Final Fantasy 14’s Pictomancer induced a little bit of a hubbub when it was launched alongside the enlargement Dawntrail. I’ve solely heard glowing issues from my paint fanatic mates about the way it feels to play, however its harm has been noticeably larger than its fellow magic DPS competitors, regardless of the actual fact it brings a raid buff to the desk. It allowed a streamer to 1v1 Susano, although, so I’m not too upset.
Still—do you actually get the correct feeling of artistry with the Pictomancer for those who’re not utilizing an precise palette, canvas, and paintbrush to manage them? Is a rotation actually expressive for those who aren’t additionally concurrently making a piece of summary artwork? Auteur SuperLouis64 has the answer to the issue by, nicely, letting you just do that.
I spent the weekend prototyping a Paintbrush controller for Pictomancer and I lastly cracked the code!!I ended up going with the plan of getting the participant scan colours of paint after which actually PAINT to make use of the flexibility. So a lot left to construct however the prototype is wonderful ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ pic.twitter.com/BoRyBD1CG8September 10, 2024
Known for his harebrained customized controller setups, like a Scholar controller the place it’s worthwhile to write in an precise e book to solid spells, this factor takes it one step additional by protecting monitor of which paints set upon your brush, then translating them into saved inputs (which could be repeated). This is achieved by a tool on the comb which scans the chosen color to decide on which spell is locked, loaded, after which solid by urgent down on the canvas.
This is, fairly presumably, one of many riskiest controller setups I’ve ever seen, as SuperLous64 shares a picture of their “duct tape construct” the place I can simply see a splatter of acrylic entering into the circuitry.
It’s clearly only a work in progress—giving them entry to the fundamental Pictomancer combo (which rotates between Red, Green, and Blue paint assaults) whereas utilizing scanned colors for greater spells like Holy in White—which expends white paint to skip the job’s common solid instances, letting them dodge mechanics. I’m undecided how SuperLouis64 goes to really transfer their Warrior of Light round with a paint brush, to be honest. When he performed scholar, there was an analogue stick on the pencil, so there’s in all probability one thing related.
The largest hurdle, the truth is, would possibly simply be the bodily mess of the entire operation. Dungeons in FF14 final for about 15-Half-hour, that means SuperLouis64 goes to be quickly muddying each his canvas and brush. Aside from by chance getting paint in your circuitry (or monitor), I ponder if mixing paints an excessive amount of will result in mis-inputs.
Still, this factor guidelines—and, contemplating SuperLouis64 absolutely constructed out a Gunblade controller, in addition to an Astrologian Yu-Gi-Oh duel disk, I’m positive they will discover a approach. Now I simply wish to see Elden Ring bosses toppled with this factor—it is solely a logical subsequent step from the time-honoured custom of dancing your foes to demise in that recreation.
