A Fan-Based Proposal to make MYST Accessible to Deaf Players
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An
investigation is underway, that hopes to determine if the original MYST
can be adapted for use by deaf players. If it can, the next step will
be to make the necessary modifications available on the web.
Preliminary thought and experimentation makes the prospect of success
look promising. What is still needed is input from game designers and
programmers who can address the difficulties of what has been proposed.
Interested parties are invited to participate in the discussion in the MYSTcommunity forum for this topic.
The project manager is Serrinatta
The Discussion Thus Far:
Major audio that needs to be converted in some way:
Mazerunner
Spaceship
Fortress Rotation
Selenitic Sounds
Subtitling for all Speech
Minor audio that may need to be converted:
Fuse Switches
Tower Rotation
Tree Elevator
Surfacing Ship
Water Flow
Generators
Stoneship Pumps
Audio that is only an option to convert:
Ambient
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Ideas Thus Far:
Mazrunner:
--vibration accessory
--Symbolic representation
--Color representation
--Arrows
Fortress:
--See Mazerunner
Space Ship:
--Color Spectrum
--Written version of the note
Selenitic:
--Symbols
--Vibration accessory
Tower Rotation:
--shake screen
--Vibration Accessory
Tree Elevator:
--See tower rotation
Surfacing ship:
--Also see Tower rotation
Fuse Switches:
--cartoon sound brackets
Generators:
--see Fuse Switches
Water flow:
--none
Stoneship Pumps:
--none
Ambient:
--none
Music:
--non-clashing artwork
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Locations of Transcriptions of Speech:
http://www.dnidesk.com/refindex.html
http://www.dpwr.net/archive.php?showcat=54
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