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Video Games for the blind
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Hi all,Let me give you a slight background into why the hell I'm posting this.I am about to begin 4th year in University and this entails making a Final Year Project (FYP). Currently the most…Continue

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Started this discussion. Last reply by Colm Madigan Jun 23, 2010.

 

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Colm Madigan replied to Clover's discussion Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
"I love this book. I prefer it's sequel even though I don't think it tells the story nearly as well."
Jan 2, 2011
Colm Madigan replied to Colm Madigan's discussion Video Games for the blind
"Thank you very much for your comment. Now my main ambition is to make the game fun but first of all I have to get the mechanics down to make a good foundation, then I get to add the fun stuff. The "choose your own adventure" games are…"
Jun 23, 2010
Stan replied to Colm Madigan's discussion Video Games for the blind
"I'm studying film and digital media at University and last quarter we had a guest speaker named Arron Reed come and do a presentation of his work in Interactive Fiction. He basically writes "choose your adventure" novels or text based…"
Jun 22, 2010
Colm Madigan replied to Colm Madigan's discussion Video Games for the blind
"I was going to have story dictate a sort of darkness sphere around the enemies (cliché I know but it's the best I can do). Also I believe I can get the individual motors of the controllers to fire independently of one another. The other…"
Jun 22, 2010
Colm Madigan replied to Colm Madigan's discussion Video Games for the blind
"Sorry I should probably have pointed out I have simple game mechanics made already that I think might work but I frequently find any attempt to make a game for the blind has been quite patronizing so far. I believe there's a rhythm game that…"
Jun 21, 2010
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Video Games for the blind

Hi all,Let me give you a slight background into why the hell I'm posting this.I am about to begin 4th year in University and this entails making a Final Year Project (FYP). Currently the most interesting thing I can think of doing is making a video game that lets sight impaired or blind people play it (I'm not going to even try and be PC here). I was going to ask all of you awesome people here if you had any ideas or thoughts on it or even an alternative FYP in the video gaming/AI realm.I will…See More
Jun 20, 2010
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Colm Madigan replied to CeladonPie's discussion What video games do you play?
"Anything with solid gameplay and a decent enough story (not totally neccessary see Echochrome). Though I will say that there are far too many games that people put up on a pedestal that should not be there. Is it just me though or are all the game…"
Jun 20, 2010
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Jan 28, 2010
Colm Madigan replied to Kenny's discussion Click here so I may offend you
"I think I'm in love with this thread. People get offended far too easily nowadays. Time to up your resistance too it. Though alot of stuff on here annoys me but isn't offensive."
Jan 28, 2010
Colm Madigan replied to Hermione Hart's discussion One word
"Erudite"
Jan 28, 2010
Colm Madigan replied to Trina's discussion Anyone want to start vlogging?
"Sounds like it's going to be fun."
Jan 28, 2010
Colm Madigan replied to Trina's discussion Anyone want to start vlogging?
"May I suggest giving them a deadline and then filling the spaces if they don't respond? Set the deadline for something like the end of the week."
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Colm Madigan replied to Nita's discussion calling all computer programming nerdfighters
"My suggestion is start with Java. It's relatively simple, well supported and it often tells you where you have gone wrong in your syntax. I know that people here are recommending python but I wouldn't start off with that as it's a…"
Jan 14, 2010

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About Me:
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Favorite Books, Movies, Music, and more
Movies: The Princess Bride, Stardust, Get Smart, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Fluke, Avatar, (I'll get back to this later).
Music: Anything (pretty much anyway).
Books: Ender's Game, The Discworld Series, Neverwhere, Sherlock Holmes stuffs, Fantasy and Sci-Fi stuff (I'm far too lazy to add more).
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If you could do your happy dance with anyone who would it be with?
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February, 2009

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