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Please, please, no WASD anymore, please !

[raw] LD19LD #19 - Discovery - 2010 21. Dec 2010 · 19:59 UTC · 4 days after compo start by whitetigle · 0

I beg every developer here to think global !

Please, WASD keys are not funny on a non qwerty keyboard ! There’s a number of games I cannot rate because I cannot play to them because of the WASD choice.

I quite don’t understand why you won’t use arrow keys instead ?

Thank you all for your understanding !

Comments

21. Dec 2010 · 20:49 UTC
I think that if you *need* WASD, you need to give your control scheme a good look.
21. Dec 2010 · 21:15 UTC
An easy solution (when you don’t want to bother coding a key setup screen) is to simply implement both WASD *and* arrow keys! That’s what I did for my game:
21. Dec 2010 · 21:26 UTC
WASD is the globally recognized default control scheme for games that use the mouse and some form of arrow keys, as using the actual arrow keys and the mouse feels cramped.
whitetigle
22. Dec 2010 · 07:20 UTC
Thanks for all your replies ! And thanks to those who’ve patched their games !

I know we’re not many to live in countries where qwerty keyboards are not the standard. So thank you for taking our minority 😉 into consideration :)