Ah, that feels much better!
The new control scheme is in place and making its way through certification of the various app stores Skyling: Garden Defense is sold in. Keep an eye out for an update in the store your prefer. PC users on Itch.io may need to download the game again.
So what's new? Here's a quick synopsis:
1. Increased sensitivity across the board. All inputs are now more responsive.
2. Easier to turn and drop a cat. Getting a cat placed where you want is important to the game. Especially in the later levels. Often, trying to turn around in place would cause bloom to walk one square in the new direction. Now, while holding a cat over your head it's easier to turn in pace with a quick button tap without walking in the new direction.
3. Touchscreen buttons are now on by default. Skyling has always allowed for touchscreen users to play with or without on-screen buttons. Feedback suggested that the button-free control scheme was too difficult to master, so it is no longer the default. If you still prefer to play that way you can always change the controls in the options menu.
4. Improved support for analog joysticks. For systems that support joysticks, they should now be far better and controlling Bloom's movement through the garden maze.
5. Buttery-smooth corners. Anyone who has ever made a maze game will tell you, getting corners feeling right is essential. To hard, and you may miss a turn if you press the button just a frame late. Too easy, and you turn corners you may not have intended to. We did a lot of tuning with all the various control options in Skyling to make sure the maze corners feel right.
Hope you enjoy the new update. As always, thank you for supporting Indie Games.