Sounds like they did add controller support according to recent reviews. Just picked this up to give it a try on the deck tonight!
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vahtos@programming.dev 6 months ago
What changed? The new update?
dm_me_your_boobs@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
The 1.0 update added official gamepad support.
From the 1.0 patch notes.