Hi: Yes, once again I find myself in agreement with Dallas. While it is certainly true audio is limiting to a point it doesn't mean that it has to be simplistic as it all too often tends to be with audio games.
For example, one genre or style of games that is way over represented is the Space Invaders type arcade game. Just your basic 2d arcade game with ships falling or landing and you have to move left and right and shoot them out of the sky. That's alright as far as it goes, but the truth is we could do so much more with the game idea than has been done. One way is rather than a simple 2d game why not have a 3d arcade game where you fly a ship around a 3d grid up, down, left, right, forward, and backwards while shooting enemy spaceships. With libraries like OpenAL its entirely possible to do a pretty fair representation of your position in 3d space, and you would end up with a far more complex audio game. While still having a pretty cool arcade shoot-m-up. The thing is that so much more can be done with audio than has been tried or is being done, and while there are certainly times when a developer might not want a full on 3d audio environment it would greatly enhance many existing audio games just by adding some extra complexity to the game. Cheers! On 1/2/14, Dallas O'Brien <dallas.r.obr...@gmail.com> wrote: > no shaun. we perhaps aren't mainstream. but yes, there its lots that > can be done in sound. i agree, there are limits to sound over visual > elements, but it actually doesn't have to be as simplistic as it > currently tends to be. > as for the online thing, well, i'm sorry, but if you look at the > amount of people playing online, to the amount that don't, the online > stuff is the thing now. agreed, there are those who don't. but > generally, online play is where it's at now. > dallas --- 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.
