this sinse I last checked. Just about every other audio game though uses more standard keys exactly for this reason. Hth. Beware the grue! Dark. -

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread dark
This is sounding worryingly familiar Tom. the Uk bennifit laws work very much the same way, with the nastier restriction that you actually can only have £6000 in savings or lose the lot, a penny over and everything goes west. pluss, once your off disability bennifit, your off! On

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread shaun everiss
aah I understand we had this issue and had to fight for it but we get exempt on the grounds that if something happens or if we need extra stuff we can or something to that effect. Interestingly enough people in the us and uk seem to have a few more issues than here. we seem to have got over

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread dark
Maybe it would be worth me looking into the law in newzealand for my thesis, sinse it does seem a better model on this point. Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: shaun everiss shau...@xtra.co.nz To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, November 23,

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread shaun everiss
well on that note I have a couple accounts one is for investments and every so often I keep shoveling cash betwene the 2 accounts. so I don't get too much in either. Ofcause I don't usually have much cash as I contribute to board at home food power the net and other things as well as family

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread shaun everiss
hmmm. i have not touched this but we have laws that make us exempt from jury duty for instance and other things. Its sertainly a fearer system. Supprising than the us or uk, I think that its ok if your spouse is blind and you have blind childrent o though I only had one cast but it seems that we

Re: [Audyssey] the shields of q9

2009-11-22 Thread Yohandy
I like the shields, but the problem I find with them is that they run out unexpectedly and I find myself being attacked. If we had a 3 second warning or something before the shield ran out and if we could activate another shield in that time it would be awesome. main problem here is we have to

Re: [Audyssey] the shields of q9

2009-11-22 Thread Scott Chesworth
You can tell a shield is on it's way out because the vibration of it increases in speed. I don't mean the pitch goes up, I mean that kinda wah noise it makes slowly when you first activate it increases. Hth Scott On 11/23/09, Yohandy yohand...@gmail.com wrote: I like the shields, but the

Re: [Audyssey] Multiple headphone jacks and gaming?

2009-11-22 Thread Scott Chesworth
Other than the fact that a passive splitter jack halves the signal each set of headphones are being sent, which most likely wouldn't even make a particularly noticeable difference unless you're using mega good cans, there's nothing but fun to this idea. I remember playing Mortal Kombat 3 and some

Re: [Audyssey] question on game hot keys

2009-11-22 Thread Valiant8086
My netbook has a scroll lock key. It's fn+delete. does that help[ any? don't know if every laptop has that or not. - Original Message - From: dark To: Gamers Discussion list Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 10:25 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] question on game hot keys Monkey

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread dark
I'll considder that sean, right now I'm at the heavily deffinitiojnal end of my thesis, --- trying to establish all the ground work for the sort of principles I'm trying for. Blind people are also exempt from jury duty here too, it's just the inability to save, and the laws

Re: [Audyssey] the shields of q9

2009-11-22 Thread dark
I disagree about being able to activate a new shield before your old one runs out, that would just make them ridiculous! A three second warning though, so that you can peg it away from most of the enemies before your shield stops might be a good idea however. Beware the Grue! Dark.

Re: [Audyssey] Multiple headphone jacks and gaming?

2009-11-22 Thread dark
It's the idea of two people on one computer with a set of headphones, and thus a full sterrio field, each, that I'm driving at here. As I said, imagine troopanum, with each player having control over a different gun with it's own targiting sound, cooperatively trying to shoot down the

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread David Chittenden
Hello, In the US, the total amount of money you can have is $2000 if you are single and $3000 if you are a married couple who are both on SSI or SSDI. As for working, theyre are ways to get around the restrictions in order to earn some money, but it is complicated, and if you screw the

Re: [Audyssey] How to non program a game

2009-11-22 Thread David Chittenden
Hello, That depends on what your thesis is. If it is about countries providing benefits for those who are blind, NZ and AU appear to have some of the better financial support systems set up. I am surprised to hear that the set-up in the UK is not so good. I thought it was similar to that of