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Perception<\/strong><\/a>
\nThis game features a blind protagonist who is investigating an abandoned house that keep showing up in her dreams. I’m curious about this game even though it doesn’t look to be accessible to blind gamers. Plus they keep using Braille as part of the ‘look’ for the game, but they’re using Grade 1 Braille, and not even punctuating things correctly, so I wonder if they have any consultation with people who are actually blind for their game development. However, some of the developers worked on the Bioshock series, which I love, so I want to see where they go with it.<\/p>\n

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“Perception is a first-person narrative horror adventure that tells the story of Cassie, a blind heroine who uses her extraordinary hearing and razor-sharp wits to unravel the mysteries of an abandoned estate that haunts her dreams.<\/p>\n

After months of research, she discovers an abandoned mansion in Gloucester MA. Once there, Cassie finds that Echo Bluff is worse than her nightmares. A ghastly Presence has tormented its inhabitants over generations, and it now hunts Cassie. She must solve the estate’s mysteries or become one of its victims.<\/p>\n

While Cassie doesn\u2019t have an arsenal of weapons, she does have her wit, her cane and her smart phone. Armed with these tools, she finds clues to unravel history as she navigates her way through the home via echolocation. But the house and its deadly Presence go to great lengths to prevent her from deciphering its secrets.”<\/p>\n

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Polyhedral Dice Warrior Set<\/strong><\/a>
\nThese are some pretty awesome looking dice. I bet they’re not balanced at all, but I want them in my collection ASAP.<\/p>\n

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“PolyHero Dice are the result of a creative collaboration between brothers Dann and Greg May. We’ve worked together in the visual arts for more than 20 years, as graphic designers, artists and 3D animators. We’ve also played Dungeons and Dragons (and other RPGs) together from an early age, starting with the red boxed Basic Set (oh, and even before that a game Dann made up and tried to make Greg play).<\/p>\n

This project is a labour of love for us; to create imaginative, 3D-sculpted custom dice for our favourite hobby, and for the pure joy of holding and rolling them. We are very motivated to run this Kickstarter well and get the product into more hot little hands than our own.”<\/p>\n

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Mists of Audazzle<\/strong><\/a>
\nUnlike Perception, this game is developed for visually impaired players and sighted players to play together.<\/p>\n

“Mists of Audazzle” will bring story driven game networking to all players of Audazzle games now and in the future. It will especially allow Daisy (who is blind), her friends and family (some are partially sighted and some have normal sight) to play, compete, create and have fun together. See our website for details.<\/p>\n

By building Mists of Audazzle, players and members get to expand and propose new story lines by participating in the “Clan Babble Challenge”. Through connected Mist’s game episodes like “JumpInSauceRS” Each player gets a totally unique and secret character (Mists Incarnation) and are born into a Mists Clan. Once they get going we will make it simple and fun to challenge closest rivals to time based levels of given games.”<\/p>\n

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Monster Dice<\/a><\/strong>
\nThese dice look pretty cool, but I’m not sure how they’re going to work as actual dice. They’d be cool to have on your shelf at least!<\/p>\n

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“The idea behind this project was to turn your normal D6 Dice into a work of art, something that looks just as good as the Armies on your battle field and looks just as awesome as the cards\/board on your board games. For me to achieve this I didn\u2019t just want to just add some basic etching, I wanted to go 3D and give the dice some serious attitude and features. As well as making the dice 3D I wanted the consumer to have the ability to print the dice using 3D technology.<\/p>\n

The five original dice concepts are inspired by a number of fantasy based creatures; we have the Monster Dice, Vampire Dice, Undead Dice, Werewolf Dice, and the Orc Dice. The Dice are made from high detailed resin to bring out the detail and to enable the consumer to paint them with ease. The dice themselves measure 16MM; this is the most common size of dice used in gaming, however, we have also included a 19MM Version of the dice and a 25MM Version. Every dice has the art placed where the number 6 would be situated; they are perfect for collectors, gamers and hobbyists. Special care has been taken to ensure the resin is protected when the dice is rolled by making the edges rounded.”<\/p>\n

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Still active!<\/h4>\n

The Cthulhu Breakfast Club<\/strong><\/a>
\nElsinore: A Time Looping Game<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe Adventure Case<\/strong><\/a>
\nCtrl-Alt-Del 1.0: The Box<\/strong><\/a>
\nWink Pens<\/strong><\/a>
\nA Feminist Deck<\/strong><\/a>
\nCHIP- The World’s Smallest Computer<\/strong><\/a>
\nFibonacci Clock<\/strong><\/a>
\nFall of Magic<\/strong><\/a>
\nTinker Dice II<\/strong><\/a>
\nCalamityware Dinner Plate 6<\/strong><\/a>
\nCrestfallen RPG<\/strong><\/a>
\nTerralith Organic Metal Dice<\/strong><\/a>
\nNo Thank You, Evil!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Perception This game features a blind protagonist who is investigating an abandoned house that keep showing up in her dreams. I’m curious about this game even though it doesn’t look to be accessible to blind gamers. 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