Posted by u_rebelscum on 21, 2001 at 12:27 AM:
In Reply to: Another crack at it.. posted by Tony C on 20, 2001 at 11:58 PM:
: Well I tried moving the 4-way over just to see how it looks, not sure how I'd handle the button situation. I thought about adding some more fire buttons in the center but it seemed they'd get in the way of using the trackball or spinner... I think to do 4-way games I'd just have to use the yellow player 2 buttons.
Just a thought you might want to think about: some spinner and trackball games use a button or two (Arkanoid and Cabal, for example). Which buttons would you use for them? The same as those used for 4-way games?
As I think you've read, you probably should draw it out at full scale before making it. This would really help in testing the locations of the spinner, trackball, and 4-way. Just pretend the joysticks and buttons and spinner and trackball are there, and see if anything gets in each others way when playing with other stuff.
The one thing that might need special locating is the spinner. If too close to the joystick, they might get in the other's way. It's in a good place now, but half an inch one way or the other can make a huge difference in the final playability.
JM2C.