Making Fallout 1 and 2 Work Naturally With a Controller
How a request to play classic Fallout from a controller became native movement, camera control, remapping, a custom interface, and two tested Windows builds.
FalloutController Support
↗Personal technology workshop
Build. Break.
Learn. Respawn.
Experiments in games, technology, and everything in between. Real notes from the things I build, test, fix, and occasionally set on fire.
respawn@labs:~$ ./status
Scanning active experiments...
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HOMELABsystems nominal
AI_TOOLStesting boundaries
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// What is this place?
A lab notebook for
curious people.
This is where unfinished ideas are allowed to exist. I document the useful parts, the mistakes, and the small discoveries that happen between “what if?” and “it works.” Beginner-friendly, technically honest, and always hands-on.
// Recent transmissions
Latest from the lab
I Built a File-Eating Tamagotchi
How an idea became DATA WRETCH: a Pip-Boy-green desktop pet named Cuppy that grows by safely eating unwanted files.
DATA WRETCHPython
↗Building QuestLog: Creating My Own Game Backlog Tracker
How a growing game library became a personal tracking app—and what I learned by building it with AI as a development partner.
QuestLogJavaScript
↗// On the bench
Featured projects
GamesComplete
Fallout 1 & 2 Controller Editions
Native controller support for the Fallout Community Edition engines, with direct movement, camera control, remapping, and an interface designed to belong in the wasteland.
SoftwareIn progress
Respawn Labs Website
A fast, content-first home for experiments, build logs, and lessons learned.
GamesComplete
RUINS // dusk.exe
A small atmospheric exploration game with procedural ruins, wandering spirits, and the visual character of late-90s 3D hardware.
// Browse the stacks