Retro FPS Ultrakill (opens in new tab), which got here out in early entry a pair years in the past, now has a function that I can safely say I’ve by no means seen in one other shooter. Its developer launched an “official mod” at this time which provides help for open supply software program that can be utilized to manage the vibration of Xbox controllers and different gadgets. As its title makes apparent, the software program, referred to as buttplug.io (opens in new tab), is principally meant to be used with these different vibrating gadgets.
The Ultrakill mod itself is known as “UKbutt,” and will be downloaded from Github (opens in new tab), the place you may additionally discover temporary directions for its set up and use. It appears just like the mod requires some fundamental software program tinkering data, however nothing too difficult for a motivated participant. As soon as put in, UKbutt can be utilized to set off vibrations within the consumer’s machine of alternative based mostly on what’s taking place in Ultrakill. The at present supported vibration triggers are display shake, weapon firing, motion (“dashing, sliding, and so forth”), and menu haptics.
UKbutt was made by buttplug.io lead Kyle “qDot” Machulis and Ultrakill programmer PITR this week after a YouTube creator, Shammy, jokingly requested the feature (opens in new tab) on Twitter. Ultrakill creator Hakita replied to Shammy’s tweet to say that it might be attainable with a mod, qDot joined the thread, and now right here we’re: It is actual.
Arguably, Ultrakill has merely gotten a traditional videogame function: controller rumble help. Except for the Xbox controller, nonetheless, not one of the gadgets buttplug.io works with are recreation controllers I’ve ever heard of. That features the Wearable Butterfly, the Lipstick Bullet, the Yellow Rooster, the Magic Bunny, the Bean Sprout, the Telescopic Prostate Massager, and the Fancy Clamshell.
Ultrakill’s intercourse toy help hasn’t been a completely severe endeavor, but it surely’s one thing we’re certain to see extra of. As Kotaku mentioned in Might (opens in new tab), buttplug.io has been used unofficially with different video games this yr, and controlling intercourse toys with video games is hardly a giant conceptual leap from the existence of rumble controllers, which have all the time unofficially been dual-use objects. I feel Steam opening as much as grownup video games a number of years in the past marked the beginning of a brand new period for intercourse and video games: Most massive publishers stay cautious, however there’s lots occurring within the indie intercourse recreation and now peripheral scene. We’re definitely a great distance away from cable information pundits going right into a frenzy as a result of they noticed Mass Impact characters lustily clip by means of one another’s our bodies.
As for Ultrakill’s relationship with intercourse, it is a shooter about blood-powered robots invading hell in the hunt for extra blood. That is not a premise I personally affiliate with horniness, however David Cronenberg might in all probability get a film out of the concept.