GameSalad Joystick support

BlackCloakGSBlackCloakGS Member, PRO Posts: 2,250
edited September 2014 in Miscellaneous

We are looking at supporting joysticks in GameSalad using this Open Source Library FreeStick
I you want to help accelerate this you can help this project out with coding support.

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  • zweg25zweg25 Member Posts: 738

    Is this a project done by game salad workers?

  • BlackCloakGSBlackCloakGS Member, PRO Posts: 2,250
    edited June 2014

    @zweg25‌

    Short answer would be yes.

    Long answer

    This project is my open source project that I have been working on in my spare time. Right now it is just me and one other guy working on this in our spare time.

  • gyroscopegyroscope I am here.Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 6,598
    edited June 2014

    Excellent stuff, @BlackCloackGS - I'd help if I knew more than middleweight BASIC! Hope it all comes together nicely. :smile:

    BUMP

    @BlackCloakGS said:
    We are looking at supporting joysticks in GameSalad using this Open Source Library FreeStick
    I you want to help accelerate this you can help this project out with coding support.

  • RondoRocketRondoRocket Member Posts: 411

    Very cool!

  • colandercolander Member Posts: 1,610
    edited June 2014

    @BlackCloakGS your commitment to GS and the community is impressive, you give way more than you get paid to do. It doesn't go unnoticed. Awesome.

    I too would love to help but lack the skills to do more than some basic VBA and get existing code in other languages to work for my projects and business. I love coding and if I was coming out of school now I would make computer programming my career.

  • zweg25zweg25 Member Posts: 738

    Awesome, what can we do to help?

  • BlackCloakGSBlackCloakGS Member, PRO Posts: 2,250
    edited September 2014

    @zweg25 currently in need help coding. Adding additional platforms and more joysticks.
    I currently have mappings for Xbox 360, Logitech Duel Stick, and Steel Series Free Controllers , and Playstation 3 (which I will be adding soon). See how mappings are added here (it a little hard right now i need to create a program to make it easier)

    I am almost done with android about 80% done, but I still have iOS, Windows, and Linux left.

    I also have a task list here.

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822

    Looks great, joystick support would be excellent !! I'd love to help, but like the others say, I can't code :neutral_face:

  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408

    awesome!

  • KnightStarKnightStar Member Posts: 162

    This is great news..

    I wish I could help, but I don't code. I'll poke around and see if there might be some caring volunteers interested in pitching in..

    -- J

  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394

    Cool project, unfortunately I can't code, thats why I love GS

  • DarkdragDarkdrag Member Posts: 2

    i need help i cant test my gs games it says gamesalad has stoped working

  • bjandthekatzbjandthekatz Orlando, FlMember Posts: 1,375

    @Darkdrag said:
    i need help i cant test my gs games it says gamesalad has stoped working

    Make a different thread, don't hijack others.

  • JPGamesFactoryJPGamesFactory Member, PRO Posts: 174

    Fantastic!

  • RPRP Member Posts: 1,990

    I sure could use this in about August, otherwise I'm looking at a rebuild in another engine.

  • imGuaimGua Member Posts: 1,089

    Super happy to hear that. Don't forget OUYA and Amazon gamepads.

  • ookami007ookami007 Member Posts: 581

    So how would this work? Is this something that will be added to a future build or can we somehow use that library from GameSalad?

  • Thunder_ChildThunder_Child Member Posts: 2,343

    A Logitech G-13 or an N-52 should work just fine as joystick as they are keyboard emulators.

  • BlackCloakGSBlackCloakGS Member, PRO Posts: 2,250

    @ookami007‌ the plan is when i get the lib to a point where it supports , Mac (99% done) , iOS(0% done) , and Android(60% done) I will be releasing it in a nightly build of GameSalad. I think the first pass with just be dpad and buttons. They will map to iCade key pressing to make it easy to support for existing games. Eventually we will have a GUI that you can add when joystick button is press just like key pressed is done. There is no time frame for this since I am working on the Joystick lib in my free time.

  • RossmanBrothersGamesRossmanBrothersGames Member Posts: 659

    @blackcloakGS does this translate to iOS controller support? Possibly fire tv? Or is this different?

  • BlackCloakGSBlackCloakGS Member, PRO Posts: 2,250

    @erockross‌ yes

  • RossmanBrothersGamesRossmanBrothersGames Member Posts: 659

    @BlackCloakGS‌ Very Awesome

  • scottharrrules43scottharrrules43 Tulsa, OklahomaMember, PRO Posts: 694

    any update here?

  • 3itg3itg Member, PRO Posts: 382

    I thought this sounded super cool and wanted to help out.
    However the link is dead...

  • BlackCloakGSBlackCloakGS Member, PRO Posts: 2,250
    edited September 2014

    @3itg sorry I rename the repo
    https://bitbucket.org/freestick/freestick

  • yattamoveyattamove Member Posts: 236

    I use sixaxis controller app from Google Play. But it would be awesome as the controller support is already built-in. I would like to bump this thread!

  • jay2dxjay2dx Member Posts: 611

    I just use joy to key for testing! but until we are able / "if ever" to publish an exe for windows or mac distribution what's the point of having controller input!

    also does anyone other than GS people use the arcade here! I would really like to see some statists of its usage/traffic.

  • BlackCloakGSBlackCloakGS Member, PRO Posts: 2,250
    edited September 2014

    @scottharrrules43 update was I finally got the code to detect joysticks on android with out using java (quite a lot of work ). I was able to test that the code does work with the Amazon Fire TV and it does detect the remote and controller correctly. I have not had time to work much on this do to moving houses in my free time and getting ready for iOS 8 support at GameSalad. Hope get back to the lib in my free time soon.

    @jay2dx joy to key is windows only and not open source. Both Android and iOS support joysticks and with Mac as well that is 50% of our publishing targets.

  • jay2dxjay2dx Member Posts: 611

    @BlackCloakGS said:
    scottharrrules43 update was I finally got the code to detect joysticks on android with out using java (quite a lot of work ). I was able to test that the code does work with the Amazon Fire TV and it does detect the remote and controller correctly. I have not had time to work much on this do to moving houses in my free time and getting ready for iOS 8 support at GameSalad. Hope get back to the lib in my free time soon.

    jay2dx joy to key is windows only and not open source. Both Android and iOS support joysticks and with Mac as well that is 50% of our publishing targets.

    ah I see, well I cant wait to see the support in GS :) it would be awesome actually, and amazing that your doing this in your spare time, so big thanks :)

  • yattamoveyattamove Member Posts: 236

    @BlackCloakGS‌
    Wow Amazon FireTV! >:)

    You're amazing as usual!

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