You could always try using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Though of course, if
you want to use it only for a game, it would be a shade expensive.
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Hi Thomas,
Why not use XML? You may be able to get the same advantage as in a database.
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Hi Thomas,
This is an excellent post and I have archived it. One question. Could you
elaborate on the process of making a game book? How do you write the various
alternatives and keep track of them? For example, let's say that our
protagonist is called Peter. Peter can do two things. He can
O no, no FPS please. How about something like quest for glory? It was a
strategy game with some combat thrown in.
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xml over text files for
storing game info. A flat database is basically nothing more than a text
file with info separated by commas, and that is easy enough to implement
if I wanted to.
Smile.
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Hi Thomas,
Why not use XML? You may be able to get the same advantage
you would use a scripting language such as perl,
javascript, or php. The scripting language can help keep track of where
you've been, what adventures you have completed, and so on. You could
store that info in a database or parce it out to a text file for later use.
HTH
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Hi
I will do my best to attend. This sounds really interesting. Chess is
something I've been wanting to play for a very long time.
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Hi Che,
One thing that does intreague me about rail racer is the amount of money you
need to pay for extras. Are we talking real money here or, does rail racer
have its own currency?
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Hi Scott,
Many thanks for that clarification. I'm going to give the game another go.
Before that though I think I'm going to buy a mouse.
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Hi all,
The other approach that we could try is using suitable bridging technology.
The vOICe is a visual prosthesis that can in theory give you vision via
sound. I have used it to view images and animations so it could work for
games. The Cobra screen reader has OCR capabilities. I am not sure
Phil,
Are you a mind reader? I was thinking about option 4 in your list. Options 5
and 6 are doable theoretically.
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Josh,
That is spamming and illegal. The way to get attention is probably by a mass
media campaign.
|One thing that puzzles me is that large blindness organizations like the
AFB, ACB and the NFB have not made much of a noise about game accessibility.
They may have better clout then a bunch of
Hi,
Some steps have been taken by using a visual prosthesis called the vOICe at
http://www.seeingwithsound.com
Pranav
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Hi Ryan,
Thanks for clarifying that. I appreciate all those statistics and yes we do
have far bigger challenges to overcome. However, perhaps what is needed is
greater awareness even in these organisations about accessible games. For
example, I have not seen any game developers host any stalls in
Hi Sean,
The vOICe does take a little getting used to. I have written a tutorial for
the program which you can read at
http://www.sensorysubstitution.co.uk/tutorial
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Too bad it has not been updated yet.
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Subject: [Audyssey] Lone Wolf the best game!
Lone Wolf is the most fantastic
Hi John,
Trust me, you don't always need classes to learn programming. By your own
admission, you are persistent which is all that is really required. I'm a
self-taught computer programmer and translated that into a job for some
time.
Thomas's games are excellent you should try the beta of
Don,
My submarine is out of date. I don't think diesel and battery will do any
more. I would be happy to attack Greenwood Island if he would give me an
updated version of the game. Smile
I'm willing to pay for this.
Pranav
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was before.
Blessings!
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Don,
My submarine is out of date. I don't think diesel
Thomas,
You could make the car specifications customizable like what has been done
with designing levels in lone woolf.
My vote is for avoiding copyright issues so leave realism in terms of names
up to the gamer.
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Hi all,
One technique that I have not seen discussed in the turning the monitor
off thread is the use of the laptop battery saver from techno-vision
Systems. I use the product everyday and it disables the display as soon as
you get to the desktop. The battery saver is a small device shaped like
Nick,
See the fruit basket programs made by Jamal Mazrui at
http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com/
The above site also has other programming related resources.
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Thomas,
snip writing the trivia game would be a
cakewalk.
PL] True except that setting-up the development environment for Symbian at
least would not and may be more problematical than the coding! chuckle
I have not even come to the debugging; most phone emulators are inaccessible
etc.
Pranav
Hi Charles,
What is this free chess program that you are talking about? Is it when
bored?
Pranav
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How about using Crystal? I believe it comes with text aloud.
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Thomas,
If you ever need someone to write such a game story, I would be happy to
have a go.
I have thought about writing a gamebook but cannot understand how to keep
the different paths together.
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Dark,
Try using Excel. Also, you can expand word tables at will so that should not
be a problem.
By the way, loadstone gps is an open source program that runs on mobile
phones. You may want to try integrating it with a game or feed it
coordinates and keep track of where you are using your phone.
Dark,
Look at loadstone gps. In particular, checkout the exploration mode.
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Subject: [Audyssey] Mapping program?
I don't go much for female voices. However, if I had to have a choice, I
would also choose att Crystal.
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As for voice preference, my own would be:
1. ATT Mike
2. Eloquence
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Hi all,
I want to write a game book. However, I cannot really see how to do it. Yes,
I need to have a number of scenarios. These scenarios have to be numbered
like the scenes in a movie script. However, how do I track multiple plots?
Do I write individual game books with the correct plots and
Hi Thomas,
Will the game run if I run it from a limited account? I will of course do
the installation using an account that has administrative privileges.
I'm using Windows XP professional, all updates applied.
Pranav
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Hi all,
I routinely use the intellisense feature. You need to ensure that you are
using the free visual studio scripts that are hosted at Jabal website.
http://www.empowermentzone.com/msenv2005.exe
The scripts work both for visual studio 2005 and 2008.
Pranav
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Hi all,
I did indeed see a similar issue but, after I put Jaws For Windows to sleep,
I did not have any problems. However, I've only played the game for 15
minutes so will continue testing.
Pranav
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Hi Thomas,
I did not light my torch since I thought that I would needed for some other
place. I was able to find the key, the shotgun and an ancient scroll without
any difficulty.
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Hi Pranav
As long as it's a game it's quite welcome to talk about here. I'd like to
know more about the ones you mentioned.
Ron
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-Thomas,
See the programme edsharp from www.empowermentzone.com/edsetup.exe. This
programme uses a free installer, is open source and does chec for updates.
Is this the kind of functionality you are looking for?
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Hi Sean,
snip In wrong way back, which floor is the club on.
PL] You need to get the current floor from the computer. So, before you
start charging around the ship, talk to the computer and it will tell you
which floor you are at.
I have not played the other games so cannot help.
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Hi,
I am currently using Dragon NaturallySpeaking and J-say. I have been looking
around to see which games I could play using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. one
possible option is lone woolf from GMA games. I am open to trying other
options.
For that matter, I had considered trying mysteries of the
Hi Eleanor,
This is most interesting. I will now have to take a second look at your
games. smile
Pushing keys though does not go far enough. If I do play a game adapted for
dragon, I would rather use natural language commands like pick up item
etc.
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Check out the following website for details.
http://www.7128.com/
the games require a customised gaming environment that is also sold by the
company. The games also seen to be cross-platform.
Pranav
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Hi Thomas,
I finally had the chance to play a little with beta 2. I have not read all
my messages yet so I hope beta 3 is not out.
1. There are points in the game where the view command fails. That is, let
us say that I'm moving from side to side. Once I pick up a few objects or
fight with a few
Tom Says:
Are you sure there is anything to view in the room? If there is nothing
to view then it makes perfect sense why it doesn't come up. Basically,
the view command works by first scanning the room, places the items it
finds into a list, and displays it so you can review it with the arrow
Hi |Chee,
What kind of broadband speeds are you looking at? Also, have you considered
using a mobile phone as a possible interface? I know that the vibrator in a
mobile phone is clumsy but for people who do not want to buy a specialised
game controller this may become a valid option.
Having said
Hi Che,
I was indeed asking about the broadband speed. Is there a minimum
connection speed that the user needs to have to play the game
effectively?
I appreciate the point about latency and ping times.
On 3/21/09, Valiant8086 valiant8...@lavabit.com wrote:
Hi.
I think there are USB adapters
Hmm,
You could release them for a mobile phone and then charge for them. smile
I say mobile phone since these games are already there for the pc but there
seem to be very few games for the mobile phone. This also gives you a
cjance to develop for the sighted market since sighted people have
Brian,
My most recent sstrategy for those mine fields is to travel submerged at
around 200 feet. I then emerge and blast all those platforms! grin
Pranav
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It is my favorite game so far!
Those user missions are really interesting and quite complex.
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the idea of
updating them, make sure the C++ code meets current standards, recompile
them, and release them to the public as freebies.
Pranav Lal wrote:
Hmm,
You could release them for a mobile phone and then charge for them. smile
I say mobile phone since these games are already
snip known as beware the Grue grue is almost complete! and that will take
so long
to download nobody will ever play it, guahahahahaha!
PL] You mean you are streaming the game? grin
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Hi all,
I would prefer using standard mode. When I die, I may want to come back,
change a few settings and then play again.
Pranav
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Hi all,
How do people record game demos? I have a creative sound card and would like
to record me playing an accessible game. I would also like to talk while I
play the game.
I am told that I need a sound mixer. Is this correct? I did try playing with
the play-back microphone and the what you
Hi Thomas,
That is excellent news. However, I am somewhat perplexed. Assuming you did
have a memory leek, would not the Java garbage collector handle it? Or, have
you disable the garbage collector?
Pranav
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Gold Wave, which you can get from
www.goldwave.com
The demo will last long enough for you to determine whether you like it or
not. HTH
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Technology ML-37 2.0 GHZ, 1024 mb DDR ram, Fujitsu
100 gb 4500 RPM Hard Drive, connecsant AC-link audio
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snip you could hold down the left button and drag the mouse left for a big
jump to the left. Any thoughts on this?
PL] this sounds significantly more intuitive.
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system details:
Hp pavillion dv5220CA notebook pc
AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-37 2.0 GHZ, 1024 mb DDR ram, Fujitsu
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Got that Phil and I was able to install with 5 hours to go. smile
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This game sounds too funny. We got to have a good reward at the end of all
that washing.
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Hi Che,
I have never ever played card games before so I would be interested in
trying them. However, do you have a tutorial or something that explains how
these games are to be played?
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Hi all,
Apologies for the cross posting.
Has anyone come across a free or open source gamebook engine? I am looking
for an engine that powers a site like http://www.projectaon.org.
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As long as a text adventure has a good story, I do not mind not having sound
and other fancy stuff.
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Thomas,
Are you refering to writing a game like the ones found at
http://www.ffproject.com?
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The idea has merrit. However, do you plan to release them commertially?
Out of curiosity, what would you use as a gaming engine for these
adventures?
Pranav
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Thomas,
Most interesting and I would be a regular player of such a game.
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Hi all,
Does anyone know of any other flying simulators? Puppy one is certainly
enjoyable but I want something that has more detail. Needless to say, it
must be accessible.
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mastered the racing part and the demo gives you ten minutes of flight
time.
Hope this helps you out.
Ron
Matt Ron Kolesar there great Dogs!
kolesar16...@roadrunner.com
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on getting started with it. For that matter, I'd like to try it
again myself.
Hope this helps,
Zack.
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Hello,
Many thanks for posting the list. I was unable to get to the website.
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Hi all,
Are there any alternative sites from where I can download Star Trek Final
Conflict? The usagames server does not seem to be accessible.
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You can make
to get the
necessary Windows updates to run it until my web site is back up.
Smile.
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Are there any alternative sites from where I can download Star Trek Final
Conflict? The usagames server does not seem to be accessible.
Pranav
DirectX
August 2007 or later. I know for certain Managed DirectX doesn't come
with Windows Update, at not the latest versions, and so even though it
might say you are up to date sometimes it is wrong.
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According to the windows
Thomas,
Many thanks. I am downloading as I write this.
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Just had a quick play. I am doing much better since the last time I played
this game. I am at the beginner level and am left with 1 star base and 2
ships. sigh
I did destroy a few enemy ships.
Pranav
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Phil,
I am confused about the timelines. Other than that, it is a good story but a
shade long.
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Thomas,
I too liked the music. Why does Angela grunt so much and she seems to keep
getting hit. Those health scores seem to be very low.
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Wow! Since you intended it as a novel, then my comment about the length does
not apply.
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