hi all i have sent this as a private message to gamehawk but i am going to send it to the list to jus incase some one is wundering the same as me.
will any programming knollidge be needed ----- Original Message ----- From: "gamehawk gamehawk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:20 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Audio Adventure Creator (AAC) from Gamehawk > Hello again, > > As some of you know, I've been toying with the idea of an audio adventure > creation tool (refer to mails about Blind Game Authoring Tool). I have > been > toying with Visual Basic Express and have found out how to use all the > methods that I need to get some functioning software. To the end-user, > who > wishes to make games, here is how I view the development process. > > 1) User creates a text file for each room with basic commands and a > settings file to link all this together. They can use a screen-reader and > notepad to do this, it shouldn't be too hard. This text file will contain > information for rendering text for SAPI, and/or playing wave sound files > (no > MP3s for now). > 2) They open up the program. You select the settings file, and whoila! > Your game can be played and tested. > 3) Users can distribute games through their own website or a site that > will > act as a place for hosting games made in Audio Adventure Creator. They > can > archive (ZIP, RAR, Installer) the text/wave files needed for the game. > Users download the file and extract its resources. They find the setting > file and play the game. > > This means that all games will be open source until and encryption feature > is applied (if that will even happen). I feel this is good for two > reasons: > > A) If a developer uploads their game, they can download it anywhere and > change it. They won't have to worry about decompiling and such. > B) It allows heavy modding. This can allow users to expand games > indefinitley. > C) Project sharing would be easy, and open source games could be created. > > The text files also mean, that all the information could be edited in a > Wiki > online and downloaded. Online game creation, how cool would that be? > Well, > those are some of my plans. Currently I have no idea when a beta would be > released. If I do pursue this project though, and you would like to be a > beta tester, please drop me a private email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If > you have suggestions or comments that would be helpful for everyone to > see, > please make sure to reply to the whole group. Thank you. > > Cheers, > > gamehawk > > _________________________________________________________________ > Invite your Hotmail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live > Spaces > http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html _______________________________________________ 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.
