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Hi,

It's been a while since I wrote a message on here... I'd like to discuss one aspect of adventure games.

I'm furiously thinking about making adventures games on tablet and mobile phones since several weeks but I'm facing big questions about the way to interact with the touchscreen. The traditional "point 'n click" GUI model is not applicable here. So I'm looking for some informations, design, reviews, testimonials and stats... in order to optimize the user experience for my "future" adventure game on these kinds of platform.

To be honest, I didn't take the time from now to buy and/or try some games on touch screen (for instance, buying Monkey Island I & II on iOS or installing scummvm on Android - maybe I should do this to make all clearer). I just watched videos about people recording their game sessions ...

What I note as typical interaction models are:

• single touch on the screen (the most evident one of course )
• touch and drag on the screen with the same finger (move the cursor positioning just above the player's finger position)
• touch and drag on the screen with two fingers (move the cursor positioning just above the first finger position with your other hand)
• touch the screen long enough to enable "pixel perfect touch" (a zoom window appears above the player's finger position)
• touch and drag on the screen with the same finger with automatic zoom window
• other ones... ?

What do you think about these solutions ?
What are the most efficient and/or convenient ones according to you ?
Are they really the best way to play adventure games on touchscreen ?

Thanks in advance for your help and your contribution !

Best,

Benco