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Controller:OUYA

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OUYA Controller
OUYA Controller cover
XInput support
Connection method
Bluetooth
Successor
Razer Serval
OUYA on Wikipedia

Key points

Must be connected via Bluetooth. To pair press and hold button until only two lights flash.
Controller has 15 buttons, 2 analog sticks, 2 analog triggers, 1 touchpad. It's 2 button less than Xbox 360 Controller (missing ʙᴀᴄᴋ and sᴛᴀʀᴛ buttons).
The Ouya controller has magnetically attached faceplates which enclose the 2 AA batteries, one on each side of the removable plates.
Controllers touchpad can be used to control mouse.

Inputs

  • 1 × non-clickable 1 point capacitive touchpad: ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜᴘᴀᴅ
  • 2 × clickable analog sticks: LS, RS
  • 2 × analog triggers: LT, RT
  • 2 × digital shoulder buttons: LB, RB
  • 5 × digital action buttons: 𝐎, 𝐔, 𝐘, 𝐀,
  • 4 × digital directional buttons (d-pad): , , ,

Availability

Ouya shop
Amazon

Controller variations

Starting early 2014, every new OUYA came with an improved controller. These new stealthily improved OUYAs are marked by the new packaging. The original packaging consists of three games on the back of the packing: Chronoblade Demo, Final Fantasy III, and an unknown game. The new OUYAs have a picture of what looks to be a family on the back, replacing the three games. These improved controllers can be found in every 2014 OUYA "Brushed Aluminum" package, and can be purchased separately on the OUYA.tv store.
The old version of controller has a design problem where the 𝐎𝐔𝐘𝐀 buttons can sometimes get stuck behind the right faceplate. There was also a significant dead-zone issue with the left analog stick.

Use with PC platforms

To pair with PC via Bluetooth hold down the button until two center LED lights (▱▰▰▱) will start blinking. That indicates the pairing mode is on and device is ready to connect to PC.

Windows

Connecting the controller should automatically download and install latest drivers for the controller. Touchpad will be recognized as additional mouse.
ReWASD developers are interested to implement OUYA Controller support to their application. Software gives advanced customization options eg. reassigning buttons to keyboard or mouse actions, macros, activate custom modes, advanced touchpad support etc.[1]

XInput wrapping

Being a DirectInput controller, it's possible to use any of the generic wrappers. See the controller article for those.

Linux

See tutorial how to use OUYA Controller inside Steam on Arch Linux.

Steam

Can be recognized as Xbox 360 controller but after manual assignment. Controller cannot be found in Supported Controller Database, so Steam recognizes it as standard DirectInput device.
Not capable of making full use of Steam Input. Touchpad is not supported in configuration menu and always work as mouse touchpad.

Steam Link compatibility

Works without any drivers on any operating system that supports Steam.
Can be used just to send input from a controller to a PC. Go into Streaming options, hit Y and disable video and audio streaming.
Controller connected via USB works as expected.[2]
Won't work great unless the streaming device is connected to LAN or a low latency Wi-Fi.

Support in games

Games with generic DirectInput support are supported by the controller, however button placements may be out of place and need to be rebound. Refer to game-specific articles for rebinding support.

Games with touchpad support

For a list of games, see List of games that support touchpad.

Touchpad is placed on the front of the controller, the capacitive type touchpad is a non-clickable 1-point touchpad. The functionality of the touchpad can differ from between games but usually emulates mouse. Recognized gestures: swipe and scroll.
Mouse emulation works out of the box with basic Windows drivers.
There is no software which allows to emulate DualShock 4's touchpad basic gestures.
Number of games which natively support touchpad controls is limited and touchpad support is still not a PC standard.

Games with OUYA button prompts

OUYA button prompts can be downloaded from OpenGameArt.org and can be used for free due to public domain (CC0) license.
Android OUYA games are possible to run directly on Windows Subsystem for Android or preffered Android emulator. The OUYA Framework is required for OUYA emulation. See instruction
Game Series Developer Publisher First release Available on
LAZA KNITEZ!![3] Glitchnap June 04, 2020
Android
BombSquad Eric Froemling July 3, 2019
Android
Crawl Powerhoof April 11, 2017
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Towerfall Matt Makes Games Inc. November 11, 2016
Android
Party Golf[4] Giant Margarita October 15, 2015
Android
Fist of Awesome I Fight Bears Ltd April 3, 2015
Android
Gunslugs 2[5] Orangepixel February 4, 2015
Android
Whispering Willows[6] Night Light Interactive January 21, 2015
Android
Toto Temple[7] Juicy Beast Studio December 19, 2014
Android
Duck Game[8] Landon Podbielski December 5, 2014
Android
Reagan Gorbachev[9] Team2Bit October 21, 2014
Android
Amazing Frog[10] Fayju June 13, 2014
Android
Gnome Fortress Blubberquark Software Blubberquark Software May 1, 2014
Android
Hipster Zombies Sharkbomb Studios Sharkbomb Studios April 4, 2014
Android
Soul Fjord Airtight Games March 27, 2014
Android
Polarity Bluebutton Games Bluebutton Games March 10, 2014
Android
Aqua Kitty: Milk Mine Defender Tikipod October 28, 2013
Windows
Chrono Blade nWay Games nWay Games October 18, 2013
Android
Tomatoes Vs Onions SparckSoft October 7, 2013
Android
Marble Droid OUYA Zebralightning Studios Zebralightning Studios September 16, 2013
Android
Deep Dungeons of Doom Bossa Studios Bossa Studios September 14, 2013
Android
Striker Soccer Euro 2012 U-Play Online SL U-Play Online SL September 11, 2013
Android
Red[11] Knife Media September 9, 2013
Android
Hidden in Plain Sight Adam Spragg August 18, 2013
Android
Knightmare Tower Juicy Beast Studio Juicy Beast Studio July 21, 2013
Android
Stalagflight Jacob Korsgaard July 8, 2013
Android
Dub Wars Helium Interactive LLC Helium Interactive LLC June 28, 2013
Android
Monocle Man Team Monocle June 27, 2013
Android
Little Crane That Could Abraham Stolk June 06, 2013
Android
Final Fantasy III Final Fantasy Square Enix Square Enix April 11, 2013
Android
The Ball Tripwire Interactive Tripwire Interactive March 23, 2013
Android
Minecraft Minecraft Microsoft Mojang November 18, 2011
Windows
Mod
RetroArch Libretro Libretro May 26, 2010
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Shadow The Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog Sega Sega November 15, 2005 Dolphin Mod
Kodi Games XBMC Foundation XBMC Foundation January 1, 2002
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Games with DirectInput button prompts

This is a list for games that offer DirectInput prompts.

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Issues fixed

Controller Lag

This problem tends to occur when using 2 controllers or more, but can also happen if the controller is more than 5 feet away from the PC. On console, Chupucabra update fixed issue, by weakening wifi to reduce controller lag when using multiple OUYA controllers. On PC it's recommended to reduce devices which are interfering on 2402~2480Mhz/channel 79.

Triggers and buttons stuck in OUYA controller

The old version of controller has a design problem where the 𝐎𝐔𝐘𝐀 buttons can sometimes get stuck behind the right faceplate and problems with the bottom analog triggers sticking underneath the top digital triggers.
The solution is to file off the useless tabs that were sticking out of the digital buttons and widen the holes for the action buttons. See video tutorial or photo gallery.

Other information

Technical information

Device name: OUYA Game Controller, HWID: 2836:0001
Controller button Button label and axis
O Button 1
U Button 3
Y Button 4
A Button 2
LB Button 5
RB Button 6
LT Z-axis positive/Button 13
RT Z-axis negative/Button 14
Left stick Button 7, X-axis, Y-axis
Right stick Button 8, X-rotation, Z-rotation
◡ button Guide Button
Touchpad Cursor control
D-pad up Button 9
D-pad down Button 10
D-pad left Button 11
D-pad right Button 12


References

  1. Desktop Overlay. NVIDIA SHIELD 2015 & 2017. Nintendo Home LED. And more! - last accessed on June 2023
  2. List of Steam Link compatible controllers, adapters etc. - last accessed on June 2023
  3. Hardcore Gamer Plays Toto Temple Deluxe on the OUYA - last accessed on 9.11.2023
  4. OUYA - Party Golf Trailer - last accessed on 19.10.2023
  5. OUYA PRESENTS: GUNSLUGS 2 - last accessed on 8.11.2023
  6. OUYA PRESENTS: Whispering Willows - last accessed on 9.11.2023
  7. Hardcore Gamer Plays Toto Temple Deluxe on the OUYA - last accessed on 9.11.2023
  8. OUYA PRESENTS: DUCK GAME - last accessed on 9.11.2023
  9. OUYA PRESENTS: REAGAN GORBACHEV - last accessed on 9.11.2023
  10. OUYA - Amazing Frog ? The Swindon Space Program Version 1.4 Trailer - last accessed on 9.11.2023
  11. RED - Ouya - last accessed on 19.10.2023