* Left: turn or run left
* Right: turn or run right
* Up: jump or climb up
* Down: crouch or climb down
* Down+Left/Right: hop
* Shift: pick up things
* Shift+Left/Right: careful step
* Home or Up+Left: jump left
* Page Up or Up+Right: jump right
* Up while running: running jump
* Shift while falling: grab onto ledge

* Left/Right: walk (advance or retreat)
* Shift: strike (attack)
* Up: block (defend)
* Down: put sword away; press Shift to draw your sword again.

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* Esc: Pause game.
* Space: Show how much time is left.
* Ctrl+A: Restart level.

* Ctrl+R: Return to intro.
* Ctrl+S: Sound on/off.
* Ctrl+M: Music on/off.
* Ctrl+V: Show version of SprPoP.
* Ctrl+Q: Quit game.

* F6: Quicksave: Save the exact state of the game.
* F9: Quickload: Load what the last quicksave saved.
* F12: Save a screenshot to the screenshots folder.
* Backspace: Display the in-game menu. (Esc will also display the menu by default, but you can turn that off.)

* Shift+L: Go to next level.
* -: Decrease remaining time by one minute.
* +: Increase remaining time by one minute.
* R: Resurrect kid.
* K: Kill guard.
* Shift+I: Flip the screen upside down.
* Shift+W: Slow falling.
* Shift+S: Restore a lost hit-point. (Like a small red potion.)
* Shift+T: Give more hit-points. (Like a big red potion.)

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* H: Look at the room to the left.
* J: Look at the room to the right.
* U: Look at the room above.
* N: Look at the room below.
* Ctrl+B: Go back to the room where the prince is. (Undo H,J,U,N.)

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* [: Shift kid 1 pixel to the left.
* ]: Shift kid 1 pixel to the right.
* T: Toggle display of timer (remaining minutes:seconds:ticks). Also shows the total elapsed ticks during playback.