DJ aka GDR DJ Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Ten-year-old makes audio-only game for his blind grandmother Ten-year-old Dylan Viale wanted to share his enjoyment of video games with his grandmother, who is blind. Instead of breathlessly Narrating his own adventures gameplay, however, Viale downloaded the trial of Game Maker and taught himself how to make an audio-only game for her to play, the subject of a far too heartbreaking story by Kotaku's Jason Schreier. Quacky's Quest is a maze game # in which a duck Avoids collects diamonds and spiders. Grandmother Sherry is able to navigate the maze by the distinctive sounds made by diamonds, spiders nearby, and solid walls. Rocks fill the space behind the player to avoid the confusion caused by walking into a space has already been collected Whose diamond. Viale designed the game with sprites and tiles (above), then turned them off for the final version, Which Sherry had no trouble playing. He then entered it in his elementary school's science fair, where of course it won first place. There are few games that can be Relatively played with audio only - the Japan-only Game Boy game is perhaps the most famous Soundvoyager one. However, it's unlikely Dylan Viale knew about any of those, so he invented the genre Essentially independently. That's worth a science fair medal. source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dddrgn Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Wow... that is just... I didn't even think that was possible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alto Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 This just shows how advanced we will be in the future if we have 10 year old children doing things like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icky?/ Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 That's about the sweetest thing I've ever heard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajnl Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 genius! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckun Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 <3 what an awesome kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoAZeR Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 alie i wish i had his brain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warning. Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 thats just sick.. Having the knowledge to do that as a 10 year old.. impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaside Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 This is the kind of news i like to hear, this is just sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beedub Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Cool story, thanks for sharing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceballs Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Love it. I'd really like to play that game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wurstcola Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12eh1yg3dqehbcaj Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Very kind of him. Even though the game isn't as amazing as the new ones coming out every year, he can still have some fun with his grandma and they both can enjoy their free time together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bell reavue Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Aww! What a lucky grandma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiNoY Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Golden hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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