I recently started playing Dyson sphere program on my PC again and I get that lovely feeling of being drawn into the game for hours. But since it's a very mouse-centric game, I don't want to play it on a steam deck. And because I sit at a desk all day for work, I'd rather lay down on the couch and use my deck instead.
Are there any games like DSP that work well with a controller? I find that if I use the trackpad too much, my right wrist starts to hurt.
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UntouchedWagons@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 3y
I think the Factorio devs are working on steam deck support.
Fondant@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
They actually released it recently, there are controller bindings in the settings and you can play with a controller
ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 3y
I've played Factorio with the Steam controller some 3 years ago. It worked just fine, so I imagine the steam deck will too.
The controller support is likely targeted more towards playstation/Xbox controllers, or perhaps for a smoother experience if you dislike touch-as-mouse.
Fondant@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
fair enough, still worth mentioning that factorio itself supports controllers now 👍
ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 3y
Of course!
Dettweiler42@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
Latest update just added controller support!
Dettweiler42@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y
I've been waiting for Satisfactory to add controller support. The game runs fine and the number of buttons it uses is fairly limited; but alas, no proper support yet.
I haven't tried Minecraft with one of the industrial/ultimate packs yet; but that typically requires java edition, which needs an extra mod for controller support.
Oszilloraptor@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 3y
I play vanilla java MC 1.20.1 on Steam Deck, no big problems with controller support (at least with prism launcher) Just the default keybinds are a bit shit, and there is no prev/next-item-key so you have to awkwardly scroll trough with the touchpads which is a bit meh during combat.
But I guess with a bit practice it's totally playable (I recommend peaceful to get used to the settings, tho)
nottheengineer@feddit.de · 3 pts · 3y
You can just use steaminput, it's much better than any of the control mods in my opinion.
trankillity@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Also, beware that DSP does not support cloud saves because the devs can't compress their save data enough to fit in the Steam cloud requirements.
Luella@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 3y
Nova Lands vouch, very good.
Impossible@partizle.com · 2 pts · 3y
DSP is a game I would love in the Deck. I can imagine it would be difficult to manipulate. I thought about trying to use the Gyro to aid movement in some way but never tried.
I did spend around 4 hours overall on Shapez
https://shapez.io/
Local saves only from the non Steam version though.
cyberic@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 3y
You should cross post to !automation_games@feddit.de
buedi@feddit.de · 0 pts · 3y
I think I read somewhere that Factorio will get Gamepad support. I did not pay attention when, though.
scorpionix@feddit.de · 1 pts · 3y
The patch went live on Thursday