D-Pad vs Waypoint

poorcollegedevpoorcollegedev Member Posts: 289
edited June 2012 in Working with GS (Mac)
I've seen this debate all around game dev sites and was wondering what you guys think.

D-Pad: self explanatory
Waypoint: press a location on the screen and the character moves there and/or interacts

Comments

  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394
    Depends on the game
  • poorcollegedevpoorcollegedev Member Posts: 289
    @beefy_clyro for my game, of course! :D
  • GraphicWarehouseGraphicWarehouse Member Posts: 927
    edited June 2012
    what type of game is it?
  • HapiappsHapiapps Member Posts: 373
    If you did waypoint and you touched a spot diagonal to the character, unless you have frames of animation for all directions, it will look sloppy. I think the d-pad is the neatest way to go.
  • jckmcgrawjckmcgraw Member Posts: 647
    As a gamer, I dislike D-Pad's very much because of the lack of flexibility in movement. I would much rather prefer a joystick or Waypoint movement. From a developer stand-point though, Waypoint movement would be hard to animate a bunch of directions (like @Hapiapps said).

    Jack McGraw
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