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#762955 - 10/24/11 07:05 PM BlindSide: The Audio Adventure Game
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Aaron Rasmussen & Michael T. Astolfi are creating a video game with no graphics, played entirely using audio. It is an audio adventure, set in a fully 3D world that you’ll never see. It's called BlindSide, and it’s one of the first games to bring a new kind of gaming experience to sighted players, that can also be fully enjoyed by visually impaired gamers. While there have been a handful of audio-only games, there hasn’t been anything quite like this.

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BlindSide is about a young couple, Case and Dawn, who wake up blind, and find that there are monsters outside in the darkness eating people. You control Case as he and Dawn try to escape danger, and uncover why they can no longer see, what's outside eating people, and what they are going to do about it.

Much of the inspiration for the game is drawn from an accident involving one of the game’s developers. Aaron was blind for a short period of time in high school following a serious chemistry accident. As long time gamers we were searching for a new gaming experience. Gamer have had beautiful experiences from games like Limbo, Alice, Flower, and Braid, and have had new adventures from games like LA Noir and Mass Effect, but the designers of BlindSide wanted to let players explore something new, and something from Aaron's past. To do that, they decided to take the "video" out of video games.

So far Aaron & Mike have completed 10 minutes of gameplay to prove out the technology, and demonstrate that our core mechanic is fun, but when complete, BlindSide will be fully accessible to the visually impaired, making the experience of playing the game identical for sighted and visually impaired players alike.

Look for more news on BlindSide coming soon, and look for it on sale on a device near you January 2012!

Aaron Rasmussen is a computer scientist and creative. He is a former owner and co-founder of Harcos Laboratories. Prior to that, he started a robotics software company. He started programming at age 5 in SmartBasic on a Coleco Adam, and is the creator of the first optical-tracking sentry gun.

Michael T. Astolfi is a game designer & evolutionary psychologist who makes and studies video games. He is currently pursuing a Master's in The Design and Psychology of Video Games at New York University, and is the Lead Game Designer and a Co-Founder of Blacktorch Games, a New York-based mobile and social game developer.



Happy Gaming!

Ana rah

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#762958 - 10/24/11 07:19 PM Re: BlindSide: The Audio Adventure Game [Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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It sounds intriguing -- unlike any adventure I've played before. I also must confess that I'm curious about the chemistry accident. grin

Thanks Ana! wave

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#762961 - 10/24/11 07:25 PM Re: BlindSide: The Audio Adventure Game [Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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That is a great concept. The experience is novel for the gamers.
It will give enjoyment to those that are visually impaired.

Thanks, Ana.
bravo to Aaron Rasmussen & Michael T. Astolf.

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#763005 - 10/25/11 03:41 AM Re: BlindSide: The Audio Adventure Game [Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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Wow! What a fascinating idea! Thanks for sharing Ana.
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#763020 - 10/25/11 06:12 AM Re: BlindSide: The Audio Adventure Game [Re: Kaki's Sister]
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Sounds like a wonderful concept !! happydance happydance
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#763056 - 10/25/11 11:36 AM Re: BlindSide: The Audio Adventure Game [Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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Limbo, Alice, Flower, and Braid?
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#763062 - 10/25/11 12:42 PM Re: BlindSide: The Audio Adventure Game [Re: GuybrushThreepwood]
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An intriguing idea. wave

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#763073 - 10/25/11 02:01 PM Re: BlindSide: The Audio Adventure Game [Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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Sounds very, very intreiging. I look forward to it!
I've always been interested in the idea of a game explicitly designed with no visuals.
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#763209 - 10/26/11 10:41 AM Re: BlindSide: The Audio Adventure Game [Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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Looking forward to how a walkthrough will be done. (Can it be called a walkthrough?) Interesting.

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#784983 - 02/02/12 09:22 AM A REALLY Different Adventure Game
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I read this on Wired Magazine about a man who became blind after a chemistry experiment in high school (his eyesight returned over time).
This experience caused him to create a really different adventure game experience:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/600219258/blindside-the-audio-adventure-video-game
so I thought I'd share this with you guys and see what you think.
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#784986 - 02/02/12 09:31 AM Re: A REALLY Different Adventure Game [Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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Thanks, Debra for thinking of us on new games.

I combined your post to the original thread we have on the game.

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