Start here
Move, aim and attack. Walk onto normal tiles to paint them, onto pickups to collect them, and onto a facility’s capture point to begin capturing it.
| Action | Keyboard & mouse | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Move | W forward · A left · S back · D right | Left stick |
| Aim | Move the mouse | Right stick. Release it to keep your last aim direction |
| Attack / place a mine | Left click (or E) | Right shoulder (RB) |
| In-match menu | Esc | Your assigned Back action (right face button in Type A) |
Hold to fire the Machine Gun continuously. For punches, Shotgun, Plasma Cannon and Mine, release the attack button or trigger between attacks. Opening the menu does not pause the whole match.
XInput-compatible PC controllers have been tested. DirectInput devices are currently not recognized. Use a keyboard to enter text.
| Preset | Move | Confirm | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type A (default) | Left stick | Bottom face button | Right face button |
| Type B | D-pad | Bottom face button | Right face button |
| Type C | Left stick | Right face button | Bottom face button |
| Type D | D-pad | Right face button | Bottom face button |
Face buttons are the four buttons on the right of the controller. On an Xbox layout, the bottom button is A and the right button is B. “Back” in this guide means your assigned action, not the controller’s physical Back / Select button.
| Action | Keyboard & mouse | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Select / confirm | Click the button | D-pad or left stick to select, then Confirm (UI navigation is the same in every preset) |
| Back / cancel | Use the on-screen Back / Cancel button, or Esc where supported | Press your assigned Back action |
| Lobby movement / UI mode | Click buttons directly. Esc does not toggle these modes | Press Back to toggle. Your character cannot move in UI mode |
| Ready / unready | F or the on-screen button | In UI mode, select Ready / Unready and Confirm |
| Chat | Click the input field / Chat ON, type, then Enter to send. Esc ends text entry | Select chat in the UI and type with a keyboard. Press right on the D-pad or left stick to select Send, then Confirm |
| Lobby quick greetings | 1–9 when not entering chat text | Assign buttons on settings page 3 (unassigned by default) |
If your controller disconnects, you can continue with keyboard and mouse. If input does not resume after reconnecting, check the selected device and enabled state in Settings. See Menus for screen captures and Lobby for readiness and start conditions.
Get ready together
Check the room rules, choose a team and mark yourself ready. Online matches require at least two human players.
| Control | Use |
|---|---|
| Room Settings | The host can edit settings; guests can view them. Changes that affect the match clear everyone’s ready state. |
| Leave Room | Unready yourself before leaving. Leaving and editing settings are restricted during the start sequence. |
| Chat ON / input field | Click to start typing. Enter or Send sends the message; Esc or Chat OFF ends typing. Movement, F and number shortcuts are disabled while typing. |
| Number keys 1–9 | Send preset greetings when you are not typing in chat. |
| Assigned Back action | Switch between lobby movement and UI navigation. |
Hold the key positions
Stand on the capture point to take control. Enclosing the surrounding floor does not transfer ownership.
| Rule | Base | Cannon |
|---|---|---|
| Where to stand | Center core tile | Central capture tile |
| Time required | 10 seconds of accumulated enemy presence | 5 uninterrupted seconds with only your team present |
| If everyone leaves | Progress stays | Progress resets |
| If teams mix | Any non-owner team keeps capture progressing, even with defenders present | Progress resets while different teams are present |
| Defending | Only owners on the core reverse the capture progress | The owner keeps control until an opponent completes a fresh capture |
More players do not make the timer faster. Base attackers share the same progress. At completion, the non-owner team with the most players on the core takes it; ties use the fixed team order.
Living teammates recover 10 HP per second on their owned base’s seven tiles, up to maximum HP. The default respawn delay is 12 seconds and can be changed in match settings. You respawn at your most recently captured base; if it is lost, another owned base is used.
If your team has no bases when you die, you cannot respawn until a teammate captures one. Recapturing a base revives waiting teammates. Base capture requires the base system to be ON.
The capture gauge is a remaining bar: it shrinks until capture succeeds. Standing on your damaged core without enemies restores it until the bar is full.
With the base victory condition selected, owning every base wins immediately. At the time limit, base count decides the winner, then territory count breaks a tie. Equal counts in both result in a draw.
With the base system ON, a team with no bases and no living players is eliminated. The match also ends when only one team remains.
A captured cannon fires automatically for its team and paints eligible floor tiles, including obstacle floors. You do not need to stay there after capture. An opponent can take it back by completing the same five-second capture.
Its owned tile can help close an enclosure, but the cannon tile itself does not count toward territory. The handheld Plasma Cannon is a separate weapon.
The rules of territory
Connect tiles of your team’s color into a closed loop. When you close the last gap, the tiles inside become yours.
Requires Enclosure: ON in the match rules.
Walk over normal tiles to paint them. Your line must connect along the six sides of the hexagons.
Join the ends with your team’s color. A loop can be any shape; it does not have to be a perfect hexagon.
Enclosed neutral and enemy normal tiles, including obstacle floors, change to your team’s color immediately.
Work together. Tiles painted by teammates, CPU teammates, cannons or earlier enclosures can all be part of your loop.
A closed line of your team’s tiles matters more than the shape of the map.
| Tile or space | Part of your loop? | Captured inside? |
|---|---|---|
| Normal floor | Yes, when it is your color | Yes |
| Obstacle floor | Yes, when it is your color | Yes; the obstacle stays |
| Cannon capture tile | Only when your team owns the cannon | No |
| Base’s seven special tiles | No | No |
| Holes & outside the map | No | No |
You cannot paint an obstacle floor by walking over it. Cannon fire or an enclosure can take it. Once it is your color, it can help form another loop.
Taking a cannon can complete a loop immediately. A neutral or enemy-owned cannon tile does not count as your boundary. Enclosing a cannon does not capture the cannon itself, and its tile does not add to your territory count.
You can still capture the eligible tiles around it. Special tiles and holes are skipped. Base and cannon ownership does not change.
A hole or the edge of the map cannot replace a missing part of your boundary. You still need a complete loop of your own tiles.
Know your pickups
All eight pickups at a glance. Recognize their shapes, then choose how to use their effects.
Picking up a weapon, including Mine, replaces your current weapon. Picking up the same type refreshes its ammunition. When it runs out, you return to Punch. Heal, Armor, Radar and Speed Up leave your weapon unchanged.
Weapon
Automatic fire for keeping pressure on an opponent. Hold the attack input to keep firing.
Use it for sustained pressure at medium range. Keep an eye on your remaining ammunition.
Protection
The brown shield reduces incoming damage while its protection lasts.
Remember armor absorbs damage; it does not restore health. Its protection is limited by how much it has absorbed.
Recovery
The green cross restores health immediately when collected, up to your maximum HP.
Use it for recovering after a fight so you can stay in the match.
Weapon
Fires three pellets in a short, forward spread. Release the attack input between shots.
Brief invulnerability after a hit prevents all three pellets from adding up to 105 damage at once.
Weapon
A slow plasma projectile passes through obstacles and enemies. Release the attack input between shots.
A projectile can hit an enemy again after 0.5 seconds if they remain in contact. This portable weapon is separate from capturable map cannons.
Placed weapon
Use the attack input to place a mine at your feet. Release the input before placing another.
Mines trigger on enemies only and do not hurt you or your teammates. Only one mine can occupy a tile, regardless of team; you cannot place one over a hole.
Team support
Reveals painted territory and all characters on the minimap, and makes enemy mines visible in the play area.
Without Radar, the minimap still shows the map shape and base cores. Enemy mines appear in the world, not as minimap icons. The effect continues if another living teammate still holds Radar.
Movement
The blue double chevron increases your movement speed as soon as you collect it.
Use the short boost to cross the map or pull away from danger.
Only the Machine Gun fires continuously when held. Punch, Shotgun, Plasma Cannon and Mine require you to release the attack input between uses.
Check that Enclosure is ON and that your line has no gaps. Every link must be your team’s color, including any cannon tile used in the boundary. Holes, base tiles and the edge of the map cannot close the gap for you.
No. The loop belongs to your team. Tiles painted by teammates, CPU teammates, cannon fire and earlier enclosures all count.
No. Enclosure captures tiles when a new loop closes. Opponents can take the tiles back; an existing loop does not continuously repaint its interior.
No. Bases and cannons use their own capture rules. An enclosure only takes eligible floor tiles.