With the new, innovative control scheme presented by the Wii, no doubt game testers and QA folks are getting a work out. Not only are they now charged with pushing buttons, but must also add in the spectrum of movement with the Wiimote. How does a fast swipe react in-game compared to that of a slow, long swipe? How about thrusting? Clearly, it's a tough job that even rocket scientists request no part of.In the behind the scenes article, associate designer Mike Chrzanowski commented that initially his game, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, had around 20 different gestures translating into in-game actions. This caused a lot more harm than help, however, which then dropped the 20 down to a more modest and manageable 5. Obviously, including more gesture-based gameplay leaves a larger possibility for error, so in cutting it down to 5 the player need not worry that when Spidey is supposed to do a web swing, he instead does another signature, albeit less-popular, maneuver in the patented getting beaten to death by multiple thugs move.
[Via Joystiq]
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8-30-2006 @ 6:18PM
ashleyxxgirl said...
has anyone else noticed that the shape of the wiimote is the perfect size of personal pleasure...
not for guys... you queers... but for me..
im so pleased they left the rumble in...
xx
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8-30-2006 @ 6:50PM
The Good Sir said...
To Ashley, all I can say is WoW...
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8-30-2006 @ 8:08PM
Silver R. Wolfe said...
What about us queers? Maybe we love it too!
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8-31-2006 @ 2:42AM
Fish said...
Ashley, attention whore much?
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8-31-2006 @ 8:06AM
Falk Ebert said...
Can someone delete the ad, please?
Did you read the article [or just checking out the porn stuff ;)]. I found this interesting:
"...tweaking the code, checking the pool of data from the gesture trials again for any new misunderstandings, repeat and recode, again and again. The result? "Within a week it went from being 60 to 70 percent reliable to 97 percent reliable," Chrzanowski said."
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9-01-2006 @ 3:33AM
Francis said...
Definitely attention whore -_-", and the Wii remote is kinda big
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