The controls right now are kind of clumsy, with the movement keys doing double duty as movement direction and firing direction. Why not have them like Smash TV/Binding of Isaac, where you have four keys to shoot in the four cardinal directions? One good adaptation would be to allow diagonal shooting by pressing two keys together, which those games lack.
For the record, this control scheme is actually already in place (although the game doesn't tell you).
You can use WASD or arrows to move, you can use the mouse to aim and fire while you move (no cursor, though), as well as use the numpad buttons to aim and fire in eight directions.
Just have to have a cursor when using the mouse and it'll be perfect for me. It doesn't even need to be free rotation, just the 4 cardinal directions and the 4 diagonal directions would work fine.
The recommended control scheme surprises me. You need to take a step towards the enemy to aim at them.
Anyway, it's good to have options and I guess there will be more customisation later. In the mean time, could we please get the "twin stick" shooting controls mapped to some laptop friendly keys?
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