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nice ... it would be nice to know how to play though

jkingsman 4y ago
z and forward slash for left and right bumpers. Press and hold space to pull back launch plunger and release to launch. x and period to tilt table. Worth noting that F8/Player Controls dialogue doesn't work, and neither does disabling the music.
- aledalgrande 4y ago
  or left/right click for bumpers
- compsciphd 4y ago
  I'm not sure I ever knew you could tilt the table. child me wishes he had this knowledge. (I assume if you tilt too much it triggers a tilt failure?)
  - inanutshellus 4y ago
    My jaw may have dropped at learning this from GP's message. Alllll this time and I'm learning you could tilt Space Cadet now?!
    - EarthLaunch 4y ago
      I think it's a funny example of great UI discoverability still having failures. I say great because having the tilt keys adjacent to the paddle keys seems like a setup for accidentally hitting tilt in a moment of heat, thereby leading to discovery of the tilt keys. Though perhaps 'moment of heat' is exactly when the player is least likely to realize they hit the wrong key.
      - gbin 4y ago
        The nudge key right next to the paddle key is to make a slap recovery possible like on a real pinball :)
  - nirimda 4y ago
    It says "careful" as a warning, and then it fails. I think it's more about the number of times that how hard you tilt it but I don't know.
- skitter 4y ago
  > z and forward slash for left and right bumpers. Press and hold space to pull back launch plunger and release to launch. x and period to tilt table. Apparently these are used regardless of keyboard layout.
  - pteraspidomorph 4y ago
    Mine doesn't even have a forward slash key, so... I guess I can't play?
    - tnzk 4y ago
      Apparently you had the key when you typed "Electrolux/Frigidaire" in this comment. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30658028 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30658028
      - looperhacks 4y ago
        I don't have a key for the forward slash either and still am able to write it: ///// The trick is that people like us can reach it by pressing Shift+7. Which of course is rarely recognized by games (or IDEs for that matter - many shortcuts simply don't work).
        tnzk 4y ago
        Oh you reminded me that I also need to press Shift to type just = (I use JIS keyboard). Just curious, what layout do you use?
        zahrc 4y ago
        Sounds like German QWERTZ
    - geocar 4y ago
      Javascript events contain both a key "code" (which generally corresponds to the position on the keyboard and/or the function of the key) and a character string which represents the text that should be added to e.g. an input box. It seems this game appears to be using the text string to decode the key, so I can press shift+7 (the same key I press to get a "/" character) to trigger the right flipper. You can press whatever key-combination you use to get a "/" character and it will likely work as well. That is lucky (many things use the code which can be hit-or-miss) in that we can trigger the right flipper, but, at least for me it is a very awkward gesture. I think it would be nice to be able to change the player controls. I seem to recall the original game permitted this, but the menu option in this version doesn't seem to do anything except pause the game.
- wyclif 4y ago
  z and forward slash don't seem to work on macOS.
- rand0m4r 4y ago
  thanks

z and forward slash for left and right bumpers. Press and hold space to pull back launch plunger and release to launch. x and period to tilt table. Worth noting that F8/Player Controls dialogue doesn't work, and neither does disabling the music.

aledalgrande 4y ago
or left/right click for bumpers
compsciphd 4y ago
I'm not sure I ever knew you could tilt the table. child me wishes he had this knowledge. (I assume if you tilt too much it triggers a tilt failure?)
- inanutshellus 4y ago
  My jaw may have dropped at learning this from GP's message. Alllll this time and I'm learning you could tilt Space Cadet now?!
  - EarthLaunch 4y ago
    I think it's a funny example of great UI discoverability still having failures. I say great because having the tilt keys adjacent to the paddle keys seems like a setup for accidentally hitting tilt in a moment of heat, thereby leading to discovery of the tilt keys. Though perhaps 'moment of heat' is exactly when the player is least likely to realize they hit the wrong key.
    - gbin 4y ago
      The nudge key right next to the paddle key is to make a slap recovery possible like on a real pinball :)
- nirimda 4y ago
  It says "careful" as a warning, and then it fails. I think it's more about the number of times that how hard you tilt it but I don't know.
skitter 4y ago
> z and forward slash for left and right bumpers. Press and hold space to pull back launch plunger and release to launch. x and period to tilt table. Apparently these are used regardless of keyboard layout.
- pteraspidomorph 4y ago
  Mine doesn't even have a forward slash key, so... I guess I can't play?
  - tnzk 4y ago
    Apparently you had the key when you typed "Electrolux/Frigidaire" in this comment. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30658028 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30658028
    - looperhacks 4y ago
      I don't have a key for the forward slash either and still am able to write it: ///// The trick is that people like us can reach it by pressing Shift+7. Which of course is rarely recognized by games (or IDEs for that matter - many shortcuts simply don't work).
      - tnzk 4y ago
        Oh you reminded me that I also need to press Shift to type just = (I use JIS keyboard). Just curious, what layout do you use?
        zahrc 4y ago
        Sounds like German QWERTZ
  - geocar 4y ago
    Javascript events contain both a key "code" (which generally corresponds to the position on the keyboard and/or the function of the key) and a character string which represents the text that should be added to e.g. an input box. It seems this game appears to be using the text string to decode the key, so I can press shift+7 (the same key I press to get a "/" character) to trigger the right flipper. You can press whatever key-combination you use to get a "/" character and it will likely work as well. That is lucky (many things use the code which can be hit-or-miss) in that we can trigger the right flipper, but, at least for me it is a very awkward gesture. I think it would be nice to be able to change the player controls. I seem to recall the original game permitted this, but the menu option in this version doesn't seem to do anything except pause the game.
wyclif 4y ago
z and forward slash don't seem to work on macOS.
rand0m4r 4y ago
thanks