Between this and Gamer Troubles, I wish that the first thing devs added was the option to customize controls.
Why WASD for moving, but then S+A for combat, and E+Q for Select + Cancel out of combat?
Why not just WASD for walking, E + Q as contextual. And if there's anything that changes so that you'd need E+Q for combat other than sword + shield, there's still Shift + Spacebar.
The way that the buttons are arranged is especially bad for WASD. Brain says W is Left, but the attack button on the bottom of the screen can be on the right. Like maybe I've got a lil sexlexia but if you mix up the visuals then my bwain go fucky and there's a very easy to implement fix for this!
edit: ooh I canNot get over this. The game's so cute and fun, but sheesh these controls...! Like, especially for a game like this where it's basically Punchout!
You don't have movement contextual to attack. If you leave the movement keys open, it leaves the option to expand combat to be more complicated for meaner enemies. You can have Dodge with A or D depending on where you are, and Duck and Hop with S & W. Combat abilities where Shield isn't an option. Like, even if they do leave combat to just Sword & Shield, it's still no good to completely close off the option by getting yourself or the players used to attack and block on WASD. Ack!