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City Limits · Controls and how to play

1. Controls at a glance

Summary: City Limits is a one-button game at its core. It can be played with a touchscreen, a keyboard and mouse, or a gamepad. Whichever you use, a run comes down to three kinds of press: hold, release and tap.

2. Control types

City Limits supports three ways to play. Use whichever is connected, no setup needed.

Touch

The default on Android. Everything is done with one finger on the screen.

Hold: Continuous touch Put a finger on the screen and keep it there. Holding charges the swing, and in the air it gives a high swing.
Release: Lifting the finger Taking the finger off the screen ends a hold. On the serve this is what makes the swing, so the moment you let go matters.
Tap: Short touch A quick press and lift. In the air it gives a flat swing. When you have no swings left, it dives into a slam bounce.

Keyboard & mouse

Available when City Limits is played on a PC, such as through Google Play Games on PC or on itch.io.

: Swing, confirm, or skip. Hold and release the same way you would with a touch, and press once to confirm a menu or skip ahead.
: Use an Air Rocket, if you are carrying one.
: Use a Meteor Slam, if you are carrying one.
: Use a Coin Magnet, if you are carrying one.
: Pause, or back out of a menu.
: Open the shop.
: Move between rows and tabs in menus.

Gamepad

Any controller recognised by your device works, no pairing steps inside the game.

: Swing. Hold the button to charge, release it to let go, same as a touch or Space.
: Pause, or back out of a menu.
: Skip ahead once the ball has landed.
: Open the shop.
: Move between rows and tabs in menus.

Boost items (Air Rocket, Meteor Slam, Coin Magnet) are not yet mapped to a gamepad button.

3. How a run goes

This is the same on every control type. Only the press itself changes.

Serve

Hold to charge the swing. Release when the ball is inside the red band.

Chase

Once the ball is in play, tap in the air for a flat swing, or hold for a high one. Each swing uses up one of your swings.

Slam bounce

When you run out of swings, tap to dive into a slam bounce.

4. Languages

The game is available in English, Español, Русский, Українська, Polski, Italiano, Slovenčina, Čeština, 中文, 日本語 and 한국어.

5. Feedback

If something in City Limits is hard to play, or there is a control option you would like to see, write to pixeleforge@gmail.com.