Hi there,
Here is what I know of.
I unfortunately had to close X-Sight down in 2014 due to a massive hard
drive crash. I am now thankfully recovered from that (meaning I was able
to reobtain my sound and music libraries etc) but unfortunately I can
never get my old code back. I never quite had the motivation to make new
games after that, especially since I want to make a move away from BGT
and am struggling with that to such a degree that it has lowered my
confidence considerably.
BSC Games disbanded a fair while ago, leaving the keygen and several
games available for download via the Audio Game Archive. DanZ also has
his own website with old games and patches, but his programming skills
have far surpassed the games mark now and so I wouldn't be at all
surprised if he has a full time job as a head programmer or something.
XLStudios closed down a long time ago.
Lighttech Interactive seems to be active in so far as the website and
downloadable games, but we haven't heard from them for a while now.
Philip Bennefall has his website still up at Blastbay, but again his
endeavours are concentrated a lot more now with Elias, a dynamic game
music engine which PsychoStrike, the Gate and a few Leasey games make
use of.
I believe Draconis are still active in their own way, though again we
haven't heard from them for a while. I think we can also safely say the
same for Phil Vlasak of PCSGames and David Greenwood of GMA.
I have no idea what happened to Che Martin (his cardroom is still up,
RailRacer is down, and he seems to not be getting his emails). The same
can be said for the guy who made Entombed, and Marco Steinebach of
Mardy, who made Mississippi. I am especially interested to contact him,
as I legitimately bought the game but can't play it on my current
machine, thanks to machine-based registration.
BPCPrograms have closed the doors, but have made 3D Velocity open
source. Same goes for Playing in the Dark and TopSpeed.
On the other extreme, people who have disappeared off the radar without
so much as a tiddly doo are such as James North, Jeff Gibbons of
Bavisoft, and Igor Khmelevtsov of VIPGamesZone. The latter is another
one which causes quite a few issues for people who have legitimately
purchased their games but can no longer play them any more with the
online registration whose servers are now nonexistent.
The only developer of the early games era who I know to be still
actively developing and maintaining games, albeit to a lesser degree, is
Liam Erven of L-Works.
Other than that, we are now moving forward with new enthusiasts such as
Aaron Baker, Nick Adamson and Jeremy Kaldobsky, people who I believe are
still testing the waters like Sam Tupy, Mason Armstrong and Colton Hill,
and then the Japanese crowd who have gone and taken audiogames to a
whole new level.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Damien.
On 20/08/2018 09:05 PM, michael barnes wrote:
Hello.
Earlier today me and a friend got talking about all the developers of
games that blind people can play.
So it made me wonder this.
Where is all the developers at?
I know about Jim Kitchen and Thomas Ward.
However what about those developers who are still alive?
Thanks.
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