[casual_games] Res: Res: Use of keyboard on casual games

[jonathan at gametrust.com]

You could use the mouse to direct the pieces horizontally, left click to
rotate, right click to drop. 

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From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org]
On Behalf Of Jose Marin
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 10:45 AM
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
Subject: [casual_games] Res: Res: Use of keyboard on casual games

Hi, Ricky.

Think on Tetris, just as a sample of my game mechanics.

How the mouse could be used in a confortable way to the user?



----- Mensagem original ---- 
De: Ricky Haggett <ricky at morpheme.co.uk> 
Para: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List <casual_games at igda.org> 
Enviadas: Quinta-feira, 31 de Maio de 2007 10:53:02 
Assunto: Re: [casual_games] Res: Use of keyboard on casual games 



> I think that there is a solution: allow the user to choose the input

method he/she wants to use (mouse, 

> keyboard or joystick). 


Jose, I'd be interested to hear more about the specifics of your game
mechanic (abstracted if you like) that would make mouse control considerably
less desirable. 

Granted, every mechanic tends to have an ideal control device. But aside
from edge cases (Wii Sports springs to mind), it's often possible to highly
optimise the design of the user-input to make it work on a range of input
devices. 

For some mechanics this will no doubt require rather more work than for
others - without any more information about your specific case, I would
suggest spending your time trying out a number of different ways to make
your design work with mouse control (the path of least resistance), and
optimise for that, as opposed to implementing a number of input methods in a
trivial way in order to allow the user to decide. 

Ricky 


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