Good Afternoon, The possible BGT competition has me thinking, and I have two very general questions.
First, can BGT be used to design any type of game? For instance, card game to aircraft simulator? If not, what limitations should I be aware of? (I intend to do more research this weekend, but I wanted a general assessment of the tool's capabilities.) And second, what types of games would you like to see? Before you answer, let me tell you a bit about me and my constraints. I am highly unlikely to build a first-person shooter, or any standard arcade style game. There are likely others who know far more about designing such games than I do. What I bring to the table is extensive knowledge of board and card games, as well as role-playing games. It seems likely that for a competition I'd start with something like a board or card game, because these are somewhat more static, while a role-playing game would be very dynamic. Are there particular board or card games you'd love to play, games that are not represented at all in the blindness community at the moment? For instance, I used to love playing Risk, and I've never seen an accessible Risk game. Similarly, there are tons of unusual games published every year, from Carcassonne to Ticket to Ride, Dominion to Qwarriors. If you don't know of a specific game you'd like to see, is there a type of game that might interest you: a dice game, kingdom building game, card game, etc.? And with all that in mind, will BGT allow me to design games that can be played over the Internet, so that players can play against one another, or should I aim for a game where you play against the computer? Many thanks for any input you can offer. Nancy -----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Scott Chesworth Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 9:21 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] BGT competition - any interest? Whether there'd be enough interest (or indeed time in Philip's schedule) to justify such a framework is debatable, but how about this. People vote by rating games out of 10 on different aspects, as in a score of 10 is "this is killer", a score of 5 is "it ticks the boxes" and a score of 1 is "meh, not so much". A few categories that would apply across the board to most genre of games I can think of would be originality, replayability, sound design, stability (you'd need a catchier title for that one), and perhaps round it off with a very generalised "overall, how awesome is this game" question. That way, the categories combine to make it fairer. A Bop IT clone might recieve low marks from most people for originality, but there's room for an inovative genius to step up to the mark with a Bop IT clone that turns out to be totally addictive and they'll get the credit they deserve for replayability. Similarly, games that are great can shine even with bad sound design, or awesome sound design can still stand out as what it is even if the gaming experience ends up being a bit drab. I suggested the overall awesomeness category because, for me at least, there have been games I've loved or gone back to time and again but I can't always explain why. It'd be a balancing act, but with the scores being made public, I think there could be a fair system here. Scott On 12/28/11, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > That was basically my concern as well. How do you judge between say a > new clone of BopIt and say a modern remake of Castlevania or something > like that. The games are so completely different in design, different > genres, etc that there needs to be some criteria here for submissions > I think. > > Cheers! > > > On 12/28/11, Christopher Bartlett <themusicalbre...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I am likely to participate, but I have two concerns. >> >> 1. The free version does not allow for mouse control, which is one of the >> current innovation tools we are seeing in games such as RailRacer and >> Swamp. >> I'm not willing to spend $99 to participate in a contest more effectively >> by >> having access to these controls. >> >> 2. I think it will be difficult to judge different game types against one >> another. What criteria will you use? 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