Game controls.

by sock • 27 Jan 2007, 01:13 • Journals
You're playing a game where you bounce along, it's a platform game.

Obviously, right is to move right and left is to move left. Jumping is bound to the down key and an action is bound to the up key (It lets you push objects, etc). My questions is would you prefer up to be bound to jump, would it feel more natural? Would down feel strange or would you be fine with it?

Any response with reasoning would be welcomed! Any response at all would be tolerated!
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duNzy 27 Jan 2007, 01:14
pervqj nah
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huumeantti 27 Jan 2007, 01:17
hmm...depends tbh, but jump would be better on up i guess
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sock 27 Jan 2007, 01:18
Thanks =o), any reason for you prefering up? And what would it depend on!
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huumeantti 27 Jan 2007, 01:20
because when u jump, u go up, so up seems more logical to me, but on the other hand action on down is weird :)
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sock 27 Jan 2007, 01:21
Ah, what if action were bound to another button, ctrl or space or something like it?
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huumeantti 27 Jan 2007, 01:29
action would be nice on space imo, and on down it could be crouch or sth
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sol 27 Jan 2007, 01:17
Up should be jump of course, since you move upwards, skyward, when you jump!
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sock 27 Jan 2007, 01:19
He, the character, is always bouncing along, so technically he is really just bouncing higher, not jumping - I think the idea was that the down button puts more force into the jump, although there have been many mixed opinions on whether this is intuitive or not, hence this journal!
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sol 27 Jan 2007, 01:23
Regardless of whether he's bouncing or not, he's still moving higher, upwards, therefore up is a logical button to press in order to perform the aforementioned movement! Down is very illogical indeed, even if it's to put more force into the jump, since if you wanted to jump higher you wouldn't move down first, unless of course you were on some kind of spring!
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sock 27 Jan 2007, 01:29
That was my thought on the matter, the designer thinks otherwise though, and I guess either of us could be right. Check your pm for a link to the game, it's not really up too much but try the controls and see if they feel immediately intuitive.
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sol 27 Jan 2007, 01:31
I have not yet received a pm. :<
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sock 27 Jan 2007, 01:32
Sorry man, there's some shitty bug, keeps saying "You can't send 2 pm's that fast", are you on irc?
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sol 27 Jan 2007, 01:33
Yeah, idle^sol or ansiktsburk.
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rizza 27 Jan 2007, 01:20
Pokemon yellow, no doubt about it.
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Deactivated5512 27 Jan 2007, 01:25
down because when you jump you put your muscular power ( or smth ) in your legs and they are down there so

and every game has down : jump so, no need to change that
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sock 27 Jan 2007, 01:33
What do you mean by every game has down as jump? Every platform game? I don't remember mario having down as jump - Please expand what you said.
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Deactivated5512 27 Jan 2007, 01:36
didn't read the platform part, sorry ;)
edit : up would make alot more sense then, idd ;)-
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sock 27 Jan 2007, 01:43
Thanks for helping =o).
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sock 27 Jan 2007, 01:31
Elaborate please =o)!
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rizza 27 Jan 2007, 01:37
WHO FUCKING GIVES A SHIT, just play the game enjoy it, it's your personal preference, nobody elses..
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sock 27 Jan 2007, 01:38
Well, it's a platform side scrolling game - You can still have your left hand to press other things. In any case, the only movement options are up left and right, other than actions of course (like pushing).
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rizza 27 Jan 2007, 01:44
grow up: <
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ENSJQM 27 Jan 2007, 02:03
Jumping is noobish
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confo 27 Jan 2007, 02:40
up = jump
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Sheep 27 Jan 2007, 03:42
Up for jump, seems rather obvious to be honest... no idea why the down key would be for jump :\
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decem 27 Jan 2007, 06:02
own preference, up key would be teh obvious for me.
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_doNka 27 Jan 2007, 09:35
i would prefer down arrow for jumping cause it fits my fingers better and my reflexes are faster that way.
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WeeBull 27 Jan 2007, 12:16
Wouldn't it be better if the player could set the controls himself?
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Ronner 27 Jan 2007, 17:57
Up. Think about the old console platform games. Jump is always bound to the up key and for obvious logical reasons.
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