I'm not someone who does a lot of gaming, so I don't have a bunch of gamepads sitting around, nor will I need many going forward. Perusing Amazon Prime, this seems like the cheapest way to get multiple controllers, but will they work with Joggernauts? Do you have any specific suggestions for controllers that won't break a penny-pincher's bank?
Thanks!
I have not tried those personally, so I can't vouch for them. We haven't gotten deep into gamepad compatibility testing so far.
That said, we are looking into the feasibility of having people use their smart phone as a virtual gamepad for Joggernauts to solve this very problem. So, I'd say hang tight while we work on that or buy something that you can return if it doesn't work.
Awesome, I hope they work! Please do let me know what you find out. If it just ends up being an issue with the buttons being mapped incorrectly that's something we could fix pretty easily.
Keep in mind when you are testing: You can use the space key and arrow keys on your keyboard to get through the menus. That way you can at least see if any of the other buttons controlling the players do work.
Out of the box, the gamepads I ordered (Next Game Controller, in the style of Super Nintendo controllers) didn't really work. The arrow buttons didn't work at all, Start worked, X = jump, B = swap. No buttons mapped to duck. I see there is some free software out there that will remap controllers, so I'm going to give that a try and let you know what learn.
I was able to remap the gamepads using the app Joystick Mapper, which wasn't free ($5), but worked very well. The B button (down position) was pretty wonky though. It would make one character jump and another one swap and I couldn't get it to behave. I ended up assigning the jump functionality to X (top position), and that seems to work fine.
