12 orbits News

Hi, with this patch the controller support has been completely overhauled. This primarily leads to these changes:

• Improved compatibility with the Steam Input API. In other words, if your gamepad did not work previously, it hopefully does now
  
• Better names for gamepad buttons. E.g. "left shoulder" instead of "Button 4"
  
• The touchscreen support now also works on the Steam Deck
  

If your Gamepad doesn't work after this patch, there might be some incompatible settings left over within your Steam configuration. I cannot change these settings myself, because they are intended to override the settings I make as the developer. But you can change them quite easily. This post will show you how:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/529950/discussions/0/4338735730270082776/


If there are any more problems, gamepad related or otherwise, please let me know with a forum post. And as always, if you want to make sure the new patch gets downloaded, simply restart Steam.

12 orbits now has a tutorial, and even if you have played before, I recommend giving it a try. The controls were not explained perfectly before, so there may be something new for you to see. If the phrase “dodging dodges everything” doesn't make sense to you, definitely play the tutorial.

You'll also find the descriptions for the current game mode, and the current controls, in the pause menu from now on. And to give you a better idea of what to do in the practice modes, the scores are now shown while you play.

This probably isn't the most exiting update for veteran 12 orbits players, but it was a very necessary one. You'll see that if you want to play with non-gamer family members over the holidays :-)

12 orbits now has a tutorial, and even if you have played before, I recommend giving it a try. The controls were not explained perfectly before, so there may be something new for you to see. If the phrase “dodging dodges everything” doesn't make sense to you, definitely play the tutorial.

You'll also find the descriptions for the current game mode, and the current controls, in the pause menu from now on. And to give you a better idea of what to do in the practice modes, the scores are now shown while you play.

This probably isn't the most exiting update for veteran 12 orbits players, but it was a very necessary one. You'll see that if you want to play with non-gamer family members over the holidays :-)

• Colorblind Mode
• Dutch translation
• All types of player buttons can now be remapped during any match
• Improved gamepad support for menu navigation: Most kinds of gamepads will be identified automatically, and you can use the usual back / accept / pause buttons on them
• You can use any gamepad buttons as player inputs, including the back and accept buttons. To start a new game, move your left analogue stick to the right (instead of pressing the accept button)
• Hindi and Arabic are now displayed correctly, even if they are not supported by your operating system
• Some minor bugfixes and graphical improvements

Edit:
• Made the One Switch mode compatible with the new menu options


All of that should be live now. Have fun!

- Roman

• Colorblind Mode
• Dutch translation
• All types of player buttons can now be remapped during any match
• Improved gamepad support for menu navigation: Most kinds of gamepads will be identified automatically, and you can use the usual back / accept / pause buttons on them
• You can use any gamepad buttons as player inputs, including the back and accept buttons. To start a new game, move your left analogue stick to the right (instead of pressing the accept button)
• Hindi and Arabic are now displayed correctly, even if they are not supported by your operating system
• Some minor bugfixes and graphical improvements

Edit:
• Made the One Switch mode compatible with the new menu options


All of that should be live now. Have fun!

- Roman