> Like games, wasd is movement, so every other game copied that. If you try to change, people are going to be mighty confused why the controls aren't "normal".

> Like games, wasd is movement, so every other game copied that. If you try to change, people are going to be mighty confused why the controls aren't "normal". Sometimes though it is for the better. A lot of games in the 80s, especially on ZX Spectrum, etc, used QAOP for movement (QA vertical, OP horizontal) for some reason. Of course the best is to have these configurable - both the Speccy games of yesteryear and modern games allow you to change the controls to your liking, so people who for some reason still prefer QAOP (is anyone still out there, i wonder) can still use that scheme in modern games.