i cant get controllers to work
You're right. I completely forgot I added controller support with the update some time back. Sorry about that. I'm not sure why it's not working for you. I tested it out on my end here and there didn't seem to be any issues I ran into using a controller. Any controller that follows the standard XBOX/PS controller layout should work and if it doesn't, I don't know why it does not.
i connect my controller to my computer and the computer registers it and the controller is working however when I start the game and try to use the controller in the menu or after starting the game it doesn’t work or register the controller inputs I don’t know if when i downloaded it it did not download everything or something was corrupted during it
No, there's no any specific options. The game is super crudely made and the inputs are hard coded in a way where the game only listen to specific inputs at all times, either from the keyboard or the controller without any options to toggle them on or off. There are two versions of the game available for download though, the old version and the updated one. If you downloaded the older version by mistake that would explain why the controller doesn't work. I didn't include a version numbering anywhere in the game either, because it's an old project for a game jam I made with limited knowledge, full of trial and error and it didn't actually even come to mind to include one back then, so the only way to know which version you have downloaded is to double check the file you got.
I'm working on something similar currently. Same concept, but just more refined and with slightly more thought put behind everything. Though it's going really slow. You could think of it as something of a sequel, but not really. The game here is too much of a mess, due to how it was developed that there's no really any good reason to try and salvage much from it. The new game though, can't say when we'll see any of it here as I tend to work on this kind of stuff in an on and off fashion.
Thanks though. Glad to hear you think there's potential there.