Hi Dark, Well, one thing I can say for sure is we aren't going to drop keyboard support in favor of the mouse or joystick. Most VI gamers are heavy keyboard users, and if I neglected to include good keyboard support I can hear the complaining now.
Smile. On 1/9/11, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi tom. > > to be honest I'm so used to playing games like mega man on a joystick, I > actually finding holding down a run button while performing other actions > quite natural. In fact I even have what I think of as the triad, which is > buttons for my index, middle and ring finger being fire, jump and run or > slide, with my thumb and little finger ready to activate things like weapon > changes or other controls. i've done this for years in 2D mario, Mega man, > metroid, castlevania etc, and attempting it with a mouse would just feel > weerd to me. > > Obviously this is just a matter of previous experience, you are primarily a > pc gamer and thus had a mouse, where as my experience has been with consoles > so I'm more a joystick fan. > > I'm not against mouse in put, indeed, I'm really! looking forward to trying > jeremy's new game Daytona which heavily features the mouse in a very unique > way. > > I would however be most disappointed if, for instance, you developed another > 2D platform game and missed keyboard out entirely. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
