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by lazycog512 518 days ago
WASD is more of a mouse+keyboard thing since in a standard desk layout you can't extend your arms nicely

ZXCV(ASDF)+arrows I would say is more standard for non-mouse games with keyboard bindings, cave story and touhou both go this route.

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It's always been interesting as a left handed person using mouse on the left side then pushing the keyboard over to use wasd.
I wonder, hand't any left-handed nerd tried to make a left-handed keyboard? I'd definitely try that, if for some magical reason my handedness was changed.

I searched and found some left-handed keyboards, but they are missing important things. Like they use qwerty-layout instead of ][poiu. The worse, they keep Enter on the right side and CAPS on the left. So you cannot remap Control key onto CAPS and use it with your pinky without twisting your right hand uncomfortably, when your left hand is on the mouse.