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submitted by BurnyAsn
Hey everyone! I will be making phone games for all of you, so hurray!
I will be making for android first, but porting to other systems will be easy after that.
Till now I have found 3 types of games only, listed next:
1. Choose-your-story games
2. Games like A Blind Legend, using 3D sound
3. Board games
4. Some trivia
If I have missed any other genre here, remind me, you do..
While there will be an endless stream of interesting stories and games like the above, but I am looking for new ideas, just like some of you might be looking for something different all the time. I don't doubt there are hardcore gamers even in the vi community.
So please give me all your ideas. They may include ways to make vi versions of existing games. Don't share stories right now, but mechanics, best controls for those mechanics, etc.
Also, another thing I wish to learn: let's say there's a map divided into many tiles. Each tile may have an item on it .
How easy or hard will it be for you all to memorize that map, if I move the player around the map, while giving details about each tile stepped upon?
Thank you
Edit: So people have down-voted this post. I am sorry if I hurt anyone
I will be making for android first, but porting to other systems will be easy after that.
Till now I have found 3 types of games only, listed next:
1. Choose-your-story games
2. Games like A Blind Legend, using 3D sound
3. Board games
4. Some trivia
If I have missed any other genre here, remind me, you do..
While there will be an endless stream of interesting stories and games like the above, but I am looking for new ideas, just like some of you might be looking for something different all the time. I don't doubt there are hardcore gamers even in the vi community.
So please give me all your ideas. They may include ways to make vi versions of existing games. Don't share stories right now, but mechanics, best controls for those mechanics, etc.
Also, another thing I wish to learn: let's say there's a map divided into many tiles. Each tile may have an item on it .
How easy or hard will it be for you all to memorize that map, if I move the player around the map, while giving details about each tile stepped upon?
Thank you
Edit: So people have down-voted this post. I am sorry if I hurt anyone
CloudsOfMagellan 3 points 3y ago
Get a copy of the games made by 'Something Else'
They are great audiogames though no longer on the AppStore so you'll need to download and import them yourself
There's enough choose your own adventure and I'd advise avoiding them as they need great writing to be good and often have 70k-100k words
A dark room and Silversword are great examples of accessible RPGs though some people have had trouble with navigation around the map in silver sword though I think that that was more of a conceptual issue then an accessibility issue.
Lost cities is a great accessible card game
Shredder chess is fully accessible with voiceover barring a few advanced features
Lords and nights and related games made by the same devs are decent mmos that work with voiceover though the map could be better
They are great audiogames though no longer on the AppStore so you'll need to download and import them yourself
There's enough choose your own adventure and I'd advise avoiding them as they need great writing to be good and often have 70k-100k words
A dark room and Silversword are great examples of accessible RPGs though some people have had trouble with navigation around the map in silver sword though I think that that was more of a conceptual issue then an accessibility issue.
Lost cities is a great accessible card game
Shredder chess is fully accessible with voiceover barring a few advanced features
Lords and nights and related games made by the same devs are decent mmos that work with voiceover though the map could be better
BurnyAsn [OP] 2 points 3y ago
My main problem is the writing, and I don't want to make boring stuff. The best gameplay I found, was using 3D sound for depth. Again that needs voice actors, and quality content.. So I guess, I will check out Lost Cities. It sounds great!
I want the game to have humble beginnings. 😅
I want the game to have humble beginnings. 😅
bradley22 2 points 3y ago
I think a game where you can collect and destroy things would be tuns of fun.
musicmyxtress 2 points 3y ago
IT's a matter of what you're looking for. If you want a larger audience, go for the iphone. But if you want to fill a void, go with android. I want an android for its features but hesitate to buy one simply because there are few apps and games and there's too much accessible content already on my ios device to lose. As for gaming ideas, what genre of game are you looking for? Another void that exists in the VI gaming world is sim type games. I'd like to see someone make something like sims accessible. Some people like full voice audio to the exclusion of all else; personally I don't mind text. I just like a lot of sounds with it for flavor. As for your question about maps, it's helpful, if I have a map, if I can explore it myself, run into a few walls, get a feel for the space, and accidentally run into puzzles, traps, rewards, whatever you're placing in my character's path. Anyone can contradict this comment, it is just my opinion and style of play. Also I'd like to see accessible fantasy/card games for the phone. But as for the games I have played, I enjoy the rpg's with a good world to stumble around in, and also puzzles in obscure places. When it comes to moving your character, I tend to dislike having to swing my phone, because I don't feel like the accellarometer is that acurate. I can swing the same way and distance twice and get two different results.
Laser_Lens_4 2 points 3y ago
Most people here use iOS. The downvotes are probably them getting butthurt over you building apps for Android first
BurnyAsn [OP] 2 points 3y ago
Hmm. I have read posts here, asking questions like which OS will be better. And all the discussions do agree that iOS is the best, because of its better accessibility but also because the programmer community is spending more time creating content, unlike android and the rest. But then I thought and thought and thought, and I saw how this community has only a couple thousand people in it. I am from India. And I have not seen a single VI owning a smartphone. Ofcourse there must be lucky people in the posh localities, who can afford iphones, but for the majority, android is the only way to go. Maybe I should switch to iOS now.
BabyBaphomet_ 2 points 3y ago
I'm legally blind and typing this comment on an Android phone 😜 There are dozens of us!
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