Over the last few years, more and more players started using their gamepad for PC gaming. Every hero class has one 'default attack' like offensive skill that has a rather short cooldown - about 1 second or so. So do you have to run around and wait for cooldowns to finish? Not really. Every spell has a cooldown and if you keep the hotkey pressed, the spell will automatically be cast again when it is ready. Since ZpellCatz should be 'Comfortable to Play' (design pillar), there is no button mashing or rapid left clicking to attack enemies. Both movement options are active at the same time, so players can toy around with them and find the preferred one easily.Ĭasting spells and driking potions is realized via hotkeys, like most modern ARPGs do. So they have the choice between action adventure default controls or action RPG default controls. Menu screens are controlled by mouse only, like in every other ARPG out there.įor ingame movement controls, players can choose to move their cat hero directly by keyboard buttons (arrow keys or WASD for example) or indirectly by pressing the left mouse button. Since ZpellCatz is a PC game, we can assume that every player has access to a keyboard and a mouse. The input system is a quite technical feature but we can still satisfy two of ZpellCatz' design pillars here: 'Comfortable to Play' and 'Clean & Minimalist'. Reliability' design pillar in the last article about the itemization in ZpellCatz. I talked a lot about the 'Randomization vs. Lets have a look of what to expect in ZpellCatz. Being able to smoothly control your character (or cat) is important for non turn-based games. Hey there, fellow catz! Today I want to talk about the input system in our upcoming game ZpellCatz.

Ps1 controller button layout