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Gamepad Support (v1.0.5)

Sidebar Starship · published 31 Aug 2026, 15:48 UTC · build 25039011

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You can now fly your ship with a controller.

Gamepad control
Steer with the left stick — it is fully analog, so a light push cruises and a full push sprints. The right stick drives an on-screen cursor you can use to click upgrades and any other button, so you never have to reach for the mouse mid-run. RT dashes.

Remap anything
Settings now has a Gamepad tab. Every action — dash, confirm, right click, back, open upgrades, open settings, main menu — can be bound to whichever button you like, with a one-click reset to defaults.

Note: Windows only reports controller input while the game window is focused, so the gamepad works when you are playing, not while the game idles in the background.

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