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Traveler
15-07-2011, 03:24 PM
I was wondering with the button restriction, how do you guys quit your game? During development I have the escape key set to close the game, but since I plan on using all 8 keys (and escape isnt among them) I don't have any alternative ways to close the game other than from the main menu. This effectively means that when you play a level you can not quit, unless you lose all your lives and then return to the main menu.

At the moment I don't see an alternative, but perhaps I'm overlooking something? Any other ideas?

WILL
15-07-2011, 03:58 PM
For our mock-entry GX we don't have a way to pause the game per-say. When you die or win you will eventually be taken back to the main menu where it gives you the option to quit the game.

Actually we do have a reserved button that we were going to use for setting RV points and to signal a retreat, but we could always use that as a pause/in-game menu. We haven't had as much collaboration time as I think we needed to work out all the finer points of the controls, but I'm sure we could have worked in a function for an in-game menu/pause screen.

You'll notice that the total number of buttons chosen is the exact same as the old NES controllers. :) This sceme included a Select and Start button which were often used exclusively for pausing the game or bringing up small menus.

SuperMaximo93
15-07-2011, 04:57 PM
I just have a pause menu with a quit option and also the close button at the top of the window quits the game (this is okay, right? :P)

Jimmy Valavanis
15-07-2011, 05:07 PM
In my game pressing ESC brings up a menu, one of the options is to quit the game.

Daikrys
15-07-2011, 06:07 PM
I just have a pause menu with a quit option and also the close button at the top of the window quits the game (this is okay, right? :P)

i agree theres a button at top right of the window cause theres is no need to shut down the "PES" with a controller-button cause i never shut down my NES with a controller, got it? ;)

think of it as "close the window of the PES emulator"

Jimmy Valavanis
16-07-2011, 05:22 AM
We can also pull of the plug :)

SuperMaximo93
16-07-2011, 07:51 AM
Ha yeah. Also minimise means turn the TV off but keep the PES on :D