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- 1.0.1
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- 2022.3.4 or later
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Switchback turns a mobile device into a remote control, allowing your players and all their friends to quickly play couch-coop games.
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About this asset
Switchback is a plug and play interface for couch co-op games, providing a host (integrated into your game) and a LAN mobile website (web remote control). Bring Game Night to the next level, by allowing your players (ALL of them) to connect quickly and easily to your game without downloading or plugging anything in.
What's Switchback good for?
- Party games with a high number of players
- Quiz games where you don't want others to see your input
- Alternate controller input for co-op games
From the publisher's Asset Store listing.
Technical details
Switchback handles the network and controller interfaces for you, so all you need to do is swap your InputSystem or Input Manager functions for ours.
Features:
- Input Manager and partial Input System Style support
- No connection cap - If your game can support it, and you have enough phones, go for it
- Two demo projects
- Boilerplate code
- 3 Control Schemes (Currently) - Retro Gamepad, Twin Stick Controller, and an Input Field
Limitations:
- Only available for windows architectures - due to the socket system we use
- Some browsers don't have vibration support - Firefox
- Switchback is designed for LAN connections and requires all devices to be on the same Wifi network
Compatibility
| Unity version | Built-in | URP | HDRP | Custom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022.3.4f1 | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible | Compatible |
Demo content may not show up correctly in other Render Pipelines, but otherwise asset is Render Pipeline agnostic
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