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The game looks and sounds great, but there's something that bothers me.
This is categorized as "Keyboard/Mouse". In a sense, that is true... for the worst possible reason. The game imposes some of its keys on controllers, and not others. There's nothing wrong with Xbox plug-and-play, but that's not what's being used here.
I can't help but wish the game really did have nothing to say about controllers. That would actually make it more controller-friendly.

Can you elaborate a bit on what your problem is?

Currently the game supports mouse OR keyboard, in a way. You can play fully with just the mouse and you can play fully with just the keyboard (kinda like you would with a controller). And the game currently switches modes as soon as you hit a keyboard input or click a mouse or controller button.

The input hints should be based on the last used device (so if you pressed a keyboard key they should be keyboard hints, if you pressed a controller button they should be according to your device and if you clicked mouse they should be mouse hints- tho generally fewer)

If you're experiencing something else or if you're having trouble with that design, let me know! I was considering an option to disable the auto-switching.

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My issue isn't the automatic mode switching. I actually think that idea is quite safe.
My issue is that the keyboard mode lacks a kind of "purity".
In keyboard mode, the game retains bits of controller code, which will be imposed on devices, no matter how generic they are.

I did test with an official Xbox One controller, and that worked perfectly. However, if you use any other kind of controller, the game will stay in keyboard mode (which is fine) but D-pads and Button 1 (whatever it is) will still have moves forced on it.

It's up to you what you do with this information. I've seen many games that I would call "Xbox controller-only". I don't like the label, but when the game is high-quality, I can still be happy about that.

I still don't quite understand. Can you try explaining again what moves or behavior happens when you don't think it should?