[GAME] Teeworlds on Android (Page 2 of 2)

Pelya, thx you a lot!!1

I've redesigned screen controls a bit, what do you think about them?
You can jump now by tilting your phone, yes that sounds lame, but works better than constantly rubbing left joystick.
Physical gamepad now has separate button for jumping.

I would like to have a bit of discussion about it, because everyone tells me it's bad (yes I know that), but no one have suggested how to make it good.

Previous controls:
Tap left joystick, the hook is always launches after the tap, the aim is controlled by left joystick.
It was difficult to aim the hook with precision, because you generally don't see where you are tapping.
It was impossible to un-hook and move at the same time, so you could not hook the edge of the ledge and jump on it.

New controls:
Tap left joystick to hook, tap again to unhook. The aim is controlled by the right joystick, so you always see where are you aiming.
All weapons are now shoot when you release finger from right joystick, to make it possible to aim with hook.
It's now possible to hook, gain speed, unhook and keep moving, and it's possible to jump to the ledge from below,
but keeping yourself in an air is more difficult, because you need two taps to unhook and hook again.

I've got complaints that the new controls do not work, I assume it's because you now need two taps to un-hook and hook again.
Maybe it's better to move back to single tap, what do you think?

Having a good OTG support would be awesome, I don't like the touch controls(tbh, imo, many touch controls suck because just using touchscreens as gamepads is a really bad idea) but I would love to be able to use my mouse and keyboard(both go over one usb port, awesome!) as I could program on the go. I do have a debian 7 on my phone so I have a way to compile everything but I still couldn't play teeworlds over it as I only can use vnc to view stuff(fiy, debian has x11(i have lxde as environment) and android as surfacelinger or whatever is its name). So please, add (good!) otg support

When i open the game it goes black screen, why is that and can it be fixed ? i got a LG mobile

@Broken thanks, that's the first constructive feedback I've got this year.
However, I'm not seeing two joysticks, there's only one combined joystick for both aiming and moving, that won't work in TeeWorlds, because you cannot move backwards:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pKqfDhCtNQ

I've updated controls once again - now the hook is always launched when you tap the left joystick, you have to release the joystick to unhook. This is more logical, and much more comfortable to navigating the level ceiling, but some tricks like jumping to the ledge from below are now more difficult.

OUYA port isn't happening any time soon, because it needs too many little details to handle, and because I'm disappointed in the platform overall.

iOS port also isn't happening, because I don't develop for iOS.

BTW is there any way to enable notifications via email on this forum?

Gamepad should be supported, I've tested it with PS3 gamepad plugged via USB.

Seems like I'll have to introduce a third on-screen joystick for shooting, instead of a shoot button, because how otherwise will you aim while shooting?
Jumping then can be moved to left joystick tap, because it's much more natural and precise gesture than swiping or "up-for-jump".
There is already a button for changing weapons.

Why don't phones have 4 gamepad shoulder buttons? Why don't humans have 4 thumbs? Even 3 thumbs would have solved the touchscreen controls.

I've updated Android port, now it has three on-screen joysticks, as Broken suggested.
Well, the controls are now much simpler, but you'd better grow a third thumb, or learn to hold your phone ninja-style.
This is the fourth time I'm redoing those controls, if anyone is counting.
Joysticks may be too big for tablets, maybe I'll fix that somewhere in future.