Input Abstractions`

[yarbelk]

I came across a very interesting article about the abstractions in the steam controller libraries:
http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LarsDoucet/20170125/289904/The_Steam_Controller_Configurators_Untapped_Power.php

I think it would be interesting to see if we could incorporate some of the ideas.

I find this the cleanest abstraction I've ever seen in a control system. It also makes me happy because it seems to be a form of clean architecture, which I love: https://8thlight.com/blog/uncle-bob/2012/08/13/the-clean-architecture.html

[yarbelk]

Ok. will see about a making a quick pass on this for review - though it might be a bit of time.

[otraore]

Looking forward to it

[jonbonazza]

I don't know if the steam controller API is necessary, but I absolutely agree that action-based input config is superior to button remapping.

Godot (the engine I am using for my current game) uses action-based inputs and not only is it more intuitive to players, it's proven much easier to manage from the developer perspective as well.
So yea... All for this 💯 %

[yarbelk]

Did anyone do any work on this? I have changed jobs twice; and am now doing more (read: only) management than programming and am way out of the loop.