Hi Fredric and welcome.

That's interesting news, however I think we'd appreciate a bit more information about the game, especially if we're to think about financially contributing. As you imagine looking at the database here "horror" is a little none specific for a game genre. What sort of game are you exactly considdering developing? an fps? something closer to an adventure game? An interactive audio drama?

We've had several games in the horror catagory thus far, including the fps shades of doom, the full audio cooperative fps swamp, the adventure game descent into madness, the challenge based Iphone game pappa sanga , and probably not a few others.

horror goes really well in audio as you might imagine, indeed it is my personal opinion that being audio, and being not able to see the monster contribute's to it's horror factor (I've had friends who are fans of the doom series who regard the audio doom homage as actually more horrific for this reason). However, of course horror can go to all sorts of different genres, from arcade to full on adventure, to survival horror with rpg elements and is more a theme than a descriptive genre of games, so more information about the actual style of gameplay would be very welcome.

You might also considder having a look at the other games on this site, particularly some of those I've mentioned just to give ideas, though with the exception of audio space invader clones, there's really no genre we couldn't! do with more titles in.

If you can give some more ideas about the game, i can probably write up some news for the front of site as well, which might help on the donations front too.

This sounds really, really interesting... I'm looking forward to hear more.

I might be able to make a few contributions here myself, for music.
We will have to talk via pm or something, the chap i am working has a few restrictions, but I'm sure I can get you some free, legal, music. Most of it will be orchestrated though. I do have a few odd bits and peaces here and there, so it goes for an interesting mix. Again, let me know what you want to do. Hope to see this project come to life!

Hi.
i don't want to put a damper on this but shouldn't this be in the off topic room since it isn't releced yet?
it sounds great though, i didn't read all the first post but it stil sounds great pluss i love horror games.
oh will it be for pc or mac or iphone or ipod tuch?
if it is for ipod maybe you could use the ipod or iphone you might be able to use the tilting feachers and the moving around feachers. like you could race the iphone slash ipod fast tojump up or something like that.
or for blocking a monsters atack you could have the iphone or ipod in a strate potions but strate as in insted of it being flat on your hand it is faceing long ways butstrate and left to rite.
hmm not sure if that made sence sorry.
just some of my ideas.

Moderation!

yes indeed brad you are correct, sinse this isn't actually a new release with something to download as yet I've moved the thread, though I don't know where you got the idea it should be in the offtopic room, sinse it's still very much game related (remember, offtopic = anything not! to do with games).

Either way, i look forward to the game myself. i hope personally for a pc version, though sinse I do have plans to get an Iphone or Ipad in the future I wouldn't mind a release on that, but that's just personal opinion really based on what systems I have access to myself.

these days Vi users tend to use a variety of things, ---- though not many tend to use android or smart phones as screen readers for those platforms are less common. mobile wise it tends to be the Ipad, and computer wise windows Pc has the bulk of the userbase, though there are some people like Slj who use Mac and a few who use Lynux as well.

Don't panic about thread placement, that's what moderators are for :d.
the concept sounds interesting, i especially like your ideas for replay, and the frequency thing reminds me of the Dr. who audio wispers of terror abot a sentient soundwave let loose in a recording archive, I also love the ideas for randomness and variables.

Unity should work well, indeed the first version of the experimental fps horror game extant, developed by Richard and sander (the actual webmasters of the site), was run through unity web player.

however, all this being said I firstly am not sure about what you mean  reguarding 3D first person and! a menue. Do you  mean that the menue would act as essentially a descriptive list of in room objects and exits, and you'd need to move around yourself, using audio navaids such as speaking of coordinates or general room info, footstep echoe and audio from objects.

Terraformers and Shades of doom both use this method, and it works extremely well, indeed the method they use has almost become a standard in the audio fps games we've seen.

Alternatively, when you speak of "a menue" do you literally mean menue style navigation as in an if game, eg, you select the "go" command and then "out of the door"

If this method it  chosen, I'm not sure how it would combine with fps, sinse in an first person perspective obviously you are  moving around in the full 180 degrees.

Perhaps download and trying some of the games I've mentioned might be a good source of ideas.

As to money, that is a problem, especially for audio games. Realistically, the most wide selling audio game sold about 500 copies, and that was exceptionally well, most will be betwene 150 and 300 copies to vi and blind gamers.

Harsh, but true. Also, there has been a couple of cases of bad preorders in the community where preorders weren't filled and people lost their dosh, so people can be suspicious, indeed I recently received my own preorder money that I'd sent to support access in one game project which sadly didn't get enough interest.

then again, with the kickstart model you aren't actually asking people for! money, but for a promise of money, so people aren't making a risk on the fact that the project might or might not happen, sinse by the time you take their money it's happening, so there may be less reluctance.

Even so, unfortunately it can't be denied that the audio games playing community is very small indeed, and not exactly rolling in cash, and I'd rather see a less ambicious project happen than a more ambicious one not happen at all for lack of funds.

That being said, if a certain amount of stuff can be done in house as it were by volunteers, that might help a lot.

several people for instance (including myself), have voice acted in games for free, and you might want to look into some alternative options for music as well.

either way i do very much hope this project gets going, sinse it sounds like a great idea.

Hi
Well The game sounds really good.
I don't have any cash to be contributing though I'd like to do playtesting, and maybe voice acting parts maybe the main char.
I have ok ish recording stuff, the mic I use for broadcasting is a plantronics usb and its clean.
I could do other voices on request.
And I can do it for free.
A project like this will take time between other projects and contracts I do and will serve to give me a break.
I have windows xp here so if it runs on xp and 7 etc I'll happily run and see what it does.
In addition I co host a podcast on technology.jaredrimer.net and also can submit articles so I can promote your stuff if you wish.

I'll see what I can do with writing some news, and if your looking for voice actors I can certainly help there myself, as i have a rather good digital recorder, a certain amount of acting experience, both voice acting in other games, and indeed on stage (I am a rather serious tenor).

For kickstarter I'm a little surprised that it's us only, sinse recently I contributed myself to a game soundtracks related project, to have an updated version of the turrican game soundtracks produced as an album, and that was initiated by a German composer, but I'll have a look at the site you mention as well.

I was surprised too to see Kickstarter is US only.

And I'd love to hear your voice on this. It's a little down the line, but it's never too early to hear voice actors.
(Especially since voice acting just became a WAY WAY bigger focus than in other games)

And I see stuff like that all the time SLJ. Not exclusive to audio games by any means.
I've seen it past 2 development hells to I should be fine and not a quitter. ESPECIALLY when people give me money to do something (A very serious thing, mind)

HI.
is there a way we can donate money if we wantto?

IF, and it's a big IF.
IF this gets close to its desired number I might have to contact Indiegogo to get the go-ahead anyways. I've read you can do that, but it's dealt on a case-by-case basis. 13000 is a lot, I'll grant ya and this is what you'd call a dream project. If it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. Sad, but that's the way of things. I am trying to do everything I can to make it succeed of course.

And you have a very good voice. I hope we'll get to use it in this project.

Yes, at the indiegogo page you will see a button to donate.
I am relying on people spreading the word about this project and donating in order to get it off the ground.

I'll be very glad to donate to the project next week as soon s my credit card is clear, and just let me know about the voice acting.

I am however a little apprehensive over the really large amount, and do find myself wondering if perhaps a smaller amount, or a stratified targit system might have been a better idea, sinse while I can imagine you getting a couple of thousand, maybe as much as five, I'm not sure about the full thirteen.

We will see however. i've put some news on the front of site, and I've tried to make it clear in that news that people aren't actually risking their money for a potential preorder. I also presume that you will be advertizing on other gaming sites as well.

Indeed, sinse this is from your description something of an interactive horror audio drama, you might think about getting some of the horror audio drama community involved, by advertizing on sites like www.darkerprojects.com, www.podiobooks.com and www.brokensea.com, sites that specialize in ameter audio books and dramas.

I'm not sure whether such people would fancy an interactive drama, but it's worth a try.

Also, getting a utube vid may help as well.

I do hope thisproject comes off, though i'd be sad to see it missed for lack of funds, and would as I said much rather see a smaller project than no project at all, perhaps with ameter voice acting and less music.