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Twin stick shooting with keyboard

In a top down shooting game, what alternatives are there for input if I want the direction of movement to be independent from the direction I'm shooting at? I'd like to avoid shooting with the mouse ...
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Where should input be used?

I'm working on an input system (in C#) and now I'm wondering, what is the best place to put input functionality? Currently what I was coding was a bunch of delegates which act as callbacks (i.e. ...
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Optimal touch controls for a twin-stick shoot 'em up?

So we recently launched a shoot 'em up arcade-type game (think Smash TV or I Made a Game with Zombies in It!). You can move in one direction and fire in another, so the ideal control scheme is ...
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Is there a gold standard for touch controls in scrolling shoot-em-ups?

Is there currently a "standard" for touch controls in shooters on platforms such as iPhone or Android? I've noticed that many of them enable auto-fire by default, or control the character via direct ...