[BlindTlk] [computer game] BlindMaster v0.9

Wed Apr 1 07:56:55 UTC 2020

Hello Humberto,

I'm glad you liked the game. BlindMaster is multi platform, in the sense 
that it does not rely on any specific OS features. Myself, I distribute 
it only for Windows and Linux, through the game's website. It surely 
could be made a mac package, but I don't have a mac so I cannot prepare 
such package, it would require someone fluent with mac development tools.

A smartphone version would be definitely cool, yes. Unfortunately I miss 
experience on that front as well. BlindMaster is an open-source project, 
so perhaps one day someone will port it to other platforms, who knows.

The voices are not very good, but thank you nonetheless for your 
enthusiasm. Using Windows TTS would be an option, but then the game 
would not be portable any more. Actually, it uses pre-recorded messages, 
so the solution is simply to record better, human voices. Kevin on this 
list kindly proposed his help, I am in touch with him off list. I was 
planning to record a better voice myself, but it is kind of hard to get 
such thing done nowadays while stuck at home with 2 kids screaming all 
day round. Also my english skills are rather poor, it would be much 
better the recordings to be done by a native speaker. Myself, I will 
record a proper polish voice, as soon as I find a way to get rid of the 
kids.

The choice of words may also be suboptimal - any suggestions are welcome 
of course. "Inputs" instead of "Propositions" sounds fine. Shorter is 
certainly better, as it makes the game dynamics more interesting.

best,
Mateusz

On 01/04/2020 03:23, Humberto Avila via BlindTlk wrote:
> Dear Mateusz,
> 
> Thanks for posting your computer game. I really enjoyed playing through it and the interaction for using the arrow keys, and the keyboard for inputting numbers is very well done.   The feedback is also very good. Nicely done. Have a couple of suggestions for you.
> 
> 1.  You state in the readme file in the .Zip file you sent via link, that Blindmaster is "multi platform." So do you also have a Mac version, or an app version that we may download from our smartphones in the future? Just curious.
> 2. I think the voices that come with the Blindmaster app are good, but can be improved a little. I had some trouble understanding them. I am wondering if in the future, it would be great to have an option where we can use the built-in Windows text-to-speech voices in addition to those built-in ones and implement a setting for that.
> 
> 3.  I would use more plain language when communicating info to the user. For instance, using "Inputs" instead of "Propositions" Just a suggestion
> 
> Thanks again for writing such an awesome program. Now that we are all locked up in our homes, this is a time to learn these types of games and even learn to code and write apps like these. I'm personally doing that, as I love computer tech myself.  having said that, there are many other mailing lists where you can post your game app to. Namely, the GUI-talk mailing list, and the Computer science list for blind programmers. I'm sure others would like to  contribute to it as well.
> 
> Thanks for reading and have a great day!
> 
> 
> 
> “Positive thinking leads to a positive attitude which leads to positive actions which lead to positive outcomes.”
> — ME
> 
> On Mar 31, 2020, at 9:13 AM, Mateusz Viste via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello, I am not sure I understand what you are asking for. Here below is the direct link to the windows version:
> 
> http://blindmaster.sourceforge.net/blindmaster-0.9-win32.zip
> 
> I hope it helps.
> 
> Mateusz
> 
> 
> 
> On 31/03/2020 17:41, Chikodinaka mr. Oguledo via BlindTlk wrote:
> hello will the game b accable I need the link 2the game
> On 3/30/20, Kevin via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello.  As a programmer I could help with this project.  Also as a
> podcaster I could provide voices.  Let me know.
> 
> 
> On 3/30/2020 11:37 AM, Mateusz Viste via BlindTlk wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Today I released a little game that I was working on the past few
> days. It is called BlindMaster and it's a logic game about deducing a
> secret code by listening to audio hints provided by the computer.
> 
> I hope it is okay that I announce it here - I thought that perhaps
> some of the readers here will find it interesting. The game is
> available for Windows and Linux.
> 
> http://blindmaster.sourceforge.net
> 
> This is my first attempt at creating an accessible game, hence I
> certainly made many ergonomic mistakes.
> 
> The current version is 0.9 and it is a beta production. The audio
> recordings are all computer generated, this will change in future
> versions to feature proper human recordings.
> 
> 
> Mateusz
> 
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