Blow Up The City Controls

Airstrike Industries has not published a control list for Blow Up The City. This page will not invent F-keys, click combos, or a secret “press G to nuke” bind. It tells you the Roblox defaults that always work, the panels you should look for, and how passes like AC-130 change the feel of a session.

If a YouTube short shows a custom bind overlay, it is probably a different destruction game or a client-side script. Do not copy it here.

Movement (standard Roblox)

Until the studio ships a custom scheme, assume:

Action	Keyboard	Typical mobile
Move	WASD	Thumbstick
Jump	Space	Jump button
Camera	Mouse	Drag
Zoom	Mouse wheel	Pinch

The experience uses R15 avatars. You are walking a city, not piloting the default jet. Strikes are called from UI, not from a tool in slot 1, unless a future patch adds a handheld flare.

HUD panels to find

On spawn, look for:

• A shop / airstrike button. This is where cash turns into bombs, Nuke, Tornado, Earthquake, Attack Heli, and any other 1.5 tools.
• A currency readout. If it does not move after a hit, you struck rubble — see how to earn cash.
• Optional NPC or sandbox toggles. Unlimited NPCs is a pass; a free spawn cap may still exist for everyone.
• Settings. If a code field is ever added, it will likely live here or in the shop. Do not hunt for it yet — the codes hub is empty.

Tap every unlabeled icon once in a private server so you are not discovering the shop mid-Nuke on a public map.

Camera and targeting

Destruction sandboxes punish a camera that sits in first person inside a collapsing floor. Use a pulled-back third-person view so you can see whether a strike covered a whole cluster. For bridges and the train from Update 1.5, you need to see both banks or the track ahead, not just the brick in front of your avatar.

If a strike has a placement reticle (common for nukes and orbital toys), confirm the circle covers multiple buildings before you commit. ICBM is advertised as a space launch with the most damage — treat that reticle like a budget you cannot refund.

AC-130 and Attack Heli

AC-130 (149 Robux) says you take control of the gunship and shoot 30mm rounds. That is a vehicle-style control layer on top of WASD. Expect a camera shift, a fire input, and a limited gun run. Details and spend advice: How to Use the AC-130.

Attack Heli is a 1.5 strike, not a pass. It should feel closer to a steerable gun run than to a dumb bomb. If it uses the same camera as AC-130, learn one and you have learned the other.

Mobile versus PC

The game is on Roblox, so phones can join the same eight-player servers. Fat-finger shops are the main mobile risk: it is easy to buy Nuke when you meant a cheap drop. Pause before you confirm a purchase. If the HUD is too small, a private server with fewer explosions is easier to aim in than a public crater.

Accessibility and testing

Because this is early testing, binds can change in Update 2. If a patch adds a real control card, this page will quote it. Until then, the useful “controls” skill is not a hotkey — it is knowing which panel spends cash and which camera angle lets you hit a cluster, as taught in how to destroy buildings.

If a script menu overlays extra keys, that is not part of the game. Read script safety before you treat those binds as official.