Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play

2013-03-26 Thread Lisa Hayes
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,

Re: [Audyssey] Inquiry From Popular Mechanics

2013-03-26 Thread shaun everiss
Hi ashly well we were discussing this stuf on list just well today. I'll answer your questions. a lot of this is probably changing and a lot know more than I do but I will try to help. exposure is what we need if we are ever going to make progress with mainstream stuff. Our games lack a lot of c

Re: [Audyssey] replayability and Usa games was Re: Looking For Something New to Play

2013-03-26 Thread shaun everiss
I think the issue is how we convert games that are sighted to the blind. I know that compaired to the sighted games our games are probably of no real interest to the sighted. they lack scope and other concepts that they are used to. However its not like we have much choice. There are only so m

Re: [Audyssey] Awesome Game Found for the iPhone

2013-03-26 Thread ryan chou
this sounds quite fun, might go check it out On 3/24/13, Shadow Dragon wrote: > So I've been on somewhat of an iOS game spree lately, and I just happened to > stumble across a completely awesome one totally by accident. But first, a > slightly less awesome game. > > I found Pocket Summoner Episod

Re: [Audyssey] Inquiry From Popular Mechanics

2013-03-26 Thread Mich
Hello. as a blind gamer my self. I like the games shades of doom a audio version of the old doom game. I like it since it is a fps game meaning a first person shooter game and those are the games that I like. the object of the game is to kill monsters and things and shut down an experiment. this

Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play

2013-03-26 Thread Thomas Ward
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 j

[Audyssey] Replayability and USA Games

2013-03-26 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Hi Everyone. Sorry for reposting this thread but I’ve been having problems with my email. Anyway, meant to reply to Shaun’s message, here is my message and the rest of the thread to keep it in context. Hi Shaun. Jesus Christ, Shaun, your attitude absolutely sucks. James North was a brillian

Re: [Audyssey] replayability and Usa games was Re: Looking For Something New to Play

2013-03-26 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Hi Shaun. Jesus Christ, Shaun, your attitude absolutely sucks. James North was a brilliant innovator, his games are testaments to what can be achieved with diligence, commitment and passion. Sadly James lost that passion because of individuals like you, always pushing for more, always wining

[Audyssey] Inquiry From Popular Mechanics

2013-03-26 Thread Ashley Taylor
Hello, I am a journalist writing an article about computer games for the blind and would really appreciate your input. Please only reply to this post if you are willing for me to quote you in my article (for the Popular Mechanics website). It would be helpful if you could describe yourself as you'

[Audyssey] can you suggest some muds?

2013-03-26 Thread Keith
Hi, I have been going to a bunch of mud pages on the mud connector site, and entering the world info into mush z, but more often than not, I either get a connection problem, or a "time out" error. I have tried dark forces (star wars) Cyberpunk 2080 Night City Chronicles d20MUD Star Wars Fallo

Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play

2013-03-26 Thread Mohsin Ali
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 ,j

[Audyssey] Awesome Game Found for the iPhone

2013-03-26 Thread Shadow Dragon
So I've been on somewhat of an iOS game spree lately, and I just happened to stumble across a completely awesome one totally by accident. But first, a slightly less awesome game. I found Pocket Summoner Episode 1: Dragon Master on AppleVis. You collect spirits called guards to battle other spir

[Audyssey] Puppet nightmares question

2013-03-26 Thread Sarah Haake
Hi, since Puppet Nightmares was a topic here quite a few times now and it sounds like a good game, I registered today to try it myself. The problem is though, that I can't even get past the starting point. The toy maker in the tutorial says I should click the arrows to continue with the stor

Re: [Audyssey] replayability and Usa games was Re: Looking For Something New to Play

2013-03-26 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, Oh, I realize that. However, may this serve as a reminder open mouth insert foot when you pass around incorrect information or talk about things you don't really know anything about. You can do more harm than good spreading baseless information around. On 3/26/13, shaun everiss wrote:

Re: [Audyssey] replayability and Usa games was Re: Looking For Something New to Play

2013-03-26 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Sure. I do understand your point of view as it is rather distressing to know how many V.I. gamers assume that something like Q9 is the be all and end all to side-scrollers when guys like you and I know better. Fact of the matter is that for better than a decade side-scrollers were the pr

Re: [Audyssey] The orb of zot

2013-03-26 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Oh wow, this is seriously primitive rogue like adventuring, sorta reminds me of a game put out by Light wave Consultancy called Rogue which I cant find anywhere. All the best, Ibrahim. -Original Message- From: Lisa Hayes Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 11:16 PM To: Gamers Discussion li

Re: [Audyssey] The orb of zot

2013-03-26 Thread Lisa Hayes
dArk many thanks i loved this game and now can play it again. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes - Original Message - From: "dark" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:18 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] The orb of zot Hi lisa. A zcode version of the

Re: [Audyssey] Swamp Problem

2013-03-26 Thread Richard Sherman
HI, then drop Aprone a direct message. include any user and relevant info you think he might tneed. Be patient. He works so it might not be resolved until tomorrow. BTW, were you trying to create a new user or sign into an old one. If an old one, after about a month it might have been deleted.

Re: [Audyssey] Swamp Problem

2013-03-26 Thread James Howard
I checked the version, it is 2.8 On 3/26/13, Richard Sherman wrote: > Hi, > > The current released version is 2.8. The test version is 2.9. so check to > see what version you are currently running. If you just download swamp from > > the site, then more likely it is version 2.8. you have to speci

Re: [Audyssey] Swamp Problem

2013-03-26 Thread Richard Sherman
Hi, The current released version is 2.8. The test version is 2.9. so check to see what version you are currently running. If you just download swamp from the site, then more likely it is version 2.8. you have to specifically download a separate zipped file and install it to be running 2.9 on th

Re: [Audyssey] Swamp Problem

2013-03-26 Thread James Howard
as far as I know, its the main server, but I'm not sure, I just downloaded the latest version off your sight and ran that, didn't see anything about a server selection. On 3/26/13, Jeremy Kaldobsky wrote: > James, > > Was this on the testing server or the main one? If it was on the > testing

Re: [Audyssey] Castaway

2013-03-26 Thread Shadow Dragon
Hmm, sadly that doesn't seem to be it. And also, I've done enough googling trying to find this game that I got discouraged. I played it once at a summer camp and have been looking for it ever since. Haven't actually tried to find it in a while, but the mension of Wizard's Castle made me think of

Re: [Audyssey] Swamp death/wound sounds

2013-03-26 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
Johnny, This is because the screaming player you hear is part of the same zombie attack recording. When Swamp started to expand into a larger game, new sounds were split up to give more room to customize things, but the player pain sounds are from the very beginning. Since customizing playe

[Audyssey] Swamp death/wound sounds

2013-03-26 Thread Johnny Tai
Just thought I bring this up again- since last time I mentioned this, the response was that the issue wasn't big enough to really worth fixing at the time... No matter which voice profile you're using...female...male...when you get hit/killed/bit...even though others hear your proper injured sounds

Re: [Audyssey] Swamp Problem

2013-03-26 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
James, Was this on the testing server or the main one? If it was on the testing server, underscores are no longer allowed in names. If you already have a name registered, you can keep using your usual underscore, but when creating new names it won't allow it. Since I cleared the records

[Audyssey] Swamp Problem

2013-03-26 Thread James Howard
so, I decided to get back into playing swamp today, but when I went to log on, I got this error message saying that my registration was rejected or something like that, and I kept getting this connection interrupted message over and over again, but the map loaded, so I'm not sure what's wrong. ---

Re: [Audyssey] absence

2013-03-26 Thread Christina
Aw, feel better soon. -Original Message- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of dark Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 12:00 PM To: Gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] absence mmany appologies for the absence but i'm afraid i have ceverely damaged my ledft arm whe

[Audyssey] from whare can i get custom track and vehicles for topspeed3

2013-03-26 Thread austin pinto
hi all i like playing topspeed3 i have rased on almost all of the tracks and used all of the default vehicles i would like to install more tracks and vehicles in my game from whare can i get them i also want to play the game with my sighted brother but he tells me when i am rasing he cant see anyth

Re: [Audyssey] absence

2013-03-26 Thread Jacob Kruger
Hope you feel better soon. Stay well! Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' - Original Message - From: "dark" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 6:00 PM Subject: [Audyssey] absence mmany appologies for the absence but i'm afrai

[Audyssey] absence

2013-03-26 Thread dark
mmany appologies for the absence but i'm afraid i have ceverely damaged my ledft arm when i slipped on some ice. it isn't broken, but it is extremely badly sprained. i would like to continue our discussion but at the moment i can t type since i only have one hand and dad has had to type this for

Re: [Audyssey] Castaway

2013-03-26 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Hi. There is a game called Castaway in the if-archive under games/pc, here is its description: Castaway, recreational text adventure by Conrad R. Button. Author's difficulty rating: Introductory. This game conflicts with some mouse drivers (e.g. Logitech 5.01), so boot without a driver if some

Re: [Audyssey] Castaway

2013-03-26 Thread dark
Baf's lists an old dos text game called castaway, see http://www.wurb.com/if/game/39 but though it has the plot you mention regarding being washed up on a tropical island, there's nothing about rpg mechanics or choosing races, it just seems to be an early if style game. You could of course als

[Audyssey] Castaway

2013-03-26 Thread Shadow Dragon
Along this same line, there's a game I've been looking for called Castaway. It was an old text adventure for dos, and I don't think it's been ported to any other systems. From what I remember of it, you wash up on an island after your ship crashes, being the only survivor, and you have to find y

[Audyssey] Stright Fighter.

2013-03-26 Thread Gabriel Battaglia (Kriyaban)
Hi All. I would like to play again to a very old coin up which took days and days of my childwood. Is there any Stright Fighter playable under Windows, MacOS or iOS some accessible? If not, would be great also to listen to some audio review of the game itself. Gabriel. --- Gamers mailing lis

Re: [Audyssey] The orb of zot

2013-03-26 Thread dark
Hi lisa. A zcode version of the game exists, which will run in winfrotz or any similar if interpreter. You can find it at http://www.wurb.com/if/game/678 I've actually been toying with giving it a page on the audiogames.net db, since it is an rpg, and while it does use some ascii graphics to s

[Audyssey] The orb of zot

2013-03-26 Thread Lisa Hayes
HI all I"m looking for an old game called either the orb of zot or the wizards caStle yuou had to travel through a wizards castle to get the orb of zot any help appreciated thanks in advance. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you w

Re: [Audyssey] patience - Re: replayability and Usa games was Re: Looking ForSomething New to Play

2013-03-26 Thread dark
Hi Tom. While I understand the need to work on practice games etc, I do think it's a shame to put work into games that never see the light of day. I do not myself have any interest in playing adult games, but many other people do, therefore Perhaps you could have a specific page for adult orien

Re: [Audyssey] replayability and Usa games was Re: Looking For Something New to Play

2013-03-26 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, Ah, I see. Well, as far as burning out goes that was true a few months ago, but not now. A few things have changed since then, and I've gotten my priorities straight so to speak. Back in 2008 through 2011 I was spending every available minute I had on developing the engine, developing M

Re: [Audyssey] killing replay value - Re: replayability and Usa games was Re: Looking For Something New to Play

2013-03-26 Thread dark
One thing I have noticed though, is that a lot of people playing audio games sort of expect! a game to be learnable the first time. Back in the old atari 2600days, it was quite usualy to stick on a game like space invaders or berzerk and laast approximately five seconds, heck, even when i firs

Re: [Audyssey] killing replay value - Re: replayability andUsagameswas Re: Looking For Something New to Play

2013-03-26 Thread dark
Hi Tom. well the question of difficulty is an interesting one. i've noticed that where in a lot of the classic games, extra difficulty came from more enemies, differences in enemy behaviour , or slightly different challenges, in audio games it's usually just a matter of faster ractions. This o

Re: [Audyssey] shades of doom

2013-03-26 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, You really should try beating the game without a single cheat code. I personally found it more rewarding. I'll admit the temporal disturbance is difficult to destroy, but really all you have to do is trap it in an unused room, and it will never bother you again. There is no need to stan

Re: [Audyssey] Looking For Something New to Play

2013-03-26 Thread dark
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

Re: [Audyssey] replayability and Usa games was Re: Looking For Something New to Play

2013-03-26 Thread dark
Hi Tom. Well this is again why I'd like to see side scrollers introduced to audio gamers, since the amount of fun I've had with turrican, metroid, mega man and such games over the years is just staggering, and it's a shame that there are so many people who believe a 1D game like q9 is the be

Re: [Audyssey] shades of doom

2013-03-26 Thread shaun everiss
well I did buy the cheats, its the only way I have been able to beat the tds and the bosses, I know thats probably not the way to do it but otherwise I would never beat the game, I have beaten all other monsters though. At 02:38 PM 3/26/2013, you wrote: I think the only reason I haven't beaten

Re: [Audyssey] killing replay value - Re: replayability and Usa games was Re: Looking For Something New to Play

2013-03-26 Thread shaun everiss
hmmm 2 different perspectives, I never had a console and never played one, my first games were of disks I only learned the real games when I got the net in 95 till then I was not aware of most things. so I am a bit behind in some ways. At 01:58 PM 3/26/2013, you wrote: Hi Shaun, Well, honest

Re: [Audyssey] Trying to contact blindsoftware.com

2013-03-26 Thread shaun everiss
yeah for ages I have had issues with one of my games pipe classic registering it appears their support email box is full and I havn't been able to get in contact I know justin is on twitter but I don't use that for anything bar viewing. At 11:03 AM 3/26/2013, you wrote: Hey everyone, This

Re: [Audyssey] replayability and Usa games was Re: Looking For Something New to Play

2013-03-26 Thread shaun everiss
there a re a few more passages in the game you don't need to complete the game. Right however the game almost never uses them, maybe items will be put obscurely, or items and monsters will be dropped in passages but items are not dropped in passages randomely as a rule even main ones. items ca

Re: [Audyssey] replayability and Usa games was Re: Looking For Something New to Play

2013-03-26 Thread shaun everiss
well I did say I was out of touch, I am not a dev just a tester/ light hacker programming after all is not my strong point, light scripter maybe doodler but not programmer. Its good that vb games can be done for multiplatforms now. At 09:22 PM 3/25/2013, you wrote: Hi Shaun and all, A few com

Re: [Audyssey] replayability and Usa games was Re: Looking For Something New to Play

2013-03-26 Thread shaun everiss
no problem tom I was just worried you were burning yourself out over the games and I don't want you to, I have no issue on honor my issue was that you were developing because you had to and not enjoying it and well I was worried you were going to burn out, I have seen several small time devs ju