r/customcontrollers

Took the wallpaper found in the link below and turned it into the artwork for my leverless controller (it's a Superslab by prong). Thank you to the original poster for making a clean version of the art, and the amazing animators who made this amazing still frame to begin with.

https://www.reddit.com/r/YoungLadiesDontPlay/comments/1vm4u3g/wallpaper_version_of_intro_sequence_shot_see/

This was my first time using a razor to cut one of these out and kinda messed up around the buttons so I cut more than I originally intended, but I think it still looks good.

Hey guys, I wanted to throw out here my review of the CPTNalex Designs DualSense Shell Kit, which is officially licensed by Sega.

I have not seen any reviews out there about CPTNAlex's controller shells, so I thought I would throw mine out here. I do dabble in controller modding every once in a while. I've lightly modded multiple controllers amongst most platforms, and collecting special edition controllers is one of my fav hobbies. (I have this badass Razer x Sonic LED modded Xbox controller)

CPTNAlex also offers other designs, like different controllers for multiple Sonic characters and other shells for other controllers, like Switch and Xbox controller shells. (I love the designs of their Amy and Rouge Dualsense and the Blaze and Silver Joycons!)

You can buy it in two ways, either a preassembled controller or a DIY shell kit. DIY kit is $75 and the preassembled controller is $165. These prices can be a bit steep, but these are full customs done by a small 3rd party company. Unofficial customs can get really expensive like that, just look at custom controllers in Etsy or controller chaos controllers.

Of course, I went for the DIY kit with the Sonic X Shadow design. (my beloveds). I ordered it the second it got released. Shipping time took around a month, which I'm not too disappointed by because of the size of the company.

The shell came in a basic white box. While it had some bubble wrap, there was not too much padding inside, which is kind of disappointing. Luckily the shell arrived in good condition.

The front shell is well made. I see no issues with the paint or design. The only nitpick I have for it is that Shadow is bigger than Sonic. And now that I mentioned it to you, you won't be able to unsee it either. The back part of the shell also has these super comfortable rubber grips, which I really like.

But I did find some issues worth nothing with some parts of the shell.

The first thing I noticed was that the white front trim shown on the listing pictures was missing?? So I had to use the black trim my DualSense already had. I was not going to fight with customer support over a basic white $10 trim part. I did have to order that white trim separately to tie the whole look together; it just hasn't arrived yet.

Another thing I noticed is that on the back shell part, the Sonic logo doesn't blend in with the material. At first I thought it was a sticker, as it felt like that when I slid my finger across it, but it seems to be some sort of water transfer vinyl, or something like that. Well, the back of the controller doesn't have a full design, so it makes sense. You don't see the back of the controller when you're gaming, after all.

The last issue (?) worth nothing is that these are clearly ExtremeRate shells instead of official Sony shells. I found the ExtremeRate logo inside the front shell, the back shell looks identical to the back shell ExtremeRate sells on Amazon, and the bubble wrap it came in has a COVERED UP white sticker that clearly says "Made in china" alongside EX lettering.

I have no issues with Extremerate, their mods and shells are super high quality. They are the biggest controller mod manufacturer for a reason. A lot of the good qualities of the shell can be attributed to Extremerate after all, especially the rubber grips. And I'm happy they are supplying their shells from a high-quality manufacturer instead of shitty AliExpress Chinese ones.

The issue here is that this is false advertising. On their website, they clearly mention that they only use official parts. Since I only have the DIY kit, maybe they do use official parts for the preassembled controllers? It's hard to say.
I would have no issues with this if they just mentioned that this is a third-party shell instead of lying. It's false advertisement. It especially affects people who don't know anything about modding and are buying preassembled controllers.

Nevertheless, the install was easy enough. I just looked up a Dualsense disassembly tutorial on YouTube. The dualsense is relatively one of the easiest controllers to take apart, so I had no issues.

Overall, the shell quality was great, easy enough to assemble. While the price was a bit expensive, thats what you expect with custom services like that. I just wish they were a bit more clear with their advertisement.

Created a pair of new Polycade controllers last month, but am just now getting around to making some posts about them...

This first one is basically what I’m calling a retro D-pad button controller - for obvious reasons. I had some leftover directional arrow buttons from my Polycade ButtonMash controllers after creating the Sinden retractable cable controllers a couple months ago, and always thought it would be cool to design something based on the look of an SNES/Super Famicom gamepad.

After mocking up the initial button layout with some poster board and playing around with different color schemes to give it more of a retro gamepad look, I decided to use Sanwa 24mm LT/RT buttons where the Start/Select buttons would normally go. I wasn’t sure how that layout change would turn out, but the buttons are really easy to reach with your thumbs. I could easily rewire them to LB/RB if needed, but based on all the games I’ve played so far, the triggers seem to work best in that position.

I honestly didn’t expect this controller to work as well as it does—especially for 4-way directional games that can be a little more difficult to play with a joystick if you don’t have a 4-way restrictor. Retro arcade / Game Boy / NES / SNES / etc…it works really well for all of them.

I’ve also created a main Polycade button layout template that I uploaded to the Art Share on Discord (I’ll post a link below). From this one template, you can pretty much recreate the majority of the button layouts Polycade uses, or modify it to create your own. The spacing is about 99% accurate, so it makes mocking up different layouts a lot easier depending on how many buttons you want/need.

I’ll make another post soon about my Polycade Rhythm Controller. That one was a collaboration with my daughter since rhythm/music games are her favorite genre, and we couldn’t really find a good controller that was easy to use across different vertical and horizontal note-highway games (similar to Guitar Hero). So, we decided to come up with our own...

Polycade Button Layout Templates:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rMQt6CF3lV0VL6dM-IDtAT1C7cz6b7h9?usp=drive_link

What do you guys think about ?

I've made a custom build I'm quite pleased with, but I am considering making a copy and selling it. It has clicky ABXY, hall effect sticks and a green LED light replacement. I think there would be interest in it but I'm not sure at the same time 😂 should I just do it and take the risk?

The Joycunchuk is the comfort of a Wii Nunchuk with the function of a Switch Joycon.

This is the left of 2 controllers. ^(who would ever have a third handle?!) The right nunchuk would mirror the left like Joycons. Buttons on top and thumbstick or trackpad on the side. The turbo/capture/home buttons would be long grooves similar to paddle/bumper buttons, lightly textured for grip.

Yes, it's paint and snip. Yes, I spent too much time on it. Why?

Most controllers are too small for me, Switch being the worst. It's designed for portability, fair enough. I want this beautiful abomination for home where 99% of my playtime happens. There was also a recent post about designers (editors?) praising the Wii Nunchuk for it's great ergonomics.

Anyone else have a weird controller idea? Anyone wanna 3D print one?

Wii? Nah, free

Made with thunderstick Japanese style gated stick and arcade buttons, and an authentic wii fit balance board and wii remote. A while back i made a skateboard out of another wii balance board I had in the trunk of my car, so this was the next logical step. Learned guilty gear for PS1 just to properly test it, and its very satisfying to play! Might not win any locals, but dang is it flashy

yea i want it to match w my setup. İ like rgb or design like this (not basic looking but not toy like looking)
id like to have hall effect or tmr. Also back buttons and middle buttons. Also it would be good to have clicky buttons.

I have Volcano Shadow, Ocean Shadow, Dawn Shadow, and a base plain white controller. I’m hoping to find a website or something/someone able to make this green shadow a reality and have a set of 4 matching? Any recommendations on sites to go to or anything? Thank you!

So I've recently gotten into swapping joysticks with TMR sticks and the whole soldering thing. I fixed mine and my gf controller from stick drift but on certain parts of different games there's a button malfunction. Example on Red Dead Online my right analog stick works perfectly in game and on the weapon wheel but when I switch to item wheel it won't select the very top slot. And when my gf plays Warframe the stick drift is gone but the O button doesn't work when trying to exit the menu. Is this due to the circuit board not being totally clean possibly some flux still on the board??