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Site updates 16th May
Anyone who has read George Orwell's 1984 will remember room 101, the room that contains a person's worst fear, in Orwell's case the fear of ending the book in a grim and dysmal fashion that will get him remembered as one of the most completely depressing men of all time! He famously said that the future of humanity would be a boot, stomping on a face forever. I don't know about that, but in all ways we can be said to have stomped all over Mr. Orwell. ... [read more]
May 16, 2012
We want your interactions
It's all about interaction these days. you interact with a company by giving them money, they interact by taking it. You interact with your computer by shouting loud swearwords and threatening to have it squashed under an industrial car crusher if it doesn't start working, your computer interacts by doing absolutely nothing! Yes, everywhere it's two way, interactive, participation, and audio games is no exception. Not only do you get to interact by playing your favour... [read more]
May 16, 2012
Stand and deliver, your money or your life!
It is a bright and sunny day, so just the right time to look forward to something dull, dysmal and horrifying! Those who've been hanging around our forum (not literally, we're not that! horrifying), might have seen This topic by a new developer, Fredric Strøm from Norway. he plans to terrify everyone with a new brand of horror audio game, featuring high class voice acting and music a monster based on... [read more]
May 12, 2012
Zero site release date announced
Yes, more Zero sight news! once again i have to sit down at this keyboard and try to think up something funny. You'd think making dev diaries every few days was enough but noooo, those annoying people at Shard workshop have to make an announcement, and it has to be now, just after I already wrote some news today! Developers really should show more considderation for us news writers, it's alright for them, pumping out game after game, but who has to report them eh? me! ... [read more]
May 09, 2012
Barbarian boom!
Some people tell you the correct way to make money is hard work, connections, and application to duty. This however is a load of rubbish. As any good adventurer knows, the only! real way to make money is find some evil monsters, nasty wizards and/or pirates, brigands and other undeserving persons, and remove money from them in as short and pointed a way as possible, preferrably by Broardsword, though axe or big spiky club might be acceptable.So, fans of monster slaying, dungeons, an... [read more]
May 08, 2012
Shot Down
The fearsome apple, instead of defying Newton's discoveries of physics and laws of universal gravitation, has taken a more offensive roll and splintered the arrows prepared for endless hours of sport.L-Works's dev Liam erven has tweeted that the infamous apple IOS appstore has denied his creation dubbed audio archery,, a game intended for blind people to practice firing arrows at moving targets. It was previously said that the game would in fact feature some rather c... [read more]
May 07, 2012
Site updates april 30th
Yes, it's high time for another one of these crazy, whacky and nutty but hopefully informative discussions of what we've been doing to the site recently, that is to say we've been crazily whacking the cyber elves in the nuts until they! do stuff to the site! Nevertheless, we have all been working hard, the cyber elves working on the db, and me working at keeping the cyber elves working on the db (you wouldn't believe! just how tough cyber elf skulls are). [read more]
April 30, 2012
Rock dwellers beware!
yes, if you've been living piecefully under a rock totally oblivious of Zero site and the booming battle in the skies above you, - wake up now, sinse nasty explosive things are likely to come up your way. Laurenso and the other chaps at Shard workshop have now let slip a little more information about Zero site extended operations, the new expantion pack for the game. Now, it's not just in the air that we'll... [read more]
April 28, 2012
Twang Sayeth The Bowstring
Get ready, aim, but don't fire yet, or you'll miss the target! We know all about missing, and l-works doesn't want you to miss out, but rather, to be the best shot!It is thus that one of our fairest devs comes out of hiding to whip you into shape with bowstrings and improve your ability into loosing shafts with ease and accuracy. Fire at moving targets as they make their way from left to right by waiting for them to be centered, then flicking down on... [read more]
April 20, 2012
exciting news
You know that feeling of excitement you get, just as a new game is released. Unwrapping a new christmas present, deciding what's outside the door on a hole new planet, recieving that mail order elf abusement kit you've just got mail delivered by slaughterco, mmmm, maybe not that last one, well not unless the Cyber elves really! get into trouble. Anyway, we've some very exciting news, in fact some zero citing news to start off with. [read more]
April 18, 2012
Cast your vote
Many moons ago, well technically just two moons, so not very many, anyway, a certain proportion of moons ago more than one but less than three, Philip bennifall layed down a challenge to anyone who was brave enough to face the evil net of programming doom and tangle with The blastbay game toolkit the object of this mighty task was to craft a game, and then lay it upon the alter of the temple of free voting... [read more]
April 05, 2012
AudioGames.net news now also on Facebook and Twitter!
AudioGames.net is also available on Facebook and Twitter. As of today the news-section is also published to the Facebook-page and tweeted in the Twitter-stream. So for more access to the latest news in audio gaming, please Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/audiogames) and follow us on Twitter ( [read more]
April 05, 2012
AI Bloodlust?
Where there's a will, there's a war, and many people willing to fuel the fighting to claim fame and fortune, and if we didn't limit it to your PC, I assume your living conditions would be very, very different indeed! Nevertheless, another vicious AI has sprung from the deepest and darkest pits of programming, delivered this time by one of our newest additions to the forum, Hatred, and war is exactly what it requires you to do!IN this new twisted turn based strat... [read more]
March 19, 2012
We're back!
Due to an error with a database server upgrade at our hosting company, AudioGames was offline for about 18 hours. We're happy to see that the problem is solved now. Our apologies for the inconvenience! [read more]
March 15, 2012
Dang and blast! more updates
Unless you've been living on mars, - - well in a cave in one of the less traveled parts of mars under a three foot heep of snow, with a pillow over your head and have signed the luddite pledge banning you from ever! looking at the internet ever again on pain of torture, you'll know that blasting around here usually means Bgt see index the best and finest of tools for making lug hole friendly games, well ye... [read more]
March 10, 2012
The old news (2000-2006)
Audio Game Maker Delayed Untill Further Notice: Audio Game Maker Delayed Untill Further Notice (January 31, 2007)
Audio Game Maker possibly delayed?: Due to a large fire, the beta of Audio Game Maker could be delayed... (January 25, 2007)
Blind Mans Bluff, Star Trek Final Conflict, Monty trailer, Torrent: (December 9, 2006)
Holiday Game Sales: Holiday Game Sales (November 26, 2006)
Judgment Day Release Information: Judgement Day, game for blind, to be released in December 2006 (November 17, 2006)
Lack Of News: Lack of News - But Checkout http://www.audiogamemaker.com (November 15, 2006)
Forum Whooha: Today the 300th forum user joined! (October 25, 2006)
BG Boggle 1.0: Boggle For The Blind (October 4, 2006)
Tiflo 21: Tiflo 21, BlackJack For The Blind (September 16, 2006)
Audio Game Maker: game building environment for the blind: The Bartiméus Accessibility foundation has announced the development of Audio Game Maker, an application which enables visually impaired people to make their own computer games. (September 11, 2006)
Accessible Hangman Flash Games?: Accessible Hangman Flash Games? (August 30, 2006)
Moosic Update: Update on Moosic - a blind accessible computer platform game (August 30, 2006)
Review of Sound Voyager: Hands On Review of Sound Voyager (August 12, 2006)
Update on Nintendo Audio Games!: We have updated the information concerning the Sound Voyager audio games developed by Nintendo! (August 6, 2006)
Moosic - open source accessible platform game: Moosic is an open source platform game which is accessible for visually impaired gamers (August 5, 2006)
Nintendo Develops Games For The Blind!: Nintendo has developed seven mini audio games (August 5, 2006)
16 free experimental Audio Games!: 16 free experimental audio game prototypes in the playcenter... (August 4, 2006)
Audio reviews and Broken Links: More updates on accessible games for the blind website! (July 30, 2006)
Games Games Games: More News About Games For The Blind, Accessible Games and Game Accessibility! (July 29, 2006)
DonationCoder.com Accessible Games Programming Contest: DonationCoder.com Accessible Games Programming Contest (July 18, 2006)
Descent into Madness: Students of North Carolina develop a new computer game for the blind: Descent into Madness (June 21, 2006)
MonstersGame: MonstersGame - a browser based game that is accessible for visually impaired players too! (June 6, 2006)
Judgement Day: New accessible game for the blind: Judgement Day (June 4, 2006)
Lords of the Galaxy and Superdogs Bone Hunt: Two new accessible computer games for the blind - Lords of the Galaxy and Superdogs Bone Hunt (June 3, 2006)
Audio Review Section and Game Accessibility website!: New section on audio game review podcasts and a new website on game accessibility! (May 1, 2006)
In The Pit: In The Pit - Experimental game uses only sound! (April 16, 2006)
G-Spot: G-Spot (April 13, 2006)
Database Fix: We fixed the database (March 30, 2006)
BreakOut for the Blind - Wrecking Ball: Break Out for the Blind - Wrecking Ball (March 14, 2006)
Light Locator: Light Locator (March 12, 2006)
Rail Racer Trailer and GDC: Rail Racer Trailer and GDC (March 12, 2006)
Quick Game Building Article: uick Game Building Article (March 5, 2006)
USA Games acquires Alchemy Games: USA Games acquires Alchemy Games (March 2, 2006)
Montezuma Cheat, Rail Racer, Goalball One on One and article: Montezuma Cheat, Rail Racer, Goalball One on One and article (March 2, 2006)
AudioGames seeks gamers confessions...: If you want game developers to take you *SERIOUS*, write down your gaming experiences and wishes and we will present them to the game developers at the conference! (February 21, 2006)
AudioGames.net (re)launches accessible Sudoku for the blind: AudioGames.net (re)launches accessible Sudoku for the blind (February 13, 2006)
Draconis Entertainment releases Soundoku!: Draconis Entertainment releases Soundoku! (February 10, 2006)
Top Speed 2 Mods: Top Speed 2 Mods (February 9, 2006)
AudioGames.net back online after spam-attack: AudioGames.net back online after spam-attack (February 8, 2006)
AudioGames.net launches blind-accessible Sudoku!: AudioGames.net launches blind-accessible Sudoku! (February 2, 2006)
TopSpeed 2 Released!: TopSpeed 2 Released! (January 30, 2006)
Montezuma's Revenge Demo: Montezuma's Revenge Demo (January 27, 2006)
Moved forum!: We moved the forum to the audiogames.net server! (January 26, 2006)
Submit game is down: The submit a game function is temporary down. (January 25, 2006)
Happy New Year: Happy New Year (January 20, 2006)
Forum update: Today we updated the forum.... (January 13, 2006)
World Aids Day: World Aids Day (December 2, 2005)
Dynaman Grid Creator: Dynaman Grid Creator (December 1, 2005)
Drive and Samsung: Drive download online again and Samsung into Game Accessibility (November 30, 2005)
Shades of Doom 1.2: Shades of Doom 1.2 (November 27, 2005)
LWorks Arcade Volume 1: LWorks Arcade Volume 1 (November 27, 2005)
Draconis Entertainment and Space Invaders for the Blind: Draconis Entertainment and Space Invaders for the Blind (November 26, 2005)
New Section: AudioGames.net PlayCenter!: New Section: AudioGames.net PlayCenter! (November 15, 2005)
Treasure Hunt MOD: Treasure Hunt MOD (November 15, 2005)
Pong - Das Hörspiel: "Blind Pong For The Sighted" (November 14, 2005)
Enemy Attack version 2: Enemy Attack version 2 (November 5, 2005)
More Draconis Entertainment news: More Draconis Entertainment news (November 2, 2005)
Introducing Draconis Entertainment: Introducing Draconis Entertainment (November 2, 2005)
Shades of Doom 1.20 Guide: Shades of Doom 1.20 Guide (October 31, 2005)
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Shades of Doom Public Beta 1.2: Shades of Doom Public Beta 1.2 (October 17, 2005)
Goalball One on One: Goalball One on One (October 15, 2005)
Tic Tac Toe and Toodle Tiles: Tic Tac Toe and Toodle Tiles (October 6, 2005)
Star Wars Jedi Strike, Pipe Contest and Troopanum: Star Wars Jedi Strike, Pipe Contest and Troopanum (September 30, 2005)
LoneWolf Mission 14 Audio Walkthrough: LoneWolf Mission 14 Audio Walkthrough (September 25, 2005)
New Article on Accessible Gaming: New Article on Accessible Gaming (September 20, 2005)
Mudsplat and Lone Wolf Audio Walkthrough: Mudsplat and Lone Wolf Audio Walkthrough (August 31, 2005)
Harry Potter board for Winpoly: Harry Potter board for Winpoly (August 15, 2005)
Sonic Mine Detonator MOD: Phil Vlasak created the Sonic Mine Detonator MOD for Sonic Zoom (August 13, 2005)
The Last Crusade, RPG Engine and Interactive Fiction Archive: The Last Crusade, RPG Engine and Interactive Fiction Archive (August 12, 2005)
Sonic Zoom: Sonic Zoom (August 10, 2005)
Beat The Bots Cheat: Beat The Bots Cheat (August 10, 2005)
Fixing Links: Fixing Links (August 10, 2005)
Blind-Puzzlers List, Händler und Halunken and OGame: Blind-Puzzlers List, Händler und Halunken and OGame (August 10, 2005)
New Audio Game Mods: New Audio Game Mods (July 24, 2005)
Mod Problems: Problems with receiving mods! (July 17, 2005)
Barrierefreie Spiele: This German languaged article is about game accessibility and audio games. (July 16, 2005)
Submit your MODS: Submit your MODS (July 10, 2005)
Game Accessibility Article: Kevin Bierre, member of the Game Accessibility Special Interest group, has published an article about game accessibility on GamaSutra.com (July 7, 2005)
Closing of XLStudiosSI: Closing of XLStudiosSI (July 6, 2005)
EPX and Resources!: Adora Entertainment has released a follow-up to first pinball game for the blind called ESP Pinball Xtreme (EPX)! (July 5, 2005)
Live8: Live8 (July 2, 2005)
All In Play Poker Party!: This Friday (the 24th) All In Play is holding the biggest accessible online poker tournament ever. (June 22, 2005)
Research? Contact Us!: Research? Contact Us! (June 22, 2005)
Another DIGRA paper!: We have added another DIGRA paper to our Articles section! (June 21, 2005)
DIGRA papers in the Articles section!: We have added two papers concerning audio games and game accessibility to our Articles section! (June 21, 2005)
Super football!: Super football, a new audio game by VIP Gameszone! (June 21, 2005)
BBBeat, Duckblaster 1.1, Super Deekout and more!: BBBeat, Duckblaster 1.1, Super Deekout and more! (June 21, 2005)
RSS: We updated the RSS-feed! (June 17, 2005)
Dutch Article on Game Accessibility: Dutch Article on Game Accessibility (June 17, 2005)
Game List Updated: Game List Updated (June 17, 2005)
Enemy Attack: Enemy Attack (June 16, 2005)
Audiotrailer for PBX: Audiotrailer for PBX (June 13, 2005)
Shades Of Doom Guide: Shades Of Doom Guide (June 13, 2005)
Audyssey Magazine and Michael Feir: Audyssey Magazine and Michael Feir (June 13, 2005)
Shooting Hoops...: Shooting Hoops... (June 7, 2005)
New Server: New Server (April 2, 2005)
Code Factory games added: Code Factory games added (March 28, 2005)
Mueckenjagd: Mueckenjagd (March 22, 2005)
Mississippi: Mississippi (March 22, 2005)
Audyssey Magazine Issues: Audyssey Magazine Issues (March 21, 2005)
Four Articles on Game Audio Design: Four Articles on Game Audio Design (March 20, 2005)
Braille Twister: Braille Twister (March 20, 2005)
DIGRA 2005 International Conference: DIGRA 2005 International Conference (March 15, 2005)
Computer games can make you go blind!: Computer games can make you go blind! (March 14, 2005)
The Blind Fragging The Blind: The Blind Fragging The Blind (March 14, 2005)
Forum Changes: Forum Changes (March 11, 2005)
Star Trek Final Conflict Alfa 4: Star Trek Final Conflict Alfa 4 (March 10, 2005)
LoneWolf Soundpacks: LoneWolf Soundpacks (March 10, 2005)
Chillingham at Game On and ifbyphone: Chillingham at Game On and ifbyphone (March 10, 2005)
Termite Torpedo: Termite Torpedo (March 10, 2005)
Kitchen's Inc and PopCap: Kitchen's Inc and PopCap (March 10, 2005)
Boston Globe Article: Boston Globe Article (March 8, 2005)
Problem with Forum Login: Problem with Forum Login (March 7, 2005)
Submit A Game: Submit A Game (March 6, 2005)
New AudioGames.net website beta-version: New AudioGames.net website beta-version (March 3, 2005)
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