Comments on: Guru Meditation http://www.erikmarshall.net/blog/guru-meditation/ Erik Marshall's Blog Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:57:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: erik http://www.erikmarshall.net/blog/guru-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-105055 erik Sat, 30 May 2009 22:20:58 +0000 http://www.erikmarshall.net/blog/?p=417#comment-105055 Ian, Thanks for the comments. I understand the sound thing, in terms of making players seek out particular environments. Maybe a sensitivity option would be a good compromise. In any case, it's a provocative and engaging app. Ian,
Thanks for the comments. I understand the sound thing, in terms of making players seek out particular environments. Maybe a sensitivity option would be a good compromise. In any case, it’s a provocative and engaging app.

]]> By: Ian Bogost http://www.erikmarshall.net/blog/guru-meditation/comment-page-1/#comment-104978 Ian Bogost Fri, 22 May 2009 22:05:43 +0000 http://www.erikmarshall.net/blog/?p=417#comment-104978 Thanks for the nice mention. Couple comments: first, about the calibration, it turns out that the devices (even among the same model line) are not all calibrated the same. There's a 1.1 update that just got Apple approved which offers a Motion Sensitivity setting. This should remedy your first concern. About the sound... I gave this a lot of thought. As you say, the game is very hard to play in even mildly loud environments. I considered adding a sound sensitivity option as well (or just the option to disable it), but I really wanted to make players seek out a particular kind of environment. Who knows, I may still add it. Oh, and the iPod Touch has no microphone, so players on that platform aren't subjected to the audio requirement. Anyway, thanks for playing! Thanks for the nice mention. Couple comments: first, about the calibration, it turns out that the devices (even among the same model line) are not all calibrated the same. There’s a 1.1 update that just got Apple approved which offers a Motion Sensitivity setting. This should remedy your first concern.

About the sound… I gave this a lot of thought. As you say, the game is very hard to play in even mildly loud environments.

I considered adding a sound sensitivity option as well (or just the option to disable it), but I really wanted to make players seek out a particular kind of environment. Who knows, I may still add it. Oh, and the iPod Touch has no microphone, so players on that platform aren’t subjected to the audio requirement.

Anyway, thanks for playing!

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