Nice work, I like the design of the rover and the head swivel. Controller movement was a bit awkward, having forward be accelerate limited the ability to turn as I could only put the thumbstick diagonal and felt like I was missing out on some turning ability (it makes me appreciate why games put the accelerate on a seperate input). It also made the turning circle quite big and slow when navigating in amongst the rocks at a slow pace. I was also sorely missing an invert y-axis option for the camera, as that's the way my brain has been wired since childhood.
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That’s actually exactly the kind of input I was hoping to get. I hesitated between putting acceleration on the stick forward, like it is now, or mapping it to a separate trigger. Right now, pushing the stick diagonally (45°) gives both max acceleration and max steering angle. I intentionally kept the turning radius a bit wider to lean more into the drift feel. Personally I like it that way, but I don’t have a strong opinion set in stone.
Since the right thumb is already used for the rover camera, moving acceleration to a trigger (like RT) would make sense, and it would still allow analog control over acceleration because the trigger returns a value.
I think what I’ll do after the jam is publish a version with acceleration on a separate trigger and compare feedback. Your comment confirms it’s worth testing both approaches. And noted for the invert Y-axis option as well ;).
Thanks a lot for the feedback!