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AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsMonty Lee Hammontree, Tyler Edward Gibson, Emmanuel John Athans
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Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling a game with a mobile touch-enabled device. A thumbstick and a mode selection button can be rendered on a display of the mobile touch-enabled device. The thumbstick can be rendered on a reassignable area of the display and the mode selection button can be rendered on a mode selection area of the display. A touch (e.g., drag) from the mode selection area to the reassignable area can be detected, and an operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a depressed height in response to the touch in the reassignable area while the touch is detected without discontinuity of contact from starting the drag. Further, upon detecting discontinuation of the touch, a different operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a default height in response to a subsequent touch.
A method of controlling a game with a mobile touch-enabled device, comprising:
A mobile touch-enabled device, comprising:
A computer-readable storage medium including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts including:
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