Gamepad accessory support

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#1

There are a handful of gamepad accessories for iphone and other devices out there, and this guy is looking for help kickstarting his controller idea:
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/01/12/concept-iphone-gameboy/

So not only was I wondering if Ansca Mobile wanted to kickstart something like that (I’m not affiliated, just throwing it out there) but my thought is also that we could develop a more or less standard class (is that the word?) for supporting these devices. I know the vast majority of iphone gamers and games just as soon use the touchscreen, but it would be an aspect of smartphone gaming that I could see Corona games be the leader in.

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#2

That’s pretty sick! I’ve actually seen similar things, but nothing as cool as that. Corona will probably not support anything like that any time soon since their isn’t a huge market for it. I really don’t know too many people who own something like that. Just not the highest priority. I think they need to make Corona work for Blackberry and Windows phone before anything else.

Regards,
Jordan Schuetz
Ninja Pig Studios [import]uid: 29181 topic_id: 20358 reply_id: 79598[/import]

#3

There are also a handful of suction-stick things you can put on your screen like d-pads etc, but they cover up a lot of screen.

I’m thinking you could take a handful of little almost-flat rubber pieces about 1/4" in diameter each, that you could stick to the screen right where you want them for each game. Time to experiment!

Edit: plastic, not rubber… [import]uid: 117490 topic_id: 20358 reply_id: 79742[/import]