At 5/12/25 03:03 PM, Belyaevs-Fox wrote:https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/640756
This one should be simple to do. The arrow keys will naturally work with the D-pad, while S and D are best emulated on the down and left face buttons.
Give it a try now!
I thought you'd have had a hard time following up on Takeover Tuesday. I was wrong.
My only complaint is limiting custom binds to Supporters - that's getting a bit too EA-y for my tastes.
Still, this was a pretty major improvement overall, making NG's Flash catalogue a lot more accessible in general.
(I think you should probably start a thread in the Clubs and Crews forum to handle controller mappings - this is gonna be a pretty major undertaking...)
Anyways, getting an easy controller mapping out the way whilst this thread's still hot:
This is a one-button game, and the Xbox Controller has a dedicated X button, so just mapping X on controller to X in game should work.
At 5/12/25 03:14 PM, BlueMonday1984 wrote:Anyways, getting an easy controller mapping out the way whilst this thread's still hot:
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/510303
This is a one-button game, and the Xbox Controller has a dedicated X button, so just mapping X on controller to X in game should work.
Canabalt was actually updated to HTML5 and while the Flash version still exists, I don't think we have a link to switch to that version. I added gamepad support in case we ever do though!
At 5/12/25 02:46 PM, orbitz wrote:here's one:
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/544984
Added!
Now... this is too much fun. I'm making a mad science experiment navigate mouse menus in Flash with a controller by binding Tab to the Select button, then using the D-pad bound to the arrow keys to select different clickable buttons. Now I just need to find an equivalent key to click with!
This is so freaking cool! Excited to go through and update some maps
At 5/12/25 02:44 PM, SkilledFella wrote:Wait, does PlayStation 5 DualSense controller also support these games?
It should work, let us know if you try and it doesn't.
At 5/12/25 03:01 PM, TomFulp wrote:At 5/12/25 01:59 PM, Figburn wrote:i think a closer mapping to official KOF on gamepad would be
A: Weak Kick ( I key)
B: Heavy Kick ( K key
X: Weak Punch ( U key )
Y: Heavy Punch ( J key )
R Bumper: Special 1 ( O key )
R Trigger: Special 2 ( L key )
also, if its possible to double map, having D pad also control the character as well as the stick would be cool!
Updated, including the double mapping. Give it a try!
works perfectly!
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Sweet! I'll have to try this out sometime.
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Wow! The new controller mapping feature looks so super exciting and very interesting! I definitely would love to try out this new feature!
Wow that’s amazing! Ruffle just keeps getting better!
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At 5/12/25 12:59 PM, TomFulp wrote:At 5/12/25 12:55 PM, Dungeonation wrote:Does this mean it could be possible to get touch controls on mobile, say if you held your phone normally and it had a virtual gamepad below it?
😉
Pretty please figure out multi-touch and touchscreen gesture support for AS2 so I don't have to program it myself. Please oh please, I will be eternally grateful.
Getting another easy pair of games out the way:
The zoom in both games can be controlled with the left and right arrow keys, which map perfectly to left and right on the D-pad.
This is a great update! I'm gonna be cheeky and suggest a game I worked on, Sky Panda!
(because I don't have the log-in (my brother mans the account atm, not been active in a bit) )
Left Stick - Arrow Keys/WSAD
A Button - Z/X/Space
Menu Button - Esc/P
The menu's should already be very controller-friendly, we made them work really well with mouse and button inputs. It's an AS3, which I know is slightly less-supported currently, but the game seems to run great via Ruffle on my end!
I made and tested these mappings myself through DS4Windows, so you'll know they work well.
Arrow keys = D-pad, space = Cross, Enter = Options, Esc = Share
Note: Mouse will be required for the start menu.
Arrow Keys = D-pad, Space = Cross, Z = Square, Enter = Triangle, 1 & 2 = L1 & R1 Respectively, P = Options
Arrow Keys = D-pad, Space = Cross, Esc = Options
Note: Mouse will be required for the start menu.
The game Castle Crashing The Beard works perfectly! I also decide to test The Binding of Isaac to see if works and the game controllers works a little buggy, when I press the button "R2" (I'm using a PlayStation Controller) the game automatically stops. Also in the Binding of Isaac, the bombs drop automatically, even I didn't press nothing.
But, ignoring that issues, the controller works very well! Thanks for this blessing PsychoGoldfish and Tom, you guys are awesome!
At 5/12/25 04:21 PM, Carne-de-Ovelha wrote:The game Castle Crashing The Beard works perfectly! I also decide to test The Binding of Isaac to see if works and the game controllers works a little buggy, when I press the button "R2" (I'm using a PlayStation Controller) the game automatically stops. Also in the Binding of Isaac, the bombs drop automatically, even I didn't press nothing.
I'm getting the same issue with hitting R2, that appears to be a bug with spacebar that cropped up after some other changes. I haven't recreated the bombs dropping automatically, that's an interesting one - any chance you have a broken / over-sensitive trigger button? I've had that happen with my older PS controllers (used to auto drop bombs in Spelunky).
Update - R2 should now work, still dunno about the auto-bombs though. Anyone else auto-dropping bombs?
At 5/12/25 04:18 PM, Belyaevs-Fox wrote:I made and tested these mappings myself through DS4Windows, so you'll know they work well.
Unfortunately Ripple Dot Zero needs to load third party files to run, which hits a CORS issue in modern browsers and won't work with Ruffle without an update to the game itself. The other two games are now mapped and running through Ruffle!
At 5/12/25 04:17 PM, ZekeWatson wrote:This is a great update! I'm gonna be cheeky and suggest a game I worked on, Sky Panda!
(because I don't have the log-in (my brother mans the account atm, not been active in a bit) )
It's mapped now, the menus work great!
Remembered another one-button game that'd be an easy map - Matt Roszak's second game on NG, Brawl Royale:
All in-game functions (barring the menus, which are mouse-controlled) are controlled using the spacebar, so mapping A to the spacebar should be sufficient.
For the two-player mode, mapping A on P2's gamepad to Enter will cover that as well.
At 5/12/25 04:49 PM, BlueMonday1984 wrote:Remembered another one-button game that'd be an easy map - Matt Roszak's second game on NG, Brawl Royale:
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/458245
All in-game functions (barring the menus, which are mouse-controlled) are controlled using the spacebar, so mapping A to the spacebar should be sufficient.
For the two-player mode, mapping A on P2's gamepad to Enter will cover that as well.
Should be all set!
I wasn't expecting this feature to ever happen, but hey this will add some new ways to play those games. It's gonna feel weird playing flash games on gamepad controls, but I can welcome this!
(The only flash games with gamepad controls I can think of is The Fancy Pants Adventures World 4 Part 1 and 2)
Anyway Mario Combat. I was thinking about this game when this announcement happened.
Left Key - Left Stick
Right Key - Right Stick
Up Key - Cross/A Button
A - Square/X Button
Space - Triangle/Y Button
Left Key - Left D-Pad
Right Key - Right D-Pad
(those again but just some additions)
At 5/12/25 04:57 PM, Ferbun wrote:I wasn't expecting this feature to ever happen, but hey this will add some new ways to play those games. It's gonna feel weird playing flash games on gamepad controls, but I can welcome this!
(The only flash games with gamepad controls I can think of is The Fancy Pants Adventures World 4 Part 1 and 2)
Anyway Mario Combat. I was thinking about this game when this announcement happened.
That's done now and @D-Sun has a bunch more games that could use mapping. I just added it to AshBelt!
Knocking out another easy map, for the entire Ball Revamped series:
Series-wide, movement is handled with the arrow keys, so those can be safely mapped to the D-pad or left stick.
Ball and Ball Revamped 1 map starting a level to the spacebar, and restarting to G - mapping space to A and G to B should be sufficient for both.
Ball Revamped 4 maps the pause function to P - I'd personally map that to the Menu button.
(Sidenote: BR4 freezes upon pausing in Ruffle - not sure if that's a Ruffle bug, or a game bug)
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At 5/12/25 11:57 AM, TomFulp wrote:@PsychoGoldfish just rolled out an exciting new feature for Flash fanatics:
Controller Mapping!
Traditional Flash games never had gamepad support but now that games are running via Ruffle, we are able to interface with them directly using our own controller mapping.
We store mapping data for each game individually so there’s a long road ahead, however you can try these games with a gamepad to demo the feature:
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/59593
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/581168
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/301341
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/529992
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/511754
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/586756
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/399956
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/555072
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/347399
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/254456
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/587787
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/484931
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/493665
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/580355
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/512407
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/552005
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/429765
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/535370
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/381115
Supporters have the ability to set up their own controller mapping on a per-game basis, in cases where we haven’t set a default or you want to change from the default. We made this a Supporter feature because it’s a niche feature and NG needs more Supporters, however if you have accessibility needs that require this feature, please message me about it.
If a Flash game already has controller mapping, you will see a note in the info box under the tags, with a link to view the existing mapping (or create your own if you’re a Supporter).
Flash devs can add mapping to their existing games, which would be a huge help! You’ll find the mapping option on your Project Details page, under your SWF file in the same area as the Ruffle Emulation toggle. If you want to really get wild, you could also make your title screens and menus controller friendly, since a lot of those will still depend on a mouse. If you do update your game with mapping, share a link in this thread!
To kick things off, anyone can help right in this thread! Reply with a link to a Flash game you like that doesn’t have controller mapping and include a list of how you would map the controls. We’ll use an Xbox controller as the template for button names.
For example, here’s how I would explain the Alien Hominid mapping:
Left Stick - Arrow Keys - Move
D-Pad - Arrow Keys - Move
X Button - A Key - Shoot
A Button - S Key - Jump
We’ll start mapping games based on your replies and once we create a new moderator type, we’ll invite some of you to come aboard as mapping mods! In the meantime, staff and existing Portal Mods have access to add mapping.
Note: If a game doesn’t have a “Ruffle” loader at the start, it is likely an HTML5 game and this feature does not apply.
If your favorite Flash game isn’t currently running via Ruffle, you can help test and report on it in the Ruffle Testing / Flash Preservation Crew.
Future splash: We're not done adding new ways to play Flash games!
Good job, you guys! Now I just need controller support for my life.
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