New Game New Eden out for Evaluation

By Ricardo Herrera, 23 October, 2023

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iOS and iPadOS Gaming

Hi all! I am brand new to the iOS dev world, and have been using iOS for over a decade now as a blind user. I am happy to announce that my new game New Eden is out for public evaluation.
## What is New Eden, Anyway? New Eden is a resource management game inspired by Castaways for Windows. Aprone himself has approved of the heavy influence I have drawn from his game, and I believe he is one of the besters as well, so we are all good on that front. As I myself am blind, I guarantee all aspects of this app to be accessible to voiceover users, and I am working on visual elements as well as time allows. You can interact with the game using a qwerty keyboard and keyboard shortcuts like you can on windows, or you can use the touch screen. You add and remove buildings to your island, manage your economy and resources, and take care of your people. As the game stabilizes, I will be allowing people to settle multiple islands at once. There are a lot of bugs and features that are still being worked on, so I definitely welcome all suggestions. I have a discord and testflight links, both of which are here:
https://discord.gg/WBqAZgNhtr
https://testflight.apple.com/join/JPBd2sq9

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By Ricardo Herrera on Monday, October 23, 2023 - 11:25

I've been wanting more games for iOS that can at least somewhat compete with the audio games we have on Desktop. I am so happy to have finally learned the necessary skills to get the job done. Beta builds come out at least twice a week and I try to keep everyone updated through the discord so just join there to get the latest!

By Squirrel on Monday, October 23, 2023 - 11:25

Congratulations on releasing your first game! I'm excited to check it out! As a new developer, creating a game like this is an impressive feat - you should be proud! Wishing you the best with your launch and future development. Keep up the great work!

By Firefly on Monday, October 23, 2023 - 11:25

To help your game gain more interest, I have posted about it on my blog site over on WordPress, which also simultaneously posted it to Mastodon as well.

By charles on Monday, October 23, 2023 - 11:25

Rather than directing us elsewhere, why not posting the article here? Not a complaint, but a suggestion. Thanks.

By Firefly on Monday, October 23, 2023 - 11:25

I did not really write an article, I just posted about the games existence and directed people here to get more details. Such as the developer is a download link for the TestFlight program or the Discord link, etc.

By Ashleigh Piccinino on Thursday, November 23, 2023 - 11:25

Is this game text-based or self-voicing? That is, will VO run everything as in one of those crafting adventures?

By Enes Deniz on Thursday, November 23, 2023 - 11:25

It's text-based.

By Ashleigh Piccinino on Thursday, November 23, 2023 - 11:25

Thanks for this, and I hope it's at least partly about the Garden of Eden, as in the BIBLE Please tell me more, so I don't have to try getting this game and seeing that it may or may not fully be VO accessable. I would like to know the story thus far about the game--where it takes place and all that.