[project1dev] Re: keyboard controls

  • From: Kent Petersen <kentkmp@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:50:50 -0700

If that's the case I have no gripes. I just dislike when game developers
don't consider the actual control scheme and how players hands sit on their
controllers. Games should feel natural to play or should be easy to learn

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:48 AM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> yeah i was thinking mouse would only really be used for menu navigation,
> etc. right?  and basically plan on the controller/keyboard being the main
> tool
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I don't think the mouse is going to be used much during regular game
>> play.  Right now the only thing it's used for is zooming in and out but
>> hopefully our camera will be locked whenever we find the right distance
>> (which could also be different from map to map)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:09 AM, Kent Petersen <kentkmp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Are you using the mouse too? If so Enter is kinda inconvenient. You have
>>> to move either hand away from their starting position (left hands leaves
>>> wasd and right hand leaves mouse) I would suggest something more like left
>>> shift of left control for easier access. If the mouse is not being used at
>>> all then it doesn't really matter because the right hand can be next to
>>> Enter at all times.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 4:18 AM, <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Works for me
>>>>
>>>> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> *From*: Alan Wolfe
>>>> *Date*: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 23:12:52 -0700
>>>> *To*: <project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> *Subject*: [project1dev] keyboard controls
>>>> so i was thinking that since space bar is jump, maybe we should use
>>>> enter key to progress through text and menus as well as be our "Activate"
>>>> button like when you walk up to someone and want to talk to them, or walk 
>>>> up
>>>> to something and want to interact with it.
>>>>
>>>> what you guys think?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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