Re: [Audyssey] Castaways, finished mission 2 on normal

2011-08-10 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
Chris, that is a good point. I've also noticed that I rarely use the animal farms so I'm boosting their effectiveness for the next version. One other comment I forgot this morning.  Animal farms do not appear to produce sufficient product to be worth building.  If you could get the

Re: [Audyssey] getting a emulator for the blind.

2011-08-10 Thread Michael Gauler
Hi Thomas, I know that developing anything is a process where you get experience by doing it and thus you will become better. But let's take one example. The Sarah game and Shades of Doom were made with the GMA engine. Both games already have a 3d audio environment. To get up to par with

Re: [Audyssey] getting a emulator for the blind.

2011-08-10 Thread Michael Gauler
I have another Question I forgot to add in my last message. What about console games like the Darkstalkers series or games like the Naruto games? I personally don't like it when such games are released for consoles exclusively, or if there is a content difference. Do you know the differences

[Audyssey] castaways, women of loose morals?

2011-08-10 Thread Christopher Bartlett
Ok, is it me, or do certain women get pregnant all the time? In my current game, of six women, two have borne all the children. They happen to be my default cook and bartender, which hasn't been as disastrous as you might think, and it's a trade-off given that other women in essential jobs have

Re: [Audyssey] Awesome homer: How do you know if you are near a pit?

2011-08-10 Thread Alfredo_The_Music_maker
Hello, It has come to my attention that there are no learn game sounds. Most of the sounds are self-explanatory, but how does one know when one is approaching a casam? Alfredo -- Alfredo C-Garcia. Skype: Casta947 Twitter: Casta947 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheAudioGamer Klango:

[Audyssey] LWorks gone or just down?

2011-08-10 Thread Tobias Vinteus
Hi, Tried to access l-works.net to re-download Super Liam after re-installing my computer. I discovered I couldn't connect to the site. Has LWorks been closed? Thanks, Tobias --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to

Re: [Audyssey] LWorks gone or just down?

2011-08-10 Thread Damien C. Pendleton
Hi Tobias, As a follower of LWorks on Twitter I happened to be made aware that the LWorks site is down due to a power outage at his web hosting company. This is probably also why he has not been able to email the list regarding it and I must apologise for not making everybody aware earlier on

Re: [Audyssey] castaways, women of loose morals?

2011-08-10 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
It has simply come down to luck. Peasant women are actually far more likely to get pregnant, but yes, it does help if the particular woman has more free time on her hands. Ok, is it me, or do certain women get pregnant all the time?  In my current game, of six women, two have borne all the

Re: [Audyssey] LWorks gone or just down?

2011-08-10 Thread Karl Belanger
No, L-works is not closed. Liam posted on Twitter that the hosting company had a power failure. I wish people would stop assuming a company has closed when its site goes down after checking once. If a developer is closing his site, chances are he would put out a notice either here or on

[Audyssey] 15 numbers

2011-08-10 Thread Jack F
Hi Nicol, Sory for the long wait, but at the time I uploaded the demo of 15 numbers I didn't know how to coppy download links to the clipboard within firefox, so that's why I didn't give you the link for 15 numbers in that post. So now, here is the link.

Re: [Audyssey] LWorks gone or just down?

2011-08-10 Thread Tobias Vinteus
Thanks for your response, Karl, and I'm perfectly aware of the facts you point out, hence the subject line of my message. gone or just down? On Wed, 10 Aug 2011, Karl Belanger wrote: No, L-works is not closed. Liam posted on Twitter that the hosting company had a power failure. I wish people

Re: [Audyssey] Castaways: Leather for Tomes

2011-08-10 Thread Christina
Ok. Thanks. I think I need more butchers and peasants next time. Christina - Original Message - From: Jeremy Kaldobsky jer...@kaldobsky.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 10:34 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Castaways: Leather for Tomes Your

[Audyssey] suggestion for building constructions in castaways.

2011-08-10 Thread alex wallis
Hi. I am just writing as I have a suggestion for building construction in castaways. could the close feature be made to apply to buildings being built? this would be useful, as I frequently find my builders carrying on building something, when I would rather they revert to peasants, because

Re: [Audyssey] castaways, women of loose morals?

2011-08-10 Thread Dakotah Rickard
I once had a doctor have no less than 17 babies. On 8/10/11, Jeremy Kaldobsky jer...@kaldobsky.com wrote: It has simply come down to luck. Peasant women are actually far more likely to get pregnant, but yes, it does help if the particular woman has more free time on her hands. Ok, is it me,

Re: [Audyssey] suggestion for building constructions in castaways.

2011-08-10 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
Alex, I was actually working on the code when I noticed your message, so I have gone ahead and fixed both of those things. The typo is corrected and closing a construction site will now prevent builders from working on it as well. Good suggestion. Hi. I am just writing as I have a

Re: [Audyssey] castaways, women of loose morals?

2011-08-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Chris, Yes, I've noticed this behavior. Generallly speaking the first woman to get pregnant is a cook. I've also noticed that the same two or three women end up baring most of the children in the game weather you have 6 or 60 kids. Lol! Cheers! On 8/10/11, Christopher Bartlett

Re: [Audyssey] Congrats on mota 21

2011-08-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Well, beta 20 was the only time I took down a public beta that I recall, and with good reason. It was, you might say, the eexception to the rule. Mostly if a beta is reasonably stable, as beta 21 is, I leave them up for people to download and play. Beta 20 however had problems that were

Re: [Audyssey] getting a emulator for the blind.

2011-08-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Michael, Well, that's a difficult question to answer. However, the biggest reason why not all game play elements or features are not supported by every single port of a game comes down to differences in the console or target environment itself. There is no universal software development kits,

Re: [Audyssey] getting a emulator for the blind.

2011-08-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Michael, I do take your point, but there are limitations here. You are right that Shades of Doom might be updated by adding some third-party map designing tools and perhaps some sort of multiplayer mode. Unfortunately, the way the GMA Engine is designed you absolutely have to have the engine

Re: [Audyssey] getting a emulator for the blind.

2011-08-10 Thread Michael Gauler
Hi Thomas, What I meant about game features and different ports was not the fact that every system has other development tools or features. What I meant was that some console versions of games do get aditional downloadable content, like new levels which are in some cases not added to a PC

Re: [Audyssey] getting a emulator for the blind.

2011-08-10 Thread Michael Gauler
Hi Thomas, I don't know absolutely nothing about the GMA engine. I have played games made with it and I had basic training in software development, allthough much things were not covered. Thus I would like to know how the engine worked, but all people say tthat the engine is there and can be

[Audyssey] Is this thing on?

2011-08-10 Thread Sylvester Thomas
Wondering if the list went bye bye. I haven't received any mail for two days. Been playing a lot of Awesome Homer during this time. Still haven't finished it yet but finally got off of level 1. Well hope the list is back on line soon. Later! Sly --- Gamers mailing list __

Re: [Audyssey] Is this thing on?

2011-08-10 Thread shaun everiss
No it hasn't though now you mention it mail today was less than 50 messages this morning and its not even a week end. At 10:04 a.m. 11/08/2011, you wrote: Wondering if the list went bye bye. I haven't received any mail for two days. Been playing a lot of Awesome Homer during this time.

Re: [Audyssey] ot-NVDA question

2011-08-10 Thread Michael Taboada (AI5HF)
I know it's not my place to enforce these rules, but I'd advise you be a little careful talkingabout these things. If you were talking about how NVDA handles games, then that would probably be acceptable to the moderators, but I think this would probably a little too much off topic, as it says

Re: [Audyssey] ot-NVDA question

2011-08-10 Thread Michael Taboada (AI5HF)
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Re: [Audyssey] castaways, women of loose morals?

2011-08-10 Thread Cary
I can attest to that. My doctor is female and more often than not, she's the one who gets pregnant more than anyone else. I wondered if it was because she did a lot of standing around, whereas the peasants didn't get preggers as often because they were so busy transporting and spinning and the

[Audyssey] Castaways professions.

2011-08-10 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Jeremy, Here are a list of professions that could be added to the Castaways game. I then made an incomplete list from the game then came up with more possibilities.Medieval Jobs: from http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-england/medieval-jobs.htm The Lord of the Manor was based

Re: [Audyssey] castaways, women of loose morals?

2011-08-10 Thread Christopher Bartlett
This is beginning to look like a phenomenon that is less than random. What factors influence a woman's (or man's in hermaphrodite mode) chances of becoming pregnant? Chris Bartlett -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On

[Audyssey] Castaways: primary character dies, what happens?

2011-08-10 Thread Christopher Bartlett
So my Christopher character died during a game. I wondered what effect this has on any co-op partners? Do they get to share a new person, or am I just gone to them? Chris Bartlett --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to

Re: [Audyssey] suggestion for building constructions in castaways.

2011-08-10 Thread Steady Goh
Hi Jeremy, two more suggestions I like to be able to open, close and destroy my buildings when my cursor is focussed there. And I think it will be helpful if i know that the building is closed. This way, the only time i need to enter is to check how much more resorces is required for the