High Voltage Software announces a contest for controller mappings in The Conduit! Want your control scheme in the game? Want your control scheme in the game?

Developers of The Conduit, High Voltage, have announced that they are accepting fan-created control mappings for their first-person action shooter. The idea started as a simple conversation within the development team. The team's Lead Programmer, Ed Federmeyer, suggested the idea of letting gamers themselves offer up some other possibilities and then take the best to build into the game as extra pre-set controller configurations. Said Federmeyer:

"Given how flexible our control scheme code is, and how we're going to have several pre-set mappings to choose from� wouldn't it be a cool contest to allow gamers to propose schemes and we can take the best and burn them into the game as additional preset control mappings?"

The contest rules are simple; using a standard Wii-Remote and Nunchuk combination, fans should send in what control mapping they think would be best for the following functions:

1. Move Forward/Back
2. Strafe Left/Right
3. Jump/Activate
4. Shoot Weapon
5. Target Lock
6. Crouch
7. Reload Weapon
8. Scope/Binocular Mode
9. Switch Between Weapons Carried
10. Switch Between Grenades Carried
11. Pause Menu
12. Swap Between Weapon Carried and Weapon on Ground
13. Equip ASE (All-Seeing-Eye) / Special
14. Aim Reticule/Turn Camera
15. Melee Attack
16. Throw Grenade

Entrants should also feel free to also suggest Wii-motions (gestures) to trigger actions - just be sure to describe motions thoroughly enough that they are clear to High Voltage Software's design team.

Entries should be sent to [email protected] with the subject line of "Conduit Controller Mapping Contest" by November 14th, 2008.

Want your name in the game? Get thinking!