I’d die of embarrasment, it’s terrible code.

I just did a couple of searches and found this example of how you can use SDL2 for the rumble, then found this post on SO on how you read button states, and then sort of banged those together until I could control the intensity and also make it “pulse”, but everything’s kind of stupidly done and deserves to be buried in an unmarked grave. And the controller really isn’t a very good vibrator, regardless of code quality 😆

You can do a very simple one with just the stuff in the first link though, if you want to give it a whirl. I started off with just that and then ran it in a loop with watch and a bit of delay to get a pulsing effect

Oh I’d never heard of that, that’s hilarious. The designers had to know what would happen, right?

Heh, and this part at the end was… uh, relevant:

Now, let me confess that this is not the first time that I’ve used a game component to, er, stimulate myself physically. Ever since they invented the whole rumble pack/vibrating technology in controllers, it’s been on my mind, and sometimes in my practice (fellow game girls, you know what I’m talking about). The thing is, though, it’s often frustrating since the vibrations are not nice and steady, but sporadic. Also I found it’s tough to actually play the game and use the controller in nasty ways at the same time.

This is exactly why you need to take control of the controller, girl!