Virtual Joystick/GamePad Help (360d movement)

[AndrewCampbell]

Hi,

I am trying to implement a virtual joystick into my game so that I can have true 360 degree movement. I was wondering if anyone had some example code or ways on how to do this? Thanks.

This is what i'm trying to achieve (The joystick in this picture)
https://cdn.tutsplus.com/active/upl...ck/tutorial/tutorial/images/019_example_2.jpg


The game is for mobile devices (touch screen), specifically IOS and Android.

 

[CoderJoe]

there is a gamemaker tutorial that went over on-screen controls. they did something just like this. basically you have an area that is considered the joystick. when a press is detected in that area, you then get a direction from the center of the area to the actual touch. the tricky part is recognizing multiple touches because you probably want some buttons while the joystick is being used.