What is your preferred keyboard button layout for playing fangames?

[VinnyVideo]

Basically, what @Vert said. When I make platformers, I typically use Z as the default for running/shooting, and X as the default for jumping. On a QWERTY keyboard, most people will use their left hand for the action buttons and their right hand for the movement keys. This means you'll have your left index finger on the X key and your left middle finger on the Z key. The index finger is more dexterous than the middle finger, and in a Mario game, you'll be pressing the jump button more frequently than you'll be pressing the run button. In some levels in some games, you'll be holding the run button pretty much nonstop.

I'm also OK with the Shift-Ctrl-Space-Enter scheme. Of course, it's extra-awesome if you include a keyboard configuration menu in your game.

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