Hi Dark. Excellent points there. You and I agree in most respects. One can indeed create great games without needing to incurr vast expense. I think there's a very real game between what's possible with one or two individuals to create and make accessible versus the expectations. As blind people grow more aware of what their sighyed counterparts are playing, they simply don't realise what's involved in driving the economics of production. I would absolutely love it if a developer created an text or audio rpg made from the ground up to be fully accessible. However, I think it far more likely that as with King of Dragon Pass, we'll be given access to a game devised for sighted players. I guess we'll see going forward.
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 18, 2016, at 3:43 PM, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > > Hi Michael. > > I disagree on costs there. > You can use mostly text for the interface with some sound effects, and use > the mechanics of the game to create replay. Look at the way dos rpgs did it, > games like fallthru, and more recently a dark room, not to mention the > wastes, heck the wastes random generation system is so extreme your unlikely > to see the same object or location in two different games. > Plus, those sorts of games could potentially be far more expandable with new > items, quests etc, simply by tweaking the properties and descriptions of > certain items, and thus can create far morr prophet through in game sales. > Online games manage it all the time with a lot of free players, the principle > difference being those are not as focused on story or single player > experience as opposed to beating up other people online, though if a > developer did it wouldn't be a problem. > > King of dragon pass is hugely complex and took a lot of work and is a massive > achievement, but nobody says every rpg needs to be like that, look at some of > the tabletop games like talisman which are currently available, or look at > how well a simple game like nano empire which had progress, description etc > worked, heck the developer of nano empire could easily expand the game quite > a bit just using the same framework he created. > > I must confess this is one thing that frustrates me a little. There are indi > devs out there creating graphical rpg games. Kings quest, atic adventures > etc, just check the ap store and you'll find hundreds. > > Yet whenever someone says an accessible rpg designed for blind people it's > "oh no, the cost is too much, stick to the same sorts of games we've had > before" > > This isn't to say there's anything wrong with traditional or arcade style > games, I just find it considerably frustrating that there isn't more > available. > > All the best, > > 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.
