I agree, and I loved the trailer for Star Wars Jedi Attack.. Hey, you guys
do a great job, bottom line.. I know developers are true gamers at the very
core and that is what pushes you to make games in general, I just would like
to see that 13 year old gamer come back out in the creation of games; Like
when I played Coleko Vision for the first time.. Smile
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] The real Game Circle
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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