When I built my foot controller out of a cheap game controller with a cardboard enclosure I had also purchased a DIY arcade game controller kit. The kit is designed so that someone can build their own arcade housing and put the controller into it.
Finally got around to making an enclosure for it and trying it out. First attempt I wired it backwards and it wasn’t working but when I flipped the wire it is working as expected. (Chinese product with no instructions, I simply wired it the way that was more intuitive.)
My game controller in cardboard worked okay, but sometimes I would hit the buttons with my feet (regularly) and it would make things happen that I didn’t want. (Launching my robot at awkward times, switching weapons, etc.) The new controller is currently just a joystick so I can’t do anything with it except forward, back, left, and right.
The arcade controller kit does come with a bunch of buttons. If I really wanted to get into making a full foot kit I could wire up some buttons for run, jump, and crouch. Instead of using the joystick I could set up buttons for the wasd keys for movement as well. But for now it is just a joystick for movement. Will have to test for a while but I think it will be better than the game controller mounted in cardboard.
My woodworking skills are comparable to that of an eight year old. (Unless the eight year old is actually good at wood working.)
