Hi, Cara,
I have it sorted out. Originally, Pyton 2.4 had installed as a folder in my
applications folder. I moved it into the Python folder in /library, just fthe
sake of organization.
Now I can launch SoundRTS with this in terminal:
code:
cd /applications/games/soundrts/
python soundrts.pyc
Hi Thomas,
Yeah, I have two starter .frm files. One has DirectX keyboard and joystick
input and the other has just VB6 keyboard input. VB6 keyboard input is all
that is needed in games like Press Your Luck. But both .frm files have many
functions that I use in all games such as say, play,
Hi tom.
I fully recognize the need for practice games too, but often I have! found
people particularly on the audiogames.net forum posting what I would myself
considder practice games as fully finished projects, hence why we introduced
the database guidelines which have at least a basic
Hi Bryan.
simplicity of a basic game idea combined with the good design aspects was
often what made those old atari 2600 games so engaging. One great example of
this in audio are the games created by Lworks, the arcade titles such as
Great toy robbery, lockpick and original egghunt. Another
Hi Kara.
Personally I don't really have a fixed scale on things its a general design
aspect. There are some games I have bought in the past that I likely
wouldn't if they'd been more expensive, and others that I've gladly paid
more for. Generally though the more replayability, interest and
Hi Shaun,
I don't want to be rude or anything, but Che did have a point.. A lot
of times you come off as knowing a lot of things you don't, and when
someone goes back and checks your facts they find out they are either
outright wrong or out of date etc. All I am saying is before you start
saying
Hi Lisa,
Hmm..You have an interesting point. Children's games has been
something both the magazine and developers have largely ignored. I
know that 7-128 has some games designed for children but games
suitable for blind children over all have been ignored. That might be
something to look into as
Hi Charles,
Well, that also is a good point. One thing I haven't scene too much in
this community is a lot of game developers don't use the age rating
system developed by the mainstream developers such as E for everyone,
T for teen, M for mature, and A for adult. This would help a
perspective
Most of the people I've gotten to play Swamp are sighted. My two
sighted brothers, my wife, two of my friends, both of whom are pretty
hardcore gamers and both of whom loved Swamp, even before the 2.9
overhaul.
The only blind person I can confirm as someone I've brought onboard is
one friend of
Hi Dark,
Yes, simplicity and a good over all game design was really one of the
factors that made some of those classic Atari games classics. Its easy
to see which games were well thought out, designed well, as they have
stood the test of time. Games like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Centipede,
and
Hi Jim,
Besides you and Aprone I don't really know anyone who uses visual
Basic 6 since it is 14 or 15 years old, and isn't really up to spec
for newer 64-bit versions of Windows etc. However, I could see someone
converting that code to Visual Basic .NET 2010 which would be far more
up to date,
I think Lisa is right. Parents of blind and VI children are not aware
of what is available. Teachers also don't know what games are available
for their blind and VI students. This would be a valuable resource for
them and introduce them to Audyssey where they can get lots of
information and
and also the blindness agencies like nfb and the american council as well.
And schools like the perkins school and those who teach computers to blind
and vision impiared kids. what a fun way to learn how to get around a
computer by playing a game.
Lisa Hayes
Hi
I think that's a good idere 2.
James
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i also think the magazine might be read by
hi all,
to those who say you can run framework 1.1 on 7 and 8, i refer you to this page,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh925570.aspx
and also i would point towards this text, coming from another
microsoft page for 1.1
System requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000,
Actually decota, I never found any real advantages in castaways to the
graphics that you couldn't get from the map since basically the main
advantage was overview of building placement and the audio tools gave you
all the info there anyway.
Swamp, playing from a low vision perspective I loved
Hi Tom.
I can't speak about original monti, as until i saw your version and played
that old retro remakes one with the original graphics I never played the
original, however I am very familiar with mega man and turrican as you know.
original Turrican 2 was the game that really! stands out
Hi Cara,
You raised an interesting question of how much I would be willing to
spend for a simple but high quality game. That depends on a number of
factors which I will address below, and these factors determine over
all quality.
First, an interesting storyline. Even the simplest arcade game can
hi. no, from what i can see from the descriptions of them on the site,
they have the same games they had over 13 years ago. lol. looks like
they haven't updated it very much.
regards:
dallas
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true and to be honest the keyboards were ultra
Hi,
That's good to know. However, personally I think you should not use this
agressive of a DRM. It's good to know we can get new keys if need be,
but it's still somewhat of a choar and personally I'm really against a
per-machine licensing scheme. If you'd like it to be online activated,
OK.
Hi Dallas,
Thanks for the information. I wasn't aware of this info before, but now I am.
Cheers!
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hi all,
to those who say you can run framework 1.1 on 7 and 8, i refer you to this
page,
Hi Lisa,
Yes. Not only could it help blind students improve their computer
skills, help them with their schooling, but a handful of these
children's games might help raise the awareness of blind games over
all. Plus I don't imagine children's games would cost too much to
develop and market.
One
Hi Shaun,
At this point I honestly have no idea. As I said I have a lot of irons
in the fire right now, and getting the magazine going again is only
one of a dozen things to do. Right now getting the site up and running
is my primary goal.. After that, then we can see about getting a
magazine or
I would like to get back into audio gaming after a long hyatus.
Does anyone knowa gdresource to figure ouhow to get old games to
interfacewith Windows 7? (If something has been written on this
before, I'm happy to be pointed to it; no need for anyone to
rehash information if its
Then you have the Lunar games for Playstation. They were originally released
for the Sega Saturn and Sega CD, then ported to the PS1. Those were some
very well-designed games in my opinion. I wasn't impressed so much with the
audio in the Sega versions since those systems' sound chips weren't
Hi Dark,
Yes, ultimately it is the design that counts the most. I haven't
played any of the Turrican games myself, but the fact that it is still
going strong, has a following after all these years, proves the design
is one that was good. The early Prince of Persia games are another
example of a
Hi Tom.
One crytical aspect i have noticed with games such as prince of persia,
Turrican, mega man etc is replay value, and I don't just mean in terms of
how much content a game has.
There are several games that i have played and replayed many times, yet
still find myself returning to them
Hi Kelby,
This issue has been discussed many times on the list, but rather than
ask you to go through the list archives I'll just give you the basic
rundown on games and Windows 7.
As many games were written in an older language called Visual Basic 6,
which no longer ships with Windows 7, one
Main thing is to make sure they get installed under program files (x86) if
it's something like a windows7 64 bit machine, as opposed to just program
files, since that's sort of an area demarcated for forms of backwards
compatibility software installation.
That's allowed me to install quite a
true tom, truth is the info I have is mostly what was posted on here
or forums ages ago sometimes there has not been a public update for
ages, naturally I'd post the correct info if it was updated, I
sertainly don't know all I wish to sertainly I may act like one via
my writing but I only
Ok tom I don't mean to be picky here but I don't think that most of
us that play are children.
may be teens to yung adults but not children below 12 maybe.
My experience at least locally is that children blind ones included
don't seem to have interest in the games or at least games we play.
Thats true tom.
there has not been much need really.
Its not like we have majorly bloody graphics.
games like shades of doom, swamp tank commander and lonewolf could
bee seen as adult but with most games being mainly stratogy, arcade,
card and board and if anything the violence in even games
wow decota I couldn't get friends interested in any games.
I had a couple that would play at the edges, with things like last crusade.
generally it was, um, what is this stupid game doing with no
graphics, I can't play this, there is no graphics.
How did you manage this.
I'd like to know your
aggreed jim kitchens games and gma's games while being 2 of the
oldest companies in the industry even with their games being as they
are still appeal to me as a player.
last crusade with its limited randomized number generation is just
enough to keep me playing from time to time even legacy is
The first thing that would make it easier for sighted people to play swamp
is that Swamp does have graphics. And it also is important to consider how
you approach someone sighted with a game that has no graphics.
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well I firmly think that once win8 is used by more blind and the
kinks are ironed out or even if 9 is the system or even 10 that touch
will eventually need to become part of the blind gaming industry as a whole.
its the next logical step and while the standard devices are ok its
probably where
my parents are not fully aware either they wander when I buy a game
what its function is though they don't stop me by any means.
they do warry at the noise even at low volume with my earphones that
I play to much so I have not played as much as I used to.
At 01:42 AM 4/17/2013, you wrote:
I
The major issue lisa is that well at least for some of
those agencies they use games from asabat and other companies that
make simple poor blindy games which fall into their scopes.
if it looks like a classic poor blindy game then fine they will take
it but they wouldn't take swamp at least I
well if you can install it I did doodle you cann't update it meaning
you are running the risk by having it installed.
At 02:47 AM 4/17/2013, you wrote:
hi all,
to those who say you can run framework 1.1 on 7 and 8, i refer you
to this page,
it depends what games.
a lot of the vb 6 games can work if you loat the winkit zip file from
kitchensinc.net however, if you mean the cds from codefactery they
were protected and you may have trouble loads had issues trying to
play without the cds.
the bavisoft games may work on 7 but its
how do you approach a sighted gamer with a game with no graphics.
I havn't showed swamp in its latest reencarnation but when I showed
2.8 to my friend he had a look at the game, screwed up his face and
told me that they were crappy line graphics and that he was wasting his time.
same with
I will say this. It depends very much on the person... but if I can
introduce sighted people to Goalball, a sport way more complex than the most
complex audio game... and if they can enjoy that without vision, audiogames
are just a step down.
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I've seen a lot of conflicting info on this. I read an MS article that
said implisitly Win8 won't run .net 1 apps and that you need to contact
the application vendor so they get it up to date, but the link to the
.net package thomas posted a few days back works just fine, apart from
the
Hi Shaun,
Once again, you have missed the point. I don't believe anyone has said
that the majority of folks here are children, and that they should be
expected to like and enjoy children's games. The idea Lisa and I were
discussing is making games for children that we could give to state
Thanks, Thom! (I'm a big fan of USA Games, BTW, and have been on
this list before.)
Kelby
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Date sent: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:31:49 -0400
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aah ok maybe the people I tried to introduce the games to were not
that interested.
oh well.
At 06:15 AM 4/17/2013, you wrote:
I will say this. It depends very much on the person... but if I can
introduce sighted people to Goalball, a sport way more complex than
the most complex audio game...
Ok. The important thing to remember is perspective.
It seems that either you are introducing the game, or your friend is
focused on the game, not having graphics. Don't say anything about
what the game doesn't have. I mean, look at Jim Kitchen's games. I
recently had a friend over who was
Hi clemment.
to be strictly accurate, swamp doesn't have graphics in the way a sighted
person would understand them for a first person game. Rather, it has a
visual representation of in game objects and spaces, but this is not the
same as graphics that any other graphical fps game has. Swamp
yeah the word blind puts people off.
I think its relationships more than anything else, board games have
been played and therefore the sighted can relate to the same game types.
on the subject of which I'd like to see the game risk and the game
ulsas which is like monopoly, except you are
Hi Tom.
one thing I will also add, is that kids and arcade games go together very
well. At the age of three or four I remember distinctly playing games like
berserk, joust, space invaders and ms packman on our old atari 2600. the
very simplicity of the games made them quite enjoyable, and
Hi Decota.
As regards audiogames.net, well there is already the function to search for
games that just! contain audio and not text, use the search archive function
on the main site since the games are! catagorized as having either audio,
text, graphics or a combination of the three.
while i
Hi Shaun,
I haven't been following this topic too closely, but from what I have
read it sounds like your friends have a bit of an attitude problem.
What I mean by that is some sighted people will compromise with a
blind person and will play a game like Jim Kitchen's Monopoly even
though it has
Hello, well, did not make sales because they do not have the necessary
infrastructure in place.
However, if you would think that they would learn how to make proper devices
for visually appeared people. Instead, they just gave up on it. This is
terrible, very ridiculous.
Sent from my iPad
On
Hi Dark,
Well, I agree for the most part, but you seem to be forgetting about
Sarah and the Castle of Witchcraft and Wizardry. That is one FPS game
that a parent could give to their child with limited violence and
because of the Harry Potter connection might be well suited for say a
7 or 8 year
Zaxxon. LOL.My dad used to take me to the bowling alley near our house in
Oakland, California to play that one.
But thou must!
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Hi Tom.
Yes, your right about sarah, particularly with it's harry potter
connections, though i do wonder about the action content since one thing
that often grabs kids interest is fast action sequences, by which i don't
mean violence, just things to overcome in a game.
Monkey business might
Chris wrote a lot of those messages about nicole being off topic. Bryan didn't
write that.
Nicole and Bryan have been talking for a while and she never understood how his
brain worked at all.
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Hi Bryan,
Yeah, Zaxxon ruled. I loved that game. I use to hook our Atari 2600 up
to our 80 inch TV, yes we had one, and can remember how cool Zaxxon
looked on the big screen when I reached his world to fight him. He
must have been two or three feet high on that TV, and the extra
resolution
Hi Thomas,
Besides me and Aprone, I thought that David Greenwood's games also were written
in VB6. Which would also mean that Phil's games that use his engine were also.
And I also thought that Ken was still writing in VB6. But for awhile now,
anyone that has asked, I have recommended that
Hi Shaun,
My sighted family, neighbors etc play my games. Probably more on my computer
because I have several good sapi5 voices. But they say that they do, and do
seem to enjoy playing. I think mostly the board games like, Life, Monopoly,
Hangmen, concentration, Yahtzee and Press Your
Hi Thomas,
I do believe that many of my games can be enjoyed by people of almost all ages.
I mean many of them are games that I played as a child, but still enjoy them
now. And I know that other's feel the same. You know, such games as
BattleShip, Bop It, Concentration, Hangman, Life,
Hi Thomas,
I know personally that a few state rehab councilors suggest and or put my games
on clients computers, both kids and adult. You know both to get them more
interested in the computer and more comfortable using it.
BFN
Jim
Share and enjoy, share and enjoy!
Hi Dakotah,
First off, thanks, and I am very happy to hear that you and your friend enjoy
playing my game of Life. I was just wondering though, other than where the
board has the two splits where there are two paths that the player can take,
how does my game of life not play as the original
What is winboard?
Also, do yo uknow how to get ithe JFW version of Hangman?
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It also takes the right kind of person to advertise playing accessible games.
The trouble is, we in the blind and visually impaired community, by
design and leadership and tendency, often come off as having an
entitlement issue with whatever. I have a lot of friends I talk about
game stuff with,
In reply to Jim Kitchen, I may not be remembering the game of life
very well, but as I recall it, each job has functions around the
board.
For example, if you spin a 10, you have to pay the policeman player
for speeding, etc.
I don't remember very well about how life works, but I will voice one
Well thomas it was just an idea a thought anyhow. Just a subject for
discussion.
Lisa Hayes
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Hi Dark,
Definitely agree with you on the morality issue. I've already told my
son, who is by the way 8, under no circumstances are we buying him GTA
because his mother and I do not agree with the theft, gang wars,
prostitution, and other content in that game. It is fine for an adult
to play that
And some people thought Power Rangers was violent. LOL.
But thou must!
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Hi Dark,
Definitely agree with you on the
Hi Jim,
Yes, you are right. David Greenwood does still use VB 6. Although Phil
used the GMA engine to write Pac-Man Talks and Sarah those games
wasn't written directly in VB 6 but used the GMA Engine to create the
games which means he didn't really use VB 6 directly. It just happened
to be the
Hi Dark,
I know exactly what you mean. It isn't so easy to quantify that
special something that makes you come back to a game again and again
no matter how many times you played it, but you sure know it when you
encounter it. I think it is hard to get that quality of game, because
its not an
Winboard is a chess program.
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Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 6:31 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] Winboard?
What is
Hi all,
Does anyone know how I can use a laptop trackpad with swamp? I either can't get
the enemies central or i fire my gun when I'm walking with the right mouse
button. I really struggle.
Lindsay Cowell
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I know a few people who would've gotten the Mac to play with the trackpad, but
I personally like a USB mouse. And also would be my suggestion.
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On Apr 16, 2013, at 9:17 PM, Lindsay
hi, it could be that you have your sensitivity set to high. try
changing it, within swamps menu. sometimes, different laptops
trackpads work differently, and they are more or less sensitive to
motion.
see if it helps any.
regards
dallas
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out of curiosity wil, how come you spoke about the macs trackpad? lol.
basicly speaking, all laptops have a trackpad these days.
regards
dallas
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but I personally like
That should have been knack. Dictation at its best! Lol
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I play jim's games and so did my cousis little kids when they visited me. i
can't win battleship though love the game.
Lisa Hayes
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Got to agree with you here thomas i so do. leather godesses is a game i'd
not let a child near either.
Lisa Hayes
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If any of you know about/have heard about the worms series of games:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worms_(series)
Anyway, back in old sighted days, we'd often enough, on a friday afternoon, end
up playing a form of network gaming in office, focusing often enough on various
versions/episodes of
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