Which Keyboard/Mouse Controls Do You Prefer for Top-down Space Games?

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- WubWub
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I'm prototyping different control schemes in the top-down space genre and I'm curious which is your favorite? Or did I miss one?

WASD Movement/ Mouse Orientation

WASD - 8 Direction Movement

Ship rotates towards mouse

https://construct3.gitlab.io/spaceship-controls/8-dir-movement-rotate-mouse/

WASD Movement and Orientation

W - Accelerate Forward

S - Decelerate

A - Rotate Counter-clockwise

D - Rotate Clockwise

https://construct3.gitlab.io/spaceship-controls/custom-movement/

3rd Person

W - Accelerate Forward

S - Accelerate Backwards

A - Rotate World Counter-clockwise

D - Rotate World Clockwise

(This one is a little buggy. Sorry!)

https://construct3.gitlab.io/spaceship-controls/3rd-person/

Pathfinder

Right-click to move

https://construct3.gitlab.io/spaceship-controls/pathfinder/
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- MalvHerbe
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The first one is very good ! It make sense but it's actually not usable that well with a gamepad.

The last one is very good too but don't allow for aiming and moving smoothly at the same time

The two others are not very good : the controls are not responsive and intuitive.
- WubWub
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Thanks for your feedback MalvHerbe

I'm leaning towards pathfinder with ARPG mechanics. Seems that would work for both touch and mouse. Also looking at Van Helsing for how they implemented controller support.