Input Types

The following input types are supported for playing Etherscape:

Mouse and Keyboard

This is the most prominent control scheme that the game was originally designed for. By default, the following mappings are used...

Input	Mapping
Movement	WASD keys
Attack Direction	Mouse Cursor
Attack / Interact	Left Mouse Button
Abilities	Number 1-5 keys
Dash	Space Bar
Sprint	Left Shift
Town Portal	R
Use Potion	Q

In the options you can enable "Fast Action Mode". When you do this, it will automatically case abilities at the location of the cursor instead of waiting for an additional click.

Gamepad Controller

Gamepad support is added with release 0.20.5.1. Below are the default key mappings...

Input	Mapping
Movement	Left Stick
Attack + Attack Direction	Right Stick
Interact	South Button (A on Xbox, X on PS)
Back	East Button (B on Xbox, Circle on PS)
Abilities	Bumpers + Triggers + North Button (Y on Xbox, Triangle on PS)
Dash	West button (X on Xbox, Square on PS)
Sprint	Left Stick Pressed
Town Portal	D-pad Right
Use Potion	D-pad Up

Gamepad support is still new and we will iterate on it with feedback from the community to make it as effective as possible

When casting abilities you can use your attack stick to adjust their cast location on the screen. If you enable "Fast Action Mode" then while the ability button is held down you can select the location and when the button is released the ability will cast at that location.

Touch

Touch controls are not yet added, but we will add them if / when we ship on Android. In general, they will be similar to the gameplay controls using on screen joysticks and buttons.