Some time ago I saw a video about a ps2 controller thing which included 30 seconds of testing with a dance game. I then remembered the box of random old wii junk I got from a friend a few years ago and the soft dance pad folded in there. I have never played DDR or the likes but I might as well try. Except when I unfolded the mat…

Wtf is this layout??

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Apparently it’s meant for some wii fit clone that uses a mat instead of balance board. It uses the gamecube controller plug, so I plugged it to my gc and mapped the buttons with metroid prime. They are just randomly scattered (tape marks in pic) so I opened the box rewired it to the least unergonomic layout I could think of.

least unergonomic layout

The choice was between too cramped or buttons being too far apart. I went for the latter because I couldn’t reliably rest my legs on the center without triggering input on the cramped option.

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After finishing the job I tried ddr on the wii. The mat works. The mat also sucks. It’s unplayable.

0/5 can’t recommend.

  • TastehWaffleZ@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Loved the rollercoaster of emotions lol. There’s a pretty active Stepmania community so if you’re interested in DDR style games you can get thousands of community created songs/beatmaps for free and make your own controller for ~$30 USD.

    Here’s the basics but if you’re interested in a new project there are people who have posted guides and the code to get LED dance pads and whatnot. It can be as simple as just having a piece of plywood with sensors and buttons but will be as good as an arcade dance pad, or you can go all out like this guy