Hi. If you're new here, I'm making a game called Rock Beyond Time. It's designed with an XInput game controller in mind.

Why?

Well, first off, I was considering selling this for real consoles. I'll probably do that much later, but for now, the game will be a free HTML5 game.

Secondly, I didn't consider touchscreens.

However, I have the common courtesy of adding keyboard support, in the style of '90s Shareware games. That's why you move with the Arrow keys and use A/S/D/Shift/Z/X/C for the buttons.

So... what are the controls?

Left Stick/Control Pad (Arrow keys) - Move Player

• You know why. Players gotta move.

Right Stick (I/J/K/L) - Move second character

• Since we can't guarantee two players with two controllers, I've made it possible to move your partner around if there's no Player 2.

Bottom Face Button (Z Key) - Jump

• ...doesn't work over little rocks or other solid objects, but it's effective against bad guys.

Left Face Button (X Key) - Attack

• You'll be using this one A LOT.

Right Face Button (C Key) - Talk/Run/Pick Up/Throw

• Expect to talk to a LOT of NPCs.

• If you want to throw certain objects, you must move while holding it over your head. If you want to set it down, DON'T MOVE.

• You can only run if you're moving. If you want to run without throwing an item, push the Right Shoulder button.

Top Face Button (V Key) - Use Equipped Item

• Heal, use magic, or do the time warp if you have the right item equipped.

Left Trigger/Right Trigger (A/S Keys) - Change Equipped Item

• You can switch between healing items, magic rings, and even NO item to avoid any item misuse.

Left Shoulder Button (Shift) - AI Control

• This is its own bag of worms. While holding the trigger down, push a direction to determine whether or not a character will follow, not follow, attack, or not attack.

• Used for single-player, mostly.

• Up/Down on Left Stick - Follow/Don't Follow

• Left/Right on Left Stick - Attack/Don't Attack

• You can just tap it to get your AI-controlled buddy to just follow you.

Right Shoulder Button (D Key) - Run

• If you want to run without dropping something, use this.

Select Button (Spacebar) - Switch Characters

• If you have a second controller, this lets the other player jump in/drop out of the play session.

Start Button (Enter) - Pause Menu

• Contains Minimaps, stats, an item menu, options, and the Save feature.