If he wants to develop games for Apple and get them noticed by
sighted and they will be noticed. The Apple mags see to that. Then no
problem. Don't see audio games getting noticed by sighted on PC's
that much. If ever heard of.
Now as far as shutting the screen off on the iPhone or iPod or ipad
is not sure. You can turn some of the graphics and back light down,
but not off. There is always something on the screen showing status
of what ever is running or just home screens. The only usage of the
screen curtain is on Mac's, and even then its not total. You still
have indicators showing status of usage or at least running. You
should buy one before you state how they operate or are used.
At 11:09 PM 5/21/2012, you wrote:
Ah, I see. That makes sense now. I wonder, though, why Liam would
choose to develop a game for such a restrictive market, when he could
have held his captive audience of Windows gamers? I understand that
times are changing, and Apple is at the forefront of most people's
minds, both blind and sighted, but it doesn't make sense to me that he
would abandon one group of gamers for another. I know most people do
have IPhones these days anyway, so I suppose it's not a complete
abandonment.
As far as putting graphics in the interface goes, I don't think that
would be too much to ask of him. However, this argument about whether
or not sighted people freak out at a blank screen seems silly to me.
If a blind person chooses to turn the screen off, and a sighted friend
picks it up, won't they be looking at a black screen? You don't see
them freaking out about that. Of course, one would hope that if it was
a friend or family member who picked up the device, they would know
and understand why. But if that option exists anyway, the issue of a
black screen being possible, even if it is application specific,
doesn't seem like such a big deal.
On 5/21/12, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Desiree,
>
> To begin with I doubt many sighted people do take the time or energy to
> look at perspective audio games. As someone who was sighted for many
> years I know I wouldn't have been interested in a game that didn't even
> have some basic graphics for game play. That's because for a sighted
> person their entire way of life is centered around visual feedback, and
> telling them they have to do this or that by sound alone is going to be
> a major turn off. They neither have the practice or skill to do that,
> because its outside their experience. Therefore some minimal graphics
> and animation would be required to interest them in an audio game.
>
> As far as why Apple is so restrictive its a bit of a long story. It has
> to do with the fact that Apple was the first to add a graphical user
> interface to Mac OS, and Apple became a recognized leader when it came
> to graphics and visual effects. Microsoft tried to catch up in the mid
> 90's with Windows 95, which was an obvious attempt to capture some of
> Apple's glory, but to this day Apple has a reputation for being the
> better OS for graphics designers, the film industry, and a leader in
> graphical user interfaces in general. Its for that reason we see both
> Windows and Linux heading towards a more Apple look and feel. Ubuntu has
> the new Unity desktop and Windows 8 has the Metro screen which are
> obvious attempts to copy Apple's own graphical user interface and
> support more touch screen devices. Its for this reason Apple guards its
> position as a leader in the graphical user interface field, and require
> that anyone who develops for their OS meet certain standards for
> seamless integration between apps and OS.
>
> For instance, if you have a program launcher with just text and no
> flashy graphical icon forget it pal Apple will reject your app because
> they expect program launchers to have a certain look and feel regardless
> if you can see it or not. If they let Liam or anyone else do what they
> want the over all visual experience, the user interface, will suffer
> because they chose not to follow Apple's design specifications.
>
> Windows on the other hand has standards, but it always has been
> understood that a developer was free to do what he or she wanted with
> the tools. Microsoft felt that being more open with the user interface,
> by not restricting users, that more developers would be willing to
> develop apps for their OS. Which has obviously paid off for Microsoft in
> the long run, but most third-party developers do attempt to stick to
> Microsoft's standards anyway unless there is a compelling reason to do
> otherwise.
>
> As for Android vs iPhone we are comparing apples and oranges. Google has
> adopted a more open interface, and anyone who knows a bit of Java is
> free to write an app for Android. All the same there are standards one
> can choose to follow, but aren't forced to use them. With iPhone
> everything is proprietary right down to the language, SDK, and tools
> used to write the app so a developer has less say so. In short, its just
> company policy and it isn't up to us developers to make the rules like
> it or not.
>
> Cheers!
>
> On 5/21/2012 2:12 PM, Desiree Oudinot 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?
>
>
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