PIIXEL RETROPAD, an optimized gamepad overlay

Hello, I’m here to present to you a gamepad overlay (input overlay) that I created for my personal use. I’ve been venturing into RetroArch in PC and Android for a long time (years and years) and although I find its concept incredible, gamepad overlays have never been a strong point of RetroArch (neo-retropad was a good evolution, but I’ve been here since the standard was the retropad, so believe me, it was more complicated). Because I like RetroArch and want to make my experience playing on a touchscreen more enjoyable, and in a way, more optimized for various consoles and game genres, I’ve been adjusting, improving and creating my own gamepad overlay for touchscreen. I think it can be useful for other people and I hope it can make your gameplay more enjoyable. So, I share it with you, PIIXEL RETROPAD. :facepunch: :grin: :brazil:

::ABOUT::

  • Designed for devices with a 16:9 aspect ratio or higher.
  • Buttons positioned and sized to avoid overlapping the game screen.
  • Buttons with additional areas to optimize gameplay.
  • 4 different overlays: Directional pad, Single analog stick, Dual analog sticks and Lite.
  • 2 different orientations: Landscape and Portrait.
  • 2 different styles: Standard and NEO.

::SOME FEATURES::

  • L3 and R3 are invisible, but are positioned at the top near the center (landscape mode) and in the upper corners (portrait mode).
  • L1, L2, R1 and R2 have larger horizontal areas than the actual button design, making them easier to access.
  • ABXY have combo areas, facilitating their combined use (Y+B, for example).
  • Submenu Exclusive for quick access to certain functions.

::CONFIGURATION::

Feel free to customize it to your liking, but I have it set up as follows and recommend it:

  • Overlay opacity (0.50)
  • Hide overlay in menu (unchecked)
  • Show inputs in overlay (touched)
  • Diagonal directional sensitivity (90%)
  • Auto-rotate overlay (checked)
  • Automatically resize overlay (checked)

If any new ideas or improvements that make sense for the overlay come up, I’ll try to add them.
Finally, HAVE FUN! :video_game:

::DOWNLOAD::

  • It’s already in the RetroArch database. Update the overlays and go to Piixel-Gamepads folder.

::CHANGELOG::

v0.9.7

  • Minor improvements to button design, position and functionality.
  • Redesign of some buttons.
  • Changing position of some buttons.
  • Created Lite Mode.

v0.9.5

  • Minor improvements to button design, position and functionality.
  • Redesign of some buttons.
  • Changing Submenu position.
  • Reduced amount of overlay options.
  • Added Overlay Change button.
  • Created NEO Version.

v0.9.3

  • Minor improvements to button design, position and functionality.

v0.9

  • Redesign of all buttons.
  • Changing Submenu position.

v0.7

  • Minor improvements to button design, position and functionality.
  • Redesign of some buttons.
  • Added Overlay Options in Submenu.

v0.5

  • Redesign of all buttons.
  • Changing the position of the shortcut buttons from top to bottom.
  • Added Submenu button with quick access to Load, Save, Menu and Hide Overlay.
  • Added L3 and R3 buttons.

v0.3

  • Just a modification of Retropad.
  • Added Fast Foward, Load, Save and Hide Overlay buttons on top.

v0.1

  • Just a modification of Retropad.
  • Added combo areas in ABXY.
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Hi, I love this overlay soo much its perfect. I have an issue with the menu button (the one on the lower right) it doesn’t work, it showed clicked animation but the menu doesn’t shows up and it just get back to the original layout. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

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I’m glad you liked the gamepad overlay I created! About that issue, it has already been fixed! Update the RetroArch Overlays and select the overlay again (I say “select again” because I made a small change to the gamepad overlay directory).