[games_access] Game control question...

[Michael Ellison]

On Jan 18, 2008 2:22 AM, Barrie Ellis <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk> wrote:
> It is a good thought - but in the Quadcontroller instance - would obviously
> take some cash to do.

It's going to take cash for any major awareness program to work.  I'd
be more concerned about placing too many orders for Ken to serve his
real clients - are there other controllers out there that might
provide a similar experience and gadget factor?  I'm serious though -
I'll toss in some cash if anyone wants to start a pool to send them to
the big game companies.

> Not sure I agree on your single-switch thought, especially looking at some
> of Eelke Folmer's students work on the likes of Second Life - although
> granted - some games need a lot more adjustment that others.

Their work is terrific, but for a single switch only certain types of
games will be adaptable beyond a certain point without major changes
to the gamer's role in the game.  Many adaptations will also be pretty
custom for the specific game and relatively difficult to implement.
I'm not discounting the need, possibility, or the amazing work people
are doing in the field - I'm just saying that without such adaptations
on the development side I *expect* it to be difficult to play.

> PC gaming - anything emulated would work on this - so MAME and so on should
> be great - especially as you can redefine the keys - although set-up and
> redefining keys may be quite tricky at the out-set.

And I'm having a hell of a time doing the special moves on Street
Fighter 2 Alpha, although that probably has a lot to do with me being
a noob :)  I did do a lot of emulated playing on GameTap with the
controller.  Problem though - I couldn't exit games without the
keyboard to play a different one, and default mappings were illogical
for many of them (functional, kinda, but far from ideal).

> Software like JoyToKey
> (http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/2/I/JoyToKey/JoyToKey.htm) allows you to set
> the Quadcontroller as a mouse (for any web based games for instance) - and
> also any key on the keyboard to any control.

Tested it earlier and a handful of others.  That one's one of the
better ones, but it didn't seem targeted to this audience at all.  For
starters, I couldn't configure it with a joystick.


>
> Barrie
> www.OneSwitch.org.uk

Cheers,
Mike