Desiree, Here are some answers to your questions:
As a sighted person, I find it highly unlikely that any 'pure audio' game would be popular with the sighted community. Games that are very audio heavy can work for the sighted, but unless there are at least some visual cues, the game will be lacking. The cues do not need to be large or significant, but they are as important to us as stereo audio is to you. Regarding Windows versus Apple and the Playstation, they are in fact extremely different. Both Apple and Playstation environments are very rigid and sanitized, whereas the Windows environment is extremely open. That said, there's something deeper going on: Apple computers from the beginning hit the big time via the publishing and visual arts industries. The Playstation was even more focused on visual entertainment - one of its key selling points was the sheer amount of video processing power available for it. Windows PCs on the other hand, were considered to be the boring yet reliable workhorses. It only made sense for screen readers and audio-based software to show up there first. As for the IPhone versus Android, yes, the Android market is much, much more free and open. The IPhone market, just like the Apple Mac Store, enforces very strict rules on what you are allowed to do, whereas pretty much any idiot who knows java can put out an Android app. One need only look at the available mudding clients for these platforms to see the difference: I know of one mudding app for Macs - Savitar. I know of zero mudding apps for the Playstation. But there are at least a hundred of them for Windows PCs. Dennis Towne Alter Aeon MUD http://www.alteraeon.com On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Desiree Oudinot <turtlepowe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > I would just like to pose a few questions here. Do sighted people even > buy audio games from the ap store? I can see how they might look at > them out of curiosity, but I've known very few sighted people who gave > a thought to audio games (or knew they existed, for that matter) for > Windows, so why should this change just because it's an Apple product? > Besides, even if they did download the game, how many of them are > going to have the patience to actually play using only their ears? > And, speaking of Windows, most of this thread has been centered around > the standards developers must meet for Apple and Playstation. Why is > Windows so different? Microsoft gave people the freedom to choose > between many different programming languages and versions of its OS. > Why then should Apple be any different? > Finally, what's the difference between developing games for the > Android and games for the IPhone? Does Google impose such strict > standards of quality as well? --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
