"What are the controls?"
I like using a laptop trackpad as an input for steering and aiming, using HTML5 Pointer Lock. I like it so much that I made that my default control scheme for mouse & keyboard users in my games. And because of the way I'm doing shared-keyboard local multiplayer, I thought it made sense to use V and B for "dash" and "fire".
But there aren't a lot of games that use the mouse, plus V and B, as the default controls, so that was probably a bad idea. And there was no way to see what your controls were during gameplay. You'd have to quit the game to see the controls again. Non-standard controls, plus the inability to see the control scheme while playing, is a bad combo.
So I fixed both. Now the default key/mouse control setup is ↑←↓→ X Z. And I put a control summary in the pause menu, so it's easy to figure it out if you forget.
Fracas 3
Dash and shoot, in a cave. Haunt your friends.
Status | Released |
Author | aaryte |
Genre | Action |
Tags | 2D, gamepad, Level Editor, Local Co-Op, Local multiplayer, Multiplayer, Short, Singleplayer, Top-Down, Touch-Friendly |
Languages | English |
More posts
- How it startedJan 19, 2024
- Supporting all display frame ratesFeb 23, 2023
- Smart arrows: a bug fix & a design noteFeb 17, 2023
- Fracas 3.1.3Jan 03, 2023
- More new levelsJul 08, 2022
- Blast-radius previews in the editorJul 01, 2022
- Levels & Lasers!Jun 27, 2022
- Fracas 3.1: Caverns & ConflictsJun 11, 2022
- Slight changes to mushrooms and enemiesJul 29, 2021
- Blaster work & level tweaksJul 05, 2021
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