The rise of the audio-only video game

 Not all computer games need video. Throughout the long term, games that exist just in sound have brought players into completely new universes in which there's nothing to see regardless all that to do. These games have immense availability suggestions, permitting individuals who can't see to play a similarly fun, similarly vivid game with their different faculties. Also, when the sum total of what you have is sound, there's considerably more you can do to make your game perfect.



On this episode of The Vergecast, we investigate the historical backdrop of sound just games with Paul Bennun, who has been in this space longer than most. A long time back, Bennun and his group at Somethin' Else made a progression of games called Father Sangre that were among the most creative and most famous rounds of their sort. He makes sense of what compels a sound game work, why the iPhone 4 was a particularly significant innovative accomplishment for these games, and that's just the beginning.

Bennun likewise presents the defense that, at the present time, even in this super visual time, is the ideal time for a resurrection of sound games. He focuses to AirPods and other spatial sound earphones alongside gadgets like the Vision Ace, propels in area following, and enhancements in multiplayer gaming as motivations to imagine that sound first games could be an enormous hit now. It even sounds a piece like Bennun could have a game underway, however he won't enlighten us regarding that.


To find out about the subjects we cover in this episode, the following are a couple of connections to kick you off:



Gaming in dimness: Father Sangre II is a startling world made totally of sound

From Polygon: Blind games: the following milestone in availability

From Audiomob: Six of the best sound in particular (and sound first) computer games

Blind Drive

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The Dad Sangre II trailer

The Sound Protection trailer

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