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Eric Coleman
Gladiator
USA
811 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 06 2005 : 08:03:54 AM
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Here is an article on CNN about a blind kid that plays regular video games.
I think it's amazing that he can do that. Of course, I've always been a Street Fighter II fan, and never really liked Mortal Kombat. |
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dxgame
Knave
USA
73 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2005 : 10:50:44 AM
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Actually there is a big market for games that cater to blind players. I think they mostly consist of speech, audio, etc. Adventures, puzzle solving, etc. Cool stuff!
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Almar
Moderator
Netherlands
192 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2005 : 4:09:20 PM
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| Indeed, quite remarkable. There's probably quite a deaf/blind game market out there waiting... |
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Shaedo
Neophyte
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Posted - Aug 08 2005 : 08:37:07 AM
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| A good mate of mine has been blind since birth and can play lots of games. He's very good at the Mortal Kombat and Quake games. We had a LAN party once with 12 people and he he came 4th or 5th, just by listening to footsteps and gunfire... very cool! There's definitily a market out there for blind gamers, especially with the advancements in audio technology. |
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Eric Coleman
Gladiator
USA
811 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2005 : 09:56:00 AM
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Does anyone have any ideas for games that would fit into this category? A few months ago I added a link to http://www.bscgames.com/ in the links section.
I think it might be fun (and difficult) to try to create a game for visually impaired or blind gamers. Force feedback controllers would be an important game element I think.
What are everyone's ideas and thoughts about how to create games like this? How do we make them fun for everyone to play? |
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dxgame
Knave
USA
73 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2005 : 11:35:24 AM
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| I've never played one of these games so I'm just going on gut instinct, but I would think one route might be something like a text adventure with real world sound effects in 3D, a deep rich storyline, etc. Almost like an interactive audio book. A mystery, whodunnit, combined with action elements utilizing force feedback, etc. hmmm.... |
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calvinCoder
Neophyte
USA
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Posted - Apr 08 2006 : 10:54:50 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Eric Coleman
Does anyone have any ideas for games that would fit into this category? A few months ago I added a link to http://www.bscgames.com/ in the links section.
I think it might be fun (and difficult) to try to create a game for visually impaired or blind gamers. Force feedback controllers would be an important game element I think.
What are everyone's ideas and thoughts about how to create games like this? How do we make them fun for everyone to play?
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This is amazing...
