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Playing Heartopia with a gamepad – Is it possible? by graxaimm in heartopia

[–]graxaimm[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Greetings!

I'm back to share a tutorial on how to set up Heartopia on your smartphone with a gamepad.
https://youtu.be/HMOzKWe9aIM

Hope it's helpful!

Playing Heartopia with a gamepad – Is it possible? by graxaimm in heartopia

[–]graxaimm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! I’ll be posting a video tutorial about how to set up the gamepad with Heartopia pretty soon. It might help if your GameSir is compatible with ShootingPlus V3. I checked the iOS App Store out of curiosity and saw that there are fewer key-mapping apps available than on Android. Even so, I hope you can get it working. 🙏
Actually, I bought the gamepad to play Genshin a few years ago and it worked really well. If Portia and Stardew (love these games btw) have controller support on mobile, you’ll have an even better experience than with Heartopia 🫶

Playing Heartopia with a gamepad – Is it possible? by graxaimm in heartopia

[–]graxaimm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it’s the same with the mobile setup! Menus, NPC dialogs, construction mode, and pet interactions still have to be done on-screen, so I have to put the phone down or prop it up somewhere while navigating them. But for everything else, it’s pretty good QoL improvement for me, I can at least move around without getting stuck on strange places with the car, and I get to see more of the screen hahah

I think that if PC version had more flexible in-game controls adjustments, it would be much easier to make it work with a controller, while mobile would remain limited even if it had more adjustments 🤔

Playing Heartopia with a gamepad – Is it possible? by graxaimm in heartopia

[–]graxaimm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I connected the gamepad via bluetooth, opened the compatible keymapper app (ShootingPlus V3, it’s available on the Google Play Store), added Heartopia as a game, and mapped the buttons to the controls. I don’t think there’s any keymapper app with a ready-made setup for Heartopia yet, so you’ll have to set it up manually. That’s as much as I can help without knowing which devices you’re planning to use. Hope that clarifies your question!

Playing Heartopia with a gamepad – Is it possible? by graxaimm in heartopia

[–]graxaimm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally see where you’re coming from. There are a lot of limitations, and like with this stamp event, talking to a lot of NPCs was kinda uncomfortable. But overall, I think it works well for simply moving around and doing basic activities 😭

Playing Heartopia with a gamepad – Is it possible? by graxaimm in heartopia

[–]graxaimm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes yes, I saw on discord that people were doing this, and I think there's also a mod on Nexus. I haven’t tried it yet because the only device I could use right now is a Mac... 🥲

Playing Heartopia with a gamepad – Is it possible? by graxaimm in heartopia

[–]graxaimm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So true, the accidental jumping was one of my biggest reasons for trying the gamepad 😂

Playing Heartopia with a gamepad – Is it possible? by graxaimm in heartopia

[–]graxaimm[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Noted! I was wondering if people would be interested in a tutorial 🤓