How To Play

Pocket Pickers is a game where you play as a bank robber who died. You now find yourself in hell, where your sins are being stored in a protected vault. Using your skills, along with a magic playing card, you run through the vault to steal your sins back!

Objective

There are several glowing sin objects hidden throughout the level. Your goal is to avoid detection by enemies, and navigate your way to collect these sin objects, and then make it out without being caught. This game is designed to be played through multiple runs, as each sin you collect will make the enemies more dangerous. Whether one-by-one or few-by-few, reclaim the sins binding you to hell and escape!

Controls

Playable with a steam deck, xbox controller, and playstation controller The controlls use similar buttons on each controller, though each controller calls the buttons something different

Movement

The left joystick controlls your players movement back and forth across the screen.

Jumping

Steam Deck: A button Xbox: A button Playstation: X button

Card throw

The main movement mechanic in this game is a magic playing card that you can throw, and then teleport to. There are a few steps to this

Aim

Use the right joystick on any of the controllers to aim your card throw. If you throw without aiming, the card will be thrown directly forward

Throw

Throw a card in the direction you are aiming. The card will move forward, and can bounce off of walls up to 2 times.

Steam Deck: R2 Xbox: RT Playstation: R2

Teleport

When there is a card in the air, press the card throw button a second time. You will teleport to the card's location

Cancel

When there is a card in the air, you can cancel the card throw and destroy the card. This will allow you to throw a card in a different direction

Steam Deck: R1 Xbox: RB Playstation: R1

Additional Controls

Dash

Suddenly dash forward in midair

Steam Deck: B Xbox: B Playstation: circle

Escape

Some enemies can grab you and you must struggle to escape before they capture you. To escape, wiggle the joysticks as fast as you can

Strike

Throw a card at an enemy to temporarily disable that enemy. Be advised this will generate new sins that will be added to the map

False Trigger

While a card is in the air, you can use a false trigger to cause it to burst and catch the attention of all nearby enemies. Can be used as a distraction and does not generate sin