17th September 2005, 12:54 AM
Okay, as I have clearly demonstrated, I can't draw... at all...
So, this is my idea for a controller perfect for any six fingered... wait what the? Anyway, yeah... the D-pad, which is that thing that's more to the right and up on that hand potato would be ... there, only more towards facing the thumb, and also the A and B buttons. And, other buttons where the 5 fingers could get to them...
Yeesh what the heck is that anyway?
Also, I didn't even size the image correctly...
So anyway, all I can say is a long time ago, I saw a picture of a controller for handicapped kids who could only use one hand for various reasons. The idea was simple and it actually looked pretty neat. Of course at the time I would have rather used both hands for maximum fingerishness, but now with this in mind, that came rushing back to me as very near a perfect design for a one handed controller. Just have buttons all around an odd L shaped potato and you are set. It would take some work to get used to it, but you wouldn't need to adjust the position of it just to reach some extra buttons.
Oh and, a and b? There is NO way I'm saying "Okay, press the capital A button!". That's retarded. That's like, if we were going with a colored button naming scheme, instead of black and white, you instead have green, forest green, lime, kiwii, and so on.
So, this is my idea for a controller perfect for any six fingered... wait what the? Anyway, yeah... the D-pad, which is that thing that's more to the right and up on that hand potato would be ... there, only more towards facing the thumb, and also the A and B buttons. And, other buttons where the 5 fingers could get to them...
Yeesh what the heck is that anyway?
Also, I didn't even size the image correctly...
So anyway, all I can say is a long time ago, I saw a picture of a controller for handicapped kids who could only use one hand for various reasons. The idea was simple and it actually looked pretty neat. Of course at the time I would have rather used both hands for maximum fingerishness, but now with this in mind, that came rushing back to me as very near a perfect design for a one handed controller. Just have buttons all around an odd L shaped potato and you are set. It would take some work to get used to it, but you wouldn't need to adjust the position of it just to reach some extra buttons.
Oh and, a and b? There is NO way I'm saying "Okay, press the capital A button!". That's retarded. That's like, if we were going with a colored button naming scheme, instead of black and white, you instead have green, forest green, lime, kiwii, and so on.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)