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[Summo]

Well, bugger me. Quake for the blind.

To make Quake work for a blind player, the team had to create a world of aural cues that evoked the complex visual world of Quake. When a hallway comes up on the right, for example, the player can hear a slight rushing of air off to the right. Other things in the game - objects like guns or competing players - were programmed to give off characteristic sounds, their direction indicated by their relative volume in the ears. For their version, a pair of headphones are important.

One of the greatest moments came this winter when the team was showing off its sound-only version of Quake to other game designers. Keenan, whose blindness started them on their quest, took on the other game designers, all old hands at Quake. ''Tim,'' said Spitzer with a laugh, ''just slaughtered them.''

Yeah, my arse. How the hell does this work? Presumably there's no actual aiming involved, and the challange is to be able to work out which direction an enemy is? I wouldn't mind seeing this for myself. Or hearing it. Whatever.

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

Scooba Da Bass: FS Teamy how could you miss, are you blind?

Keenen: Yes

Scooba Da Bass: I'll get my coat

 

[throdgrain]

Sometimes I think I am blind tbh ...

 

[Testin da Cable]

woo that's uber cool!

 

[Perplex]

Not too far fetched really. As I am sure you're aware, when you lose one sense, the others become heightened to compensate. As such, blind people have an amazing sense of hearing and touch.

 

[xenon2000]

Level Design would have to be pretty simple for it to work wouldn't it? I mean in a basic maze of corridors or a big open arena I can imagine it working, but for most of the original Quake levels the players would surely have to know the layouts off by heart. I can just about get round dm6 with my eyes shut, but the others no way

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Perplex
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Yet another resident!

 

[Perplex]

Originally posted by xenon2000
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Perplex
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Yet another resident!

eargh?! when did this terrible affliction happen

 

[Sar]

Not far fetched at all, cos I frequently use only sound to kill incoming attackers in CTF.

 

[Sawtooth]

Ive always played that way. Like a blind man.

 

[JohnyWishbone]

we have a deaf player in our clan, and he is shit hot. Like perplex says, other senses become heightened to compensate for the lack of the other. If he was hearing i think he would be Uber CS player.

I was embarresed when I was constantly talking to him using voice comms, and he never replied.. eventually some one else interupted to say .

"Errrr Johny, he's deaf, you'd better type your question "

well I didint know

 

[Ch3tan]

Originally posted by xenon2000

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Perplex
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Yet another resident!

Ahh fook, there goes the neighbourhood.

 

[Munkey-]

Originally posted by Johny Wishbone
we have a deaf player in our clan, and he is shit hot. Like perplex says, other senses become heightened to compensate for the lack of the other. If he was hearing i think he would be Uber CS player.

I was embarresed when I was constantly talking to him using voice comms, and he never replied.. eventually some one else interupted to say .

"Errrr Johny, he's deaf, you'd better type your question "

well I didint know

heh. we all live and learn. if we learn from our mistakes, we can recognise them when we commit them again