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AudiOdyssey
Summer 2007 Prototype | Rhythm | Windows  
AudiOdyssey is an experimental computer game designed to be accessible to both the visually impaired community and mainstream gamers. The user stars as Vinyl Scorcher, an up-and-coming DJ, on his quest to get club patrons dancing. Swinging the Nintendo Wii controller to the beat, Vinyl lays down the various component tracks of a song, and keeps the party jumping. If he does an especially good job, he can even freestyle! But beware - if dancers get too rowdy, they're likely to bump into the turntables, messing up Vinyl's tracks. Think you have what it takes?

AudiOdyssey was developed with four research goals:

  • The visually-impaired and the sighted can enjoy the same level and quality of gameplay
  • Navigate game's menus with ease and efficiency approaching that of conventional UIs
  • Create a fun and natural control scheme using the Wiimote
  • An engaging game that relies more on high quality audio than visuals
  AudiOdyssey

Download Now!Original Installer
Download Now!Accessible Installer (Beta)
Requirements
Windows
  • Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista
  • 1.8 GHz Pentium-class processor or better
  • 1GB of RAM
  • 32MB video RAM

For Wiimote play (not required)

  • 1 Nintendo Wiimote (Sensor Bar not used)
  • Bluetooth

Note: Lower configurations are not guaranteed to work properly. Please download the Read Me file for complete installation instructions.

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Videos
MIT Tech TV
Gameplay Trailer
Developers

Eitan Glinert
Product Owner

Lonce Wyse
Product Owner

Yeo Jingying
Game Designer

Dominic Chai
Producer / Scrummaster

Bruce Chia
Programmer

Jim Wilberger
Programmer

Paviter Singh
Artist

Mark Sullivan
Quality Assurance

Edwin Toh
Audio Lead

Fezz Hoo Shuyi
Sound Team

Guo Yuan
Sound Team

Related Publications

AudiOdyssey: an Accessible Video Game for Both Sighted and Non-Sighted Gamers

Student Postmortem: Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab's AudiOdyssey

Designing Games that are Accessible to Everyone

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