Thank you!
The Z key is required since there’s a variety of actions the player needs to be able to do. But would adding an option for Z to be a toggle work better? I might barely be able to squeeze that into the game (Due to the Pico-8 limitations).
you can have Z cycle through three modes:
- nothing. don’t show the block
- block selection (up/down) & rotation (left/right)
- block movement and placement
there is also the classical “X to select block/confirm placement, Z to cancel/pick up block”. you can swap X/Z.
also, put the block selector (the horizontal slot machine thing) outside the playable area. it makes looking at the level a bit clearer.