About This Game

• Direction keys: Move around
  
• W,A,S,D key: Shoots your current weapon in one of four cardinal directions.
  
• X key: Drop a bomb. Bombs will explode after a short delay, and can destroy some obstacles and walls to find hidden secrets or item pickups, such as coins or keys.
  
• C key: Use your currently equipped item.
  
• Q,E keys: Switch your currently selected active item to the one on the left or right, respectively.
  
• Enter key: Goes to/returns from the inventory screen. You can view the map on the inventory screen. Also moves through menus.
  
• Backspace key: Goes back to the previous menu. During the game, opens the pause screen.

• D-pad, Left analog stick: Move around
  
• X,Y,A,B buttons, Right analog stick: Shoots your current weapon in one of four cardinal directions.
  
• Left bumper: Drop a bomb. Bombs will explode after a short delay, and can destroy some obstacles and walls to find hidden secrets or item pickups, such as coins or keys
  
• Left trigger: Use your currently equipped item.
  
• Right trigger: Switch your currently selected active item to the one on the right.
  
• Start button: Pause/unpause the game. You can view the map on the pause screen. Also moves through menus.
  
• Select button: Goes back to the previous menu.

• Attack (Sword): Determines damage of weapon shot to enemies (not bomb damage).
  
• Speed (Boot): Determines movement speed.
  
• Shot speed (Projectile): Determines how fast your weapon shot travels.
  
• Shot delay (Clock): Determines how rapidly you can fire weapon shots.
  
• Range (Bow): Determines how far your shot will travel before disappearing.
  
• Luck (Clover): Determines many things, including how likely that a pickup will spawn after clearing a room of enemies.

• You can have a maximum of 8 "active" items, which are items that you must manually activate. Active items typically cost some mana to use, which you can restore by clearing a room full of enemies or picking up a blue mana star. Each blue star represents 2 MP.
  
• Grab bag pickups drop 1 to 3 other pickups.
  
• Every floor has a secret room that is connected to two or more other rooms. You can bomb into these rooms in the middle of the wall.
  
• Every floor also has a super secret room that is connected to only one "normal" room (not a special room such as a shop, boss room, central room, etc.) You can bomb into these rooms in the middle of the wall as well.
  
• The first of each two floors of a particular element has a shop, where coins can be spent to buy pickups and an item. Shops require a key to open after the first floor.
  
• The second of each two floors of a particular element has a blacksmith room, where you can buy permanent stat upgrades. Blacksmith rooms require a key to open.
  
• Every floor has a treasure room, which guarantees an item. Treasure rooms require a key to open after the first floor.
  
• Treasure rooms have a tiny chance to be replaced by a gemstone room, which contain a powerful gemstone item to pick up. In the future, gemstones will have a secondary function. The quartz item increases the chance of a gemstone room appearing.
  
• Every floor has a boss room. Defeating the boss guarantees an item and a path to the next floor.
  
• Bosses are particularly weak to bombs.
  
• You can bomb certain parts of the environment, such as small statues and rocks.