No problem at all with asking Jo, that's one of the reasons for this board, and it's really nice to see someone developing a game who's actually concerned enough to come and ask, ---- usually it's us who have to poke webmasters about accessifying their games.

I personally use hal rather than jaws, a screen reader popularly used in europe and the Uk, and I'll be glad to look over the game.

please let us know if you'd prefer feedback here on this topic, or sent to you via e-mail.

either is of course fine.

Eddit: okay, i've checked out the site, and am waiting for my validation e-mail. i see though the game is based on Logd, which implies that it'll be very accessible, even before you add in some extra tweaks like having the navigation stuff first.

i've personally been dipping into Logd about once a year sinse about 2001, ----- though haven't played for a while.

eddit eddit! okay, I've tried the game out. some nice ideas and random humer, ---- the "sodit! lets kill something" had me laughing a bit. getting back to access though, lack of adds is certainly a really good idea, and thanks for allowing that, it does cut down page clutter.

i've only looked at a few aspects of the game thus far, but i'm fairly intreagued by the travle system, ---- that's not something i've seen before in logd, and as an exploration nut it deffinately appeals to me. the only trouble I found was it was difficult to know which set of coordinates were actually referring to my own current location.

i'd assume this is shown on the grafical map, but it would be really helpful to have some sort of textual indication if possible. the "current position" at the top of the map key didn't seem to give the coordinates, though it did give the terain type.

you could considder adding a "you are here" marker, or just having the current coordinates displayed in text.

other than that, looks nice thus far, ---- i like the increased enemy descriptions, makes the usual Logd monster bashing much more amusing and entertaing! especially if the monsters change each level.

i think you'll guess mine, ;D.
as a hint, it has four letters, begins with d, is the opposite of light, and is a character name I've never! ever! at all! ever! used on the internet anywhere!

Lol!

Thanks for your replies, folks.

I think the biggest problem accessibility-wise is the world map system.  Of course, I'm trying to make a game that's fun for both VI and sighted folks, so some compromises are necessary.

You should have seen the world map system when the game was launched...  It didn't even have alt-text capability for the terrains.  People using a screen reader had no idea where they were or what was going on around them.  Even as it is now, it's an improvement over previous versions, but I'll see if I can make it a bit clearer.

Maybe a better explanation of the map system will help - what you see is just a small portion of the map, IE the range that your character can see.  As you move around, the whole map will change.  Your character is located in the center of the visible map. 

The hotkeys for the world map system caused a bit of confusion once - you'll hear them as (7) North-West, (8) North, and so on.  Those aren't the travel costs - in fact, those numbers in brackets don't mean anything.  They're just the access keys, laid out in such a way that they correspond to directions on your numeric keypad.

If using the map to move around is too much trouble, you can also use the Travel Agents in any Outpost.