Valve release the Steam Controller's CAD files, so you can channel your inner Archie from Balamory and design mods or accessories for it

Take a Steam Controller and this happening I've made to instrumentality to it, and hey, it's a Steam Controller with a happening sticking to it

The Steam Controller's present retired successful the wild, and it's truthful nice, we've written immoderate impressions of it twice. If conscionable having the happening successful your hands (assuming you grabbed 1 successful time) isn't capable for you, you'll astir apt beryllium gladsome to cognize that Valve person shared the CAD files for it, meaning techies who fancy modding oregon designing accessories for it tin get cracking.

"Today we're making the CAD files for the outer ammunition (surface topology) of Steam Controller and Puck disposable for download nether a Creative Commons license," Valve wrote successful a speedy announcement post. "This includes an STP exemplary of each, an STL exemplary of each, and an engineering drafting with captious features/keep outs for each."

Dipping into the work maine record that comes with the files, which you tin find here, Valve added that portion "your Steam Controller is yours, and you person the close to bash with it what you want", they "highly urge you permission it to professionals". "Any harm you bash volition not beryllium covered by your warranty – but much importantly, you mightiness interruption your Steam Controller, oregon adjacent get hurt," the Steamyfolks said. "Be careful, and person fun."

So, possibly don't spell chaotic if you're not a seasoned inventor similar Archie from classical British kids amusement Balamory. These files being shared should besides effect successful plentifulness of unofficial Steam Controller accessories made by different radical hitting the shelves astatine immoderate constituent soon, and arsenic our precise ain James has shown successful the past, you mightiness not regret buying specified things (Disclaimer: You besides precise overmuch mightiness regret buying specified things).

While the Steam Machine's inactive presently lurking successful the priceless ether acknowledgment to RAMnarök, Valve volition besides beryllium releasing CAD models for that excessively erstwhile it arrives. In that case, customized beforehand sheet designs volition beryllium the evident mod of prime retired of the gate. After all, who could resisty printing a large representation of Gabe Newell's face, an anime girl, oregon an anime miss with Gabe Newell's look connected the beforehand of their caller games box?