After working hard to development on screen controls we finally found a control configuration that is easy to use and allows for precise game control. The newest screen only phones have been in desperate need of better controls as most games have been modeled around the hard keyboard. What we have created is a controller pad using on screen buttons, combined with the track ball or D-Pad for directional controls. For the track ball you simply scroll in the direction you want to go, press the ball in to continue your path of travel and release it to stop. When you want to super speed and jump hold the speed button down and then slide your thumb down to the jump button to press both buttons at the same time. Theses controls have proven to be quite effective in kicking some koopa shell and we hope to add some more controller skins in the future. Checkout the in-game screen shot using the new touch controls.
This sounds awesome, if you somehow make it work so that the trackball can be used on the left and the on screen buttons appear on the right im sold for this one.
Trackball, really? Why not just do like most of the other games and add a small transparent D-pad on top of the bottom right corner and the same with the buttons? Would make it much better.
Left oriented trackball support is in the plans. We found the trackball to be a superior control over the on-screen d-pad. Hopefully when Android gets official multi-touch support we can incorporate an on-screen d-pad too.
Dude release the bloody thing alreay..
Haha, we are very close!
If the development philosophy is anything like Blizzards, this will be a great product. SNESoid’s downfalls are that you can only play it with sound and lag or no lag but no sound. This product looks promising to prove far superior to SNESoid from what I’ve read. Hope to see it soon.