When you released Sudocu, I remember it being in the issue of Audyssey. Ron also specifically tried to get people to review it when he sent reminders for reviews. There are no limitations as to the popularity of games being announced in Audyssey. However, it certainly effects how likely you are to get reviews sent in. Ron does his best with what he has to work with which isn't always very much at all. It was nice when Audyssey had a staff of people who enjoyed specific types of games. I could then be confident that any new game would have at least one actual review. Those days are long over though. On the plus side, there's aparently a list for people interested in playing sudocu blind. Perhaps, they'll be able to burn some brain cells and give us a nice review of the various versions out there. I always hated seeing games being released and then having nobody be willing to put on their thinking caps and write something about their entertainment. That sense of underappreciation was a major factor in why I resigned as editor when I did. Had the community been more willing to contribute instead of just gobble up games, I might have stuck around longer. Michael Feir Creator and former Editor of Audyssey Magazine 1996-2004 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: "AudioGames.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <Gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:54 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Game Developers Conference 2006 > Hi Michael, > > I posted an official announcement about Sudo-San twice (!) on this list as > well as sent a copy of the first announcement to Ron personally by email. > > *quote* > Another factor working against you and others who have developed Sudoco is > the more narrow group of people who are interested in such puzzles. etc > *quote end* > > What has this got to do with it not being included in Audyssey Magazine? > Is > the narrowness of the targetgroup for Sudoku a filter for not being > included > in the magazine? Wow... > > Richard > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "michael feir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Discussion list for blind gamers" <Gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 5:40 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Game Developers Conference 2006 > > >> Hi Richard. The lack of community support is the culprit here. Ron >> certainly >> makes an effort to include the release announcements when games come out. >> However, it's up to the community to get reviews in for the various >> games. >> Ron is an editor rather than a material submitter. He can only work with >> what the community sends him. I was always sending out reminders and >> requests for people to review this or that game and generally got very >> little response if any. Another factor working against you and others who >> have developed Sudoco is the more narrow group of people who are >> interested >> in such puzzles. I've tried your version of Sudocu as well as Josh's one. >> While both are very well done, the game itself feels far too much like >> actual work to me. I suspect that if you had put out an action title or >> some >> other genre more in demand, you would have gotten a greater response. >> Having >> said that, I suspect that there are a lot of people who are going to >> appreciate the Sudocu versions out there over time. They just don't have >> the >> same kind of immediate mass draw that something like an accessible >> adventure, arcade or other kind of game might have. You have to be in the >> right frame of mind to tackle something like Sudocu for fun. >> >> >> Michael Feir >> Creator and former Editor of Audyssey Magazine >> 1996-2004 >> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "AudioGames.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Discussion list for blind gamers" <Gamers@audyssey.org> >> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 4:15 AM >> Subject: [Audyssey] Game Developers Conference 2006 >> >> >>> Hi Folks, >>> >>> AudioGames.net just got back from the GDC'06 in San Jose where we, >>> amongst >>> other things, have actively been promoting game accessibility and audio >>> games. We will write all about it on AudioGames.net and you can also >>> find >>> more about the meetings of IGDA's Game Accessibility Special Interest >>> Group at http://www.igda.org/accessibility as well as >>> http://www.game-accessibility.com . Thanks to all the people (although >>> only *very few* people from *this* list - come on, community!) who >>> submitted their games and "me >>> ssage to the industry"-writings for the CD that was handed out at the >>> GDC. >>> Amongst the CD-receivers was the legendary developer Will Wright >>> (SimCity, >>> The Sims, upcoming game Spore) : >>> >>> *Quote* >>> "Audio games? Wow, that is a GREAT idea!" >>> *Quote* >>> >>> He received a copy of both Drive and the Game Accessibility CD (which >>> was >>> sponsored by Terraformers' PinInteractive - also present), which >>> included >>> WinPong, WinSpank, Terraformers, Demor, AudioQuake, Troopanum 2 and Pipe >>> 2. During our presentation we let the crowd hear some examples of other >>> games like Shades of Doom and Sudo-San. Although I will post more about >>> what happened at the GDC, we did find one professional game company >>> which >>> has a blind tester testing their upcoming (blind-accessible) online >>> game. >>> >>> >>> That's all for now. >>> >>> One note though (mostly directed at Ron Schamerhorn but to anyone who it >>> may concern): I was a bit disappointed to find that our game Sudo-San >>> (http://www.audiogames.net/sudosan) was not included in the latest issue >>> of Audyssey Magazine, amongst all the other accessible sudoku games, >>> especially when ours was released first (1st of februari, 2006), is free >>> (!) and features graphics and animations (as well as authentic auditory >>> yaks - which game got those, right?). Now, it must have slipped through >>> by >>> acciden >>> t, I am sure, so could anyone add it to the next Audyssey Magazine >>> instead? Thanks! Look up both release-messages on the list for any >>> info... >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org >>> To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can >>> visit >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make >>> any subscription changes via the web. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org >> To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can >> visit >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make >> any subscription changes via the web. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. 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