i should make sure #Pinput works with modern #pico8 and #wasm4 in time for #StrawberryJam…

if you want vibrator support for your PICO-8 (most platforms) or WASM-4 (desktop only) game, Pinput is here for you https://codeberg.org/vyr/Pinput

https://github.com/buttplugio/buttplug/pull/527

i made #ButtplugIO buzz a Dual Shock 4 gamepad on macOS today. gamepads are the vibrator everybody already has, but Buttplug's current gamepad support covers only XInput devices and only on Windows, a category that notably does not include Sony or Nintendo stuff.

since i used SDL2 for gamepad support in #Pinput, that part was easy, but Pinput's single-threaded. Buttplug isn't, instead using async code backed up by either a Tokio runtime or WASM threads, and most SDL types aren't thread-safe, which is where the actors in the previous posts came in: send gamepad control messages over mpsc channels to actors on a thread dedicated to SDL, get responses back using one-shot channels.

next challenge: figure out why the example vibe tester isn't exiting cleanly on Ctrl-C. something's still waiting to progress, i suspect. the JetBrains debugger is wildly inadequate for async stuff, where stack traces don't exist and threads are only vaguely relevant, but https://github.com/tokio-rs/console looks useful…

#Pinput now supports reading the touch/pressure sensors on the #Kiiroo Pearl 2.1 vibe (they get mapped to buttons and joystick axes), and in theory, also the sensors on the only other device that #ButtplugIO currently supports inputs from: the #kGoal Boost (although i don't have one to test with)

so if you wanted to make a #pico8 game but were holding out until you could control it with your pelvic muscles, now's the time 😄

(also, Pinput can now read the battery level of your haptic device, as it can already do for wireless gamepads on most platforms)

here's the #Pinput patch for #pico8's Jelpi demo, which adds short vibration events on jump and dash, and longer ones when you take out an enemy:

https://gist.github.com/VyrCossont/5c82eddd1d991c45adb73daa21d38101

want to be able to do horny #gamedev with your fantasy console? here comes the 📳💓! i've just released binaries for #Pinput 0.1.4-alpha1, which adds #vibrator support alongside analog gamepad support for #pico8 and #wasm4 games, thanks to #ButtplugIO.

got questions? please ask me! i've written docs, of course, but i'd love if y'all tried it and let me know your use cases and any points of confusion.

hardware-wise, check the IoST Index to see if your toys are supported: anything marked as compatible with buttplug.io should work in theory, and i've been testing with BTLE toys from #Lovense and #Kiiroo and know them to work in practice.

#Pinput #ButtplugIO support now works in Chrome with either Web Bluetooth or a websocket connection to Intiface Central, and Firefox and Safari with Intiface Central only

edit: it actually works fine in Firefox. likely to be user error on my part.

want to add #SexToy support to your #pico8 or #wasm4 game? now you can! i just pushed prototype support for vibrators in #Pinput via #ButtplugIO: Pinput PR #1. (no official binaries yet, i have some testing to do first to make sure everything still works with my collection of gamepads and vibes.)

the PICO-8 and WASM-4 test cartridges, which currently activate a gamepad's rumble motors when its triggers are held down, now also activate the rumble motors of any attached haptic devices.

does this count as #teledildonics if i hand one of my girlfriends a gamepad with a very long cord? 🤔

adding #ButtplugIO support to #Pinput by telling it that each haptics device with up to two motors is an XInput-like gamepad. close enough, right?

wow, it's been almost a year since the last release! please enjoy #Pinput v0.1.3, which adds modern analog gamepads with rumble to both #pico8 and #wasm4.

https://github.com/VyrCossont/Pinput/releases/tag/v0.1.3

everything old is new again: the #wasm4-capable version of #Pinput now has a test cartridge with the same capabilities as the #pico8 version

a few minor modifications and i have #Pinput working with WASM-4 as well as PICO-8. going to make this an official feature very soon!

#wasm4 supports Rust, and being able to reuse gamepad structs and bit masks from the Rust version of Pinput has already saved me some time with the test cartridge.

it just occurred to me that input recording and playback should be a #Pinput feature, not a cartridge feature

that'd make testing Pinput easier too

https://github.com/VyrCossont/Pinput#web-extension i guess i know how to make web extensions. now #Pinput can run on Lexaloffle BBS web player cartridges.

i really should get this on https://addons.mozilla.org/ and https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions so civilians can use it, but it's late

i shipped the Rust version of #Pinput! https://github.com/VyrCossont/Pinput/releases/tag/v0.1.2

i am serious about #Pinput hardware compatibility testing

…mostly because i have a gamepad problem. hobby? hoblem?

top to bottom, left to right:
• Xbox 360 wired
• Xbox 360 wireless (needs a USB adapter to be used with PCs, but i still have at least one)
• Xbox One model 1708 (the first one with Bluetooth)
• Ipega 9803s (Bluetooth controller/handle for tablets, goes wide enough to fit a Surface Go) <http://m.ipega.hk/gamehandle/53-180.html>
• DualSense (PS5)
• DualShock 4
• Steam Controller
• Logitech F310
• Switch Joy-Con Charging Grip, with joycons
• Switch Pro Controller

(1708 and DualSense courtesy of @millenomi)

the #Rust version of #Pinput for #pico8 is working on macOS now. plenty of caveats and TODOs compared to the other versions, but catching up fast. not tested on Windows or Linux yet.

https://github.com/VyrCossont/Pinput/tree/main/rust/pinput

@Scarlet i found the first edition (free from the author at http://newosxbook.com/MOXiI.pdf) very readable and useful when i was writing the macOS version of #Pinput

#GeometryWars 4 is gonna be awesome

#pico8 #Pinput