rukai
rukai.xyz
rukai
@rukai.xyz
Rust developer. Embedded and tooling hobbyist. Fake super smashing fighters reverse engineer. 泥船を作りたいんだ。 he/him
I've also published a video about the new design: youtu.be/cKfQDGv7vjg
DPedal V3: Completely redesigned!
YouTube video by Rukai Makes
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 11:07 PM
The wire design works but its super fiddly, so I wanted to test out a PCB based design. PCB's arrived today, will have time to test them out tomorrow.
December 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Got it all wired up! Originally I used whatever wire I had lying around, but it was way too thick and I couldn't squeeze in the switches after soldering them.

So, after learning that the higher the number, the smaller the wire, I bought some 30 gauge wire instead, and it fits perfectly now.
November 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
For example, while it didn't fail the print, the overhang around the dpad either did not slice well or did not print well. Either way I realized I don't need an overhang there after all, so I'll probably just remove it.
October 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I love this thing so much. What a great object. Still some minor tweaks to be made though.
October 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The video goes into detail about how I designed the 3D printed parts and how the gamecube controller protocol works
October 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I found this resource for designing parts to be 3D printed to be invaluable. blog.rahix.de/design-for-3...

You will still need some resource for actually operating a CAD software, but I just learnt the basic sketch -> extrude process and looked things up when I hit a wall. So I cant help you there.
Design for 3D-Printing - Rahix' Blog
Deep dive into mechanical design that is optimized for 3d-printing.
blog.rahix.de
September 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I wanted to improve my video quality a bit. So I researched cameras and it turns out, to start off, you're better off getting a light instead and just using the camera already in your phone. I got one of those soft led panels for photography and tested it out, this is much better!
August 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Case in point, I realised after publishing that my expression in the thumbnail was not working, so I replaced it with much a better one, but now the old one is cached everywhere. Now I know for next time. 🥲
July 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
rukaidata is now updated with P+ 3.1.0

Heres a before (left) and after (right) for mewtwo's hurtboxes.
rukaidata.com/P+/Mewtwo/su...
April 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM