I am excited to play this game on Windows 10! However, Microsoft Defender SmartScreen won't let me run the application because it says that the game is an unrecognized app after I double-clicked LearnToCodeRPG.exe. I followed the Installation directions by unzipping the file, double-clicking the folder after unzipping, and double-clicking the LearnToCodeRPG.exe.
Just to make sure, is this game safe to run on Windows?
Image description: This is a screenshot of the LearnToCodeRPG-1.0-pc folder and an alert popup window. The alert popup window says: "Windows protected your PC. Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk. App: LearnToCodeRPG.exe, Publisher: Unknown publisher".
Yes, this game is safe to run on Windows. This warning shows up only because the publisher is unknown - in other words, we (freeCodeCamp) haven’t registered ourselves as a Windows developer.
I would first like to thank you for implementing an accessibility mode for blind people. It is really appreciated and really well done.
Here I would like to report a few problems and make a few suggestions. Let me know if GitHub is a better place to continue the discussion.
First, repeating text.
There is currently a small problem with all story text in game. The TTS starts reading a message, and then mid way stops and starts again, this time finishing successfully however so it is not a huge problem.
What I suspect is happening here is the text appears on screen, TTS starts reading, and then the text finished scrolling and is now fully available so speech interrupts and restarts to read the completed text.
I have no usable vision though so this is only my guess. If it is indeed the case, it would be better for TTS to start reading only when the text is fully available and thus avoid this problem. If my explanation is not clear enough, I can submit a recording demonstrating this.
Second, it would be really nice to be able to spell any text with left and right arrow keys moving letter by letter, for example. As it stands, with many TTS engines, git add filename and git add <filename for example sounds exactly the same.
That's all for now, and once again I thank you for a very well designed game and for keeping accessibility in mind.
Hi everyone - Lynn here. I had great fun building this game :D
Everything in this game is free and open-source, so feel free to use any part of the code in your project.
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Hi freeCodeCamp,
I am excited to play this game on Windows 10! However, Microsoft Defender SmartScreen won't let me run the application because it says that the game is an unrecognized app after I double-clicked LearnToCodeRPG.exe. I followed the Installation directions by unzipping the file, double-clicking the folder after unzipping, and double-clicking the LearnToCodeRPG.exe.
Just to make sure, is this game safe to run on Windows?
Image description: This is a screenshot of the LearnToCodeRPG-1.0-pc folder and an alert popup window. The alert popup window says: "Windows protected your PC. Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk. App: LearnToCodeRPG.exe, Publisher: Unknown publisher".
Thank you!
Hi jenerator,
Lynn here - thanks for the note!
Yes, this game is safe to run on Windows. This warning shows up only because the publisher is unknown - in other words, we (freeCodeCamp) haven’t registered ourselves as a Windows developer.
In case you still have concerns :) feel free to check out our source code on GitHub
Ya windows is both picky and not picky enough when it comes to that stuff.
i just did a scan myself and turned out ok but i don't have the file that this person has.
it could possibly have gotten corrupt.
i'd suggest trying to redownload the file and see if it still triggers the anti-virus.
if it does it's likely just windows being windows again XD
Hello,
I would first like to thank you for implementing an accessibility mode for blind people. It is really appreciated and really well done.
Here I would like to report a few problems and make a few suggestions. Let me know if GitHub is a better place to continue the discussion.
First, repeating text.
There is currently a small problem with all story text in game. The TTS starts reading a message, and then mid way stops and starts again, this time finishing successfully however so it is not a huge problem.
What I suspect is happening here is the text appears on screen, TTS starts reading, and then the text finished scrolling and is now fully available so speech interrupts and restarts to read the completed text.
I have no usable vision though so this is only my guess. If it is indeed the case, it would be better for TTS to start reading only when the text is fully available and thus avoid this problem. If my explanation is not clear enough, I can submit a recording demonstrating this.
Second, it would be really nice to be able to spell any text with left and right arrow keys moving letter by letter, for example. As it stands, with many TTS engines, git add filename and git add <filename for example sounds exactly the same.
That's all for now, and once again I thank you for a very well designed game and for keeping accessibility in mind.
Hi nidza07,
Lynn here - thanks so much for your thoughtful feedback!
It’s my first time using this game engine (Ren’Py)’s TTS feature, and your feedback is very valuable to me.
I’ve created a GitHub issue based on your comment and will work on improving the TTS and updating the game.
Hi there. If screen reader is repeating the text, try my trick. I’ve increased the text speed bar to full. And now, it’s fine here.
Hi everyone - Lynn here. I had great fun building this game :D Everything in this game is free and open-source, so feel free to use any part of the code in your project.
You can find the source code here on GitHub.
I’ll be posting more open-source Ren’Py code on my personal GitHub.
Cheers!
Great game! My favorite part was discovering the truth about Mint. 😉