[orca-list] OT: Onslaught, Linux Asteroids-inspired audio game, seeking testers

[Nolan Darilek <nolan thewordnerd info>]

Hey folks. Apologies for this off-topic message, and I won't send 
another on this topic nor will I continue the thread here. But since 
there are so few audio games for Linux, I wanted to toss out a quick 
plug for my project. I have a mailing list and Matrix room set up for 
future announcements, and will send those there. But starting a 
community from scratch is hard, and I figure some of you would be 
interested in this.


I've created Onslaught, an audio-only, Asteroids-like shooter. Supported 
platforms include Linux X86 64-bit, among others, and I'm currently 
seeking beta testers. I'm not quite ready to throw the gates open wide 
yet, but Linux audio gaming is probably niche enough that I can seek 
testers and not be overwhelmed with bug reports. :) Linux distribution 
is done via itch.io, so you'll need an Itch account to participate.


For those of you more developer-oriented, I've also done quite a bit of 
work writing a screen reader for the Godot game engine. This makes the 
Godot editor moderately usable for building games, and also helps make 
game UIs accessible on Linux, Windows, Xbox One, and Android. Other 
platforms like MacOS/iOS should theoretically work, but I don't have the 
hardware to verify that. This is kind of like the accessible Unity 
plugin for those of you who have played Unity games on 
Windows/Android/iOS, except open source, and supporting game creation in 
addition. Note that editor support is rough, and I'm not able to do much 
coaching on how to develop with it.


Anyhow, learn about the game and apply to test here:


https://lightsout.games/onslaught


And if you're interested in future efforts, which again won't be 
discussed here, check out this link for the mailing list/chat:


https://lightsout.games/community


Thanks for reading.