Hello Bryan,

Guess I'm too old to know much of Mega Man, so I looked it up in Wikipedia.  Side and vetical scroller type game in the original early releases. Much like Omega man which may in fact be the same thing.  I think Wii has something like this out as a 3d shooter. You run through levels and fight monsters then bosses I imagine. Article mentions a paper/scissors/rock hit engine which would be interesing.  My style of game is just taking off in development as I am into something a lot more major than I've done before. What I've done so far is fairly simple as I learn this new programming language and get a feel for what is wanted in audio. So far my techniques are quit different than what I've seen so far.

Anyway, I have thought of doing an audio A I (read single player) first person shooter using audio clues. I like Medal of Honor a lot and I may be able to pull off an audio version in the future. I've just tried technoshock. I'm sorry but I was very disoriented as I tried it. I need to study the read me much better.  I prefer that the audio gives you more surrounding info through voice vs. pinging or bumping into things. I prefer passive recognition to pinging or bumping and it should be the primary input if you can recognize it. Of course bumping and pinging would still be needed.  As you enter a new area some voice as narrative I think would be in order to help orient the player or like an A I  buddy to help explore the area with you and you are the boss. But as you put more and more of these things into your code it gets extensive. As a hobbyist like me this takes a lot of time.

I have not heard anyone complain about what I've made so far, and at the same time I know they are really quick casual type games. The next one I am working on is not quite so casual as it is an A I board game and I hope to have a lot of atmosphere as audio and it will be both audio and a bit of graphical for the sighted so it can be a colaborative effort. As I try out more audio games I understand why the sighted are so disoriented and don't play them. The games I have made can be played by all. Solaris prime is in the pure audio style but I made it from a different perspective and for the sighted and the seeing impaired it is a bit of a curiosity as you fight and evade the enemy. Instead of using a mouse you use the number pad as hot keys and other keys too as hot infomation keys. You stay busy.

The next game I have in mind is also A I board based and a derivative of Clue.

Then it will be on to the A I shooter. And I have an idea for it but it is really on the next rung of difficulty in audio. To answer your question - yes it can be done and I think the techniques I mentioned above are best for the best effect. I'll see how well my next game goes over and see if I am actually headed in the right direction.

I'm not sure of what the AGM is capable of. But I bet you could easily incorporate the paper scissor rock hith engine easily enough. It is then a matter of atmosphere and attack and move sequence to give it a real time feel. That may be tricky in AGM, as I've said, I don't know what it is capable of.