THE BALLAD OF BOOMSTICK McCRAKIN — CONTROLS
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ON FOOT
  W A S D              Move
  Mouse                Look
  Space                Jump
  Left Shift           Sprint — a 5s burst; it fades out, so chain your moves
                       (refills on its own while you do anything else)
  Left Ctrl            Crouch  ·  while sprinting = POWER SLIDE (~2.5s)
  Shift + direction    Air dash (while airborne)
  Left Mouse           Fire weapon
  Right Mouse          Grapple (hold to reel; grapple an enemy to yank them —
                       shrunken enemies get CAUGHT: fire again to throw them)
  V                    Guitar-axe melee  ·  swing it MID-SLIDE for a riff blast
  G                    Flip-off taunt (a real debuff — enemies take more damage)

WEAPONS & GEAR
  1 – 9                Weapon hotbar (arrange it: Tab → drag & drop)
  Mouse Wheel          Cycle weapons
  E  (tap)             Deploy equipped gadget (jump pad / speaker bridge)
  E  (hold)            Deploy wheel (slow-mo, release to pick)
  Q  (tap)             Use held active item (potato / boombox / chum bucket /
                       proximity mine)
  Q  (hold)            Item wheel — release over a slice to SELECT it

THE WALKMAN  (music is a choice — drop the needle when you want the power)
  C                    Needle drop: your slotted track plays for a window;
                       while it plays, your fire rate locks to the beat,
                       on-beat hits do bonus damage, and Groove builds.
                       C again = eject early.
  Left / Right Arrow   Swap slotted track (while the walkman is up or playing)
  (Slot records:       Tab → Records tab → SLOT IN WALKMAN)

WORLD
  F                    Interact — talk, doors, pickups, locks, enter/exit cars
  Tab                  Inventory (records / weapons / items)
  T                    Codec radio (tune with Left/Right, F to connect)
  P                    Pause + save anywhere
  Ladders              Walk into one, look up/down, push forward to climb

CARS  (walk up, press F)
  W / S                Throttle / reverse-brake
  A / D                Steer
  Left Shift           Turbo
  Left Ctrl            E-brake drift
  Left / Right Mouse   Machine guns (they overheat) / rockets
  F                    Get out — IMPORTANT: a wrecked car explodes in ~2.5s.
                       Run enemies over. It works.

RECORD GLIDER  (the Part Time DJ item)
  W A S D              Steer the hoverboard
  Space (hold)         Ascend  ·  release to float down
  Q                    Launch the record as a projectile (ends the ride)

TIPS
  - "!" over an NPC = has a quest for you. "?" = you're on it.
  - Slide into groups, taunt, THEN shoot — Groove multiplies your damage.
  - The dumpster's second offer is worth accepting at least once.