yeah things are certainly changing. But the gaming industry needs to pull its socks up seriously. No imagination I mean when was there a really good space game out last?
-----Original Message----- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of shaun everiss Sent: 30 October 2013 19:58 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] text based games was: Re: Audyssey Magazine thats true dark, I have an autistic game friend that is graphic hungry I have another friend that doesn't care and I have another blind friend who's father plays ages of empires and other adventures which both use mouse, graphics text and sound. Apart from the japanese games though a lot of stuff is bang bang and violent which is fine there are sports to but even so. its interesting the industry is shifting. I have noticed at least in nz the cd stores don't carry the variety of games and in deed software as they used to. As we move to the cloud it seems software distribution along with music and books are moving away from the physical media to something else. Yes you can buy just about everything you need to get online, and some games and such but even with physical media a lot of games have either by subscription or something an online mode. The game has a story which is usually ok but sometimes a crappy afterthought as 90% is for online use. so things are changing. At 08:45 PM 10/30/2013, you wrote: >Hi Tom. > >On the point of text based games it's actually interesting how many new >games are being developed, look at choiceofgames on the iphone as a >prime example. > >The only problem is not all of these are accessible. I was for example >rather disappointed that the tinman series of gamebooks, perported to >be extrra ports of the old 1980's publications have entirely unlabeled >buttond, graphical dice etc. Thus, ti'd actually be great to include >some articles to potential sighted developers of text based games on >how to make their games accessible. > >most indi devs are pretty good about this and I've contacted many in my >time, (most recently the developers of space odyssey and their other >game astro galaxy), but it'd be great to have some actual guidelines >which people could google. > >Btw, on the graphics front, I'll also add that while a lot of what you >might call casual gamers are graphics mad (and usually fps mad), that >isn't true about people who are interested in games! > >It's sort of the old one, kids who just want to listen to the latest >manufactured bangin' popgroup won't think much to just a skilled >musician with a single guitar, but people who appreciate good music will. > >It's also worth noting that according to my brother who tends to keep >up with game industry news various people are being dissatisfied with >the current state of the mainstream industry hence the greater amount >of indi games, and indi games means accessible games, (as well as >developers who actually are possible to talk to). > >Beware the grue! > >Dark. > >--- >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 subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- 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 subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- 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 subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
