Having trouble using keyboard and mouse for computer?

NickDev

Dear Scope forum members

Would you like to try out this game and give your views and thoughts?
If you have a disability that makes it difficult or impossible to play computer games using a mouse and keyboard buttons, you're welcome to participate as a tester and get access to a downloadable game that is solely sound controlled. Parents and carers can reply too.

The difficulties can be due to motor impairments or cognitive impairments.

The game is controlled by using sound, like vocalizations or musical instruments or "noise".

After you've played the game you can send your views and opinions by email on what works and what doesn't work. Your answers are anonymous, no names or ages will be used. Emails will not be stored, just the comments, with no links to who sent them. (The license for the game will be yours to keep.) Your comments may help further development in sound controlled games and apps, like apps for communication and other type of accessible games.

It's not so much about if the game itself is fun or not, we all have different tastes for games, but rather how you perceive its usability. Is this a method that would be useful for other games or apps in your opinion? Examples: Is it easy to control the game? If you have a cognitive impairment is it too complex or is it intuitive? Do different scenes in the games work better than others for your specific needs? Your thoughts on such matters would be really helpful.

The game was originally created as a simple and fun type of visual instrument that even very small children could explore with sound, but it also contains a simple car racing scene and space ship scene.

The questionnaire study is conducted by Tino Ågren, game developer and psychologist at Mixxus Studio.

Please visit https://www.mixxusstudio.com/game-production/play-us-interactive-game/playusstudy for more information.

Or send an email to infomixxusstudio@gmail.com

Alex_Alumni

Hello @NickDev and welcome! Thanks for sharing your project with us, it sounds like a really useful bit of research and fun too!

As a bit of housekeeping; can I ask you to fill out the form below and email it to community@scope.org.uk, it's so we can check it's safe for our members to take part in.

Thanks very much, any questions or problems let us know

Alex

NickDev

Hello @Alex_Scope!

I already filled a form previously after contact with Ross_Scope, so Scope should still have it. This is just a re-post with another headline supposed to be a bit more clear and informative. Have also had mail contact with Ross_Scope about this and send this new post link. The previous post had headline "Looking for testers for a sound controlled computer game".

Ross_Alumni

Thanks @NickDev

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NickDev

Still looking...

There is another sound controlled game under development so it would be great with some input.
Here is an image from the Play Us game.

NickDev

Here is another image from the Play Us! game. In the Space room scene you can fly a space ship and shoot some asteroids just by making a sound, by using your voice and perhaps sounding like a space ship or just make "noise" of some kind. No need for buttons.

NickDev

Still looking for people who'd like to try it.

NickDev

You're right that it is difficult. If you have those problem it's hard to use the forum. I was hoping some parent, friend or carer could spot the post. 

Problem is I'm not familiar with any such forum you mention. I just happened to find this forum, perhaps because it's a good forum.