How partial is partial controller support?

[Ash//Fox]

Was thinking about playing this with a few friends on the couch, but keyboard and mouse is gonna be awkward. Can we get away with only controller?

[The Brotherhood]

Hi! We chose to require the user to select gamepad input from the main menu. That’s it :) otherwise it’s all gamepad enabled.

[Smashbound]

I played through the whole game with a controller and it worked great. Awesome game!

[The Brotherhood]

Thanks Smashbound!

[Trilby]

There are a few issues with the controller support:
- the turning circle of the characters is so wide that it feels awkward - at first it feels broken because e.g. pushing left when the character is facing right makes them move right before they turn around
- there's at least one interaction hotspot that can't be selected with the controlller at all (the maps at the back of the moon pool room in Chapter 1)
- the hotspot on the body at the back of the sacrificial dais (where you get the bone spreader) is tricky because you need to walk a long way around the rim of the dais before you can activate it, which happens automatically with the mouse but not with a controller
- you don't see the description text for interaction hotspots at all, which removes quite a lot of context

[The Brotherhood]

Hey trilby. Pull the right trigger to scroll through descriptive text. It should also popup if you are close to it.

[Trilby]

The text for non-interactive hotspots shows up fine, but for interactive ones the text never appears no matter where you stand. Cycling through hotspots with the right trigger only includes the non-interactive ones.

[The Brotherhood]

Oh I see what you mean. Thanks for the heads up. Most of that text says interact. But I’ll take a good look. Appreciate the feedback.

[Trilby]

The text is usually a few sentences describing the object, for example in the first room this is the text you see when using a mouse:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2992269174

While with a controller you only get the interact prompt:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2992269227


Having just started the game again with a mouse I've also found that you get a tutorial screen which is very useful, but there's no equivalent provided if you're using a controller!