the Hearth :ms_agender_flag:: "@monorail@glaceon.social @noiob to be fair, dwarf…" - Awoo Space

Jul 28, 2021, 13:35

the Hearth @Felthry@awoo.space

assuming a game is equally easy to play with either, would you rather use:

-F

35% mouse+keyboard
64% controller

Jul 28, 2021, 13:42

alarmingly large glaceon girl 🍓 @monorail@glaceon.social

@Felthry depends heavily on genre imo

even ignoring difficulty, different genres feel better with different control schemes

Jul 28, 2021, 13:44

the Hearth @Felthry@awoo.space

@monorail i guess some genres just can't be equally easy with either, too, really

dwarf fortress with a controller just plain doesn't make sense
-F

Jul 28, 2021, 13:45

shork @noiob@awoo.space

@Felthry @monorail depends on the controller, sth like the Steam Controller that just straight up comes with trackball emulation would probably work

Jul 28, 2021, 13:45

alarmingly large glaceon girl 🍓 @monorail@glaceon.social

@noiob @Felthry for some definition of "work", sure

Jul 28, 2021, 13:45

alarmingly large glaceon girl 🍓 @monorail@glaceon.social

@noiob @Felthry it would definitely take some practice, which is not something you can usually say about using a game's menus

the Hearth @Felthry@awoo.space

@monorail @noiob to be fair, dwarf fortress's menus take practice anyway

ui design is not toady one's forte
-F

Jul 28, 2021, 13:46 · · · ·

Jul 28, 2021, 13:47

alarmingly large glaceon girl 🍓 @monorail@glaceon.social

@Felthry @noiob i heard somewhere that he has plans to clean up the ui and make the game more accessible

but he wants to do that last so that he doesn't have to do it more than once as things change

so maybe in 2070 it will have a better ui :P

Jul 28, 2021, 13:48

the Hearth @Felthry@awoo.space

@monorail @noiob that makes sense

as things stand it's nigh unplayable without things like dwarf therapist though
-F

Jul 28, 2021, 18:00

lioness (vacant) @lioness@plush.city

@Felthry @monorail might be sooner than you expect! current effort is to release DF on steam, and for that the menus all need to be redone to make sense to somewhat more normal ppl

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