Rubato by Glassbox Games

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v0.1 (Pre-Beta): 04/17/2020
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Navigate the main menu with the arrow keys and the ENTER key. Pressing ESC at any time will return to the main menu or exit the game.

Play Mode

• Move left and right with the arrow keys
• Jump with the spacebar
• Attack directionally with the F key and a direction
• Dash with the D key and any of the 8 cardinal/diagonal directions
• Parry incoming attacks with the S key, spending parry meter as long as it’s held
• Reset to the beginning of the level with R
• Activate a time pillar by moving past it
• Continue to the next level (after activating all time pillars) with C

Touching a moving enemy will result in death and require the player to reset. Attacking a moving enemy will add parry meter and suspend it, at which point the player can safely touch and jump on it.

Editor mode

• Left click any of the buttons to start placing that element
• Right click to cancel placement or delete the element under the cursor
• Move the camera with WASD
• Playtest the level with P (return to editor with E)
• Save the current level to a file with the 1 key
• Load a level from a file with the 2 key