For keyboard only games, The arrow keys of course.
For Mouse and Keyboard games the arrow keys aren't comfortable, so WASD is the perfect solution in this case.
The main problem with setting ZXC in games is that for german players (or anyone with a german keyboard), the Z and Y keys are switched around, so it makes it rather annoying to use without changing key mappings
Personally I tend to use WASD for gaming, no idea why, used to use arrow keys more often but I sorta switched over after I started playing WoW, probably because the spell bar mappings are on the numeric keys by default
I almost always use the space bar for attacking, and the shift for jumping (if there is any jumping to speak of.) I read about that whole foreign keyboard thing where the Z and X are far apart so I never used that combo.
Of course, what I really need to do is have a customizable setup to avoid any future problems I can't predict.
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For keyboard games, I use the arrow keys and ZXASQW for buttons (SNES emulator style)
For mouse+keyboard games, I use WASD like LIJI said.
Also it's usually a good idea to let people change the controls in your games, so German QWERTZ layouts can play fine as well.
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WASD for keyboard+mouse games.
Shift and control are fine for keyboard games. I also use combinations of ctrl, alt and space (Apogee style), and AS is fine too (WADF/Knytt style).
Unless the game specifically uses the mouse (or a sundry lot of buttons), I generally map it to a joypad instead.
So the only thing I've got against control schemes is when the game uses shift to jump (with no way of changing it) and employs a variable jump height. This is the perfect recipe for JoyToKey incompatibility.
I just don't see why games remove the CTRL+Y menu command. Stuff like Knytt Stories. I haven't updated or played it since launch so they might have thrown that option in now?
Well, as I see it, there are two good reasons for when to choose WASD over the arrow keys:
- You're using the mouse with your right hand, and thus want a more comfortable alternative to the arrow keys for your left hand, or
- You're used to controlling the directions with your left hand (like with any game controller), don't want to fight the backwards feeling of using your right hand on the arrow keys.
Overall, though, I'd say give the player a choice, and he will not complain.
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