Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
Hi Lisa, Lol. Ain't that the truth. I don't know how long it would take to write, especially since I've been moving rather slowly the last few months as it is, but it would be worth writing. There aren't too many civilization type games available for the blind, and none that are set in the old American west. SoundRTS and Castaways both are set in a mediaeval type game world which is like been there done that. Time for something new and different. Of course, something else we don't have is a really good science fiction type civilization game like Galaxy Civilization. Building a planets industry, going through all the developments of space flight, and then conquering the galaxy is something I'd love to have in some accessible form. I've only gotten to do that vicariously through friends playing Galaxy Civilization II. Cheers! On 3/27/13, Lisa Hayes wrote: > This game sounds good thomas, b ut it'd take one crack of a long time to > write. And how big would tghe download be. Man worth it though. > Lisa Hayes > --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
This game sounds good thomas, b ut it'd take one crack of a long time to write. And how big would tghe download be. Man worth it though. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play Hi Dark, Those are some good points. I hadn't really thought about them before, but you are essentially correct. There are some essential jobs just missing from Castaways such as a cobbler for making shoes or a Taylor for making clothing. The problem is because Castaways is mission based all the jobs work towards a common goal such as building a ship to sail away or to fortify a settlement from monster hoards. What we need is something more like Sim City where we get to design a community from the ground up and watch it grow. The more I think about it one possible good idea in this direction is a game where you get to buy land and start your own frontier town out in the American West. You would have to have lumberjacks cut wood for the houses and other buildings, have to have mills to cut and make the wooden boards for building, have to have builders, and then assemble a small town. From their you would assign jobs such as tailors to make clothing, have a blacksmith to make guns and ammunition, a bar tender to serve drinks in the saloon, have a cook at the village diner, a frontier doctor, and so on. All of this could work similar to Castaways but on a larger scale, and could be set in a different time and location. Plus the mediaeval fantasy setting is getting a bit old anyway. Instead of fighting goblins and such why don't we have a game that is based on a real historical time and place, and includes historical enemies such as the Blackfoot who were very resistant to white settlers from the east, and were not above raiding and burning the nearby frontier towns when they could. Besides the enemy raiders I could see a wide range of natural disasters that you'd have to prepare for and guard against. One of the most brutal are the winter snows. Things like a good blizzard could effectively shut down a frontier town for days, and the citizens of said town better have plenty of wood and food stores set aside or people will begin freezing or dying. As the towns overseer you'd be responsible to make sure everyone stays warm and is well fed through the winter months. So I do see where you are going. A Castaways II or something like it would be a nice idea. Maybe someday if I get free of my own projects I'll consider it. Lol. Cheers! On 3/26/13, dark wrote: Hi Tom. to be honest my thinking of castaways was a little different. Rather than thinking of the existing game but with some additions, I was myself considdering essentially the same system, but with a more complex and realistic setup. For example, in castaways all your farms produce food at a constant wrate, yet in reality we know that crops are planted in spring and then harvested in autumn, just in time for the winter. Similarly, in castaways it was necessary to chop and prepare lumber for building houses or barrels, yet nobody ever needed a fire, and while the taylers and weavers made cloth for bandages or ship sales, nobody made cloth for clothes or leather for shoes. I'd love myself to really get to fully control a society, see it grow, experience natural desasters like floods or attacks from bandits, nurse people through the hard times and see them increase through the better times. heck, dwarf fortress even had personalities for it's people by giving people a certain proclivity to do better at a given job, and making them get board if they didn't do that job, and even including a set of behaviours that they would engage in if they got board or if they were satisfied. this is why I would so love to see a more complex castaways Ii with a full scale civilization system. Beware the Grue! Dark. --- 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://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. --- 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://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 managem
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
Hi Dark, Those are some good points. I hadn't really thought about them before, but you are essentially correct. There are some essential jobs just missing from Castaways such as a cobbler for making shoes or a Taylor for making clothing. The problem is because Castaways is mission based all the jobs work towards a common goal such as building a ship to sail away or to fortify a settlement from monster hoards. What we need is something more like Sim City where we get to design a community from the ground up and watch it grow. The more I think about it one possible good idea in this direction is a game where you get to buy land and start your own frontier town out in the American West. You would have to have lumberjacks cut wood for the houses and other buildings, have to have mills to cut and make the wooden boards for building, have to have builders, and then assemble a small town. From their you would assign jobs such as tailors to make clothing, have a blacksmith to make guns and ammunition, a bar tender to serve drinks in the saloon, have a cook at the village diner, a frontier doctor, and so on. All of this could work similar to Castaways but on a larger scale, and could be set in a different time and location. Plus the mediaeval fantasy setting is getting a bit old anyway. Instead of fighting goblins and such why don't we have a game that is based on a real historical time and place, and includes historical enemies such as the Blackfoot who were very resistant to white settlers from the east, and were not above raiding and burning the nearby frontier towns when they could. Besides the enemy raiders I could see a wide range of natural disasters that you'd have to prepare for and guard against. One of the most brutal are the winter snows. Things like a good blizzard could effectively shut down a frontier town for days, and the citizens of said town better have plenty of wood and food stores set aside or people will begin freezing or dying. As the towns overseer you'd be responsible to make sure everyone stays warm and is well fed through the winter months. So I do see where you are going. A Castaways II or something like it would be a nice idea. Maybe someday if I get free of my own projects I'll consider it. Lol. Cheers! On 3/26/13, dark wrote: > Hi Tom. > > to be honest my thinking of castaways was a little different. Rather than > thinking of the existing game but with some additions, I was myself > considdering essentially the same system, but with a more complex and > realistic setup. For example, in castaways all your farms produce food at a > > constant wrate, yet in reality we know that crops are planted in spring and > > then harvested in autumn, just in time for the winter. Similarly, in > castaways it was necessary to chop and prepare lumber for building houses or > > barrels, yet nobody ever needed a fire, and while the taylers and > weavers made cloth for bandages or ship sales, nobody made cloth for clothes > > or leather for shoes. > > I'd love myself to really get to fully control a society, see it grow, > experience natural desasters like floods or attacks from bandits, nurse > people through the hard times and see them increase through the better > times. heck, dwarf fortress even had personalities for it's people by giving > > people a certain proclivity to do better at a given job, and making them get > > board if they didn't do that job, and even including a set of behaviours > that they would engage in if they got board or if they were satisfied. > > this is why I would so love to see a more complex castaways Ii with a full > scale civilization system. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > 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://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. > --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
Hi , I completely agree with Dark, when I 1st played CastAways , I was reminded of Age of Empire and StrongHold Crusader, though CastAways is not completely like ant of them but development and stretegy are the similar parts. I myself will love oo have the new and upgraded version of CastAways ,just like Dark suggested . Thanx On 3/24/13, dark wrote: > Hi john. > > As regards castaways, I'm afraid I disagree, not that it isn't small, but > that it is complete. > > Myself, I'd love! to see a full castaways Ii with similar mechanics, but on > > a far larger scale, so that you could go from your small population of > survivers, right up to a full city, could trade, develope new technologies, > > endure natural desasters or wars etc. > > I have a friend who is a big stratogy fan, and plays extensively the indi > graphical game (and sadly not accessible), dwarf fortress. I could never > myself see the appeal of such games, since all the experience I had ever had > > of them was abasially the stuff like ateraeon or 1000 ad, where you just set > > some resources to producing then sit back and watch, (not that > interesting), > > but the reactive gameplay in swamp, the need to change priorities, considder > > people, alter what your doing according to goals you want to accomplish, > rather than just set stuff up in an optimum way was something I found quite > > new, particularly since ulike some of the military stratogy games like Sound > > rts, in Castaways there was as much emphasis on the production and building > > end, and taking care of your population, keeping them safe through sickness > > desasters etc as there was of pure military attacks. > > so, while I'm a huge castaways fan, i can see so many ways in which the game > > could be expanded it's unbelievable, and I really do hope Aprone will work > on a more complete castaways in the future. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > 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://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. > -- "Some are those who are awake while sleeping and others are those who are sleeping while they are awake " "Always be careful for little mistakes in life , because nobody slips by the mountains but the little stones " "life is not that you live for yourself , but its actually when you live for others " "Always do good but to others but never expect the same from them " "life is too short so, live it before its gone " with best regards Mohsin Ali if you wana contact me then, my , Skype ID is: mohsin.ameer2 Facebook ID is: http://www.facebook.com/mohsin.ameer.tahir Email ID is : sma...@gmail.com --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
Hi Tom. to be honest my thinking of castaways was a little different. Rather than thinking of the existing game but with some additions, I was myself considdering essentially the same system, but with a more complex and realistic setup. For example, in castaways all your farms produce food at a constant wrate, yet in reality we know that crops are planted in spring and then harvested in autumn, just in time for the winter. Similarly, in castaways it was necessary to chop and prepare lumber for building houses or barrels, yet nobody ever needed a fire, and while the taylers and weavers made cloth for bandages or ship sales, nobody made cloth for clothes or leather for shoes. I'd love myself to really get to fully control a society, see it grow, experience natural desasters like floods or attacks from bandits, nurse people through the hard times and see them increase through the better times. heck, dwarf fortress even had personalities for it's people by giving people a certain proclivity to do better at a given job, and making them get board if they didn't do that job, and even including a set of behaviours that they would engage in if they got board or if they were satisfied. this is why I would so love to see a more complex castaways Ii with a full scale civilization system. Beware the Grue! Dark. --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
Hi Dark, Yes, agreed. I thought something similar about Castaways. Increasing the number of jobs and character classes would make for a more interesting game all around. Something else I thought would be cool is instead of building one ship to sail away building some sort of patrol boats that could attack the goblins as they came a shore and could guard the island from pirates and other raiders. That would in turn require a special job or class of character such as seaman to man the patrol boats. I'd also like the ability to build better fortifications. I know we can build guard towers in the first mission, the walls in later missions, but I'd prefer to be able to build walls and other fortifications in all missions. A castle would be nice as a general fortification if nothing else. Cheers! On 3/24/13, dark wrote: > Hi Tom. > > Castaways actually surprised me very much. i'd not been that much of a fan > of resource management stratogy games before then, since most of those I'd > tried had been online pvp ones like the old fantasy empires, or purely > strategical military games. In those sorts of games the gameplay was > entirely one way, you set stuff up then basically just leave it working and > > producing while you do military stuff. > #what game me in castaways however, was how reactive the gameplay is and how > > concerned you needed to be with individual people and their fortunes. For > example, say I am building a house, well once I have the resources I can > take a few people off wood and stone production and make them into builders, > > indeed I tend to always turn my peasants into builders so that they > construct stuff quickly, however if someone gets injured on the job I'll > need someone els to take time out of their schedule to become a doctor. > > I'd love to see more of this complexity, I know for instance Aprone was > considdering an actual harvest cycle with growing seasons, heck, I'd love to > > see the minutist aspects of life controled so that you need coblers, makers > > of buckits and crockery, could improve your cooking by having your > blacksmith make knives and cooking pots, need to assign a midwife when one > of your people had a baby, need to find medicinal herbs etc. > > There are just so many aspects of life Castaways could! cover, not to > mention going further and onto bigger scale with what you can build. > > fpor me this was a totally new experience and I'd love to see more of it. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
let me put my two cents in. First of all, I'd like to see a few more modifications with Swamp. For example, right now, the default weapons have skills associated with them, but the newer ones don't. Then, you have questions like this: if there are now weapon classes, couldn't you have class-based skills, plus individual weapons skills, so that you truly did have specializable characters? I mean, I'd love to see a melee class specialization with skills in axe and riot shield and maybe even chainsaw. Maybe Jeremy could put back in the old .45 caliber pistol, giving us more and more choices in each class. The thing that makes choice neat is having the ability to feel like you're in charge of what your chatacter is doing. Even if the choice doesn't change that much, it can have implications. Let's say, for example, that you can have the .45 pistol and a Thompson SMG, or something similar. Those both use .45, a slower, more powerful, louder ammo than 9mm, which is our standard pitol and smg ammo at present. Let's suppose that .45 is a little more rare or expensive, somewhere between 9mm and 7.62mm. Then, let's suppose that we have a machinegun which takes 5.56, like the AR15. The m249 is a good choice, or the Stoner LMG. This would make ammo a little more of a choice, meaning you could specialize in ammo... collect what you need and sell the rest, as opposed to having a bunch of everything. A sniper rifle might be chambered in .50 caliber, as might a gatling gun class weapon, say something like a Browning .50 caliber machinegun. The more amo types and weapon types we have, the more the came will feel as though you can customize your character and playing style... For example, back to the .45 caliber ammo, one way to make it make sense with being slower, more powerful, and louder is to shorten the range of effectiveness and increase the damage. Then look at the AK assault rifle. It could use 7.62 mm ammo, but would you want to equip that rifle with that expensive of ammo? It might be worth it if the rifle is significantly more powerful than the AR15. Questions like that keep things interesting. All I'm getting at is this. Swamp could be more customizable to make you feel more like you're in control of your character, to make the game even more replayable. Look at most sighted people's games. Counterstrike has a buttload of guns, but the differences are slight. Still, people pay money to access new guns, simply to further customize their character. As for smaller games, it might be nice to have a game development cycle, starting with one game, making it playably complete, making a new game, making that playably complete, then a third, then returning to the first, taking what you've learned back around, increasing the games' playability ratings each time. I know that seems confusing, but I hope it makes sense. Finally, I also know that we put a lot of pressure on developers. We have a few Indie devs in our community, and those developers are one-man teams. Most Indie teams in the sighted world are at least two people, so we have to be kind, as kind as we can be. Given that Aprone here has made significantly awesome games, and that those games are free, kindness isn't a suggestion. It's a human decency. Essentially, whatever Aprone makes will be good... It's already inspired me to new heights of thoughts, especially concerning my own future in game development. Signed: Dakotah Rickard On 3/24/13, dark wrote: > Hi Tom. > > Castaways actually surprised me very much. i'd not been that much of a fan > of resource management stratogy games before then, since most of those I'd > tried had been online pvp ones like the old fantasy empires, or purely > strategical military games. In those sorts of games the gameplay was > entirely one way, you set stuff up then basically just leave it working and > > producing while you do military stuff. > #what game me in castaways however, was how reactive the gameplay is and how > > concerned you needed to be with individual people and their fortunes. For > example, say I am building a house, well once I have the resources I can > take a few people off wood and stone production and make them into builders, > > indeed I tend to always turn my peasants into builders so that they > construct stuff quickly, however if someone gets injured on the job I'll > need someone els to take time out of their schedule to become a doctor. > > I'd love to see more of this complexity, I know for instance Aprone was > considdering an actual harvest cycle with growing seasons, heck, I'd love to > > see the minutist aspects of life controled so that you need coblers, makers > > of buckits and crockery, could improve your cooking by having your > blacksmith make knives and cooking pots, need to assign a midwife when one > of your people had a baby, need to find medicinal herbs etc. > > There are just so many aspects of life Castaways could! cover, not to > mention going further and onto big
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
Hi Tom. Castaways actually surprised me very much. i'd not been that much of a fan of resource management stratogy games before then, since most of those I'd tried had been online pvp ones like the old fantasy empires, or purely strategical military games. In those sorts of games the gameplay was entirely one way, you set stuff up then basically just leave it working and producing while you do military stuff. #what game me in castaways however, was how reactive the gameplay is and how concerned you needed to be with individual people and their fortunes. For example, say I am building a house, well once I have the resources I can take a few people off wood and stone production and make them into builders, indeed I tend to always turn my peasants into builders so that they construct stuff quickly, however if someone gets injured on the job I'll need someone els to take time out of their schedule to become a doctor. I'd love to see more of this complexity, I know for instance Aprone was considdering an actual harvest cycle with growing seasons, heck, I'd love to see the minutist aspects of life controled so that you need coblers, makers of buckits and crockery, could improve your cooking by having your blacksmith make knives and cooking pots, need to assign a midwife when one of your people had a baby, need to find medicinal herbs etc. There are just so many aspects of life Castaways could! cover, not to mention going further and onto bigger scale with what you can build. fpor me this was a totally new experience and I'd love to see more of it. Beware the Grue! Dark. --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
Heh, that would be a lot of names on the list. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward Yeah, that would be awesome. I can see where Castaways could grow and be bigger and better than the current version if Aprone wants to go in that direction. We will have to see of course, but I too would like to be able to build a full sized city, perhaps engage in trade with other communities, and battle enemy hoards. --- 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://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.
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Hi Dark, Yeah, that would be awesome. I can see where Castaways could grow and be bigger and better than the current version if Aprone wants to go in that direction. We will have to see of course, but I too would like to be able to build a full sized city, perhaps engage in trade with other communities, and battle enemy hoards. On 3/24/13, dark wrote: > Hi john. > > As regards castaways, I'm afraid I disagree, not that it isn't small, but > that it is complete. > > Myself, I'd love! to see a full castaways Ii with similar mechanics, but on > > a far larger scale, so that you could go from your small population of > survivers, right up to a full city, could trade, develope new technologies, > > endure natural desasters or wars etc. > > I have a friend who is a big stratogy fan, and plays extensively the indi > graphical game (and sadly not accessible), dwarf fortress. I could never > myself see the appeal of such games, since all the experience I had ever had > > of them was abasially the stuff like ateraeon or 1000 ad, where you just set > > some resources to producing then sit back and watch, (not that > interesting), > > but the reactive gameplay in swamp, the need to change priorities, considder > > people, alter what your doing according to goals you want to accomplish, > rather than just set stuff up in an optimum way was something I found quite > > new, particularly since ulike some of the military stratogy games like Sound > > rts, in Castaways there was as much emphasis on the production and building > > end, and taking care of your population, keeping them safe through sickness > > desasters etc as there was of pure military attacks. > > so, while I'm a huge castaways fan, i can see so many ways in which the game > > could be expanded it's unbelievable, and I really do hope Aprone will work > on a more complete castaways in the future. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > 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://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. > --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
Hi john. As regards castaways, I'm afraid I disagree, not that it isn't small, but that it is complete. Myself, I'd love! to see a full castaways Ii with similar mechanics, but on a far larger scale, so that you could go from your small population of survivers, right up to a full city, could trade, develope new technologies, endure natural desasters or wars etc. I have a friend who is a big stratogy fan, and plays extensively the indi graphical game (and sadly not accessible), dwarf fortress. I could never myself see the appeal of such games, since all the experience I had ever had of them was abasially the stuff like ateraeon or 1000 ad, where you just set some resources to producing then sit back and watch, (not that interesting), but the reactive gameplay in swamp, the need to change priorities, considder people, alter what your doing according to goals you want to accomplish, rather than just set stuff up in an optimum way was something I found quite new, particularly since ulike some of the military stratogy games like Sound rts, in Castaways there was as much emphasis on the production and building end, and taking care of your population, keeping them safe through sickness desasters etc as there was of pure military attacks. so, while I'm a huge castaways fan, i can see so many ways in which the game could be expanded it's unbelievable, and I really do hope Aprone will work on a more complete castaways in the future. Beware the grue! Dark. --- 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://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.
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well I don't have that sort of time right now but I may eventually have that time who knows. At 08:53 PM 3/23/2013, you wrote: Hi Shaun, See there is the difference between you and I. The reason a game like Castaways can keep me playing for hours and hours because I have to constantly be thinking, formulating a strategy, planning ahead. If you aren't willing to take the time in planning out your game, updating your strategy, then Castaways won't appeal to you. Its more about good planning than action. On 3/22/13, shaun everiss wrote: > I never really got the idea of castaways but then I have never got > the idea of lunimals daytona etc. > I've never like the idea of the games like smuglers where you trade > stuff, I am mostly into the action/ exploration side of games, fast > paced with loads of action to keep me active. > Mostly when I play games, I am tired or just want to have a good > fight before I do something else so its probably preference more than > anything else. > entombed is good but I do find the continous large map thing a little > tedius. > --- 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://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. --- 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://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.
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Hi Shaun, See there is the difference between you and I. The reason a game like Castaways can keep me playing for hours and hours because I have to constantly be thinking, formulating a strategy, planning ahead. If you aren't willing to take the time in planning out your game, updating your strategy, then Castaways won't appeal to you. Its more about good planning than action. On 3/22/13, shaun everiss wrote: > I never really got the idea of castaways but then I have never got > the idea of lunimals daytona etc. > I've never like the idea of the games like smuglers where you trade > stuff, I am mostly into the action/ exploration side of games, fast > paced with loads of action to keep me active. > Mostly when I play games, I am tired or just want to have a good > fight before I do something else so its probably preference more than > anything else. > entombed is good but I do find the continous large map thing a little > tedius. > --- 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://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.
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hi, i'd personally like to have one gigantic game instead of many small ones its just amazing how much replay value swamp has On 3/23/2013 2:17 AM, Ken The PionEar wrote: Personally, i like a something in between-instead of a lot of little games or one huge game, how about a medium ammount of fairly complete games eh? At least now you can take what you've made with Swamp--the security manager and so on, and bring it to all your new games. Quite cool. Check out my games at www.ThePionEar.net and my music, and that of my band, at www.ThePionEar.net/BlindLabyrinth.html . If you want to reach me, you can call 419-744-0517, friend me on Facebook, (KenWDowney,) or write me at kenwdow...@me.com . Crazy Ken - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 8:00 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play Hi Jeremy, I remember the conversation in question, and I also remember coming down on the side of completing major projects like Swamp rather than several little games. The main reason I said what I said back then is it seemed like you would start a game, get half way through it, start another one get half way through it, and so on meaning you had several little betas but no complete projects. The advantage was that there was always something new to play with even if it was incomplete, but the disadvantage was nothing ever got completed. However, I think you have gone so far in the other direction that it is equally as bad. All I've heard about for the last few months is Swamp, Swamp, Swamp, and haven't seen anything new. Swamp is a great game, its fairly complete at this point, and I personally would like you to try your hand at something else for a change. Put Swamp on the back burner for a while, and see what else you can come up with. :D On 3/22/13, Jeremy Kaldobsky wrote: I'd also love to set Swamp aside to work on other games, but so far that hasn't been easy. Swamp got so big that it took a tremendous amount of time just to maintain it, and the security. I do plan to do other games and projects, but I guess I have been telling myself that for 6 months, haha! Actually, the guy who was constantly bringing out new games like Towers of War, Dog Who Hates Toast, Castaways, and so on, was in a lengthy conversation here on audyssey where the majority of people agreed that instead of a lot of little games, a single game should be stuck with and developed into something really big. I prefer doing a lot of smaller games, but I went with what the community wanted and we have Swamp as a result. I was pretty sure you participated in that conversation Thomas, but I might be remembering it wrong and you may have been on the side supporting more, smaller games. It's been a long time. :) - Aprone --- On Thu, 3/21/13, Thomas Ward wrote: From: Thomas Ward Hi Dark, Yeah, same here.. Castaways was a game I really liked when it came out. Still do, but as there is no new content I've grown a bit tired of it, or rather the current version. I wish Aprone would set Swamp aside and continue Castaways or produce something new like he did when he started out. It seems these days all Aprone works on is Swamp, Swamp, Swamp, and what happened to the guy who was constantly bringing out new games like Towers of War, Dog Who Hates Toast, Castaways, and so on? Cheers! --- 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://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. --- 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://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. --- 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://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. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org I
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I never really got the idea of castaways but then I have never got the idea of lunimals daytona etc. I've never like the idea of the games like smuglers where you trade stuff, I am mostly into the action/ exploration side of games, fast paced with loads of action to keep me active. MOstly when I play games, I am tired or just want to have a good fight before I do something else so its probably preference more than anything else. entombed is good but I do find the continous large map thing a little tedius. At 04:05 PM 3/23/2013, you wrote: Hi John, Good point, and that's like to see more of. Castaways is a good game, is fairly complete as it is, and its not as much work to develop and maintain as Swamp is. Although, I always felt there was room for Castaways to grow and expand. On 3/22/13, john wrote: > That's what we've got in castaways. A complete game that's not as > large as swamp, but that's not small either. > --- 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://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. --- 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://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.
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well swamp was small and got bigger. maybe we could have small games stepping up to a big arc. It would be good if one day we could have several games. every game was in a series and every game you clocked would look for the next game in the series if you didn't have it you would have to buy one before you went on however eventually you would have the whole series and could also buy the entire series. I'd like something like an interactive book. I have the book from somewhere startrek borg. in the game version you have to fill in the tasks in the book you can make all mistakes ofcause etc. At 01:17 PM 3/23/2013, you wrote: Personally, i like a something in between-instead of a lot of little games or one huge game, how about a medium ammount of fairly complete games eh? At least now you can take what you've made with Swamp--the security manager and so on, and bring it to all your new games. Quite cool. Check out my games at www.ThePionEar.net and my music, and that of my band, at www.ThePionEar.net/BlindLabyrinth.html . If you want to reach me, you can call 419-744-0517, friend me on Facebook, (KenWDowney,) or write me at kenwdow...@me.com . Crazy Ken - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 8:00 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play Hi Jeremy, I remember the conversation in question, and I also remember coming down on the side of completing major projects like Swamp rather than several little games. The main reason I said what I said back then is it seemed like you would start a game, get half way through it, start another one get half way through it, and so on meaning you had several little betas but no complete projects. The advantage was that there was always something new to play with even if it was incomplete, but the disadvantage was nothing ever got completed. However, I think you have gone so far in the other direction that it is equally as bad. All I've heard about for the last few months is Swamp, Swamp, Swamp, and haven't seen anything new. Swamp is a great game, its fairly complete at this point, and I personally would like you to try your hand at something else for a change. Put Swamp on the back burner for a while, and see what else you can come up with. :D On 3/22/13, Jeremy Kaldobsky wrote: I'd also love to set Swamp aside to work on other games, but so far that hasn't been easy. Swamp got so big that it took a tremendous amount of time just to maintain it, and the security. I do plan to do other games and projects, but I guess I have been telling myself that for 6 months, haha! Actually, the guy who was constantly bringing out new games like Towers of War, Dog Who Hates Toast, Castaways, and so on, was in a lengthy conversation here on audyssey where the majority of people agreed that instead of a lot of little games, a single game should be stuck with and developed into something really big. I prefer doing a lot of smaller games, but I went with what the community wanted and we have Swamp as a result. I was pretty sure you participated in that conversation Thomas, but I might be remembering it wrong and you may have been on the side supporting more, smaller games. It's been a long time. :) - Aprone --- On Thu, 3/21/13, Thomas Ward wrote: From: Thomas Ward Hi Dark, Yeah, same here.. Castaways was a game I really liked when it came out. Still do, but as there is no new content I've grown a bit tired of it, or rather the current version. I wish Aprone would set Swamp aside and continue Castaways or produce something new like he did when he started out. It seems these days all Aprone works on is Swamp, Swamp, Swamp, and what happened to the guy who was constantly bringing out new games like Towers of War, Dog Who Hates Toast, Castaways, and so on? Cheers! --- 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://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. --- 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://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. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E
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I think you hit that one well, swamp has the feeling its got its own life, its own following. Its active and alive and to be honest I don't want it to ever end. every so often I am reminded that it must have an end but so much new stuff comes out from it all the time. Eventually though once its done maybe aprone could release the server, then maybe it could really have a life though its got a mega life of its own. Depending on when you log in you can find ammusing things while grind away at getting more exp and rep. I had an entertaining session yesterday before I bought it at the factory. Several chars with dog like names were discussing life in general as if they were dogs, and I found it entertaining there are those moments. On the forum there is some of that mucking round to so yeah swamp core is almost ready well its birthed really but once its fully done I think it will go on for ever. If I have any real peev its that in a lot of cases the games are completed by their devs to early before they have taken off and this is not because of the devs its the devs, the game type curcomstances, etc, and life. Swamp though will never stop or will never stop for some time. I do think if the blindgames or the future games are to survive they need to have some degree of randomness, be customizable heavily and be somewhat open ended maybe with a multiplayer mode. smuglers is like that true its got a limit but a lot of stuff is switched round for different things and I fight and explore and well. games can live. At 01:15 PM 3/23/2013, you wrote: Hi Shaun, Oh, knowing Aprone he probably could come up with something as good as Swamp or better given enough time, but of course that is the big problem. Developers are always faced with the question of weather to write several mini games or one monster game like Swamp that goes on and on life without end amen. However, some games have a life of their own so to speak. Take Pac-Man for example. It was suppose to be just a silly game its developer thought up while eating a pizza of all things. Just a little yellow guy who looks like a pizza missing a slice that eats power pellets and dots. I don't think anyone had any idea that when Midway released it to the U.S. market the game would take off and become one of the first and most successful games of all time. Before they knew it there was Pac-Man cereal, Pac-Man cartoons, Pac-Man toys, and the infamous song by Buckner and Garsia called "Pac-Man Feavor." Even more than 30 years later the game still shows up here and there in classic arcade game packs on websites, and is a free download for Linux. So some games just become popular and end up having a life of their own so to speak. On 3/22/13, shaun everiss wrote: > well aprone swamp is more than just you now its become one of the > most successfull multiplayer blind audiogames to date. > It started as a joke really a helloween type game and spun from there. > it reminds me about shades of doom that started as a silly idea that > was never going to go anywhere then it took off. > I am sure other examples are a bound. > Personally I think you will be hard pressed to create another game as > feature rich as swamp ever was I am still playing. > The game has loads of replay value with all the custom maps mini game > compaignes and then the fact your multiplayer model is unending never > ending at all. > The game is almost like second life in a way, a community, true you > have to do a bit of grinding to get things and true you can get owned > but so what. > --- 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://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. --- 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://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.
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I think swamp has become some sort of rpg engine I'd like that to be extended to the point where as well as being to create maps of stuff you had more than zombies not much is needed to make it a non zombie theme'd rpg engine. custom maps, sounds, clans forts etc, its almost like counterstrike. At 01:00 PM 3/23/2013, you wrote: Hi Jeremy, I remember the conversation in question, and I also remember coming down on the side of completing major projects like Swamp rather than several little games. The main reason I said what I said back then is it seemed like you would start a game, get half way through it, start another one get half way through it, and so on meaning you had several little betas but no complete projects. The advantage was that there was always something new to play with even if it was incomplete, but the disadvantage was nothing ever got completed. However, I think you have gone so far in the other direction that it is equally as bad. All I've heard about for the last few months is Swamp, Swamp, Swamp, and haven't seen anything new. Swamp is a great game, its fairly complete at this point, and I personally would like you to try your hand at something else for a change. Put Swamp on the back burner for a while, and see what else you can come up with. :D On 3/22/13, Jeremy Kaldobsky wrote: > I'd also love to set Swamp aside to work on other games, but so far that > hasn't been easy. Swamp got so big that it took a tremendous amount of time > just to maintain it, and the security. I do plan to do other games and > projects, but I guess I have been telling myself that for 6 months, haha! > > Actually, the guy who was constantly bringing out new games like Towers of > War, Dog Who Hates Toast, Castaways, and so on, was in a lengthy > conversation here on audyssey where the majority of people agreed that > instead of a lot of little games, a single game should be stuck with and > developed into something really big. I prefer doing a lot of smaller games, > but I went with what the community wanted and we have Swamp as a result. I > was pretty sure you participated in that conversation Thomas, but I might be > remembering it wrong and you may have been on the side supporting more, > smaller games. It's been a long time. :) > > - Aprone > > --- On Thu, 3/21/13, Thomas Ward wrote: > >> From: Thomas Ward >> Hi Dark, >> >> Yeah, same here.. Castaways was a game I really liked >> when it came >> out. Still do, but as there is no new content I've grown a >> bit tired >> of it, or rather the current version. I wish Aprone would >> set Swamp >> aside and continue Castaways or produce something new like >> he did when >> he started out. It seems these days all Aprone works on is >> Swamp, >> Swamp, Swamp, and what happened to the guy who was >> constantly bringing >> out new games like Towers of War, Dog Who Hates Toast, >> Castaways, and >> so on? >> >> Cheers! > > > --- > 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://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. > --- 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://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. --- 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://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.
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Hi John, Good point, and that's like to see more of. Castaways is a good game, is fairly complete as it is, and its not as much work to develop and maintain as Swamp is. Although, I always felt there was room for Castaways to grow and expand. On 3/22/13, john wrote: > That's what we've got in castaways. A complete game that's not as > large as swamp, but that's not small either. > --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
That's what we've got in castaways. A complete game that's not as large as swamp, but that's not small either. - Original Message - From: Ken The PionEar Personally, i like a something in between-instead of a lot of little games or one huge game, how about a medium ammount of fairly complete games eh? At least now you can take what you've made with Swamp--the security manager and so on, and bring it to all your new games. Quite cool. Check out my games at www.ThePionEar.net and my music, and that of my band, at www.ThePionEar.net/BlindLabyrinth.html . If you want to reach me, you can call 419-744-0517, friend me on Facebook, (KenWDowney,) or write me at kenwdow...@me.com . Crazy Ken --- 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://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.
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Hi Michael, Lol! Right you are my good man. I'm guilty as charged. As you accurately pointed out Mysteries of the Ancients has swallowed me up with work, seems like a never ending task, but I think the end product will be worth it because it is not likely to be a game someone can pick up and finish in 10 minutes. If I do my job right it should be something that people will keep on their hard drives for a good time to come, or at least I hope so. Still the problem with delving into a massive project like that is there are several much simpler games I could create that would take less time, less effort, and be reasonably fun to play. Jim Kitchen's games are of course the best example of that type of approach to game development. I play several of his games such as Hangman, Life, Spanker, etc when I am board and have say 15 minutes to kill and don't want to get involved in some epic game that takes hours to play. Since there is quite a bit of randomness involved in Jim's games they never get old, and are great for spending a few minutes with here and there. I've often thought I could create several simple games in Python for Windows, Mac, and Linux for less time than it takes me to create MOTA. They would be simple turn based games like Battleship or Life, but those games only take a couple of months to crank out compared to years. :D On 3/22/13, Michael Feir wrote: > Well Tom, I would have to say that you're suffering the effects of > what you've engaged in yourself. We all still wait with eager > anticipation for the Mysteries of the Ancients sidescroller that you > began work on... errh... when was that now? Large-scale projects like > the ones a lot of us have taken on tend to do one of two things. They > either swallow our attention completely to the exclusion of all else > or they make other ideas and projects extremely tempting which pull us > away from them for periods of time. It's an infernal balancing act for > the creative mind. This tug of war is increased for you since the > projects you started aren't completely obligation free. You > effectively have placed an albatross of expectation around your neck > which must somehow be dealt with. > > The good side of that is that when you at last finish one of these > games, you get the monument effect provided the game is good and > replayable enough to be kept on people's hard drives. Shadowgate is an > example of a game that lacks this. Once I've completed it, I have > nothing substantive to gain by playing it again. On the other hand, > kerkercruip will always have a spot since so much changes from game to > game. Same with Nethack and Fallthru. Swamp has the draw both of > adventure and community participation. Jeremy is still adding features > to that work of art so there's still that "what will he do next" > factor too. Once abandonned, it shouldn't suffer as much as has > Castaways since players themselves provide so much of the game's draw. > --- 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://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.
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Personally, i like a something in between-instead of a lot of little games or one huge game, how about a medium ammount of fairly complete games eh? At least now you can take what you've made with Swamp--the security manager and so on, and bring it to all your new games. Quite cool. Check out my games at www.ThePionEar.net and my music, and that of my band, at www.ThePionEar.net/BlindLabyrinth.html . If you want to reach me, you can call 419-744-0517, friend me on Facebook, (KenWDowney,) or write me at kenwdow...@me.com . Crazy Ken - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 8:00 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play Hi Jeremy, I remember the conversation in question, and I also remember coming down on the side of completing major projects like Swamp rather than several little games. The main reason I said what I said back then is it seemed like you would start a game, get half way through it, start another one get half way through it, and so on meaning you had several little betas but no complete projects. The advantage was that there was always something new to play with even if it was incomplete, but the disadvantage was nothing ever got completed. However, I think you have gone so far in the other direction that it is equally as bad. All I've heard about for the last few months is Swamp, Swamp, Swamp, and haven't seen anything new. Swamp is a great game, its fairly complete at this point, and I personally would like you to try your hand at something else for a change. Put Swamp on the back burner for a while, and see what else you can come up with. :D On 3/22/13, Jeremy Kaldobsky wrote: I'd also love to set Swamp aside to work on other games, but so far that hasn't been easy. Swamp got so big that it took a tremendous amount of time just to maintain it, and the security. I do plan to do other games and projects, but I guess I have been telling myself that for 6 months, haha! Actually, the guy who was constantly bringing out new games like Towers of War, Dog Who Hates Toast, Castaways, and so on, was in a lengthy conversation here on audyssey where the majority of people agreed that instead of a lot of little games, a single game should be stuck with and developed into something really big. I prefer doing a lot of smaller games, but I went with what the community wanted and we have Swamp as a result. I was pretty sure you participated in that conversation Thomas, but I might be remembering it wrong and you may have been on the side supporting more, smaller games. It's been a long time. :) - Aprone --- On Thu, 3/21/13, Thomas Ward wrote: From: Thomas Ward Hi Dark, Yeah, same here.. Castaways was a game I really liked when it came out. Still do, but as there is no new content I've grown a bit tired of it, or rather the current version. I wish Aprone would set Swamp aside and continue Castaways or produce something new like he did when he started out. It seems these days all Aprone works on is Swamp, Swamp, Swamp, and what happened to the guy who was constantly bringing out new games like Towers of War, Dog Who Hates Toast, Castaways, and so on? Cheers! --- 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://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. --- 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://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. --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
Hi Shaun, Oh, knowing Aprone he probably could come up with something as good as Swamp or better given enough time, but of course that is the big problem. Developers are always faced with the question of weather to write several mini games or one monster game like Swamp that goes on and on life without end amen. However, some games have a life of their own so to speak. Take Pac-Man for example. It was suppose to be just a silly game its developer thought up while eating a pizza of all things. Just a little yellow guy who looks like a pizza missing a slice that eats power pellets and dots. I don't think anyone had any idea that when Midway released it to the U.S. market the game would take off and become one of the first and most successful games of all time. Before they knew it there was Pac-Man cereal, Pac-Man cartoons, Pac-Man toys, and the infamous song by Buckner and Garsia called "Pac-Man Feavor." Even more than 30 years later the game still shows up here and there in classic arcade game packs on websites, and is a free download for Linux. So some games just become popular and end up having a life of their own so to speak. On 3/22/13, shaun everiss wrote: > well aprone swamp is more than just you now its become one of the > most successfull multiplayer blind audiogames to date. > It started as a joke really a helloween type game and spun from there. > it reminds me about shades of doom that started as a silly idea that > was never going to go anywhere then it took off. > I am sure other examples are a bound. > Personally I think you will be hard pressed to create another game as > feature rich as swamp ever was I am still playing. > The game has loads of replay value with all the custom maps mini game > compaignes and then the fact your multiplayer model is unending never > ending at all. > The game is almost like second life in a way, a community, true you > have to do a bit of grinding to get things and true you can get owned > but so what. > --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
Hi Jeremy, I remember the conversation in question, and I also remember coming down on the side of completing major projects like Swamp rather than several little games. The main reason I said what I said back then is it seemed like you would start a game, get half way through it, start another one get half way through it, and so on meaning you had several little betas but no complete projects. The advantage was that there was always something new to play with even if it was incomplete, but the disadvantage was nothing ever got completed. However, I think you have gone so far in the other direction that it is equally as bad. All I've heard about for the last few months is Swamp, Swamp, Swamp, and haven't seen anything new. Swamp is a great game, its fairly complete at this point, and I personally would like you to try your hand at something else for a change. Put Swamp on the back burner for a while, and see what else you can come up with. :D On 3/22/13, Jeremy Kaldobsky wrote: > I'd also love to set Swamp aside to work on other games, but so far that > hasn't been easy. Swamp got so big that it took a tremendous amount of time > just to maintain it, and the security. I do plan to do other games and > projects, but I guess I have been telling myself that for 6 months, haha! > > Actually, the guy who was constantly bringing out new games like Towers of > War, Dog Who Hates Toast, Castaways, and so on, was in a lengthy > conversation here on audyssey where the majority of people agreed that > instead of a lot of little games, a single game should be stuck with and > developed into something really big. I prefer doing a lot of smaller games, > but I went with what the community wanted and we have Swamp as a result. I > was pretty sure you participated in that conversation Thomas, but I might be > remembering it wrong and you may have been on the side supporting more, > smaller games. It's been a long time. :) > > - Aprone > > --- On Thu, 3/21/13, Thomas Ward wrote: > >> From: Thomas Ward >> Hi Dark, >> >> Yeah, same here.. Castaways was a game I really liked >> when it came >> out. Still do, but as there is no new content I've grown a >> bit tired >> of it, or rather the current version. I wish Aprone would >> set Swamp >> aside and continue Castaways or produce something new like >> he did when >> he started out. It seems these days all Aprone works on is >> Swamp, >> Swamp, Swamp, and what happened to the guy who was >> constantly bringing >> out new games like Towers of War, Dog Who Hates Toast, >> Castaways, and >> so on? >> >> Cheers! > > > --- > 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://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. > --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
well aprone swamp is more than just you now its become one of the most successfull multiplayer blind audiogames to date. It started as a joke really a helloween type game and spun from there. it reminds me about shades of doom that started as a silly idea that was never going to go anywhere then it took off. I am sure other examples are a bound. Personally I think you will be hard pressed to create another game as feature rich as swamp ever was I am still playing. The game has loads of replay value with all the custom maps mini game compaignes and then the fact your multiplayer model is unending never ending at all. The game is almost like second life in a way, a community, true you have to do a bit of grinding to get things and true you can get owned but so what. At 08:53 PM 3/22/2013, you wrote: I'd also love to set Swamp aside to work on other games, but so far that hasn't been easy. Swamp got so big that it took a tremendous amount of time just to maintain it, and the security. I do plan to do other games and projects, but I guess I have been telling myself that for 6 months, haha! Actually, the guy who was constantly bringing out new games like Towers of War, Dog Who Hates Toast, Castaways, and so on, was in a lengthy conversation here on audyssey where the majority of people agreed that instead of a lot of little games, a single game should be stuck with and developed into something really big. I prefer doing a lot of smaller games, but I went with what the community wanted and we have Swamp as a result. I was pretty sure you participated in that conversation Thomas, but I might be remembering it wrong and you may have been on the side supporting more, smaller games. It's been a long time. :) - Aprone --- On Thu, 3/21/13, Thomas Ward wrote: > From: Thomas Ward > Hi Dark, > > Yeah, same here.. Castaways was a game I really liked > when it came > out. Still do, but as there is no new content I've grown a > bit tired > of it, or rather the current version. I wish Aprone would > set Swamp > aside and continue Castaways or produce something new like > he did when > he started out. It seems these days all Aprone works on is > Swamp, > Swamp, Swamp, and what happened to the guy who was > constantly bringing > out new games like Towers of War, Dog Who Hates Toast, > Castaways, and > so on? > > Cheers! --- 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://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. --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
Well Tom, I would have to say that you're suffering the effects of what you've engaged in yourself. We all still wait with eager anticipation for the Mysteries of the Ancients sidescroller that you began work on... errh... when was that now? Large-scale projects like the ones a lot of us have taken on tend to do one of two things. They either swallow our attention completely to the exclusion of all else or they make other ideas and projects extremely tempting which pull us away from them for periods of time. It's an infernal balancing act for the creative mind. This tug of war is increased for you since the projects you started aren't completely obligation free. You effectively have placed an albatross of expectation around your neck which must somehow be dealt with. The good side of that is that when you at last finish one of these games, you get the monument effect provided the game is good and replayable enough to be kept on people's hard drives. Shadowgate is an example of a game that lacks this. Once I've completed it, I have nothing substantive to gain by playing it again. On the other hand, kerkercruip will always have a spot since so much changes from game to game. Same with Nethack and Fallthru. Swamp has the draw both of adventure and community participation. Jeremy is still adding features to that work of art so there's still that "what will he do next" factor too. Once abandonned, it shouldn't suffer as much as has Castaways since players themselves provide so much of the game's draw. On 3/22/13, john wrote: > I do remember that conversation myself, though not who supported > which point. > > - Original Message - > From: Jeremy Kaldobsky To: Gamers Discussion list Date sent: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:53:44 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play > > I'd also love to set Swamp aside to work on other games, but so > far that hasn't been easy. Swamp got so big that it took a > tremendous amount of time just to maintain it, and the security. > I do plan to do other games and projects, but I guess I have been > telling myself that for 6 months, haha! > > Actually, the guy who was constantly bringing out new games like > Towers of War, Dog Who Hates Toast, Castaways, and so on, was in > a lengthy conversation here on audyssey where the majority of > people agreed that instead of a lot of little games, a single > game should be stuck with and developed into something really > big. I prefer doing a lot of smaller games, but I went with what > the community wanted and we have Swamp as a result. I was pretty > sure you participated in that conversation Thomas, but I might be > remembering it wrong and you may have been on the side supporting > more, smaller games. It's been a long time. :) > > - Aprone > > > --- > 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://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. > -- Michael Feir Volunteer at The Dam http://www.thedam.org 2011-- Twitter: mfeir Skype: michael-feir Author of Personal Power: How Accessible Computers Can Enhance Personal Life For Blind People 2006-2008 http://michaelfeir.blogspot.com/2009/01/personal-power.html A Life of Word and Sound 2003-2007 http://michaelfeir.blogspot.com/2009/01/life-of-word-and-sound.html Creator and former editor of Audyssey Magazine 1996-2004 Check out my blog at: http://www.michaelfeir.blogspot.com --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
I do remember that conversation myself, though not who supported which point. - Original Message - From: Jeremy Kaldobsky I'd also love to set Swamp aside to work on other games, but so far that hasn't been easy. Swamp got so big that it took a tremendous amount of time just to maintain it, and the security. I do plan to do other games and projects, but I guess I have been telling myself that for 6 months, haha! Actually, the guy who was constantly bringing out new games like Towers of War, Dog Who Hates Toast, Castaways, and so on, was in a lengthy conversation here on audyssey where the majority of people agreed that instead of a lot of little games, a single game should be stuck with and developed into something really big. I prefer doing a lot of smaller games, but I went with what the community wanted and we have Swamp as a result. I was pretty sure you participated in that conversation Thomas, but I might be remembering it wrong and you may have been on the side supporting more, smaller games. It's been a long time. :) - Aprone --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
Hi Thomas, Have you tried Slide from L-wroks? or was that L-Works? Welcome to Slide. Slide is a 15-number slide puzzle with a few extra modes. A slide puzzle is a puzzle usually with a picture or a group of numbers. A typical slide puzzle is a 4 by 4 grid of squares with one blank spot for squares to be rearranged. The goal of any slide puzzle is to unscramble the numbers or picture in to their propper order. Slide offers a 3 by 3 grid with 8 numbers, a 4 by 4 grid with the standard 15 numbers, and an extra mode called Words mode. Unscramble one of over 29 thousand 8-letter words. Slide will be released christmas day, and best of all it will be completely free to download and play. http://www.l-works.net/free.php --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
I'd also love to set Swamp aside to work on other games, but so far that hasn't been easy. Swamp got so big that it took a tremendous amount of time just to maintain it, and the security. I do plan to do other games and projects, but I guess I have been telling myself that for 6 months, haha! Actually, the guy who was constantly bringing out new games like Towers of War, Dog Who Hates Toast, Castaways, and so on, was in a lengthy conversation here on audyssey where the majority of people agreed that instead of a lot of little games, a single game should be stuck with and developed into something really big. I prefer doing a lot of smaller games, but I went with what the community wanted and we have Swamp as a result. I was pretty sure you participated in that conversation Thomas, but I might be remembering it wrong and you may have been on the side supporting more, smaller games. It's been a long time. :) - Aprone --- On Thu, 3/21/13, Thomas Ward wrote: > From: Thomas Ward > Hi Dark, > > Yeah, same here.. Castaways was a game I really liked > when it came > out. Still do, but as there is no new content I've grown a > bit tired > of it, or rather the current version. I wish Aprone would > set Swamp > aside and continue Castaways or produce something new like > he did when > he started out. It seems these days all Aprone works on is > Swamp, > Swamp, Swamp, and what happened to the guy who was > constantly bringing > out new games like Towers of War, Dog Who Hates Toast, > Castaways, and > so on? > > Cheers! --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
I don't care about any games with no english in them. Saying that I know some advanced hard corers that know the language some fully and some enough to play simular games and know what the heck its all about. At 12:06 PM 3/22/2013, you wrote: Hi Tom. I'm afraid regarding the Japanese games I'm in the same position. I'll also add that for an rpg where for me a good part of the interest is! the story, if that story is literally unreadable that removes a significant element of enjoyment from the game. this was why i grew quickly frustrated when i tried bockerano debuken, which had a tutorial entirely in japanese at that point not to mention story sequences. Of course, if I spoke japanese my position would likely be different though at the moment I'm having enough fun learning Italian :D. Beware the Grue! Dark. --- 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://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. --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
I wish the guy who made the Mario game, the good one, the one with the inovative feature of showing the land scape in braille, would make more clasic games, maybe even a Mario 64 type game, or mortal kombat. I'd love to see what he could do with a 3D type game, like mario 64. I never was much into his dragon ball z game though, seemed so strange how you moved and stuff. Sent from my iPod On 21 Mar 2013, at 19:26, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi Dark, > > Yeah, same here.. Castaways was a game I really liked when it came > out. Still do, but as there is no new content I've grown a bit tired > of it, or rather the current version. I wish Aprone would set Swamp > aside and continue Castaways or produce something new like he did when > he started out. It seems these days all Aprone works on is Swamp, > Swamp, Swamp, and what happened to the guy who was constantly bringing > out new games like Towers of War, Dog Who Hates Toast, Castaways, and > so on? > > Cheers! > > > > > > On 3/21/13, dark wrote: >> Hi Tom. >> this is unfortunately true of swamp on all counts, though in fairness to >> Aprone I don't see it as so much a rcyticism of the game design as of the >> design genre of online multiplayer fps which Swamp is, it's like the way a >> mud would not be a mud if it were offline. >> >> In fairness though this is another reason I would like to see aprone create >> >> a castaways Ii. I spent a good while at a hotel in buxton where there was >> also no net connection playing castaways. While it's still a fun game to >> run, I'd love! to see it expanded into something like dwarf fortress with >> ful civlization building. >> >> Beware the Grue! >> >> Dark. > > --- > 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://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. --- 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://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.
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If I had to make an estimate, I'd say I understand at least 50% of the story. The story is definitely not utterly unreadable, not if you pay close attention and pick what you can out of the translated sentences. They are fairly jumbled, but most of the time I can figure out at least the jist of what was being said. It's especially easy now that there's the InstantTranslate Addon for NVDA. As for the games speaking Japanese, first of all, that sounded more like chinese, haha. And secondly, that only happens with the self-voicing games, which don't work with translators anyway. The only way the games that use clipboard output speak japanese is if you set them up with a clipboard monitor and a japanese Sapi voice. These games are very, extremely playable, the storyline can be read with some patience and careful listening, the game mechanics of every game I've played so far are easy to understand and I personally think anyone who doesn't at least give the games a try is missing out on some serious awesomeness since there is nothing even remotely equivalent in english, and won't be for a while if the games that are in development now are any indication. -- From: "Clement Chou" Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 05:08 PM To: "Gamers Discussion list" Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play Hi Dark. Like I said earlier, I get it.. these games aren't for everyone. I'm just curious as to how much story the people using the translator tools are getting since for me, a good rpg or action adventure title would definitely need to have a good story. It's almost ironic... that I understand more without the translators than with them. While my Japanese isn't completely fluent, it's good enough that I understand about 30-40% of what's usually said. If I try to use the translation methods most of the audiogamers use, I get so confused. lol --- 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://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.
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Hi Dark, My point exactly. I can play the Japanese games, but so much is lost through translation that I get no enjoyment out of it. Like you I am interest in reading the game's back story, history, etc and if the text is unreadable or requires a serious amount of translation forget it. I just don't have the time, energy, or patients to try and resolve the language barrier. Cheers! On 3/21/13, dark wrote: > Hi Tom. > > I'm afraid regarding the Japanese games I'm in the same position. I'll also > > add that for an rpg where for me a good part of the interest is! the story, > > if that story is literally unreadable that removes a significant element of > > enjoyment from the game. > > this was why i grew quickly frustrated when i tried bockerano debuken, which > > had a tutorial entirely in japanese at that point not to mention story > sequences. > > Of course, if I spoke japanese my position would likely be different though > > at the moment I'm having enough fun learning Italian :D. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > 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://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. > --- 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://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.
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Hi Dark, Yeah, same here.. Castaways was a game I really liked when it came out. Still do, but as there is no new content I've grown a bit tired of it, or rather the current version. I wish Aprone would set Swamp aside and continue Castaways or produce something new like he did when he started out. It seems these days all Aprone works on is Swamp, Swamp, Swamp, and what happened to the guy who was constantly bringing out new games like Towers of War, Dog Who Hates Toast, Castaways, and so on? Cheers! On 3/21/13, dark wrote: > Hi Tom. > this is unfortunately true of swamp on all counts, though in fairness to > Aprone I don't see it as so much a rcyticism of the game design as of the > design genre of online multiplayer fps which Swamp is, it's like the way a > mud would not be a mud if it were offline. > > In fairness though this is another reason I would like to see aprone create > > a castaways Ii. I spent a good while at a hotel in buxton where there was > also no net connection playing castaways. While it's still a fun game to > run, I'd love! to see it expanded into something like dwarf fortress with > ful civlization building. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > --- 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://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.
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Hi Clement. In fairness most translation software especially from Japanese to english doesn't exactly make much sense either, the grama and syntax is so completely crazy judging by all the times I've seen people use the software to translate say japanese game scripts or info from japanese gaming websites. In general Japanese is a hard language to translate to english it seems (though that would only make sense given how far away japan is in the world and the lack of relation). Myself, I'd love to play these games if they were translated, but as it stands I probably just lack the patience either to paste everything into a translator or to puzzle stuff out afterwards. Beware the grue! Dark. --- 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://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.
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Hi Dark. Like I said earlier, I get it.. these games aren't for everyone. I'm just curious as to how much story the people using the translator tools are getting since for me, a good rpg or action adventure title would definitely need to have a good story. It's almost ironic... that I understand more without the translators than with them. While my Japanese isn't completely fluent, it's good enough that I understand about 30-40% of what's usually said. If I try to use the translation methods most of the audiogamers use, I get so confused. lol - Original Message - From: "dark" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play Hi Tom. I'm afraid regarding the Japanese games I'm in the same position. I'll also add that for an rpg where for me a good part of the interest is! the story, if that story is literally unreadable that removes a significant element of enjoyment from the game. this was why i grew quickly frustrated when i tried bockerano debuken, which had a tutorial entirely in japanese at that point not to mention story sequences. Of course, if I spoke japanese my position would likely be different though at the moment I'm having enough fun learning Italian :D. Beware the Grue! Dark. --- 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://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. --- 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://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.
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Hi Tom. I'm afraid regarding the Japanese games I'm in the same position. I'll also add that for an rpg where for me a good part of the interest is! the story, if that story is literally unreadable that removes a significant element of enjoyment from the game. this was why i grew quickly frustrated when i tried bockerano debuken, which had a tutorial entirely in japanese at that point not to mention story sequences. Of course, if I spoke japanese my position would likely be different though at the moment I'm having enough fun learning Italian :D. Beware the Grue! Dark. --- 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://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.
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Hi Tom. this is unfortunately true of swamp on all counts, though in fairness to Aprone I don't see it as so much a rcyticism of the game design as of the design genre of online multiplayer fps which Swamp is, it's like the way a mud would not be a mud if it were offline. In fairness though this is another reason I would like to see aprone create a castaways Ii. I spent a good while at a hotel in buxton where there was also no net connection playing castaways. While it's still a fun game to run, I'd love! to see it expanded into something like dwarf fortress with ful civlization building. Beware the Grue! Dark. --- 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://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.
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Hi Al, No, the wrestling game is a PC game. Tehnically there are two versions in development. One text based console version for Linux and the newer updated version I'm working on with speech output etc. Besides the fact I don't even have an iPhone, don't have the tools to develop games for one if I did, at this point I am not in a mood to redo all the work I've done on my other projects. Cheers! On 3/21/13, Allan Thompson wrote: > Hi Tom, > God forbid that the audio dependant has to be shuffled into the iPhone as a > game platform. Honestly, while I love the iPhone for what it does, I really > haven't enjoyed anything in the game department that I thought I had to > really have when it came to the IOS apps. Give me a PC any day of the week. > Does this mean your wrestling game is hanging on this particular decision? > > As for new games, there is Tactical Battles and that shadowgate adventure > and they are free...I got to check out what Dark mentioned too. > > Let me rephrase what I said earlier. I know IOS is probably the latest fad, > but I am hoping a developer could do both, and not drop the one for the > other. > > Well, that's my two copper coins. > al --- 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://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.
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I have a gaming mouse and thats how I play swamp. At 10:20 AM 3/22/2013, you wrote: Aprone has said he's got no intent to make the game playable without a mouse (though you can assign the mouse buttons to other keys). That said, it's really not hard to use the touchpad, especially because the game really only takes one hand on the keyboard. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward http://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. --- 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://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.
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well having got on a high and after busting most of my ammo and getting owned on the factory hmmm. now I have barely a penny worth of rep to my name and am trying to scratch out a living. At 05:06 AM 3/22/2013, you wrote: I'll also add on the swamp front, that it is practically! possible to pretend it is a single player game, by carrying out quests for the refuge, raising your level etc, since you cannot harm other players and while cooperative missions exist, they're optional rather than required. I've been quite happy playing swamp despite my intensive dislike of pvp, in fact the only reason i've not been in the game more recently is that I've been at my parents on my laptop which A, doesn't have as fast a connection, and B, doesn't have a mouse, I would however like to get back to swamp myself since it's been a while since I played. Beware the Grue! Dark. --- 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://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. --- 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://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.
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Aprone has said he's got no intent to make the game playable without a mouse (though you can assign the mouse buttons to other keys). That said, it's really not hard to use the touchpad, especially because the game really only takes one hand on the keyboard. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward I've been thinking about giving Swamp another go. Its been about six months since I tried it, and I've been interested in looking at some of the changes. However, do you know if it can now be played on a laptop without a mouse? My laptop only has a touchpad and that is a major pain in the backside to play Swamp with. So I was wondering if Swamp now has keyboard commands so I don't have to unhook my USB mouse from my desktop and carry it around with me everywhere I go just to play Swamp. If not I'm going to have to wait until keyboard support is added and the mouse is no longer a necessity. --- 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://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.
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You'd be shocked how easy it is with a trackpad, especially if you reassign some keys. I've tried both trackpad and mouse with my laptop, and I would never switch over to using a traditional mouse. Swamp also has an offline mode, and as I said, with campaigns, the online part isn't everything. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward Well, I like Swamp, but you hit upon the major problem why I don't play it much. My laptop only has one of those crappy touchpads, and I can not play Swamp very well with the touchpad. I'm not going to unhook my USB mouse from my desktop and take it along with me everywhere I go just to play Swamp. Plus that assumes there is a desk, table, or similar surface where I can setup my laptop and mouse to play which means its all around an inconvenience when it comes to portability. The other issue is an Internet connection isn't always available. If I'm in the car riding from say Millersberg to Wooster to go shopping or something I'm probably going to be without an Internet connection for the duration of the trip. So I can't just bring up Swamp, log into the game, and play. Once again, it seems a game designed for people who happen to be at home and tied to their desktop. Its not designed for people who travel a lot and are trying to pack a few games on their laptop or netbook for entertainment purposes. Cheers! --- 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://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.
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Hi Shaun, Oh, I was just thinking out loud so to speak. I have no actual plans to bale out of the PC market for a number of reasons. First, all or most of my training as a programmer is geared towards Microsoft Windows and related technologies. I originally learned C++ for Windows using Visual C++ and later adapted those skills for Linux and the open source APIs and technologies. Later I learned Microsoft's .NET Framework and languages which is now the standard for all modern Microsoft Windows devices. Bottom line, if I want to program for iOS I would have to spend time researching and studying how to develop for that platform. It probably is no big deal except it still takes time and energy that cold be better spent elsewhere. Second, there would be a huge financial investment required to develop for iOS. I'd have to buy a Mac, buy an iOS device, and then develop the software for it. We are talking a couple of thousand up front I just don't have to spend. Finally, Apple is a bit too controlling for my liking. If I want to develop software I have to sell through there App Store, have everything board approved, etc and I like the freedom just to develop and sell software without going through a third-party like Apple. Cheers! On 3/21/13, shaun everiss wrote: > well I wouldn't bail out just yet. > Its likely I will get a droid or iphone or something like it in the > near future. > Ofcause with most games being a dollar or 2 they can easily be funded > even the most expensive Iphone game is only 13 dollars you can't buy > pc stuff for that. > I think the most expensive software I have seen is about 25 dollars > there are probably more things over that but not many I wager. > android devices have 200 dolar software but thats mostly specialised > screenreader or gps tech. > This is a big trend right now not everything is moving foreward on ios. > Right now for example although things have dried up in some circles > others are growing quickly. > swamp comes to mind also tactical battle though thats not had any > releases for a little. > Swamp is probably the closest game we have to the mainstream > multiplayer rpgs like warcraft which is probably why its still going > strong. > However it may come to it that everyone will go out of the pc > markets, though I think there is still a market for pc stuff but its > all different. --- 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://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.
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Hi John, I've been thinking about giving Swamp another go. Its been about six months since I tried it, and I've been interested in looking at some of the changes. However, do you know if it can now be played on a laptop without a mouse? My laptop only has a touchpad and that is a major pain in the backside to play Swamp with. So I was wondering if Swamp now has keyboard commands so I don't have to unhook my USB mouse from my desktop and carry it around with me everywhere I go just to play Swamp. If not I'm going to have to wait until keyboard support is added and the mouse is no longer a necessity. On 3/21/13, john wrote: > You might be interested in trying out swamp, if you haven't done > so already. With the invention of the campaign scripting, it's > starting to get a lot more singgle-player capabilities. Rumor > also has it that there's a campaign competition coming up, so > that should spark some more off-line works. --- 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://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.
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No I can understand that. Was just commenting on how lamentable that it is there are no English games that complex. Love being able to speak the language though. grin - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play Hi Clement, Yeah, I know. I've been hearing about the Japanese games, heard they are awesome, but I don't have the patients to translate the game line by line. If I want to play I want to sit down and play it without hearing "ching chow who" and going "what did it say?" That's just too distracting for me and takes away from the enjoyment of the game. --- 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://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.
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Hi Clement, Yeah, I know. I've been hearing about the Japanese games, heard they are awesome, but I don't have the patients to translate the game line by line. If I want to play I want to sit down and play it without hearing "ching chow who" and going "what did it say?" That's just too distracting for me and takes away from the enjoyment of the game. Cheers! On 3/21/13, Clement Chou wrote: > The problem of course is that noone's made anything like that in English. > Yet at least three Japanese games I know of have enough to lose yourself in, > > and I haven't even finished them yet. lol You gotta give people a little > credit though for being patient enough to cope with translating line by > line. --- 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://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.
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Hi Dark, Well, I like Swamp, but you hit upon the major problem why I don't play it much. My laptop only has one of those crappy touchpads, and I can not play Swamp very well with the touchpad. I'm not going to unhook my USB mouse from my desktop and take it along with me everywhere I go just to play Swamp. Plus that assumes there is a desk, table, or similar surface where I can setup my laptop and mouse to play which means its all around an inconvenience when it comes to portability. The other issue is an Internet connection isn't always available. If I'm in the car riding from say Millersberg to Wooster to go shopping or something I'm probably going to be without an Internet connection for the duration of the trip. So I can't just bring up Swamp, log into the game, and play. Once again, it seems a game designed for people who happen to be at home and tied to their desktop. Its not designed for people who travel a lot and are trying to pack a few games on their laptop or netbook for entertainment purposes. Cheers! On 3/21/13, dark wrote: > I'll also add on the swamp front, that it is practically! possible to > pretend it is a single player game, by carrying out quests for the refuge, > raising your level etc, since you cannot harm other players and while > cooperative missions exist, they're optional rather than required. > > I've been quite happy playing swamp despite my intensive dislike of pvp, in > > fact the only reason i've not been in the game more recently is that I've > been at my parents on my laptop which A, doesn't have as fast a connection, > > and B, doesn't have a mouse, I would however like to get back to swamp > myself since it's been a while since I played. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > 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://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. > --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
The problem of course is that noone's made anything like that in English. Yet at least three Japanese games I know of have enough to lose yourself in, and I haven't even finished them yet. lol You gotta give people a little credit though for being patient enough to cope with translating line by line. - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play Hi Jim, No problem. I meant what I said. Press Your Luck is a great little game when I have a few minutes to kill, but the reason I began this thread is I'm looking for something other than a quick and easy game. I'm looking for something with a back story, hours of exploration, and basically an adventure I can lose myself in. I think if I want one I'm going to have to pull up Python or perhaps BGT and write one. :D Cheers! On 3/21/13, Jim Kitchen wrote: Hi Thomas, Thank you for saying that my Press Your Luck game is good for what it is. It is my new favorite little fun and easy to play game when you've got a few minutes. Thanks again. BFN Jim As easy as 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716 ( PI ) j...@kitchensinc.net http://www.kitchensinc.net (440) 286-6920 Chardon Ohio USA --- 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://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. --- 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://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. --- 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://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.
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Hi Jim, No problem. I meant what I said. Press Your Luck is a great little game when I have a few minutes to kill, but the reason I began this thread is I'm looking for something other than a quick and easy game. I'm looking for something with a back story, hours of exploration, and basically an adventure I can lose myself in. I think if I want one I'm going to have to pull up Python or perhaps BGT and write one. :D Cheers! On 3/21/13, Jim Kitchen wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > Thank you for saying that my Press Your Luck game is good for what it is. > It is my new favorite little fun and easy to play game when you've got a few > minutes. > > Thanks again. > > BFN > > Jim > > As easy as 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716 ( PI ) > > j...@kitchensinc.net > http://www.kitchensinc.net > (440) 286-6920 > Chardon Ohio USA > --- > 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://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. > --- 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://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.
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There's also nothing stopping you from soloing missions, while it might take some more work to start with, it tends to really be quite easy once you get the hang of the mission. - Original Message - From: "dark" I'll also add on the swamp front, that it is practically! possible to pretend it is a single player game, by carrying out quests for the refuge, raising your level etc, since you cannot harm other players and while cooperative missions exist, they're optional rather than required. I've been quite happy playing swamp despite my intensive dislike of pvp, in fact the only reason i've not been in the game more recently is that I've been at my parents on my laptop which A, doesn't have as fast a connection, and B, doesn't have a mouse, I would however like to get back to swamp myself since it's been a while since I played. Beware the Grue! Dark. --- 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://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. --- 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://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.
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I'll also add on the swamp front, that it is practically! possible to pretend it is a single player game, by carrying out quests for the refuge, raising your level etc, since you cannot harm other players and while cooperative missions exist, they're optional rather than required. I've been quite happy playing swamp despite my intensive dislike of pvp, in fact the only reason i've not been in the game more recently is that I've been at my parents on my laptop which A, doesn't have as fast a connection, and B, doesn't have a mouse, I would however like to get back to swamp myself since it's been a while since I played. Beware the Grue! Dark. --- 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://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.
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You might be interested in trying out swamp, if you haven't done so already. With the invention of the campaign scripting, it's starting to get a lot more singgle-player capabilities. Rumor also has it that there's a campaign competition coming up, so that should spark some more off-line works. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward Okay, I am looking at the Audiogames.net website for something new to play, something interesting, and correct me if I'm wrong but it seems the only accessible games that seem to be under active development and are being talked about these days are games for iOS. It seems the accessible PC games have just stopped or are rapidly being taken over by games for smart phones and tablets. The only PC games I can see that I haven't tried are the Japanese audio games like Bokura No Daibouken which I have no intentions of trying unless a fully English version is produced that doesn't require translation from Japanese to English. Otherwise I don't see much new I haven't tried. I can't go for iOS because I don't as yet own my own iPhone or IPad so that's an instant out, and the game has to run on Windows or Linux. So have any suggestions for me what to play? I don't want to play Swamp or Road To Rage because I am not really into player verses player games. I want something I can download and play solo. I've tried Jim's new Press Your Luck, and it was good for what it is, but I want something more with exploration, adventures, etc. I don't really see anything like that for the PC these days. I'm sure there is something out there be it a mud, web based RPG game, or an audio game that will suit but I just as yet don't know what to try. Cheers! --- 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://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. --- 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://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.
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Hi Thomas, Thank you for saying that my Press Your Luck game is good for what it is. It is my new favorite little fun and easy to play game when you've got a few minutes. Thanks again. BFN Jim As easy as 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716 ( PI ) j...@kitchensinc.net http://www.kitchensinc.net (440) 286-6920 Chardon Ohio USA --- 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://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.
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well I wouldn't bail out just yet. Its likely I will get a droid or iphone or something like it in the near future. Ofcause with most games being a dollar or 2 they can easily be funded even the most expensive Iphone game is only 13 dollars you can't buy pc stuff for that. I think the most expensive software I have seen is about 25 dollars there are probably more things over that but not many I wager. android devices have 200 dolar software but thats mostly specialised screenreader or gps tech. This is a big trend right now not everything is moving foreward on ios. Right now for example although things have dried up in some circles others are growing quickly. swamp comes to mind also tactical battle though thats not had any releases for a little. Swamp is probably the closest game we have to the mainstream multiplayer rpgs like warcraft which is probably why its still going strong. However it may come to it that everyone will go out of the pc markets, though I think there is still a market for pc stuff but its all different. At 04:36 PM 3/21/2013, you wrote: Hi Shaun, You may be right. I guess I'm just surprised with the availability of tools like BGT its now easier than ever to develop audio games for Windows quickly, easily, and within a person's low income budget and game releases for PC seem to be dropping off instead of increasing. For a while there, perhaps last year, there were a number of freebies written in BGT that were released. They weren't award winning games by any means, but they were something to download and play. I had hoped some of those up and coming developers would release something else by now, but a lot of them released one or two simple freebies and disappeared. Some of them like Battle Zone was showing promise, and I haven't heard anything new on that project for a while. It seems to me that a lot of people are buying iPhones or iPads, and there are a wealth of games there that has redirected focus to the smart phone and tablet market. Eventually, I myself will be buying one when I have the money, but as someone who has just a regular cell phone I don't have instant access to all the new cool games. I have been able to borrow my in-laws iPhone to get a feel for the device and played a few games on it, but since its not mine I don't have access to it 24/7. However, because of the up serge in interest in such devices I'm wondering if USA Games might be better off investing in the tools to write games for iOS and get out of the PC business while the iron is still hot. :D However, even though I sound a bit dire I do think it is just a trend. There is a certain logic in having games on an iPhone and that is a matter of convenience. If someone is riding a train, sitting outside waiting for a class to start, taking a lunch break, he or she can just take out there iPhone and play Lost Cities or something while they wait. You can't do that with a PC unless you have a Netbook or something like that along. Even then an iPhone is probably handier. There is still a market for PC games given that an average desktop or laptop has more CPU power, can handle graphics better, has a larger screen, and of course may have better audio as well. Those kinds of features will most likely encourage developers to produce better games for Windows while they continue to develop simpler games like the Storm8 games for iOS. Cheers! On 3/20/13, shaun everiss wrote: > Yeah it looks that way, a lot of the big blind gamer companies well > not all of them obviously but a lot of them are either concentrating > on the msmartphone markets or simply not releasing anything pc related. > The ag forums team of opensourcers and hackers did keep things going > but thats stopped to. > Most stuff is for android or the i devices mostly the latter. > This was part of my rants a bit ago, it feels like just about > everything has died or stopped for an extended length of time. > I can't name who has stopped but as a whole its stopped. > Its just possible that with the rise in access especially for the ios > devices the blind community is seriously having second thoughts about > where to go. > Right now myself, the next revolution in gaming for the pc needs to > be the touch screen and in particularly even though this will > probably disadvantage a large percentage of the community at large > for some time the windows8 system. > A lot of stores are pulling out of pc gaming in general for cds at any > rate. > Mostly because the games now are all cloud based web games or simply > using things like steam, etc. > I think the market is switching from a lot of standalone games to > multiplayer games of large size. > I still like the pc games but that market is getting smaller and > smaller as pcs well focus is shifted to handheld devices. > I'm not suggesting that the pc game market is totally dead and I > don't think it is the end of gaming for the blind or gaming for pcs > in general but its quiet out t
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Hi Tom, God forbid that the audio dependant has to be shuffled into the iPhone as a game platform. Honestly, while I love the iPhone for what it does, I really haven't enjoyed anything in the game department that I thought I had to really have when it came to the IOS apps. Give me a PC any day of the week. Does this mean your wrestling game is hanging on this particular decision? As for new games, there is Tactical Battles and that shadowgate adventure and they are free...I got to check out what Dark mentioned too. Let me rephrase what I said earlier. I know IOS is probably the latest fad, but I am hoping a developer could do both, and not drop the one for the other. Well, that's my two copper coins. al "The truth will set you free" Jesus Christ of Nazareth 33A.D. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward To: Gamers Discussion list Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play --- 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://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.
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Hi Shaun, You may be right. I guess I'm just surprised with the availability of tools like BGT its now easier than ever to develop audio games for Windows quickly, easily, and within a person's low income budget and game releases for PC seem to be dropping off instead of increasing. For a while there, perhaps last year, there were a number of freebies written in BGT that were released. They weren't award winning games by any means, but they were something to download and play. I had hoped some of those up and coming developers would release something else by now, but a lot of them released one or two simple freebies and disappeared. Some of them like Battle Zone was showing promise, and I haven't heard anything new on that project for a while. It seems to me that a lot of people are buying iPhones or iPads, and there are a wealth of games there that has redirected focus to the smart phone and tablet market. Eventually, I myself will be buying one when I have the money, but as someone who has just a regular cell phone I don't have instant access to all the new cool games. I have been able to borrow my in-laws iPhone to get a feel for the device and played a few games on it, but since its not mine I don't have access to it 24/7. However, because of the up serge in interest in such devices I'm wondering if USA Games might be better off investing in the tools to write games for iOS and get out of the PC business while the iron is still hot. :D However, even though I sound a bit dire I do think it is just a trend. There is a certain logic in having games on an iPhone and that is a matter of convenience. If someone is riding a train, sitting outside waiting for a class to start, taking a lunch break, he or she can just take out there iPhone and play Lost Cities or something while they wait. You can't do that with a PC unless you have a Netbook or something like that along. Even then an iPhone is probably handier. There is still a market for PC games given that an average desktop or laptop has more CPU power, can handle graphics better, has a larger screen, and of course may have better audio as well. Those kinds of features will most likely encourage developers to produce better games for Windows while they continue to develop simpler games like the Storm8 games for iOS. Cheers! On 3/20/13, shaun everiss wrote: > Yeah it looks that way, a lot of the big blind gamer companies well > not all of them obviously but a lot of them are either concentrating > on the msmartphone markets or simply not releasing anything pc related. > The ag forums team of opensourcers and hackers did keep things going > but thats stopped to. > Most stuff is for android or the i devices mostly the latter. > This was part of my rants a bit ago, it feels like just about > everything has died or stopped for an extended length of time. > I can't name who has stopped but as a whole its stopped. > Its just possible that with the rise in access especially for the ios > devices the blind community is seriously having second thoughts about > where to go. > Right now myself, the next revolution in gaming for the pc needs to > be the touch screen and in particularly even though this will > probably disadvantage a large percentage of the community at large > for some time the windows8 system. > A lot of stores are pulling out of pc gaming in general for cds at any > rate. > Mostly because the games now are all cloud based web games or simply > using things like steam, etc. > I think the market is switching from a lot of standalone games to > multiplayer games of large size. > I still like the pc games but that market is getting smaller and > smaller as pcs well focus is shifted to handheld devices. > I'm not suggesting that the pc game market is totally dead and I > don't think it is the end of gaming for the blind or gaming for pcs > in general but its quiet out there. > Even when I go online these days bar the occational security update, > virus or hacker attack on the network or news article the net is > slowed right down for me at any rate. > I can't explain it but thats what it is. > --- 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://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.
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Hi Tom. since smugglers 5, the main releases we've had for pc have tended to be smaller games like Jim's and the BG ones, however there are some I wonder if you've played as yet, several of which have had new updates. Firstly, kerkerkruip had a new version quite recently, just before christmas, if you don't know kerkerkruip, see the audiogames.net db, but it's a full on solo dungeon rpg written in glulx format, and is highly worth a try, especially for it's incredibly detailed combat. Another game that has recently had an update is Kirt wolf shrine of the lynx. This is an audio adventure game, but one with full 3D graphics. it has animal protagonists similar to carsh bandicoot etc, and a cutesy spy atmosphere, but it is a ful game where you can walk in all 360 degrees, jump gaps, and do stealth missions. For more info see the db. then, a brouser game I've been playing a lot recently is puppet nightmares. This is an anime style game, with probably the most complex rpg battles I've ever seen. It somewhat resembles pokemon in that you collect and train soul puppets, but it's story and ethos are set around a game played by children in a small german town taught by a mystical mage called the toy maker, and your quest to find your missing brother. Pvp is entirely option, and the game even has a solo story. It lacks battle descriptions, but the characters, itesm etc have text, and the battles are very complex and reactive. hth. all the best, Dark. --- 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://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.
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30 bucks is a bit steep for 1 ep though. and there is replay value for that to. At 12:17 PM 3/21/2013, you wrote: Hi Thomas, The only major game release I'm aware of in the past while has been The Inquisitor audio adventure. It has an iOS version along with PC and Mac and can be compared to old-style point-and-click adventures for the sighted, such as those from Sierra Online or Lucas Arts. I'm not sure if this is quite what you're looking for, but it's what came to mind. Find it at http://www.eymerich.it/index.php?center p;lang=eng. Best, Zack. On Mar 20, 2013, at 3:42 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi all, > > Okay, I am looking at the Audiogames.net website for something new to > play, something interesting, and correct me if I'm wrong but it seems > the only accessible games that seem to be under active development and > are being talked about these days are games for iOS. It seems the > accessible PC games have just stopped or are rapidly being taken over > by games for smart phones and tablets. The only PC games I can see > that I haven't tried are the Japanese audio games like Bokura No > Daibouken which I have no intentions of trying unless a fully English > version is produced that doesn't require translation from Japanese to > English. Otherwise I don't see much new I haven't tried. I can't go > for iOS because I don't as yet own my own iPhone or IPad so that's an > instant out, and the game has to run on Windows or Linux. > > So have any suggestions for me what to play? I don't want to play > Swamp or Road To Rage because I am not really into player verses > player games. I want something I can download and play solo. I've > tried Jim's new Press Your Luck, and it was good for what it is, but I > want something more with exploration, adventures, etc. I don't really > see anything like that for the PC these days. I'm sure there is > something out there be it a mud, web based RPG game, or an audio game > that will suit but I just as yet don't know what to try. > > Cheers! > > --- > 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://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. --- 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://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. --- 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://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.
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Yeah it looks that way, a lot of the big blind gamer companies well not all of them obviously but a lot of them are either concentrating on the msmartphone markets or simply not releasing anything pc related. The ag forums team of opensourcers and hackers did keep things going but thats stopped to. Most stuff is for android or the i devices mostly the latter. This was part of my rants a bit ago, it feels like just about everything has died or stopped for an extended length of time. I can't name who has stopped but as a whole its stopped. Its just possible that with the rise in access especially for the ios devices the blind community is seriously having second thoughts about where to go. Right now myself, the next revolution in gaming for the pc needs to be the touch screen and in particularly even though this will probably disadvantage a large percentage of the community at large for some time the windows8 system. A lot of stores are pulling out of pc gaming in general for cds at any rate. Mostly because the games now are all cloud based web games or simply using things like steam, etc. I think the market is switching from a lot of standalone games to multiplayer games of large size. I still like the pc games but that market is getting smaller and smaller as pcs well focus is shifted to handheld devices. I'm not suggesting that the pc game market is totally dead and I don't think it is the end of gaming for the blind or gaming for pcs in general but its quiet out there. Even when I go online these days bar the occational security update, virus or hacker attack on the network or news article the net is slowed right down for me at any rate. I can't explain it but thats what it is. At 11:42 AM 3/21/2013, you wrote: Hi all, Okay, I am looking at the Audiogames.net website for something new to play, something interesting, and correct me if I'm wrong but it seems the only accessible games that seem to be under active development and are being talked about these days are games for iOS. It seems the accessible PC games have just stopped or are rapidly being taken over by games for smart phones and tablets. The only PC games I can see that I haven't tried are the Japanese audio games like Bokura No Daibouken which I have no intentions of trying unless a fully English version is produced that doesn't require translation from Japanese to English. Otherwise I don't see much new I haven't tried. I can't go for iOS because I don't as yet own my own iPhone or IPad so that's an instant out, and the game has to run on Windows or Linux. So have any suggestions for me what to play? I don't want to play Swamp or Road To Rage because I am not really into player verses player games. I want something I can download and play solo. I've tried Jim's new Press Your Luck, and it was good for what it is, but I want something more with exploration, adventures, etc. I don't really see anything like that for the PC these days. I'm sure there is something out there be it a mud, web based RPG game, or an audio game that will suit but I just as yet don't know what to try. Cheers! --- 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://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. --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
Hi Zack, I see. Well, scratch that idea then, because at this time of the month the checkbook is quite low, and I'm not sure if I want to risk 19 Euros on a game I may or may not like. Although, the game does sound interesting from what I've heard about it so far. On 3/20/13, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi Tom, > Unfortunately, I don't believe they have a demo available. I could be wrong, > but I don't recall seeing one. > Yours, > Zack. --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
Hi Tom, Unfortunately, I don't believe they have a demo available. I could be wrong, but I don't recall seeing one. Yours, Zack. On Mar 20, 2013, at 4:57 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi Zachary, > > Do you know if they have a free demo available. All I can find is the > version I have to pay $19 EUR for, and at the moment I am running low > on cash. So might make do with a free demo for the time being if one > is available. > > On 3/20/13, Zachary Kline wrote: >> Hi Thomas, >> The only major game release I'm aware of in the past while has been The >> Inquisitor audio adventure. It has an iOS version along with PC and Mac and >> can be compared to old-style point-and-click adventures for the sighted, >> such as those from Sierra Online or Lucas Arts. >> I'm not sure if this is quite what you're looking for, but it's what came to >> mind. Find it at http://www.eymerich.it/index.php?center … p;lang=eng. >> Best, >> Zack. > > --- > 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://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. --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
Hi Zachary, Do you know if they have a free demo available. All I can find is the version I have to pay $19 EUR for, and at the moment I am running low on cash. So might make do with a free demo for the time being if one is available. On 3/20/13, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi Thomas, > The only major game release I'm aware of in the past while has been The > Inquisitor audio adventure. It has an iOS version along with PC and Mac and > can be compared to old-style point-and-click adventures for the sighted, > such as those from Sierra Online or Lucas Arts. > I'm not sure if this is quite what you're looking for, but it's what came to > mind. Find it at http://www.eymerich.it/index.php?center … p;lang=eng. > Best, > Zack. --- 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://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.
Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
Hi Thomas, The only major game release I'm aware of in the past while has been The Inquisitor audio adventure. It has an iOS version along with PC and Mac and can be compared to old-style point-and-click adventures for the sighted, such as those from Sierra Online or Lucas Arts. I'm not sure if this is quite what you're looking for, but it's what came to mind. Find it at http://www.eymerich.it/index.php?center … p;lang=eng. Best, Zack. On Mar 20, 2013, at 3:42 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi all, > > Okay, I am looking at the Audiogames.net website for something new to > play, something interesting, and correct me if I'm wrong but it seems > the only accessible games that seem to be under active development and > are being talked about these days are games for iOS. It seems the > accessible PC games have just stopped or are rapidly being taken over > by games for smart phones and tablets. The only PC games I can see > that I haven't tried are the Japanese audio games like Bokura No > Daibouken which I have no intentions of trying unless a fully English > version is produced that doesn't require translation from Japanese to > English. Otherwise I don't see much new I haven't tried. I can't go > for iOS because I don't as yet own my own iPhone or IPad so that's an > instant out, and the game has to run on Windows or Linux. > > So have any suggestions for me what to play? I don't want to play > Swamp or Road To Rage because I am not really into player verses > player games. I want something I can download and play solo. I've > tried Jim's new Press Your Luck, and it was good for what it is, but I > want something more with exploration, adventures, etc. I don't really > see anything like that for the PC these days. I'm sure there is > something out there be it a mud, web based RPG game, or an audio game > that will suit but I just as yet don't know what to try. > > Cheers! > > --- > 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://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. --- 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://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.
[Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play
Hi all, Okay, I am looking at the Audiogames.net website for something new to play, something interesting, and correct me if I'm wrong but it seems the only accessible games that seem to be under active development and are being talked about these days are games for iOS. It seems the accessible PC games have just stopped or are rapidly being taken over by games for smart phones and tablets. The only PC games I can see that I haven't tried are the Japanese audio games like Bokura No Daibouken which I have no intentions of trying unless a fully English version is produced that doesn't require translation from Japanese to English. Otherwise I don't see much new I haven't tried. I can't go for iOS because I don't as yet own my own iPhone or IPad so that's an instant out, and the game has to run on Windows or Linux. So have any suggestions for me what to play? I don't want to play Swamp or Road To Rage because I am not really into player verses player games. I want something I can download and play solo. I've tried Jim's new Press Your Luck, and it was good for what it is, but I want something more with exploration, adventures, etc. I don't really see anything like that for the PC these days. I'm sure there is something out there be it a mud, web based RPG game, or an audio game that will suit but I just as yet don't know what to try. Cheers! --- 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://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.
