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Support touchscreen devices?

A topic by Sunetraalex created Feb 05, 2022 Views: 251 Replies: 5
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Hi, since the jam page states that the controls are "Keyboard only", I would like to ask if is allowed to support touchscreen controls to allow the game to be playable on smartphones and such.

The two ways I could think of implementing on touchscreen is maybe by adding on-screen buttons within or outside the game screen or by replicating the numpad somehow as a frame.

Is it fine to do so? And if it is how could be the optimal way to do it?

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I would say it's fine to use touchscreen buttons, since they serve the same function as a keyboard does.

Right, i thought the same but wasn't sure of it, thank you for the reply!

Host

Yes you can do that with the two solutions you mentioned, making a frame or having touchable buttons. The game just shouldn't be controlled with modern smartphone controls like swipes and such

Great! Thanks for confirming and for the fun challenge you offered with this jam!

Host

Thanks! Glad you like it :)