[games_access] Audio games

[Sander H.]

Hi all,

Sander reporting... :D

Well, I suppose that is an old phrase displayed on the home screen of 
AudioGames.net, probably in the 2005 era. Back then, we considered 
something being an audio game when information or feedback in the 
auditory domain was a basic fundamental of a game and we called it 
/hybrid/ (ahhh, the good old h-word!) when the main interaction relied 
on various sensory domains (e.g. "The Curb Game" which can be played 
with or without visuals, with or without sound - but obviously not 
without sound AND visuals). If something is fundamentally important and 
necessary one could easily define it this way, but it was never our 
intention to confuse anyone. I agree that it's better to make such a 
definition more positive sounding.
Nowadays, we do have a different description on AudioGames.net... :D

Warm regards,
Sander


    Welcome at AudioGames.net!

AudioGames.net is a community portal for audio games: games based on 
sound. An audio game is a game that consists (only) of sound.



On 6/10/13 5:36 PM, Michelle Hinn wrote:
> Sander also may have written this some time ago and English is not his 
> native language, which doesn't explain the issue with anything I've 
> ever written ;)...but may have influenced a more narrow definition. 
> Certainly there are more options for non-visual communication 
> available to the market as viable potential alternatives to visuals 
> now. This may simply be a matter of Sander just not having realized 
> that the definition was still on the web in that format -- he may or 
> may not wish to expand on it now. I'll let him answer that though. :)
>
> Michelle
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:28 AM, John R. Porter <jrporter at uw.edu 
> <mailto:jrporter at uw.edu>> wrote:
>
>     This seems to be mostly an issue of semantics.
>
>     In in the way that we typically use the phrase audiogame, it
>     describes a game whose progression-critical information is
>     communicated through sound. However, from what I've seen and heard
>     from various users and developers, there is still some debate on
>     whether or not an audiogame by definition can't *also* use any
>     other supplemental stimuli to communicate as well.
>
>     Personally, when I'm explaining games that are accessible to those
>     with complete visual impairment, I tend to describe them as "games
>     that /can/ be played with /only/ audio," rather than "games that
>     /can't/ be played /without/ audio." Again, it's largely a semantic
>     difference. While the latter might technically be more accurate
>     for a certain narrow, specialized definition of audiogame, I think
>     the former is a bit more inclusive of different approaches to
>     audio accessibility.
>
>     -John
>
>     **
>
>     *-- -- -- -- --
>     John R. Porter III
>     www.jrp3.net <http://www.jrp3.net/>
>     University of Washington,**
>     Human Centered Design & Engineering*
>
>
>
>     On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Sandra Uhling
>     <sandra_uhling at web.de <mailto:sandra_uhling at web.de>> wrote:
>
>         Hello,
>         there is an article that says:
>
>         Sander Huiberts, the operator of the website audiogames.net
>         <http://audiogames.net>, said:
>         "An audiogame is a game, that cannot be played without sound."
>
>         This is confusing. Did he really say this?
>         Imagine blind games do no longer know if they really can play
>         an "audio
>         game".
>
>         Best regards,
>         Sandra
>
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