Hey everyone!
I have pushed ~experimental~ keyboard and mouse controls to the Swordy "beta" branch.
This will allow people without gamepads to play! Of course a kb+m player can also join in with gamepad players.
It would be awesome if anyone would try it out and give us feedback!
We went through a few iterations to get the mouse aiming to feel right. Quite happy with the current state focusing more on mouse intentions / directions than the exact mouse position - sort of mimicking a joystick.
Mostly looking for feedback on:
- How mouse aiming + mouse UI feels.
- What you like about it.
- What you do not like about it.
- Anything you feel is missing or broken.
To change branch on Steam:
- Go to your LIBRARY.
- Find and right click on SWORDY.
- Left click on "Properties".
- In the "Properties" pop-up window: left click on the "BETAS" tab.
- In the dropdown select the "beta" branch.
- Left click the "CLOSE" button to close the "Properties" window.
Steam will then update Swordy automatically.
Controls:
- Aim - mouse movement.
- Move - WASD.
- Left action - left click.
- Right action - right click.
- Pickup/drop - Q and E.
- Force pickup (for dual wielding) - CTRL.
- Dash - shift.
- Jump - space.
- Interact - F.
- Cancel - C.
- System menu - backspace.
- Pause menu - tab.
The game should be fully playable with keyboard and mouse, but it's not ready for release yet. We still need to update the in-game signs and "how to" text to include kb+m (and other inputs...) - so refer to the "controls" list above. Settings will be added for mouse sensitivity etc.
Let us know what you think!
Updates:
2017-03-04:
- Added Steam Controller support to beta branch for feedback and testing.
2017-03-06:
- Fixed bug causing characters to not respawn in Deathmatch - also was causing the match not to end - bug was only present on beta branch.
- Fixed "Add Bot" / "Remove Bot" button input not setup on as action for Steam Controller.
- Fixed "Keep Input API" incorrect text layout on 4:3 screen aspect.
- Fixed game version text overlapping how to play text.
2017-03-09:
- Fixed Steam Controller bindings - all inputs working!
- Improved System menu.
- Added keyboard/mouse player enabled setting.
- Added mouse sensitivity setting
- Added mouse UI transparency setting.
2017-03-09:
- Fixed mouse not showing in map screen.
- Improved mouse UI and cursor handling.
- Fixed bug where on second return to map, gamemode navigation broke - bug was only present on beta branch.
Hamish