Craig Tinney · @GibletsofJesus
1st Jun 2016 from TwitLonger
Type Fighter controls and abilities
Due to time constraints there's no tutorial or 'how to play' part of Type Fighter and so far it's been a matter of explaining to people how the game works and how to control it, in person.
We obviously need to have some readme file or something but for now this should suffice.
Type Fighter is a 2 player game with one player typing commands using the keyboard and another player moving and firing the ship with either a 360 controller (ideally anyway, other options are available) or with the arrow keys.
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SHIP CONTROLS
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SHOOT
Keyboard: END / Page Down
Controller: A / RB
MOVE
Keyboard: Arrow Keys
Controller: Left Analog Stick
We know these are some shitty keyboard buttons for firing but we couldn't use many other buttons that wouldn't cause unwanted behaviour whilst also pressing character keys (eg. CTRL + W). This is why we recommend using a controller.
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COMMANDS / ABILITIES
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update.exe
Upgrade ship / gain new abilities
firewall.exe
Create a defensive ring of fire around the player ship
antivirus.exe
Enables explosive projectiles for a short time
reapir.exe Regenerate ship health
quickscan.exe
Enables homing projectiles for a short time
spamfilter.exe
Create a rotating shield around the player ship
Every other command seen in the UI are abilities that didn't make it into the final build. These might be added / expanded upon in the future.