alt Hacker NewsWASD are the normal commands for movement in games.
Pressing forwards to shoot feels wrong though.
This feels like it would be better with double keybinds. Arrows + Space for non-gamers, WASD + space for gamers.
Don't just change it to arrows though, that's going to be painful for laptop users who don't have those crappy half sized arrow keys (see macbook, framework, etc...).
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lazycog512 • 01/22/2025
WASD is more of a mouse+keyboard thing since in a standard desk layout you can't extend your arms nicely
ZXCV(ASDF)+arrows I would say is more standard for non-mouse games with keyboard bindings, cave story and touhou both go this route.
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> WASD are the normal commands for movement in games
Maybe for first-person shooters, but not for shmups, and definitely not for classic arcade style games.
To your second point the reason it feels unnatural is because mapping movement + actions to a single hand is usually not a good idea if you have the opportunity to distribute them.