Version 1.9b is released. I'm still not done with custom games, I know, I
know, why is it taking me so long?! Well, the custom game code was done just
enough to include 1 sample map, even though this does not truly reflect what I
want to do with the custom games. For now, it'll do.
I've
Hi,
I am going to ask this because I want to know if they both use Angel
script and use the same type of programming, well almost the same
programming code b Gt Uses. I heard that the GM engine can be changed so
other games on GM can work better, like Sarah, for instance.
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Hi Hayden,
I'm sorry, I should have indicated that that message was a forward from Alan.
It has been years since I read any Harry Potter.
Just out of curiosity, when the victims came out of Voldimort's wand, would
those have been victims of the wand or the person wielding the wand?
BFN
I personally want to thank you for what you do. I really enjoy your games.
First Towers of war and now lunanimals gave me some welcome distraction from
exams.
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To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent:
hi Alfredo,
The GMA engine has it's own scripting language that allows you to write
scripts with a regular word processer, save them as a text file and the
engine converts that script to a level file that the game can then use.
As it was written in visual basic 6 it contains some of the
Hi Nicol,
In Theory, you can make just about anything; if you had the dedication you
could probably put together another TDV.
Best Regards,
Hayden
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Behalf Of burakyuksek
Sent: Tuesday, May 17,
Hi,
Specifcly victums of the wand. If Voldmort had been using another wand, then
he would not have seen ssuch figures asHarry's parents.
Best Regards,
Hayden
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Sent: Tuesday,
Hey, all I can tell you all the true answer about who kill Sedrick.
In the book Harry Potter and the goblet of fire, Harry and Sedrick grab
the triwizard cup little did they know it was a port key to another
place and of course it took them to the graveyard.
Voldemort gave wormtail the order to
I can help out with drums as well as vocals. I'l give you the guitar
and bass since rock band guitar and bass is a nightmare for me... on
expert depending on the song. Yet, I can play the real thing and
play the same tough songs with no difficulty whatsoever. lol. I
guess muscle memory and
I think Philip is hoping to go cross platform at some point. I think the
main reason he hasn't is because at the moment Windows is still the main
gaming OS most blind folks use.
We are the Knights who say...Ni!
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Hi all,
Bryan is perfectly right. I have no problem going cross platform, but then
it must be with the certainty that I can make just as much profit from the
Mac or Linux version as I can from the Windows one. In other words, when
either Mac OSX or Linux is as widely used by visually impaired
To be honest nickle, if it's just a problerm of sounds your probably better
of just looking at modding the game really, ie, replacing the gun shooting
and thug sounds with others, or perhaps trying pipe 1 which doesn't
have the thugs.
Though as I've said before, my personal opinion is
Hi Dark,
There is no way of modding Pipe2 that I am aware of, the sounds are all
encrypted in the .bsc file.
Regards,
Damien.
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From: dark d...@xgam.org
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] bgt
When describing the reverse spell effect, dumbledor does specifically state
that one wand will force the other to reverse the spells it cast, so it
obviously is wand specific.
We know afterall someone else's wand can be used to do magic (though not
perhaps as well as the original owner
Hi Alfredo.
the gma engine was made a long while before bgt, and while it might have
been created in the c++ language which Bgt's angel scripting is based upon,
it certainly doesn't use it.
it's also a commercial engine which you need to buy yourself, and I believe
it is limited only to
NO review as of yet.
I haven't even started to swot the bgt documentation.
I'm planning to do this shortly.
This is only a long term dream I told you guys about.
I still have to swot the documentation and then, like I said, I first have
to make many small games and then I have to buy the
Hi Dark
Thanks for your comments.
Long ago I sent bsc games an e-mail to ask them if they could give me a copy
of the game with no encryption restrictions, as its not possible to mod the
game as it is.
I told bsc games about my situation, that my mom have this house rules of
no shooting games.
I
Clement,
Lol. I know what you mean. Thing is playing the real thing is way different
than playing it in rock band. I actually consider rock band to require more
muscle memory than the real thing as a matter of fact. with a real guitar,
keyboard, etc, you can improvise, and you can figure out
Well, my theory was right then... thanks for confirming what I
already know. The thing is it isn't figuring out what notes are
what... I can do that just fine. It's the finger movements on that
fret board... it isn't the way I'm used to doing things. lol. I'm
used to playing cords with my
Hey, I was wondering about the wrestling games that someone had said
last week that they was going to put them up on their website.
So I was wondering who might have said that. Who ever it was will you
please let me know when you do so I may get them? Thanks.
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Heh well I play piano, but I don't play guitar. so I'd imagine if I ever
tackled pro guitar I'd fail spectacularly due to the fact I won't have any
idea what the heck I'm doing. haha. pro guitar might be a good learning tool
for sighted people, but I doubt it will be for the blind. Ok dude,
ah fair enough damien.
Not being particularly a fan of mods generally, I've not really got much
knolidge of the subject, it just struck me that if all nickle wanted was a
version of pipe 2 that didn't have thugs etc, he'd be better of modding than
creating his own game if possible.
Beware
Hey... whatever man. If you really want to, I'm game for that as long
as you have a guitar to work with. lol. Of course the problem with
pro guitar is... you have to learn the, um, standard way to play
that song... which is the way the guitarist originally meant it. Even
if you come up with
That's more or less what I figured. In fact I seem to remember you saying
something to that effect a while back.
We are the Knights who say...Ni!
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Sent: Tuesday, May 17,
Hi Dark,
Makes sense, but as Damien pointed out one of the reasons Justin
encrypted all of the sounds and put them in a pack file ist to prevent
just that. You can't just replace sounds in Troopenum, Pipe, Hunter,
etc because the sounds are in a pack file and encrypted. So that
wouldn't work for
Well maybe he's added it to the collection of nonmoddables but I do know
that you used to be able to mod the original Troopanum. Ii never did that
myself bt I know you could have done so because at that time the sounds
weren't encripted. I probably won't bother with encripting my free titles
Hi Philip,
Smile. Yeah, I think we've discussed this all before. I for one
certainly understand your point of view. Especially, since you are
looking at this from a professional/business point of view rather than
from a personal one.
As I have indicated many times one of the reasons I'm
No,
It was because of the fact that Harry's and Voldemorts wands shared twin
cors.
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To: 'Gamers Discussion list' gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Harry Potter Trivia 2
Hi,
Hi Philip,
While I certainly understand the logic behind your decision its
opinions like this which causes something of a catch 22 situation.
Developers, like yourself, are hesitant of developing software for
non-Windows platforms like Mac or Linux simply because they don't
believe there is any
I thought pipe 1 was modable at least sinse I'm sure I recall bsc having a
contest for such at one point, but of course this might have changed.
All the best,
Dark.
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To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Hi Bryan,
Yes, I know. In terms of what platform or OS has the most games
Windows is the clear winner. That's true in the mainstream PC gaming
market as well as the accessible gaming market. Waiting until platform
x has a certain number of users is a bit of a misnomer though, because
it creates a
Hi Jim,
The victims who came out of the wand were victims of the wand itself
not the user who used it. The wands in the Harry Potter universe keeps
a record of every spell it cast, or at least the most recent ones and
that is not necessarily specific to any person who used it.
For Instance,
Hi Dark,
Yes, at one point Pipe 1 was moddable, but recently when Justin made his
games Vista and 7 compatible he changed most of the sounds in Pipe and
Troopanum 1, renamed them Classic Pipe and Classic Troopanum, and also
packed those into encrypted .bsc files.
Regards,
Damien.
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Not 100% relevant, but here's a way I made real time sound effects work in
both internet explorer and firefox using a sort of hidden flash container
object be manipulated using the JQuery javascript library:
http://www.blindza.co.za/RTDrums/index.php
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype:
Hey Chris,
Have you tried Wrecking Ball? It's similar to those games as well--yet
another of my dozen or so projects I've been working on.
Ken Downey
The Addictor
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To: 'Gamers Discussion
Hey Jeremy, I just looked at all your games. Rock on!
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To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 4:41 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] Lunimals v1.9b
Clement,
I don't think putting your own twist on songs would be very practical.
firstly because this is supposed to be a learning tool. which means
non-guitarist will probably mess something up pretty badly and think they're
putting their own twist on it and wonder why the game wasn't taking
Thanks you Jacob, I've saved your link and I'll take a look at it later.
DarkGrue version 1.9 is posted. I've added in better screen reader support,
better sapi, and the ability to use custom music at different points in the
story.
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If you want to
Is there a demo availible for this engin?
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To: birdlover2...@hotmail.com; Gamers Discussion list
gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 6:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] GMA and bgt?
hi Alfredo,
The GMA engine has it's
I probally wouldn't pay much for it. Though I would defenitly try it.
And the more i like it, the more I'll pay for the full version.
Good luck and regards,
Shane
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To: 'Gamers Discussion list' gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Tuesday,
Phrase Madness is finally here! you can download it here.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13071564/PhraseMadnessSetup.exe
or just get it from www.theaddictor.com.
the game costs $10. It starts by asking for your user name and serial number,
but if you want you can play it in demo mode by typing the
Just stuff that has popped into my head. I felt like sharing, and feel free to
add your own lol.
1) People will watch anything on TV.
2) I'm willing to sit through a thousand tick tock sounds, as long as you say
the word mouse here and there.
3) When I hear about huge locust swarms on TV, and
Hi Shane,
No David Greenwood never put out a demo of the engine.
I guess he figured playing Shads of Doom and Bank Commander were demo
enough.
A while ago David offered to sell the engine or rent it for a specific time.
There were about a dozen people who were using the engine to develop games,
Can you give a synopsis? Thanks.
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I would like to find both Wrecking Ball and Air Hockey. Any pointers are
appreciated. The last I recall, Wrecking Ball was being revamped. Thanks.
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To my fellow gamers.
I am receiving a execution error 1035.
I think it has something to do with my Microsoft voice input programs that
comes with windows but I'm not one hundred percent sure on that fact.
I just would like to know what this error is trying to tell me and how I
might go about
Those sound like to cool games to test out.
I too would appreciate those two games.
And is there a blind friendly windows version of the old classic Oregon
Trails?
Many Many Thanks.
Ron Kolesar
kolesar16...@roadrunner.com
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Actually, I'm now wondering about moss eating rabbits, sinse according
to everything I've heard including watership down, , rabbits usually prefer
grass!
These are obviously special luna rabbits.
I can see the book now, spaceship down! where the rabbits of Luna dome one
must trek to
Bank commander?
Where you must drive your ultra modern bank through six missions,
encountering such threats as enemy banks, accountants, financial agents and
the dreaded managers!
You do however have an assortment of modern weaponry at your disposal,
including machine funds, Shel oil bonds,
It's true that in real life, rabbits prefer grass over eating moss. I had to
bend reality a bit to balance the game out during development. In Lunimals
rabbits do eat grass, but I just moved it down on their list of preferences
more than it is in reality.
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Hi.
any good dos emulater for the blind that uses windows for the
sounds, so I can have speech in it?
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great! downloading it now.
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Subject: [Audyssey] Phrase Madness is Here!
Phrase Madness is
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if he's stoped celling it, is it abanden-where? If so, Could I have a copy?
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To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] GMA and bgt?
Hi Shane,
No David Greenwood
I have them both, but I never found a manual for ither.
If you all want to try them just let me know.
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To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] wrecking
LOL hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Beutiful! You forgot the counterfit money
which you can project at the enimie that will scare the crap out of them.
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From: dark d...@xgam.org
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 7:02 PM
Subject:
Certainly not shane.
Abandonware means the developer has stopped supporting the software, not
stopped selling it.
obviously David is supporting the software, sinse Phil is releasing new
versions of Sarah, and David is himself working on new games with it, he's
just not selling it anymore.
What you posted is exactly how I feel, too, only you worded it better.
And, Damien, I hope we won't keep you busy as a moderator as far as having
to work at keeping us in line. Welcome, although I am late in doing so, to
the position of list co-moderator. If you don't do well, we'll remove
hmm. Sorry.
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Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] GMA and bgt?
Certainly not shane.
Abandonware means the developer has stopped supporting the software, not
stopped
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Hi Alfredo,
No. The GMA engine and BGT engine are very different in design. The
GMA engine was written in Visual Basic and it has a pretty Basic-like
interface to it. BGT was written in C/C++ and Philip simplified it by
wrapping the engine using Angelscript. Angelscript is a language
similar to
Hi Shane,
David hasn't abandoned it, he is still using it for himself and for me.
I think it took too much of his time trying to teach people how to use it. I
won't quote prices as he had several plans to rent the game for a period of
time. And during that time he promised that he would answer
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Hi Phil,
H...Yeah, I definitly do see where David is coming from. That's
actually been one of my own issues with releasing my Genesis 3D
engine. If I release it, regardless if I release it for free or sell
it, I will have to support it. That usually means teaching newbies
lots of programming
BlindSoftware.com BlogCheck... this... out!
Shane
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Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 6:23 AM
Subject: BlindSoftware.com Blog Feed
BlindSoftware.com Blog Feed
Hey there,
The podcast link doesn't appear to be in Shane's message, so I've posted it
here.
http://www.blindsoftware.com/podcasts/2011/TheHistoryOfTroopanumPart1.mp3
I have listened to this podcast and find it quite fascinating.
Regards,
Damien.
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Hi Shane,
Uh...Just because David Greenwood isn't directly selling his engine to
the general public any more does not necessarily mean it is
abandonware. He is still continuing to create games for himself, and
Phil still uses it. Phil and David both have mentioned on more than
ocation that the
Hi Thomas,
I think the reason more people didn't complete their games is that although
the GMA engine had documentation, and a sample level script, you didn't get
the data base of objects and creatures that went with the script.
A data base of each creature had to be filled out if they were
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That was really Lowe. Notice the purposeful spelling. I did not say that
it was low. (grin)
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Wow--that was fast. You rock!
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From: Jeremy Kaldobsky jer...@kaldobsky.com
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Dark Grue
Thanks you Jacob, I've
Hey Jeremy, I think it would be fun to shrink down Alice and put her in one
of these domes lol
Wonder what she'd do as she saw the rabbits and mice died out or worse,
getting killed by cruel robot arms...
Ken Downey
The Addictor
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Hi Shane,
Interesting. I just finished listening to the podcast. Definitely was
a funny trip down memory lane.
Cheers!
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Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 6:02 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] Games
Hi Dark,
Lol! Now, that was funny. That's a good one. :D
Cheers!
On 5/17/11, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:
Bank commander?
Where you must drive your ultra modern bank through six missions,
encountering such threats as enemy banks, accountants, financial agents and
the dreaded managers!
You
Hi Phil,
Yeah, that makes sense. While that wouldn't be that complex for
someone like me the last thing a new user wants is to come face to
face with all the complexities of creating their own database. I have
to do something like that every time I create a new project with the
G3D Engine as
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Thanks Guys, this sounds intreaguing, especially sinse myself I didn't come
across audiogames until 2006, a couple of years after troopanum was
released.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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Well, that's some advanced genetic engineering, but I guess it could be done
lol
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From: Jeremy Kaldobsky jer...@kaldobsky.com
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 7:20 PM
Subject: Re:
Hi,
Actually, according to the podcast Troopenum has been around for about
10 years. That puts it at 2001/2002 or so. A good five years before
you came along.
Smile.
On 5/17/11, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:
Thanks Guys, this sounds intreaguing, especially sinse myself I didn't come
across
Hi Ron,
I'm afraid the error code alone doesn't give us much to go on. We need
to see a detailed error message, and what programs are running.
HTH
On 5/17/11, Ron Kolesar kolesar16...@roadrunner.com wrote:
To my fellow gamers.
I am receiving a execution error 1035.
I think it has something
Hi Michael,
Smile. That was Me. I'm in the process of modifying the Piledriver 4.9
database so it has a list of current WWE divas as well as male
superstars. I'm also writing my own custom WWE wrestling game, similar
to Piledriver, but with sound effects music, and will be
cross-platform.
On
So, I'm not clear, if I finished mission 7, which I did, is there reason for
me to download this version? I wasn't sure if it included any further play
or not.
Chris Bartlett
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Yes, I found that when i heard the podcast, another thing I didn't know
about the game ;#d.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 3:31 AM
Subject: Re:
I remember there being so much traffic, and I think it was on this list as a
matter of fact, about this game, Troopanum. The NFB was promoting the game
because it was produced by blind gamers. Wasn't it about the same time as
Aliens in the Outback was big? After a few months of reading about
I meant putting my own twist on songs while playing the real thing,
not rock band. lol. But I like what they're doing and hope they
continue to expand... and just release update patches for songs
rather than demanding people to buy them again from the get go.
At 10:38 AM 17/05/2011, you
Hi Charles,
Yes, in deed. I remember Troopenum was huge when it came out. I
believe Aliens in the Outback came out about the same time. As I
recall ESP and BSC were really popular at roughly the same time on the
list. Also GMA put out Shades of Doom 1.0 around 2001 so that was a
really good year
Hmmm This has got me on one of a small side mission.
During a bussy period, you get told of a transport crash.
There are humans in the dome.
Your robots don't seem to notice, now you need to stop those humans
from becomming prt of the dome contents or something.
Or have another one where you are
Hi.
YOur game installed fine, however I found it full of bees, wasps and
cockroaches.
The program is the default my program shortcut, the program itself
can't part of its sounds and even after fixing that it can't find
part of its libraries.
Can you please spray this program or something.
OK, spraying...
Sizzle sizzle snap pop...
Oh dang! I guess I shouldn't have used the flame thrower. My computer is
melting... Help! Help!
Seriously though, I found a bug--it was in the Inno installer. For now,
change your sounds directory to sound (without the s) and it should run
Hi,
You can just compile speakup as modules and install it into your allready
running kernel. Just do:
make
make modules_install
Inside of the speakup source tree.
Take care,
Rynhardt
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Hi Zachary,
Thanks for the suggestion. Been a
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