Audiogames.net monthly digest - April 2022
Welcome back to the audiogames.net monthly digest, bringing you all the news about blind friendly games.
If the last few months were packed with releases, April appears to be a bit slower paced letting you take a breather and catch up on the backlog. That’s not to say we haven’t had any major releases or announcements, however. Whether you’re into word, adventure or memory games or you’re all about grabbing the latest Hearthstone cards, you’ll find something interesting here!
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New releases
coming soon: To the Dragon Cave (a blind-friendly mobile audiogame by Kikiriki games)
Liberate yourself from the throes of a powerful dragon, escape from a stone tower and wander hither and thither in the far-away land of Laudonia. Not for a single moment will you be safe, that’s for sure. Hordes of enemies lie in waiting at each step of your dangerous wanderings. Bloodthirsty sheep, giant spiders, skeletons, zombie trees and lots of other dark creatures strive to seize your soul. You, however, are endowed with a mission that drives you forward. Therefore, you shall never give up.
In the style of classic first person shooters, To the Dragon Cave will feature nine environments, eleven types of enemies, five ruthless bosses, four endings, dialogs voiced by professional actors and much more. In this Applevis thread the developers announced that the game will be released on May 15th for both iOS and Android. The link above also includes a link to the app store where the game can be preordered for $5.99
You can get more info and watch a trailer here.
BellBoy Hotel (small audio based game)
in this game you work as a hotel bell boy. You must wait in reception for phone calls from your guests. They will tell you what they want to order. Your job is to go to the appropriate place and collect what they need, then deliver it to their room. You’ll receive a tip based on how long you took to deliver the order. Your aim is to collect as many tips as you can during your shift. In each shift you will have 5 orders or requests to fulfil. Depending on how accurately and how quickly you deliver, your tip amount will be adjusted.
Troy’s Quest Book and Game
An interactive book and audio based game where you choose the plot. You must help young Troy on his quest to retrieve the four elements. The game consists of short chapters, at the end of each you’ll be provided with a choice of options - one will help Troy on his quest, the other may lead to a timely demise. Your task is to get Troy to the end of his quest and restore the safety of his village. Control is via using left and mouse buttons, or keys A and B. Has spoken audio describing the game, how to play and interact with it, and all chapters are also spoken. For visual users a choice a display colours and fonts are available.
Words of Power (a word game with a twist)
Play as a magic wielding mage in this fun filled word game in which you can go up against AI controlled dragons or other mages in online mode to see who can form the biggest words using their racks and the board tiles. Avoid curses, play guardians to your advantage and navigate the randomly generated board in a game that is able to produce hours of entertainment.
Head over to the game page on NathanTech to get the demo or purchase the full game.
CMD C - an idle game
In this incremental/clicker programming sim you play as a coder, tasked with collecting as many lines as possible. From the app store description:
The game is based on collecting as many lines as you can. Once you have enough you can begin buying upgrades at which point the game becomes an idle simulation with prestige and offline support. The idle game is broken up into chapters. Each chapter progresses the story with different incremental game mechanics.
Versions are available for iOS and android.
AudioMemo - an audio memory match game for iOS and Android
AudioMemo is an audio adaptation of the popular Memory game, the aim of which is to combine pairs of cards hidden on the board. This game has been created with the blind in mind: the images on the cards have been replaced with different sounds.
The game is very similar to an old Klango classic - the pirate memory game. You have a number of different sound schemes to choose and then have to clear increasingly larger boards in a time limit. Getting multiple matches without making a mistake awards you bonus time.
The game is not only free, but also open-source and the link above will take you to its GitHub page where you’ll find both a link to the App Store for the iOS version as well as an APK file for Android.
Game updates
- System Fault received a bunch of bug fixes and gameplay improvements focused around navigation, visual map rendering, physics/balancing and performance optimizations
- Hearthstone released their Voyage to the Sunken City expansion containing 135 new cards, the dredge mechanic, colossal minions and more which can be played using the Hearthstone Access Mod. Watch the audio described cinematic trailer
- After further community feedback and discussion, Ebon Sky Studios have decided to continue offering the last build of Sable indefinitely. They stress that no support will be provided, and games created with this version are for private use only. More details here
- Apotheorasis - Lab of the Blind Gods Got a minor update that put the final touches on the music and voice acting audio mastering
- Fight! introduced a better AI plus some stability fixes in V22.0420
- Both BC4000 and DDHeros continue receiving periodic updates. In the case of BC4000 these mainly add extra maps and more game customization options, while DDHeros in addition to also getting more maps continues getting VoiceOver fixes.
- your_adventure beta 4.2 was released with a long list of bug fixes and stability improvements (thanks to Keshav on the forum for the info)