For my strange controller project I worked on an endless runner. Since the game is about endlessly running I built a shoe controller. The shoe works as the inputs for the game that make the character in the game move. Using copper tape over the wire then sandwiching the wire and tape between two pieces of conductive sheets I created a touch input. Whenever something conductive touches the input area the correlating key is fired making the game character do something. The programming was simple though there were many issues to figure out and work through. I tried to have lights running on the cpx but they interfered with the key presses. I had to scrap this idea as the game requires precision and any delay or missed button press due to the light function looping command activating at that moment would cause the player to lose. The next issue was the CPX randomly dropping two of the buttons. After many days of testing I figured out that it was not random it was the last two buttons to be pressed. This only happens when the wires are attached as well. To solve this I just set up two inputs that I would never use and the CPX worked just fine after that. My strange controller is a shoe and was very entertaining to use.
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