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Heh, just today I was thinking “huh, having a shooter with reversed mouse and keyboard controls would have been a funny idea, too.” And hey, there it is!

The execution also works pretty well! I guess the balance is supposed to be made so that mouse to shoot, keys to move is easier but weaker and vice verca? Otherwsie, Mouse’s weapon seemed a little underpowered?

Also, I wonder what the game would feel like if control schemes swapped automatically. Seems like something you might have tried during development and scrapped again, though?

Anyway, I wasn’t very good at the game, but this was a fun ride. Thanks for sharing!

Heh, the balance we were striving for was 'easy to maneuver' with mouse movement vs 'easy to aim' with key movement, but we definitely need to make mouse's weapons stronger -- on a post-deadline build, we've experimented with making key's projectiles bigger, and that's helped a lot with making the modes feel balanced

Swapping control schemes at a fixed time interval was an idea we considered, but we figured it wouldn't be necessary if the modes were balanced so that each mode was better in certain situations. Then again, auto-swapping would force the player to think about positioning a bit more carefully, so that's worth implementing and playtesting ^^

Thanks for the thoughtful feedback!