Hmmmm Slj I'm not sure. the link to the page you provide lists it as "blind monks society mod" with no information whatsoever, ---- not even the name of whoever uploaded it.

It might just be a mod to turn all enemies in the game into ninjas or something like that. the page you provide seems just to be an uploading site, with no info about the files or what they do.

It seems a litle odd to me that if someone could get into developing a sound only interface for halflife, they wouldn't have been in contact with the main audio games sites and mailing lists (here, audeasy, and game accessibility), ---- or even more the audio quake project.

I'll do a quick google and see what I can find though just in case.

If it is indeed an accessible mod for halflife 2, I certainly know people who would be able to test it out.

Eddit eddit: okay, this is interesting! I've located the mod on a mod hosting site, and it would seem to be an audio micky take where you play as a blind monk with no graphics and audio nvagation (the chap even recommends headphones). Not only is this interesting, sinse it means a fully sited player has developed an audio game (or at least an audio mod), off his own bat for sited players, ---- but also it migh mean that audio navigation in the half-life 2 interface is possible in a similar way to audio quake.

I'm attempting to get hold of the dev's E-mail address at the moment, and will start discussion on the subject with him (annoyingly, I have to register at the mod-hosting site to be able to see a member's E-mail address, so haven't been able to do it yet).

Eddit the third: I've registered on the site and sent an enquiring mail, let's see what happens.

I'll keep people posted.

Cj: Half-life is not free.

Dark: You are awesome. I'm glad you'll try to contact the developers.
I didn't believe what I have seen until I tried to find more information about the mud.

Here is some interesting links you might check out:

Some genneral info about the mud:
http://www.seeingwithsound.com/win3dgame.htm
A very cool interview about the mud:
http://gamescc.rbkdesign.com/arti-views … iew_cc.php
While searching for the Half-life mud, I ran across something really cool which you must check out. This is a dutch video where they show the audio game called Deamor. I wish I could play this game. It's sounds awesome. Here is the link, and sorry to go of topic:
mms://www.accessibility.nl/games/video/DemorNosFinalGroot.wmv?SAMI=http://www.accessibility.nl/games/video/DemorNosFinalGroot.smi
Here is a link to the place where I found most of the informations:
http://www.game-accessibility.com/index … ile=papers
There are lots of articles and videos about accessibility on this site. I haven't checked out them all . This site is awesome.

Well, I can't find more information about Half-life and accessibility. I hope we can get in tutch with the developers of the mud.

Lastly, I'll tell you about my experiences with the game. I tried to play Half-life 2 for very long time ago. It was hard. Very hard But if there really is a mud which makes it more accessible, I think we can play it.
I rememver I played the first level where you are on the train station. I constantly pressed the action key while  walking around, trying to find some people to talk to, or doors I could walk through. I find some people, and I had a few confrensations. But then I was stuck. I should follow a woman through a kind of a gate, and this was hard because it was a very small gate. I got help from a sighted person to find it, and the game continues. I got some more help, and I came to a room, where I must build some stairs using some boxes, and I jumped out of the window. I don't know how we should be able to make the box-pussle to get out of the window without sighted assistance. If you bump into the boxes after you have build the stairs, they collapses!
I think it would be possible to play most of the game with a lot of audio featback. The sounds in the game are very good.

I might be able to try the mud together with one of my sighted friends if he still have the game.

Oh, cool movie, and very fun.

I hope we'll be able to play Half-life 2 in the future. Do you know if the mud is something we can use? Or is it totally useless?

I'll also note that even AGRIP audio quake has severe problems with the included maps and has to pretty much make its own. Conventional maps can often include far too many confusing levels, etc in the 3D environment. I recall briefly poking around the original half life while I had sight, as well as various various other games in the "FPS" genre. Accessible maps would be almost essential.

It is most interesting though.

And I agree with Dark, if I hear it called a mud again I'll probably get quite flustered. I know muds, this is not a mud. Muds stemmed from old fashioned role playing games, mods stemmed from a game which can be altered in some fundamental manner.

you know what could be done I think or should be done?
I think if I remember correctly that there is a mod of Half Life II called Gary's Mod
there's only a few areas in the version I watched my fully sighted brother play, and you can spawn enemies I think and just enjoy it.

(its not the game its kinda like just a thing but it uses all the half life guns and stuff)
trust me it was awesome

Too true dark. But I think CJ here was thinking something more along the lines of CounterStrike, with, if you'll pardon me, better sounds and more weapons.

True, audio quake is only scratching the surface of what may be done in terms of weapons, fps deathmatch etc, and I do agree on the sound business.