First, you need to go to your keyboard settings.

On the main menu (or, if your in-game, press pause, which is by default ESC.) go to:

1. Help & Options
2. Controls

To edit a key, click the control you have selected then press the key you want that control to be set at.

Alright, now that you know that, we can start!

This is my configuration. Although not everyone finds it the best, many players find it useful as it's much like other games and has a classic gamer style.

If you do not like this configuration, I reccomend using it as a building block for your own.



It includes the classic WASD, and uses W or the Up Arrow to jump. You can change this to spacebar if you'd like, but I perfer it because it's what I use in Castle Crashers. (Another game by the Behemoth.)

Since W is to jump, you're going to need to use Q to go up poles. That might be uncomfortable, but you can spam W and go up a pole even faster then normal.
When navigating the trade interface, use Q to go up. You'll get use to this.

Do go around the whole "Q" inconvenience, you can change jump to spacebar and up to W. I like W for jump as it's near the moving keys, so you can technically move with one hand.

Notes:

-This configuration can be played with one hand.
-WASD is a commonly used movement pattern for many gamers, but if you perfer the arrow keys, you can just switch them out.
-You can "cycle" through items with the brackets. Even though you only have 2 weapons.
-A user pointed out how the up arrow isn't that comfortable and perfers the spacebar as it's classic. You can do this, but W is better because you can use your left for moving, you right for attacks.
-Please do not copy this guide, these are my controls.

Thanks for reading and have fun in Battleblock Theater!

I have a similar guide for Castle Crashers. (It's pretty much the same thing.)
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=481662370

Make sure to check out my Youtube Channel, U-Knighted Games, for some Battleblock Theater videos!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO9DtxabZWZpv_k-rsUx7FA

Also check out my other BBT Guide!
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=497166338

Bored? Why not play around in my new playlist for Battleblock Theater, The Lab!

Here's some Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4eCkBoHLZI
Here's the link:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=487904011