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Gamepads (controllers)

Add support for gamepads (or other controllers) to your game, giving access to information such as button presses, axis positions, trigger pressure, etc...

Authors and contributors to this community extension: Bouh, lhphr, ZachjuKamashi.


Add support for gamepads (or other controllers).

It gives access to:

  • button presses
  • axis positions and force
  • trigger pressure
  • configurable deadzone
  • vibration
  • automatic mappers for platformer characters and top-down movement

The Bomberman-like example handles 4 players with gamepads (open the project online).

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