Hi fastfing, that's very handy to  know,  thanks.

I have already found the notification area and the swipe thing, indeed that was how I  started the game. my concern is however if the screen is locked and the phone has gone into standby as it were,  will it buz or something to let me know when  matheus is back?

this would be very handy to know when playing games while doing something else, indeed right now I'm watching startrek tng on my  desktop with the phone beside me in lock mode.

Again, sorry for the newbie question here.

well we saw, dam cards hate me! cursed they is! .

Actually a very good game generally, I appreciate the stratogy, I'll put a page for it in the db soon.

Well it's not really  that we're suddenly "getting Iphone stuff in the db"  it's more that sinse I personally happen to now own an Iphone, it makes playing games and writing entries   for them actually possible.

My only concern is that where as on a pc I'd frequently test a game just to write an entry, I  can't do this on the Iphone sinse I believe once  you've downloaded an ap, even a free one your stuck  with it perminantly with no way to delete it, which is why so many aps don't! have demo versions as on the pc.

if I'm wrong about this let me know. however this does mean I have to limit myself to games I will actually! want to play at  least for the time being unless there is a way to try a free game and then remove it.

If this is so, i'll probably not be downloading word or puzzle type games,  particularly ones I have access to on a pc much as I might want to test them for the database.

That is quite the list.  choiceofgames has a page already, as does  pappasanga (indeed I've just  downloaded the night jar),  as  does king of dragon pass, soul trapper and stem stumper.

Frotz or muds I might investigate later when I get a bluetooth keyboard, does vo speak incoming text? particularly with the muds.

Also, how accessible is "somewhat accessible?" ie, does it fall into the db guidelines for accessibility which state a blind person would be able to play it solo with aprox the same effort as a similar sighted person?

i know some in that  list are fine such as the choiceofgames, but how about others (I've heard kings corner doesn't have as easy an interface as lost cities, and  people have mentioned getting stuck with soul trapper or orifie).

How accessible are the other games on the list? I recognize godville, which I admit could probably be more fun on an Iphone than  in windows explorer because of notifications and updates, assuming that vo will read everything, and if any other games like the fantasy hero one, way walkers or  apex patrol are interesting sort of rpg type affairs let me know, sinse I'd be interested to try them myself provided they're accessible with vo.

Shame about the soundtrack,  if it gets fixed I'll update the db entry accordingly.

I noticed in King of dragon pass the music can skip a little when vo is speaking, especially when transitioning betwene different screens, I wonder if this is a general vo problem? Hopefully it'll be fixed in the future sinse having a system for visually impared access that buggers up music is a little silly, though come to think of it I didn't notice too much skipping when  playing the lost cities tutorial.

As to the  tutorial, find the tutorial button  at the bottom of the rules, or I think it displays if you choose to listen to the voiced version of the rules. You can choose to either  "listen" or "read" if you read, tutorial messages about the game will be displayed in the game info window and vo will read them. If you choose to listen, you will get the rather cool music and voice acting.

You can also hear the tutorial directly, speaking all the stuff it says in the game and telling you what you need to know using the links on the db page or on the pcs games Iphone list.

hth.

My id is darktenor if you want a game.

Hi fastfing.

Maybe contacting the devs about those wonky lables and such would be a plan, indeed I've spent some time doing that myself for brouser games, but it's good to know that those games you mentioned are accessible, and also that I can try a game and remove it (godville I liked in concept, and I would be interested to see the Ios ap, but don't think i'll play it constantly).

the principle reason i gave  choiceofgames one page is that at the time I didn't have an Iphone and was working purely from the perspective of their   website, not from the perspective of their  Iphone aps. thus, i considdered themin the same perspective as Fighting fantasy project, project aon or the blind adrenaline cardroom. You  ah however right that their individual games are separate entities when considdered on the Iphone, so I will see about creating individual pages for them, ---- which would also make the licensing easier sinse then games like    ierie estate  agent  could just be counted as shareware. Sinse however there are lots of their games this might take a while to add them all.

Just one question, do all the games have virtually the same interface? therefore, if I downloaded for instance ierie estate  agent or city in the clouds, would it have a similar interface to choice of the dragon or their recent starship game? 

I assume so, sinse their online offerings I tried did, but I'm not sure.

Also, is there any advantage (other than portability), to buying those games that have a free version online such as choice of dragons or choice of the vampire?   or is it just because of the way apple works that the games aren't also free in the ap store.

As I said, I don't really want to spend money on games that I can play on my pc, though i'd be interested in their paid  on the Iphone.

Yeah, as said above, the big advantage to paying is it saves the progress of your game. Also, in Way Walkers, when the sequel comes out, your options in year 2 are going to depend on your save data from year 1.  If you haven't played that game yet, by the way, do so.  In my opinion, it's by far the best of all of the Choice Of Games Titles. Best writing, best story, most complex, etc.  Although, I haven't been able to achieve complete victory in that game. I'm wondering if I'm just bad at it, or if because of the sequel, a perfect ending is not possible.

Hi dark, search for hosted games, they use this name to publish games like way walkers, apex patrol, the race, etc that were created by other users. The reason for you to see two versions of choice of romance is because with the paid one I believe it comes with choice of intrigues, and the free one allows you to make an app purchase to get the second part. Personally I don't like in app purchases, I prefer to buy the app itself because sometimes people have problems restoring in app purchases, and you don't have this problem with the full version, but if you're getting for example the second chapter of a game sometimes you have no other option.

Personally, I think it's better to do a single page for ChoiceOF games and put something in the description that tells the reader that there's a whole set of games they can find at the web site. Over time, more and more games are going to be added, and it seems like it would get too cluttered trying to put them all in the database when you can get the same information by looking at their site. Unless something changes drastically, the interface for all the games is pretty much the same accessibility-wise.

If you haven't tried any of their games,I suggest starting with Choice Of Broadsides or one of the other free ones. Broadsides still remains one of my favorites. The quality and content varies from game to game depending on the author and your personal taste for what kind of game you want to play. Overall I'm impressed and look forward to every game that comes out.

Lost Cities is addicting too!