Hi Ryan, Agreed. I didn't mean to indicate that this shouldn't be tried. I merely wanted to point out that not everyone has a braille display and the tendency has been up until now to focus on audio output.
That said, I've been thinking about writing some text based games myself where I could use a braille display if desired. Support for braille displays is something that has been extremely lacking here, and there are times such as now, when I get up in the middle of the night, and don't want to disturb anyone else by turning on my speakers or having my headphones on too loud so braille becomes a very nice interface for reading, writing e-mails, or playing text adventures, etc in the middle of the night. On 8/5/12, Ryan Strunk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nick, > Thankfully you're not developing a side scroller, arcade game, or FPS > title, > so you don't have to worry about that. Just because very little use has > been > made of Braille displays in the past 8 years doesn't mean you shouldn't > give > it a go. I would venture a guess that there are actually quite a few > Braille > displays out there. Rehab agencies purchase them for a lot of people here > in > the states, and some countries overseas--especially in Europe--will > actually > give free Braille displays to blind people. My wife and I own two between > the two of us, and I have access to four more of them at work. > Audio Tetris has been tried; it didn't work very well. Music audio Tetris > has been tried; it didn't work very well either. The spatial implications > of > a tactile Tetris would be phenomenal to work with. I think you have a > winner > of an idea here. > Good luck to you in your efforts. > All the best, > Ryan > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
