ruby0x1 Nov 23, 2022

doing the all important #gamedev task of navigating menus with a gamepad, unglamorous but fundamental!

I'm gonna do a write up of how I handled it soon (cos this is my own engine I have to implement the APIs too...) since I liked how easy it is to add to an existing UI (though I did design for it)

game is: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1836400/Mossfield_Origins/

Steam：Mossfield Origins

A small cozy community builder where all buildings are based on the same foundation! Take your time, build a sustainable community for your residents in this relaxing game, with no time pressure or external forces. Upgrade foundations via tech tree to redefine and refactor your space.

Show threadFreddie GilbraithNov 24, 2022
@ruby0x1 looking forward for the writeup, We're going to have to start looking at this soon
Show threadruby0x1 Nov 25, 2022
@freddieGilbraith also custom engine? if you’re using an existing one they have their own paths of course!
Show threadFreddie GilbraithNov 25, 2022

@ruby0x1 Custom HTML5 engine, so the drivers are handled for us, but we'll need a way to map thumb sticks to discrete menu navigations.

Nothing super complex, but always nice to see how others do it

Show threadruby0x1 Nov 25, 2022
@freddieGilbraith it’s very common in games that dpad is used for ui and menus fwiw. I did implement thumb sticks too for directions but all I do is fire a dpad event, then everything else just deals in dpad and I can control when the stick is active (like if it’s used in game so can’t also be used for ui so having the control is nice)
Show threadFreddie Gilbraith
@ruby0x1 oh yeah, I only ever use d-pad for menus. But we’ve got such a menu heavy game, i wana make sure people have the option so they don’t get cramped
Nov 25, 2022 at 7:02pmWeb