Game preset

Katana ZERO: controller layout for Mac

Katana ZERO does not need a controller-aware version of itself to be played from a controller on a Mac. InputConfig sends real keyboard and mouse events, so the game sees a keyboard and a mouse, and you hold the controller. This is the layout the app's Smart Preset Maker builds for it: Action platformer: move, attack, roll, slow-mo.

Get the preset in two clicks

  1. Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
  2. Search for Katana ZERO and pick it. The layout below is created as a preset in your sidebar, named and ready.
  3. Press Activate. Every row can be changed afterwards: the editor's Scan button rebinds any control the moment you touch it.

The preset can open Steam.app for you when it activates.

The full button map

ControllerSendsWhat it does
Left stick leftAMove left (A)
Left stick rightDMove right (D)
Left stick upWUp (W)
Left stick downSDown / drop (S)
A / CrossSpaceJump (Space)
Right triggerLeft clickAttack
Left triggerRight clickThrow item
B / CircleReturnRoll / dodge (Enter)
X / SquareShift (Left)Slow-mo (Shift)
Y / TriangleEInteract (E)
Start / OptionsEscapeMenu (Esc)

Button names follow the Xbox / PlayStation pair shown in the editor, so A / Cross is the bottom face button on either pad. On a Switch Pro Controller the bottom button is labelled B; the mapping still fires on position.

Tips

  • Right trigger swings your katana; left trigger throws items.
  • B rolls; X holds Shift for slow motion to deflect bullets.

Make it yours

Nothing here is fixed. Rows can be re-scanned to a different control, given hold and double-tap actions, chords, turbo, macros, haptic or spoken feedback, and per-binding deadzones and sensitivity curves. The binding editor guide covers every option, and the controller map shows what each control is called.

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