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Seems to be a nice game 👍But why oh why do I have to press the FIRE button when I want to jump? 

I know there are fewer and fewer people who know what a Joystick is and only know gamepads, but it would be cool if you could add a "C64 mode" with normal input to the game 😉

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Ahoi Captain

Thanks a lot for your nice comment. But I have to disagree with your "complaint" ;). I dare to say that 99% of people prefer the fire button to jump. It assures exact control over the jump while moving. I understand that once familiar with Joystick up, it is difficult to learn the other way. But "normal" IS fire button. Think of the early arcade games like Donkey Kong: "Jump button makes Jumpman Jump". This is how platformers are meant to be played. Anything else is simply a compromise owed to only having 1 button on standard Joysticks and has nothing to do with gamepads. So I hope you can also find the fun  and challenge in Timo's Castle learning the right way to jump. :)

If not let me know and maybe I can make you a special version for your convenience.

IMO pressing up to jump can be flaky.