Hi Nick, Welcome to the list, and I only say that because its normal and not because I'm a moderator. However, I wish to make a suggestion. How about implementing sounds for the game so that people can play without using a Braille display: since I've never owned one and have no plans to do so in the future, I wouldn't be able to play the game, as far as I can tell, even in the near future. Just saying.
Hope this is helpful, and if I can be of any further assistance reguarding finding of new games or catching up as it were, or even just to discuss the possibilities of sound implementation (I am sort of a hobbiest sound designer myself, in a broad sense of the expression), then feel free to email me offlist. Best of luck and kind regards, Ben. -----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Nick Adamson Sent: 02 August 2012 20:46 To: gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] N A Soft is back and I'm looking for some testers with Braille displays. Hi All. My Name is Nick Adamson. Some of you may remember me from about 8 years ago on the old blind gamers list. I'm a blind software engineer who's been out of touch with the blind gaming community for ages but I'm back and after some software testers for a new game I'm working on. For quite some time I've been wondering if it would be possible to write a Tetris like game but played on a Braille display. A month or so ago I stopped thinking about it and Started coding Dotris. This is a windows based game that I'm working on in the little spare time I've got. So if you've tested software before and enjoyed the opportunity to shape the direction of the game or have never done game testing but would like to give it a go then I want to here from you. For now I'm looking for a smallish group of people, You must have a Braille display of at leased 12 characters, a windows XP PC or better, confidence in using the computer and a couple of hours of spare time. If you want to get involved then please send me details of which make model and size Braille display you have and which version of windows and screen reader your using along with your email address. Please send the details to me using the contact us link at www.ndadamson.com. I want to keep the list of testers relatively small and manageable but still test on the widest range of software and hardware possible. this means I may not ask everyone I here from this time. I'm also planning to release the game as donation-ware. The idea is that, once complete, the software can be downloaded at no charge but the user will be strongly encouraged to make a donation of what ever they think the game is worth to a charity I'm going to support. I've not yet decided which charity but am looking in to those that promote the learning and use of Braille. with this in mind there isn't going to be any payment for testers made available, just my gratitude, credits in the documentation and the opportunity to work on a pretty unique game. I've not been around for ages, are there many games that use a Braille display as the main feedback method? Thanks for your time. Nick. --- 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. ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2197 / Virus Database: 2437/5177 - Release Date: 08/04/12 --- 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.