[games_access] PizzaGames

[Kestrell]

Apologies that went to list; my stupid screen reader told me the CC field 
was empty, argh.

Kes

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kestrell" <kestrell at panix.com>
To: <jbannick at 7128.com>; "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" 
<games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [games_access] PizzaGames


> Hi, John
>
> I've been dying to try out the duck game ever since I heard about it at 
> the Game Loop conference back in August, where I got to talk with one of 
> the designers from your company (maybe Mary? If I got a card, I've lost it 
> since).
>
> I just checked out the site in order to download the game, though, and the 
> only option I see for downloading is to download the game with the Pizza 
> Box for $15+. You mentioned in the announcement email that the game could 
> be purchased separately for less; is this true? If so, is there a direct 
> link to that page?
>
> I'll still buy the package if I have to, but I would prefer to buy the 
> individual game. Also, this will be my first download from your company so 
> I don't have any of the preexisting game engines on my system; is this why 
> I need to download the $15 package?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kestrell
> Reading in the Dark
> http://kestrell.livejournal.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Bannick" <jbannick at 7128.com>
> To: <games_access at igda.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 6:24 PM
> Subject: [games_access] PizzaGames
>
>
> Folks,
>
> We've just released 7 accessible educational games for toddlers and young
> children ages 2 - 7.
>
> These PizzaGames include:
>
> * Here Comes the Duck!
>  Learn your animals.
>  Possibly the only game playable by blind 2-year olds.
>
> * The Letters Game, The Spelling Game, The Dictionary Game.
>  Learn your ABCs.
>
> * The Numbers Game, Numbers Plus, Numbers Minus.
>  Learn your numbers, addition, and subtraction.
>
> All games are playable by children who are blind, or deaf, or motion
> impaired, as well as those who are non-impaired.
>
> All games self-voice and work with JAWS
> All games are captioned
> All games work with Windows 98, XP, and Vista
> All games work with Macintosh OS X
>
> The games cost $7 each, or less in our BabyBear and MamaBear packs.
> They are available via electronic download or on CD.
>
> See these games at www.7128.com.
>
> That being said, I want to offer personal thanks to Reid for the on-point
> info he sent me on captioning. His help is directly displayed in the
> caption bar we have at the bottom of all our PizzaGames. And in the work
> we did to get reasonable text representations of the sounds. It ain't
> perfect; we've got a lot to learn; but it's a beginning.
>
> John Bannick
> 7-128 Software
>
>
>
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