Brawl proof of concept · Unity build

Ashbound

Pick a pair from the party of six (the knight, the red elder, Aishi, the young healer, Vesper the bell-keeper and Wren the beekeeper), walk The Pass Crescent, and fight the corrupted mountain animals when the camera swings side-on.

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Keyboard

W / Up: Walk the path; climb from a ledge
A D / arrows: Move
S / Down: Fast fall; drop through a platform
Space: Jump; again in the air for an air jump
J: Attack
K (hold): Smash
O: Special; with W held, the support Special (a Buff for allies nearby)
L / Shift: Shield; with left or right, roll
I: Tag-in your Reserve; hold by a Downed ally to revive it
P: Choose your pair (in it, W S change the colour)
Q E / right-drag: Turn the camera while exploring
Mouse wheel / R: Zoom the camera / recentre it

Gamepad

Left stick up: Walk; past 3/4 runs
Stick / d-pad: Move
A: Attack
B (hold): Smash
Y: Special; with the stick up, the support Special
X: Jump
RB / triggers: Shield
LB: Tag-in your Reserve; hold by a Downed ally to revive it
Select / View: Choose your pair (in it, stick up / down changes the colour)
Right stick: Turn the camera while exploring
Right-stick click: Zoom the camera (normal, far, near)
Not detected?: Gamepads show up after you press a button on them

Touch

Stick up: Walk; past 3/4 runs
Stick: Move; down to fast fall or drop through
Jump: Jump; again in the air for an air jump
Attack: Attack
Heavy (hold): Smash
Special: Special; with the stick up, the support Special
Shield: Shield; with the stick left or right, roll
Tag: Tag-in your Reserve; hold by a Downed ally to revive it
Party: Choose your pair (in it, stick up / down changes the colour)

Good to know

H: Show or hide the hints along the bottom of the screen
Player 2: An AI partner plays until someone presses Attack on a second device to take over
After a loss: Press Attack to try again

Play online

One of you hosts and plays player 1; the other joins with the room code and plays player 2. The host walks, picks both pairs and their colours, starts each fight and retries; both fight. You can set this up while the game loads.