Re: [Audyssey] BGT competition - any interest?

2011-12-27 Thread Milos Przic
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Re: [Audyssey] Suggestion about the list

2011-12-27 Thread QuentinC
Hello, I think you could do even more. You could also add an audiogames.net link at the end of each e-mail. Many mailing-lists automatically add a signature containing useful links at the end of each e-mail going through. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the

Re: [Audyssey] Airic the cleric question

2011-12-27 Thread william lomas
performance for me dark as just said on audio games forum, is great but when on windows seven on my dual core netbook 1.66 ghz i get to the mountains music all crackly don't know why On Dec 28, 2011, at 4:00 AM, dark wrote: > Hi Sarah. > > i moved on from your original question sinse Bryan al

Re: [Audyssey] What's the different between these two Blackjack games?

2011-12-27 Thread michael barnes
Hey, All. I have tried both of these games this afternoon. Both games are very accessible for the blind. From what I can tell the only difference between the two are, Voice controlled blackjack is the free version and Blackjack with gino is the paid version. I also think that with the paid vers

Re: [Audyssey] What's the different between these two Blackjack games?

2011-12-27 Thread Hayden Presley
HI,W Oe...Woe...you did not try them out? I remember you did that in the past, and I endedup with a game that was totally inaccessible. Best Regards, Hayden -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Charles Rivard Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [Audyssey] Suggestion about the list

2011-12-27 Thread Charles Rivard
I like your idea. Getting such links in the introductory Email would be a huge help to new members. --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. - Original Message - From: "dark" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 10:16 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Suggestion about th

[Audyssey] Wednesday's Out of Sight events

2011-12-27 Thread Charles Rivard
Good morning all! Here are the events scheduled for Wednesday, December 28th: >From the Pulpit 7:00 PM eastern Hosted by Lee from WV Location: House of Our Lord Come listen to a live service, which will include, worship, music, preaching, and special singing. Smarty Pants 8:00 PM eastern Ho

Re: [Audyssey] Suggestion about the list

2011-12-27 Thread Lisa Hayes
I like this idea i do. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes - Original Message - From: "dark" To: Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 3:16 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Suggestion about the list Hi. Obviously one major purpose of the games list is to answer questions about gam

[Audyssey] Suggestion about the list

2011-12-27 Thread dark
Hi. Obviously one major purpose of the games list is to answer questions about games. It seems one of the most common is the "where do I get games" question. I don't mean someone asking about where to get stratogy games or games with a fantasy theme, I mean the question of where to get audio

Re: [Audyssey] Airic the cleric question

2011-12-27 Thread dark
Hi Sarah. i moved on from your original question sinse Bryan already answered it. Just in case you missed his message the game is at http://www.breakerboxgames.com/ also I am not complaining about the game, i am complaining that there is no game for me to complain about :D. Beware the grue

Re: [Audyssey] Competition time was Re: BGT competition - any interest?

2011-12-27 Thread Philip Bennefall
Hi Sarah, Oh, let me clarify what I meant. My intention was certainly not to discourage people, but rather just to explain why I had chosen the particular duration. If someone is completely new to programming, then it may not be possible for them to enter a competition of this kind immediately

Re: [Audyssey] Airic the cleric question

2011-12-27 Thread Bryan Peterson
S P O I L E R Did you talk to the man who lost his pet? He's on the north side of the village. Now head into the temple again. There are two doors on the north wall. The leftmost one leads to a room full of cabinets. Smash the cabinets and you should find a mouse. Take it back to the pet owner

Re: [Audyssey] Competition time was Re: BGT competition - any interest?

2011-12-27 Thread Sarah Haake
^Hi Philip, I must say that I don't completely understand what you really want with this competition. First you say that you want to encourage more people to use BGT to make new games, then you say that this is nothing for complete beginners. Well, everyone here who knows about game program

Re: [Audyssey] Airic the cleric question

2011-12-27 Thread Sarah Haake
Hi Dark and others, I would be glad if you would not take my emails as a reason to start complaining about the game, I would appreciate if you started a new treat for that if it's really so important. But I'm still trying to get an answer to my question, and this can't work if you stear the treat

Re: [Audyssey] Where to look for blind friendly games

2011-12-27 Thread dark
There is also a list on www.pcsgames.net too. Audiogames.net has pages you can search by catagory and hopefully good descriptions of the games, while pcsgames.net is a more global list that goes by websites and is good for an overview. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - Fro

Re: [Audyssey] Where to look for blind friendly games

2011-12-27 Thread Ron Kolesar
Go to the pcs games web page. Their web address is as follows: www.pcsgames.net I think it's the very first link. But somewhere on the main page is a link to all of the game web pages. Hope this helps you out. -Original Message- From: Keith S Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 7:29 PM To

Re: [Audyssey] Where to look for blind friendly games

2011-12-27 Thread Keith S
thanks - Original Message - From: "Dean Masters" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 6:51 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Where to look for blind friendly games You can go to www.audiogames.net and find a list of games that are available. Dean -Original

Re: [Audyssey] Where to look for blind friendly games

2011-12-27 Thread Dean Masters
You can go to www.audiogames.net and find a list of games that are available. Dean -Original Message- From: Keith S Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 7:29 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] Where to look for blind friendly games Hi, I've been on this list for about 2

Re: [Audyssey] Where can I get Eric the Cleric? was Re: Airic thecleric question

2011-12-27 Thread Bryan Peterson
Head on over to http://breakerboxgames.com They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa! - Original Message - From: "Lindsay Cowell" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 5:03 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Where can I get Eric the Cleric? was Re: Airic thecleric question

[Audyssey] Where to look for blind friendly games

2011-12-27 Thread Keith S
Hi, I've been on this list for about 2 to 3 months now, and was just wondering. Where do you guys and gals find these games you are playing/talking about? Thanks Keith --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. Y

[Audyssey] Where can I get Eric the Cleric? was Re: Airic the cleric question

2011-12-27 Thread Lindsay Cowell
Where can I get Eric the Cleric? -- From: "dark" Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 12:00 AM To: "Gamers Discussion list" Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Airic the cleric question Myself, i'm stil frustrated with the xp bug. while I'm not going to kic

Re: [Audyssey] Facing the empire.

2011-12-27 Thread Lisa Hayes
Thomas would you mind if i sent the game to you for you to take a look at? and could you port it? thanks. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 11:59 PM Subject: Re: [Audy

Re: [Audyssey] Airic the cleric question

2011-12-27 Thread dark
Myself, i'm stil frustrated with the xp bug. while I'm not going to kick up a huge fuss, it is hugely frustrating to play a great demo, preorder something and then have it continually not run even though the demo was fine. not that I particularly mind the 9 dollars, heck I spend that much on c

[Audyssey] Competition time was Re: BGT competition - any interest?

2011-12-27 Thread Philip Bennefall
Hi guys, I've been thinking about the duration of the competition as well as the time it might potentially take for new people to familiarize themselves with the engine, and have come up with the following. What about having the competition last for 2 months, starting on February first? This

[Audyssey] Marvel versus Capcom 3

2011-12-27 Thread Richard Sherman
Hi, My son got this game for Christmas. I remember that someone did some podcasts on this. If possible, can you post the link again. I am trying to learn how to play it and could use some advice. Right now, I can hold my own mashing buttons, but would like to be able to play it better. Any adv

Re: [Audyssey] Airic the cleric question

2011-12-27 Thread Keith S
what is the web site for this game? Thanks Keith - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 2:12 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Airic the cleric question Hi Sarah, I'm glad you are able to play the game at all. I just bought

Re: [Audyssey] swamp-it's pure fate

2011-12-27 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
WOW! That's about all I can think to say sir. Just, Wow! :D > So, I went a goodly month or more > without dying...I had loads of ammo, I was at the top of my > world... > So this morning I thought, why not tag a few undead before > work...then I realized that I was going to be late for work- >

[Audyssey] swamp-it's pure fate

2011-12-27 Thread Johnny Tai
So, I went a goodly month or more without dying...I had loads of ammo, I was at the top of my world... So this morning I thought, why not tag a few undead before work...then I realized that I was going to be late for work- so I made a dashe for safe zone all the way from the other side of the ma

Re: [Audyssey] BGT competition - any interest?

2011-12-27 Thread Bryan Peterson
Just a word of warning though, it may seem dawnting at first. Heck, it still does to me and I've been tinkering with it for almost a year. Granted personal issues sort of sidelined my BGT practice and I haven't really found my mse again. Of course if you want my honest opinion I suspect it has m

Re: [Audyssey] Airic the cleric question

2011-12-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Sarah, I'm glad you are able to play the game at all. I just bought a new laptop back in October and I still can't get the game to work quite right on my computers even though it meets all of the system requirements. It gets through the part where he wakes up and then crashes. Cheers! On 12/

Re: [Audyssey] BGT competition - any interest?

2011-12-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Nancy, Yes, there is a trial version of BGT. Basically, if you download BGT without a license key you can write games, but you can not compile them to a Windows executable. Instead you have to run the source code through the BGT runtime interpretor. Which will run a little slower, and if you re

Re: [Audyssey] BGT competition - any interest?

2011-12-27 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
Fair enough. I think everyone would have a very different amount of time that they would find ideal. No matter how long the contest would be set for, some people will find it either too long or too short. Hopefully it would be set though, to where the most people were happy. > Hi Jeremy and

Re: [Audyssey] BGT competition - any interest?

2011-12-27 Thread Loravara
Hi Philip, I'd be interested in giving this a try. I'd have to familiarize myself with BGT, though, and that could take a little time. I assume there's a BGT version we can use without purchasing the software. What limitations does it have? Links to information on getting started with BGT would

Re: [Audyssey] swamp silent killer

2011-12-27 Thread Richard Sherman
Hi, Pretty much the same thing happened to me. I was in front of the factory, heading towards some flies. I picked up the first one when I got hit. I killed that one, but couldn't move. I checked my health, and it was 61%, or there about. I couldn't move. I also tried to use my field kit, yet i

Re: [Audyssey] What's the different between these two Blackjack games?

2011-12-27 Thread michael barnes
Hey, Charles. Sorry about that, I just gave both game a tried. I couldn't see any difference between the two. Unless in the Blackjack with Gino you get bonuses since it is the paid version. Here is a secret for all of you, don't post when you are under pain reliefers. I am once again sorry for tha

Re: [Audyssey] Fw: Eamon Deluxe Update-12-27-2011

2011-12-27 Thread dark
Well I've sent a message explaining the situations and registering my disappointment, but I doubt it'll do any good sinse I don't think the developer will change his format just for access. Im a litle frustrated with the eamon situation. 99 percent of the games are purely text and do nothing w

Re: [Audyssey] What's the different between these two Blackjack games?

2011-12-27 Thread Charles Rivard
You didn't try them out before suggesting them to others? That's the best way to answer your own question as well as to be informed if anyone else has questions about the games. --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. - Original Message - From: "michael barnes"

[Audyssey] Airic the cleric question

2011-12-27 Thread Sarah Haake
Hi list, since I got myself a new laptop for christmas on which Windows 7 is running, I finally can play Airic the cleric, yay. For one I noticed that there still quite a few bugs in the game, especially with sounds which play when they shouldn't and such things. But I guess it is still play

[Audyssey] swamp silent killer

2011-12-27 Thread Steady Goh
Hi Jeremy, I just experienced a weird behaviour in swamp. I heard tuns of loots in the factory. Once i enter, i don't hear my footsteps. the sound of the flies still play and when i move forward, the sound of the flies pan to my position nicely. when I collected items, the taking sound also didn

[Audyssey] Tuesday's Out of Sight events

2011-12-27 Thread Charles Rivard
Good morning there! Here are the events scheduled for Tuesday, December 27th: Tech Talk and Tips 8:00 PM eastern Hosted by OOS Tech Team Location: Technically Speaking Join us every Tuesday for some helpful hints from our tech team. Afterwards, they will be happy to answer your computer

[Audyssey] What's the different between these two Blackjack games?

2011-12-27 Thread michael barnes
Hello, All. A few minutes ago I had posted about two Blackjack games for the IOS platform. I was wondering if anyone knows the different between Voice controlled blackjack and blackjack with Gino? -- Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn m

Re: [Audyssey] zelda problem

2011-12-27 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Thomas, LegacyOfAPrincess.zip Contains zelda.taf Requires an ADRIFT version 4 interpreter. Visit the ADRIFT site for download links. http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=wtvk9752ap9phms3 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubs

Re: [Audyssey] Fw: Eamon Deluxe Update-12-27-2011

2011-12-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Unfortunately, this looks like a step backwards instead of forwards to me. The reason Dosbox is inaccessible to a screen reader is because it doesn't use the Windows API and uses a cross-platform generic graphics toolkit. Since it doesn't use an API the screen readers were designed to sup

Re: [Audyssey] More accessible voice control IOS games.

2011-12-27 Thread michael barnes
Hey, Mike. Here are the games and descriptions. Blackjack with Gino Can you win against Gino in BlackJack? This game uses advanced speech recognition technology to let you play using your voice! The game features: - Speech recognition mode : requires no eyes/hands to play. No training of spee

Re: [Audyssey] More accessible voice control IOS games.

2011-12-27 Thread Mike Maslo
Hi what is its AI and what is a call Sent from my iPhone On Dec 27, 2011, at 8:23 AM, michael barnes wrote: > Hello, Sarah. > I hold the iPhone close to my mouth, and speak louder then normal. > When I start the app and the male voice ask if I want instructions I say read > instructions. > Hop

[Audyssey] Fw: Eamon Deluxe Update-12-27-2011

2011-12-27 Thread dark
Hi. I recieved this from the Eamon delux announce mailing list, and to forstall questions, see http://audiogames.net/db.php?id=Eamon+delux I'm not however sure whether or not this is goodnews, sinse with what the developer says about Doxbox, I'm not sure if this also means the new version of

Re: [Audyssey] Shard Workshop Zero Sight released!

2011-12-27 Thread Shard Workshop
Hi, what Dark told you is correct. Anyway everyone remember that with the new patch you can change the heading system from the Cartesian standard to the Clock one, with 0 degrees being North. To download the patch or the updated demo go here: http://www.shardworkshop.com/zero-sight 2011/12/23 Sh

Re: [Audyssey] Top 25 websites for gamers who are blind

2011-12-27 Thread dark
Hi Conner. I'm not sure about blind cooltech these days. Many of their older podcasts give a file not found message, and last time I tried to submit to them nothing happened, the file just uploaded but never got hosted. they also are not uniquely game related and though there are some great

Re: [Audyssey] a thought on the Shard Workshop project

2011-12-27 Thread Dallas O'Brien
yeah, ... but wouldn't it be cool to have one .. and to have it accessible lol. dreams, i know. but good ones! dallas On 12/23/2011 5:20, Trouble wrote: You can disagree with the sim flying all you want. However, the facts are that air force and navy pilots have more sim time than actual

Re: [Audyssey] More accessible voice control IOS games.

2011-12-27 Thread Sarah Haake
Hi Michael, ok, thanks. I'll try again and hope it works this time. Best regards Sarah --- 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.audys

Re: [Audyssey] BGT competition - any interest?

2011-12-27 Thread Sarah Haake
Hi Jeremy and list, wow, I think you think too much in your own terms here Jeremy. We all know that your programming speed is lightning fast and I certainly can imagine that you wouldn't know on what to spend three months when programming a new game. But most of us never programmed somethin

Re: [Audyssey] release dates that can not be adhered to

2011-12-27 Thread Charles Rivard
I don't think that release dates should be given, although if an expected, and that is the key word here, dates of release are given, we should be told why they are not met. If you can't keep a promise, you either shouldn't have made it or you should explain why you can't keep it. --- Shepher

Re: [Audyssey] More accessible voice control IOS games.

2011-12-27 Thread michael barnes
Hello, Sarah. I hold the iPhone close to my mouth, and speak louder then normal. When I start the app and the male voice ask if I want instructions I say read instructions. Hopefully that will help you out. -- Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com

Re: [Audyssey] More accessible voice control IOS games.

2011-12-27 Thread Sarah Haake
Hi Michael, since you recommended the game AI Adventure a few days ago, maybe you can help me with something. The game doesn't react to my voice commands. What do I have to do to play it? When I speak a command like Help or look nothing happens. Someone else here said that they have complete

[Audyssey] More accessible voice control IOS games.

2011-12-27 Thread michael barnes
Hello, All. I have discover more games that are on the IOS platform, that are accessible and allows you to control the game by speech. Here is the name and description of those games. Blackjack with Gino Can you win against Gino in BlackJack? This game uses advanced speech recognition technolo

Re: [Audyssey] zelda problem

2011-12-27 Thread michael barnes
Hey, Thomas. I found the game on www.ifdb.tads.org and www.wurb.com the name of the Zelda game is call Legacy of a princess. Is there anyway that someone could send me aplugin for Zoom? It said that I needed the cocoaglk plugin to play this game. -- Email services provided by the System Access Mo

Re: [Audyssey] zelda problem

2011-12-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Allen, Sure I can send you a copy of the Adrift Runner. By chance where did you find this game as I tried finding it when Michael posted the links, and couldn't find the game. On 12/26/11, Allen wrote: > Hello Gamers, > > I found Legacy of a Princess and downloaded it successfully, but it was

Re: [Audyssey] Facing the empire.

2011-12-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Lisa, No, I don't remember the game, but it sounds cool. If it is a Dos text adventure I'd imagine it would be pretty easy to port to Windows or at least build a 32-bit or 64-bit Dos version for modern Windows releases. Cheers! On 12/26/11, Lisa Hayes wrote: > HI All, I was going through

Re: [Audyssey] BGT competition - any interest?

2011-12-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Good thought. As I mentioned in my prior message on this topic while I'm a skilled programmer, don't have problems coming up with a good game idea, I'm not a skilled BGT user. So I'd have to have a little time to study up on BGT before diving in and creating a game.However, I am and have

Re: [Audyssey] BGT competition - any interest?

2011-12-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Philip, Count me in. I'd be interested in entering a contest like this. Although, not sure that I can create a game in a month given I haven't studied up on the BGT scripting language much. So I'd need a little time to get the basics down first. However, its a great idea. Cheers! On 12/26/11

Re: [Audyssey] release dates that can not be adhered to

2011-12-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi William, That's precisely why I don't give release dates myself. I know given my hectic schedule that a game will get done when it gets done and no sooner. Trying to put a release date on it only adds a lot of unnecessary pressure to complete it without setbacks, technical problems, and any num

Re: [Audyssey] swamp-the pistol mouse---I got me a gun, no body move!

2011-12-27 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
Johnny, this is totally amazing! Haha! I'm sure the wait was harder on your than anyone, but after you said you had ordered this thing I've also been looking forward to when it would show up at your door. I've been anxious to hear how it changed the game's experience. I can see how the axe m

Re: [Audyssey] BGT competition - any interest?

2011-12-27 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
Actually I think this is a bit tricky. While I think Dark is correct that some newer developers would need more time, I also think that some of the other developers would only need the month. If you give people too much time it can cause just as many problems as when they are too short on time

Re: [Audyssey] BGT competition - any interest?

2011-12-27 Thread Jeremy Kaldobsky
I love this idea! I'm too busy with current projects to participate in the competition, but I really hope that others will sign up. It would be very cool to see the resulting games, so I encourage everyone to take Philip up on this. > Hi all, > > I wanted to see whether there is an interest

Re: [Audyssey] BGT competition - any interest?

2011-12-27 Thread dark
Hi Philip. My only thought is that a month is a bit of a short time, and so any first time developers wouldn't have time to do something more impressive than a simple game, while those who are developing more complex game probably either already have the ful license or are thinking of buying i

Re: [Audyssey] BGT competition - any interest?

2011-12-27 Thread shaun everiss
As a player I am all for it. Would help relieve the stress, I am currently in the process of servicing a small company's computers, most laptops but vary in power and os, I just did a couple 1 may come back and I know that another 2 will be here in a couple weeks with their main server coming i

Re: [Audyssey] BGT competition - any interest?

2011-12-27 Thread Ben
I'll be willing to help with the sound side of things as a source or as a composer for music if any of the participants need them, since I can't program for toffee or any other sticky sweets! Lol. In other words, I'm interested in helping, but I can't program, shame really coz I got some great i