You also have to remember that the right hand is used for playing solos with the solo buttons as well.
On Jan 6, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Scott Chesworth wrote: > I think the idea here is to get across the most amount of info with > the least amount of noise over the top of a good song, right? > > So, firstly there needs to be a clear distinction between the left and > right hand. > The right hand seems simple enough, as as far as I know we're only > dealing with a down or up strum. Seeing as down tends to be used more > and traditionally marks accents they should probably stand out > slightly more than upstrokes. Peccussive sounds make sense to me for > the right hand seeing as we're dealing with rhythm, so perhaps a high > short peccussive noise for an upstroke, and a lower one with a bit > more oomph could indicate a down. > > The left hand being less peccussive and more note-based would make > sense seeing as there's a wider set of options to express. I'd > suggest a short beep is bound to each button, with widely spread > intervals between the choice of note that expresses each button so > that those without good relative pitch still have a fair chance of > distinguishing a fast sequence. That doesn't solve chords, because a > few short sounds playing at once would be hard to analyse. Don't > really have a solution for that unless Harmonix's engine sees chords > as being different from just a set of simultaneous notes if that makes > sense. If it does, it'd give us options. If it doesn't, I'm stumpt. > > All the above probably sounds super annoying on paper, but with a > volume option for it and the ability to switch it on and off with ease > (perhaps in the pause menu if there is one) most VI gamers could > probably find a level to suit them. Remember that most people will > turn the thing off once they're comfortable with a song anyway. > > It's not super eligant, but seems like it could be fairly easy to > integrate for them. Any takers or better suggestions? > > Scott > > On 1/6/10, Yohandy <yohand...@gmail.com> wrote: >> yup definitely appreciate that you're willing to speak to them. Now does >> anyone have any idea of a good method harmonix could use for figuring out >> the notes? I've been thinking hard but can't come up with an idea that would >> actually work, and not annoy the blind gamer to the point that we simply >> never enable the feature and play how we're used to doing it. I'm thinking >> expert difficulty here which the average blind gamer will eventually tackle, >> and it contains so many notes and chords and such that I'm at a loss as >> to what could be done. There will need to be a way for us to know what the >> notes are in advanced, the different fret combinations, and the strumming >> patterns. I'll also send this to Brandon's list and see if anyone has any >> ideas. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Scott Chesworth" <scottcheswo...@gmail.com> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:13 PM >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Rhythm Game Accessibility >> >> >>> No probs Eleanor, thanks for letting us know. It's actually a good >>> thing, gives us more time to get the perfect note to them together. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Scott >>> >>> On 1/6/10, Eleanor <elea...@7128.com> wrote: >>>> Hi Yohandy & Scott - I just found out that the January meeting of the >>>> IGDA - Boston chapter, is on January 13th. Unfortunately, I will not be >>>> here on that date and so will have to wait till February to get that >>>> message to the Harmonix developer. 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