it will be interesting though to be fair, to see what draconis have up
their sleives. i thought 2009 was the year for draconis, but nothing
as of yet?
On 14 Aug 2009, at 07:29, Thomas Ward wrote:
Hi,
Well said. I too also feel as though the accessible games we have
are a bit disappointing. No disrespect to my fellow game developers,
but there really isn't anything that is really new or innovative to
speak of besides Rail Racer.
For the most part accessible games tend to fall into two catagories.
Either they are simple board and card games, or an arcade game type
theme. Personally, I find the options rather limitting compared to
what was available to me before I lost my sight, and is the main
reason I began writing accesible games myself.
As for the GMA engine I have to disagree with you. Besides the fact
it is a bit old it still is one of the best tools an accessible
developer can use. It is an FPS game engine, and in the right hands
it could be used to create some killer accessible games. We have
already seen what it can do with Shades of Doom and Tank Commander,
and I think with some updates it should be able to create games more
or less on par with Star Trek Elite Force, Star Wars Jedi Knight,
etc. In some respects it isn't the fault of the tool here, but
perhaps it is the developer's lack of imagination, creativity, or
experience with full blown FPS games here.
As for the Star Wars game I was working on I had to put that project
on hold for a couple of reasons. First, I am still trying to work
with Lucas Film on obtaining a Star Wars license. Second, when
Alchemy closed up I took over their games and projects which I want
to complete before returning to my own original projects.
CSF inc. wrote:
With the current game circle we have as blind gamers, it's
disappointing; There are interesting games we play but very few;
other games are not accessible to certain computers and operating
systems; others are so simple and plain, for some of us who has
played "regular games," it's disheartening; Effort should be made
into making games more involved, more ideas "ie stop making games
off of GMA's frame work," There is only 1 Shades, 1 Tank
Commander.. lastly, we need games we can play along with our
sighted family like "Soul Caliber". We have no fighting games, no
sports games we can play without some A.I. making it not real; even
though the 2nd best player in the world in Mortal Combat is Blind!!
We should of taken that initiative
and created some type of fighting game at least similar to Mortal..
Are blind people not sports fans? would we like to box? run the
football? aim the pitch in a baseball game? even fly a F-16 in
combat.. Sim's are O.K. I guess, but it takes the control and fun
out of the game.. Some will complain about this post, some will
agree; the point is We Need More Variety, And Not The Same Games
With Different Titles.. What happened to Star Wars Jedi attack? OOh
Yeah Baby..
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