Hi Dark, Well, I suppose it could be a combination of factors why we don't see something like multiple characters in audio games.
For starts, you need to remember that the majority of blind game players and blind game developers have little to no experience with mainstream games. That lack of experience really leaves them without an idea of how they can improve upon their design, and are often unaware that features like this exist. Its only when gamers like yourself bring it to their attention they are made aware of features like this, and by then, depending on how they wrote the game, it might be too much work to go in and add this feature into the game. The other depends on the game's storyline. If there is a specific hero or character in the game adding extra characters might not really fit that particular game or story. For example, my Tomb Hunter series pretty much revolves around Angela Carter and is written from her personal perspective. Even though I could add other characters from her team etc the story really isn't about them. So adding additional characters might feel a bit weird to me. Now, if I were creating a game like Castlevania and decided to introduce a team of vampire hunters with different skills and weapons that would be a different matter because the story was written from a team play perspective rather than any specific character. I think if a developer has this idea from the beginning it is easier to modify the story to include extra characters, help fill out their special abilities, and of course give them each a convincing back story as to why they are there in the game. That takes a bit of extra work and perhaps a little more forethought before committing story to code. On 1/17/12, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Ah fair enough Tom, and that does indeed make sense and work as I expected. > > I'm actually rather surprised as I said that we haven't in fact sene more > games with multiple characters for this exact reason. > > > 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://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
