Hello! I just bought Return of the SLIMEPIRES and really like it but
would like to know if there is a way to rebind keys in PICO-8 games?
They all always have X and C and ARROW keys and I don't like that.
I use Linux and normally I can rebind by using XEV to find key IDs and
then writing a script that uses XMODMAP to redefine keyboard, run
game, then change keys back on exit. However, this does not work with
the PICO-8 games. I have been trying to figure out how to contact you but there is no comment section for SLIMEPIRES and this is the only area I could find to comment so sorry for being off topic.
Any help would be appreciated, I'd really love to be able to rebind the keys!
Hi, this is quite a late response but maybe it still helps.
I'm not the dev but you can contact them at the options listed on their website: https://sophiehoulden.com/contact/
I don't know for sure about slimepires, but pico-8 games use a config file at C:/Users/Yourname/AppData/Roaming/pico-8/config.txt
In that file, there is a section called button_keys, it needs button scancodes, so it's not the most user friendly way, but if you can figure out what scancodes correspond to the buttons you want, it might work. I found out about this at https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Keyconfig