Add configurable startup screen and improve gamepad menu access#2952
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+ adds Cmake option: DEFAULT_STARTUP_SCREEN = CONSOLE or MENU + adds the option to the options (settings) menu + saves to options.json + sets the default startup to Menu on the systems: NSwitch, 3DS, Android
When TIC-80 is configured to start directly into the MENU (and no cartridge is yet loaded), the offset is now set to 4 to skip the "CLOSE GAME" menu item. If it starts in CONSOLE mode (or for non-editor builds), it retains the previous default offset of 3.
If startupScreen is set to Menu, it switches to the Menu after loading the Demo Cart. Otherwise, if the user tried to open the code after the startup, it would be empty.
- Better testing if the game has already run: this includes running the demo code without a cart name. - When on a Submenu, ESC will always return to the previous parent menu. - When the game is not loaded yet, we hide the Resume, Reset and Close game from the menu.
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This decoupling of the Select button from the Esc should solve most of the dispute mentioned in #2937. |
This was referenced Jun 10, 2026
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Problem
Some devices do not have convenient keyboard input. When using only a gamepad, starting directly in the Console can make navigation less intuitive and requires additional steps to reach the Menu.
Proposal
This PR introduces a configurable startup screen and improves gamepad navigation.
Startup screen
Allow the default startup screen to be configured: (between Console and Menu)
Gamepad menu access
Previously, the gamepad Select button was mapped to the same action as the Esc key, which opened the Console.
This PR decouples the Select button from the Esc key behavior and makes it open the Menu directly instead.
Minor changes