Night Plough controls: keyboard, controller and touch
In Night Plough you drive with W A S D or the arrow keys, a controller's triggers and stick, or the arrow buttons on a touch screen. Space, A or the Lower blade button drops the blade. Every menu works with the mouse, touch, the keyboard or a controller, and every menu stops the clock.
Keyboard controls
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| W or ↑ | Drive forward |
| S or ↓ | Slow down, then reverse |
| A or ← | Steer left |
| D or → | Steer right |
| Space | Lower or raise the blade |
| Q | Throw snow to the other side |
| T | Sand or salt: switches Off → Sand → Salt → Off |
| M | Town map |
| F | Tools |
| C | Camera: chase view → blade view → view from above → chase view |
| Esc | Pause, or back from a menu |
The game has a short list of these keys too: press Controls in the pause menu.
Controller controls
Night Plough works with an Xbox-style controller or any controller your browser reads as a standard gamepad.
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Right trigger | Drive forward |
| Left trigger | Slow down, then reverse |
| Left stick | Steer |
| A | Lower or raise the blade |
| LB | Throw snow to the other side |
| X | Sand or salt: switches Off → Sand → Salt → Off |
| Y | Town map |
| B | Tools |
| Start | Pause |
In menus, move with the stick or the D-pad and press A. While you use a controller, the buttons on screen show the controller button names. If the controller is unplugged while you drive, the game pauses.
Touch controls on a phone or tablet
Turn your phone or tablet sideways. Held upright, the game shows "Turn your phone sideways to drive." The menus and save slots work upright too.
| Button on screen | What it does |
|---|---|
| ▲ | Drive forward (hold it) |
| ▼ | Slow down, then reverse (hold it) |
| ◀ and ▶ | Steer left and right (hold them) |
| Lower blade / Raise blade | Drops or lifts the blade |
| Throw snow → or ← | Throws snow to the other side. The arrow shows the side the snow goes now |
| Sand · On / Sand · Off | Spreads sand, or stops |
| Tools | Opens the tools panel |
| Town map | Opens the map |
| Pause | Pauses the game |
You can hold ▲ and ◀ at the same time with two fingers. The Throw snow button is on screen on nights 4 and 6, and the Sand button on nights 5 and 6, because those nights need them. On other nights, find both in Tools. During How to play, both buttons are always there.
Mouse
Every menu button works with the mouse. After your first click, the on-screen arrow buttons (▲ ▼ ◀ ▶) appear, so you can drive with the mouse too. Hold a button down to keep driving.
The tools panel
Press F, B or the Tools button. The game pauses while the panel is open.
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Blade: On / Off | Lowers or raises the blade |
| Throw snow: Right / Left | Picks the side the snow goes |
| Sand or salt: Off / Sand / Salt | Picks what you spread on the road |
| How much: Normal / A lot / A little | How much sand or salt comes out |
| Wing: On / Off | Only on the bigger truck. Pushes the snowbank further back |
| Blade view / Chase view | Switches the camera |
| Refill at the depot | Fills fuel, sand and salt. Works only at the depot |
| Return truck to the depot | Takes you back to the depot. Costs up to 30 kr |
| Buy a bigger truck · 600 kr | Buys the bigger truck once you have 600 kr |
The panel also shows your Fuel in per cent and your Money in kr. More about the blade and the wing is on the ploughing page, and sand and salt are on the sand and salt page.
The pause menu
Press Esc, Start or Pause. You find: Resume, Town map, Tools, Settings, Controls, How to play, Retry this night, Practise this night, Credits and Save slots. When the job is done, Finish mission is at the top.
Settings
| Setting | Choices |
|---|---|
| Volume | Slider, 0 to 100 |
| Music | Slider, 0 to 100 |
| Sound effects | Slider, 0 to 100 |
| Sound | On or Off |
| Moving effects | Like my device, Calm or Full |
| Graphics | Auto, Low or High |
| Language | English, Swedish, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese or Korean |
The language changes at once, and your game stays as it is. On Auto, the game makes the picture simpler on a slow device and tells you: "We made the picture a little simpler so driving stays smooth."
