Super Moosic Siblings

Super Moosic Siblings is an audio game where you must hop from platform to platform and avoid getting bitten by dogs or stung by bees. It is similar to Super Mario Bros. or Sonic the Hedgehog but can be played without graphics simply by listening to the sounds of the game.

This game was designed and built by Mike Oren and Kyle Shipley as their senior project at DePauw University. The design of the game was aided by the cooperation and feedback of students at the Indiana School for the Blind. Currently, Mike Oren is continuing the development and refinement of the game as part of his Masters research at Iowa State University under the guidance of Dr. Chris Harding and the advice of Dr. Terri Bonebright (DePauw University). The focus of this new phase is refinement of the audio feedback in order to ensure players can properly build a mental map of the game world so that those playing the game without graphics can play it as well as those who play it with graphics.

At the moment, we are having people with visual impairments play the game and give us their honest feedback about the game as part of our usability study. We are currently recruiting people at Iowa State University and the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School to participate in our study. This research has been approved by the Iowa State University IRB, which monitors and approves all studies to ensure all ethical guidelines are followed and any and all risks to participants are disclosed. If you want more information about this project or if you have a visual impairment that makes you legally blind and would like to participate in this study then please contact me.

Below you will find electronic copies of our letter of introduction to participants, a parental consent form (required for participants under 18), a consent form for minors (those under 18), and a consent form for adult participants (aged 18+):