Nice fun game experience. I like the variation of mechenics that the player can do. But I feel the K key is a bit not so intuitive(?). Maybe is a problem from my side.
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Thanks for playing! The keyboard controls were not my favorite part to figure out. The game REALLY is meant to be played with a controller despite my partner swearing by the keyboard. So J and K…the thinking there was: 1. There is no reason to have your hand on the mouse for this game and 2. J and K are part of the home row. So the thought was if you’re using WASD that J and K would be natural. But you’re not the only one to feel it’s non-intuitive. Definitely not a you problem.
The other control option on keyboard was using the arrow keys and then z and x which maybe would have been better to highlight in the tutorial…but we kindof had to pick one to display in the tutorial and we decided most people in a game jam would likely be looking to use the WASD layout.
If you download the game it works great with any Bluetooth or USB controller and then the tutorial will actually update to teach the controller controls rather than keyboard and the experience with a controller in my opinion is much better. I wish there was some way to have the web version pick-up controllers. I feel like there has to be some browser plugin or extension but I didn’t have time to dig in and figure it out.