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Thanks!

That’s great thanks! Yeah, I usually try to make things mobile friendly as most people seem to view stuff on their devices. I’ll probably go for keys and in screen buttons👍

Hello,

Does anyone have any ideas on how to set up the control scheme?

D-pad, Select, Start, B,A

As these games will likely run on PC/Mac/Phone/Tablet... do you think it's ok to use on screen controls and/or keyboard input, providing the controls are limited to up/down/left/right, and two buttons?

Thanks

John

This sound toy has sound icons on the right that can be dragged and dropped into the path of an orbiting circle in the middle, which acts as a trigger when it hits them. It’s not very precise and I’m not sure how to get a screen reader to work with it. I’ll have a look into it and see if it’s possible or at least start my next project with this in mind. Thank you for your comment.

By the way, I took part in a game jam specifically for blind gamers last year. I made a game with a 3D environment to navigate called Lifeforms. It was my first attempt and probably not that great, but there were some really cool submissions, I’ll add the link just in case you missed it. Link to games for blind gamers 2

Magic! Thanks :)

Thank you for hosting the jam and taking the time to play all the ‘instruments’! 

Thank you Perfect C! 

Thanks!

Can't find dumb synth anymore :( Anyway, this one seems less dumb and it still has red lights!

Fantastic! First of all, my compliments for the choice of sounds, then for the range of sounds and the simple selection interface with drop down menus to save space, great idea, and something I'd like to try.  

Love the hand/beater interface thing! :) Does what it says on the tin. Would be nice if it did that thing I usually do because I can't play my  'glockenspiel' (Apparently xylophone is the wooden one, but I call my metal one a xylophone anyway) where you hold down the beater and move left and right to make a dream flashback sound.

That’s amazing! That guy really pushed it to the limits! Made me crack up :) unfortunately the reverb and pan doesn’t work on WebGL and there are a few bugs with saving that I need to sort out,  hopefully get back to it next week. Anyway, thank you for all the ideas and for hosting the jam! Great fun!

The chimes sound lovely! Very relaxing while staring at the star patterns. I also like the mix of mouse and keys to trigger sounds. Some ideas could be to expand the selection of sounds and even take the player on a journey through space with some kind of evolving background.

I really like the idea of having demos in a console. The menu system works well too and has a great retro feel to it. I started with Melody Heights, which looks and sounds amazing. I wondered around a bit and went up to what seemed to be the summit. I like the way all the fairy things emanate sound and fly away from you. It might be nice to be able to speed up or even moon jump to dramatically shift the soundscape. 

Then I had a go at Harmony Falls. I didn't realise I could shoot the sounds at first so I just died in a discordant harmony, which sounded pretty cool. Shooting was fun for a while but I didn't get the feeling I was going anywhere. Perhaps in a future version there could be levels with different sounds and maybe a parallax background for sighted players. Looking forward to Secret Bread and Super Kaleidophone !

Wow! Excellent idea! It took me a while to get a sound out of it, but after randomly increasing all the parameters it got really interesting! This is really sophisticated stuff with lots of features and would work well both visually and sonically for performance or sound art. It might just be a good idea to add some kind of tutorial or instructions, even if only on the itch page. 

Thank you for the ideas and encouragement! Impressive polyrhythm set up too! I'll do my best to grant some of your wishes :) Thanks for the invite to Discord. I decided I don't get on too well with Discord a couple of game jams back, so for the moment, I'll just stick to Itch.

Thanks for the reply and the links! Never heard of the Orba 2, thanks, I recently got an PO-33, so messing about with that at the moment! Your DevLog and Blog look great! Did you create it within Itch.io? I've been using Wordpress for a while but the free version is covered in ads.

Hi there!

I usually use a blog when I'm doing a game jam to help motivate myself, reflect, and possibly learn something. And, if anyone else is blogging, vlogging, devlogging or whatever, I'd be interested in reading/watching.

This is my first post for this jam and I'll be updating it regularly if anyone is interested. 

I have one sample pack which is free if you put 0 in the money bit. The sounds are from my instruments/studio and you can download in any format including ogg.  I aim to make a new one for this jam. I used the sounds in this game for a recent jam.

https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1008996229/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/

John

Thanks for organising the jam! With you on the punk rock philosophy!

nice idea! I love/hate experiencing/noticing the cult-like language used by corporations, especially the ‘corporate values and behaviour’ brainwashing attempts.thanks

We are all affected by discriminatory laws. We have seen this type of politics before.

I think terror management theory might go some way to explaining reactions to anti-capitalism and/or pro-capitalism ideas as they are both concepts which potentially supply a sense of  immortality through death denying fantasy (Ernest Becker). This is why you might want to put  your sunglasses on or take them off from time to time.

As I am interested in taking on the challenge of making a game that takes a critical look at the dominant global system most of us are trying to survive in, let's put our sunglasses on and explore four interconnected beliefs that probably need looking at, and that might provide inspiration: The American Dream, Meritocracy, free will and the self.

Let's start with some comedy: The American Dream

Then, Meritocracy (Term originally coined in a dystopian Sci fi novel: The Rise of the Meritocracy)

 Myth of Free will 

The Self Illusion

What's the self illusion got to do with capitalism? Warning 4-hour mind-warping documentary! (Edward Bernays to Tony Blair)

So, any game ideas for dreams, merit, determinism,  selflessness and happiness machines?

Thanks for experimenting with it :-) and for the ideas. If you open it on your phone you can control the ball/s with the touch screen and hit the shapes you want, but once you let go the initial ball takes on a 'life' of its own.

Wow! Finally, a side-scrolling shrump! I think that's the right name. Love these types of games, like Salamander and R-Type. Very inspiring thanks :-)

Some Chomsky for game design ideas :-) 

Well done for making flatland a reality! I like the intro and the option to see things from above.

Great fun! Lovely warped lighting FX in the ghost dimension.

Great runner! I'll have to try making something like this. Took me a while to realise I could switch between the dinomensions, definitely helped me get a bit further :-)

Really enjoyed this! The mechanics are great and it is very addictive and fun. It definitely fits the theme and I love the art style of the sprites too. I like the way you had a little cut scene to introduce the evolution idea at the start and the way the eating sounds got deeper the more you evolved. Beyond the jam it would be nice to add some parallax background to give a better sense of depth and movement. 

Thank you for trying it out! I have been writing about making this 'game' in a blog. There are some images of code and comments in there. https://redninja83882493.wordpress.com

Wonderful pixel art! Very inspiring!

This looks and sounds great! When you say ChatGPT powered, what do you mean? I'm interested in how it can be used in game design. 

Funny idea with the dogs in space! Makes me think of  the animals in Star fox and gives the shooter a good context/narrative. 

Lovely 1-bit 2D/3D art style and interesting mechanic with rotation. Nice little dialogue/text box. game has an air of mystery about it. Kudos!

These are the submissions from the jam: https://itch.io/jam/games-for-blind-gamers-2/entries It was called Games for Blind Gamers 2.

I did a game jam for blind gamers recently. Was interesting to start designing from the sound up. Some entries used recorded dialogue that you could interact with using keys. Others places sounds and speech on objects in a 3d space so you could move towards them with a first person controller using your ears. In general, I find it is good to have one audio source per game object so that you can manipulate the pitch, stereo position easily in the inspector (Unity). Other general tips would be to convert your audio files to ogg, and avoid long audio clips.

Update: managed to make my 'game' 'playable' with mouse clicks using a button linked to a function. Not ideal but the quick and dirty fix I needed. Now for the next game jam! Good luck everyone!

Thank you for the ideas! I'll let you know if I get things fixed. I had a look at the Unity Junior Programmer Pathway, looks very interesting/useful, thanks!

Hello, I have submitted my ‘game’ but didn’t manage to set up the controls in the way I wanted. There are a couple of days left though and maybe I can sort it out in time.

Anyway, does anyone know how you can set up touch (taps and position) and mouse click (click and position) so that the game can be played on computers (with a mouse) and on mobile devices (with touch) for WebGL builds (to be played in the browser)?

 Currently, my game is working as a WebGL build on mobile devices with touch, but not on computers with mouse.

I am using Unity with C#