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Great game and I'm currently trying to complete the hard mode! Just one annoyance: When trying to jump directly up after moving, the character will jump diagonally instead. You have to stand still a moment before pressing jump to not get a diagonal jump.

Carleton Handley3 years ago(+1)

Thanks. This was a deliberate choice to try and help with diagonals on joysticks. It does help with that but I've seen what you say. The former saves more deaths so I kept it in. I'll try and refine it for the next mission.

Kai Heikkila3 years ago

Thanks for your answer! I have died to this a few times though. The game is about precise platforming and movement, and this design choice goes against that IMHO. I would want to turn it off at least.

Kai Heikkila3 years ago

I'm sorry to be such a whiner but the more I have played, the more infuriating the automatic diagonal jumps have become. I have to be consciously thinking about it the whole time to not screw up. I probably don't want to play this anymore unless this gets changed.

Carleton Handley3 years ago

Sorry to hear this. It's not an automatically diagonal jump, just your horizontal velocity is maintained when you start a jump. You can adjust in air. Have you tried a different joystick?

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