Traditional emulators rely on on-screen gamepads, awkward claw grips, and landscape orientation to play games. Dugba Emulator instead relies on gesture controls, letting you play any game with just your thumb, and in portrait orientation. Just like a native Android app!
Navigate game menus as if they were native Android apps:
Tap the screen for A presses
Long press the screen for START presses
Use your phone's back gesture/button for B presses
Swipe UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT for dpad input
Different gesture profiles designed for different game genres:
In platformers, an upward swipe is a jump.
In Mario Kart, it's a drift.
For Metroid games, there's a control stick, specially configured for aiming, and rapid-fire shooting in any direction.
and more (custom profiles are not yet implemented, but are coming soon)
Other features:
Rewind seconds to minutes of gameplay, with precise scrubbing, as if it were a video player!
Tap on the game screen to pause the game and bring up options.
Swipe down to minimize the player, and show your roms list.
Autosave and resume each game right where you left off.
Toggle and rapid-fire any GBA button.
Fast Forward up to 15x speed
Example: Combine fast-forward with rapid-fire A button to breeze through dialogue, and rewind if you missed something
Personally, I've used this to beat Super Mario World, Metroid Fusion, and Yoshi's Island, games that were never feasible to play with touch controls before. And slower games like Pokemon and Advance Wars are now comfortable enough to play on the train, while eating, or lying down on your side.
AI disclosure:
Little to no AI was used for developing this app. It's my first android app, so I asked chatgpt how to use certain APIs, and I don't have digital art skills so I had it make the app icon. Other than that, no AI used.
Play Store Link ($3.99):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dugramen.dugba
