News archive
Imperially Blasted tactics!
First up on todays list of new things of newness, is news from the infamous blastbay competition! eleven people have taken up the challenge of blasting out a game in two months, sinse on April the first (rather appropriately), the top audio game in the comp will be chosen, and of course if the games don't get in by then, well people will be looking very foolish! We also now have complete descriptions of the entries, which seem a very mixed bag, everything from universe cre... [read more]
February 02, 2012
the world is changing
Yes, the world, or at least the forum is changing, indeed it's been taken over by the Dark! More specifically, some geezer calling himself Dark is now an administrator of the forum, I just hope everyone can take this dire and dreadful news calmly!This brings up two major changes. firstly, welcome to our new Moderator, nocturnus, who will be helping with the quest against spam and the promotion of order, and secondly, we have a hole new forum. the new releases... [read more]
January 31, 2012
The Eamon has landed, almost!
Back in the distant mists of time, in a time when heman and skeletor were stil beating each other up, when Optimus prime was stil alive, in that mystic age known as the 1980's, there was a gaming system called Eamon. for those who aren't familiar, Eamon was a set of textual roelplaying games originally for the apple II computer, similar in some ways to interactive fiction but with far more emphasis on statistical combat and finding loot. One really interesting th... [read more]
January 27, 2012
Smuggling a fifth!
No, this isn't about getting wisky into prohibition America, though it does involve lots of illegal activities. Niels Bauer, makers of the great space stratogy games Smugglers 3 and indeed Smugglers 4 have let us know that Smugglers 5 is looming on the horizon like a large looming loom of doom! (I'm not sure how weaving cloth creates doom, but if looming can be so evil, then... [read more]
January 26, 2012
Fairwell Lworks
Yes, this is actually rather sad news. Liam Urven, the genius behind such games as Superliam see index and Judgement day along with several free games, is officially closing down all developement. What this means is that though all his games will stil be available for download and perchice, not to mention replacement keys if people need them, Liam won't be coding a... [read more]
January 24, 2012
It's that time of year again
Yes, everyone knows, it's that time of year, the time of year that it is. Nobody could ever forget that it's that! time, or that that! happens at this point of the year, and of course we're all hugely pleased that that! has happened. to anyone who doesn't know, the that to which the above that is thatting, (and that! probably is most people), it is once again the time of year when the folks at 7-128 software send out little surv... [read more]
January 22, 2012
The long distance code!
Twenty twelve is to be the year of the olympics, the year of lots of sweaty effort and new records being broken. It's also the year that the recession is apparently going to get worse, but let's ignore that, sinse judging by the first few weeks that certainly won't be applying to games. First up, is a treat for everyone who enjoyed Airik the clerric. Curt wolf, shrine of the lynx in which you play Curt, a wolfish spy and his rather dim witted polar bear associate in f... [read more]
January 17, 2012
Site updates December 24th
so, your probably expecting some sort of Crimbo themed, cyber elf related story. Well sadly we don't have one. This is because I have decided that forcing none human creatures to celibrate our human festivals such as Christmas is very not in the spirit of religious or cultural toleration. therefore all holidays for Cyber elves are canceled! this is great for getting work done on the db, which is being stuffed fuller than a thing stuffed with lots of things until it is ful. ... [read more]
December 24, 2011
We wish you an inebriated Christmas!
It seems highly appropriate that at this time of festivity and good will we remember the true meaning of Christmas. getting fun stuff! - ooopse, sorry my synicism is showing. Anyway, we do actually have more fun stuffing today than a hippy's turkey, so I'd probably better stop the scrooge, -or is it karl Marx, impression and get on with it. Okay, first off Jim Kitchin's Golf see index has yet... [read more]
December 24, 2011
War and big explosions to all men!
to celibrate the season of peace and goodwill, we are engaging in a gigantic feast of war and violence! First off, how about treating your enemies to a nice warm christmas by the fire, the fires of exploderated and destroyed aircraft! This is entirely possible with Zero sight, the very new game just released from Shard workshop the ful game has high quality sound, very detailed control of your aircraft, lots of random... [read more]
December 19, 2011
Here comes zero sight
Here comes Zero sight, Here comes Zero sight, flying a burning plane. Missiles fly into the sky to hit with bursts of flame, Wind and snow and many foes will try to end your flight, But just begin on the 19th and let your engines ignite! Yes, the major audio flight sim and first game from Shard workshop is now fast approaching, in fact due out on the 19th (why are there no good rhymes for 19th!), have a listen to [read more]
December 12, 2011
Let the boots ring out for christmas!
Yes, it's not even christmas and we've got a big stocking of goodies for you all in this cold and commercialized time of year. First people may remember Bari Bari futsal, the football audio game produced by Japanese developer psyam games. Well as reported in Yonder thread the game has had a reshaping. now the f keys can be used to tell player position, and the game has actual coordinates, meaning that m... [read more]
December 07, 2011
Freer D velocity
Munawar and Bpc programs are remarkable in audio for bringingus the first ever flight sim in all three glorious dimentions, well four counting time, and possibly as many as 26 more stashed here and there if you believe some of the crazier mathematicians. Anyway, 3D velocity see index tdv as it's become known has brought us more dimentions than usually expected, - and now here's another important one... [read more]
November 25, 2011
conceptual jungles!
Well Here's something of a shock, a large, ground to air shock with extra monkies in fact! Anyone who's been poking around our forums recently will know that Philip Bennifall, he that is behind blastbay studios, well he's also in front, above, below, and just about everywhere else blastbay related too, is coming up with a new game, perilous hearts! This is to be a ful 2D side scrolling adventure in audio, jungle swinging, animal hunting, monkey mutilating,... [read more]
November 24, 2011
Garr! shoot for goal me hearties!
and it's black beerd storming up the pitch, but he's intercepted by Davy jones, who plants a hooking pass (complete with hook), to long John Silver! Silver misses the pass though and the ball is picked up by, HEnry Morgan! morgan. Morgan heads for goal but here comes davy jones, oooh no, morgan takes him out with a pistol shot to the head! red card there from the ref, but Morgan's shot him as well! The Welshman is obviously in a very bad mood today, but here... [read more]
November 23, 2011
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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