- Describe your reason for requesting this feature. What problems are you running into?
Similar to the SDK, i think have access to whether or not the crank is docked would help give pulp more I/O.
An example would be an inventory/weapon select menu that only is present on screen when the crank is undocked & uses the crank. - How would this request improve your experience with using Pulp?
Would allow for more creativity and in my case, free up already limited screenspace from being used by UI. - Include any other details you have relating to this request.
Could be as simple as a "event.docked == 1 if it is docked, or 0 if undocked"
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In the meantime, you could probably keep track of how long ago the last movement was with the crank event and event.frame, and set a timeout of a few seconds after no crank movement has been detected. I don't know what the actual crank feels like, but I imagine it would be pretty hard to not move it around accidentally unless it's docked, if you're holding the device in your hands.
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Definitely a good solution without having access to if the crank is docked. Definitely still think this should be accessible in pulp though. playdate's whole thing is the crank, I feel like having access to as much info about it no matter being in pulp/sdk is important
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Crank docking/undocking could be a serious game element.
I could imagine a ton of uses for it. Undock the crank to transform between mech and vehicle, getting on/off a horse, pop up a minigun turret, or to draw a sword (that you then hold at different heights using the crank).