World
1. A marker in space
The ping shows up in the arena and on the minimap. Yours is cyan, a teammate's is in your team color, and other pilots' pings show in orange. Up to eight markers stay on screen at once.
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No mic? Ping it. Then 🎯.
CLASHROIDS has two quick ways to talk mid-fight. A ping drops a marker on the map that your teammates can follow, and an emote puts a bubble over your ship that every pilot nearby can read. Both take one key, so you can call a target or a base without stopping to type. Free in the browser. Steam Coming Soon (app 4296990), wishlist toward 10K+.
The controls
| Action | Keyboard | Gamepad | Touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ping | G | D-pad down | Keyboard or gamepad only |
| Emote wheel | Hold V, tap 1-6 | Hold D-pad right, aim the right stick | Drag your thumb off the fire button |
With mouse aim, the ping lands where your cursor is pointing. Otherwise it marks where your ship is. If a ping or emote does not go through, you hear a short buzz instead.
What a ping does
Team
2. An arrow at the screen edge
When a teammate pings somewhere off screen, an edge marker points you there, you hear the ping, and the scoreboard flags who sent it. That is the whole call: follow the arrow.
The six emotes
| Key | Emote | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 👍 | Got it, on my way |
| 2 | 👎 | No, bad idea |
| 3 | 😂 | You just flew into the black hole |
| 4 | 😮 | Did you see that |
| 5 | ❤️ | Thanks for the save |
| 6 | 🎯 | That one is mine |
The emote floats above your ship for a moment and replaces your last one, so it never stacks. Rivals see it too, which makes 🎯 a fair warning.
Plays that need a ping
- » Call a base under attack so your fleet turns around. See fleet and turrets.
- » Mark the crowned leader for a team bounty push. See bounty.
- » Point at the hex you want to hold in Domination. See domination.
- » Ping your friend's spawn after they join by link, then 👍 when you meet. See invite.
- » The web build is drop-in and resets when you leave. Steam is built to keep your pilot across sessions, so wishlist to hear when it lands.