TokyPhone — Documentation
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TokyPhone

TokyPhone is the in-world handheld interface every player carries. It bundles every functional Tokyube app — utilities, social, entertainment, mini-games — into a single launcher you can pull up at any time without leaving the game. This page documents every app, its keyboard shortcuts, and (where supported) its Xbox / PlayStation gamepad controls.

Overview

The TokyPhone interface is a 3D phone that floats in front of the player when summoned. Apps are arranged on a grid; tap or click to launch. Every app runs full-screen inside the phone's frame and can be backed out of without affecting your in-world position.

Apps fall into three buckets:

  • Utilities — Notes, Calculator, Calendar, Alarm, Settings, Gallery, Camera, Weather.
  • Connected — Messages, Friends, Calls, Music, Browser, Shop, Wallet, TokyubeSocial, TV Control, Debug, TokyNodes.
  • Mini-games — GoPeepGo, Cube Ninja, TokyRoad, Fish!

Opening & Navigation

Open and close the phone with a single key (or button). Once open, the phone captures input until you back out.

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
Open / close phonePView / Menu (long press)Touchpad (long press)
Highlight next / previous apparrow keysD-PadD-Pad
Launch focused appEnterACross
Back out one screenEsc / BackspaceBCircle
Quick-close (return to game)P againViewTouchpad

Universal Controls

Inside any app, these controls behave the same way unless the app overrides them:

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
Scroll listMouse wheel / arrow keysRight StickRight Stick
Confirm / selectEnterACross
Cancel / backEscBCircle
Open app menu (where applicable)TabYTriangle
Toggle fullscreen app viewFXSquare
Show on-screen keyboardautomatic on text-field focusRBR1
When a text field is focused, all in-world keys (WASD, jump, etc.) are captured by the phone so you don't accidentally walk while typing.

Messages

Direct-message any Tokyube friend or open a thread with the official tutorial bot. Threads sync across all your machines via the Tokyube backend.

  • Unread count surfaces as a red badge on the phone home grid.
  • Threads with a Steam friend show their Steam avatar; Tokyube friends show their Tokyube profile picture.
  • Pinned at the top: a permanent welcome thread with tutorial tips.
ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
Compose new messageCtrl+NYTriangle
SendEnter in inputACross
Switch threadarrow keysD-PadD-Pad
In-app keyboardnativeon-screenon-screen

Shop

The in-world marketplace for blocks, components, FBX assets, and (eventually) TokyNodes. Browse, search, and purchase using TokyTokinz from your Wallet.

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
Search/Y (open keyboard)Triangle
Switch category tabQ / ELB / RBL1 / R1
Buy focused itemEnterACross

Notes

Free-form text notes that save to your account. Useful for scratch design ideas, scripted-game lore, or recipes.

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
New noteCtrl+NYTriangle
Saveauto-saves on blurautomaticautomatic
DeleteShift+DelXSquare
In-app keyboardnativeon-screenon-screen

TV Control

Control any TV component or video TokyNode in the world. Pair with the TV scripting blocks to build playlists or interactive media.

  • Set the URL (YouTube link or .mp4).
  • Play / pause / seek / volume / loop.
  • State syncs across all peers via the tv_state packet — the host is authoritative.
ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
Play / pauseSpaceACross
Seek ±10s / D-Pad ← / →D-Pad ← / →
Volume up / down / D-Pad ↑ / ↓D-Pad ↑ / ↓
Set URLUYTriangle

Friends

Your Tokyube friends list (separate from Steam friends, though the two can be linked). Send and accept friend requests, view profiles, and start a DM.

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
Send friend request+ buttonYTriangle
Accept / decline incomingY / NA / BCross / Circle
Open profileEnterACross
Start DMMXSquare

Weather

The current in-world weather forecast — temperature, conditions, and which biome cell you're standing in. Mostly cosmetic but also useful for scripts that gate behavior on weather state.

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
RefreshRACross
Switch units (°C / °F)UXSquare

Browser

A lightweight in-phone web browser. Useful for looking up a recipe or watching a tutorial without alt-tabbing out of the game.

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
URL barCtrl+LYTriangle
Back / forwardAlt+ / LB / RBL1 / R1
ReloadF5XSquare
In-app keyboardnativeon-screenon-screen

Music

Stream and play soundtracks while you build. Personal playlists save with your account; per-world ambient tracks save with the world.

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
Play / pauseSpaceACross
Next / previous / RB / LBR1 / L1
Volume / RT / LTR2 / L2
ShuffleSXSquare

TokyubeSocial

The in-phone shortcut into TokySocial. Browse the in-game feed, see what your friends are building, post your own captures.

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
Scroll feedarrow keysRight StickRight Stick
LikeLACross
CommentCYTriangle
Share to DMSXSquare
In-app keyboardnativeon-screenon-screen

Camera

Snap a screenshot of the world from the phone's perspective. Saves to the Gallery app and can be posted directly to TokyubeSocial.

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
ShutterSpaceRTR2
Switch front / rearFXSquare
Zoommouse wheelRight Stick YRight Stick Y
Open GalleryGYTriangle

Wallet

Your TokyTokinz balance and transaction history. Send tokinz to friends, receive payouts from the marketplace, manage payment methods.

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
Send tokinzSYTriangle
View receive QRRXSquare

Settings

Per-account preferences: notification toggles, privacy controls, accessibility options, controller binding overrides.

No gamepad-specific app shortcuts — Settings is keyboard- and pointer-friendly throughout.

Calendar

A monthly grid for planning sessions and events with friends. Linked to Friends — invitees show on each other's calendars.

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
Move cursorarrow keysD-PadD-Pad
New eventNYTriangle
Open day viewEnterACross

Alarm

In-world alarms that fire while the world is loaded — useful for scripted-game timers and reminders.

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
New alarmNYTriangle
Toggle on/offSpaceACross
DeleteDelXSquare

Calls

Voice-call your friends in-world over the same WebRTC channel used for proximity voice in multiplayer.

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
Place callEnterACross
Mute / unmuteMXSquare
End callEscBCircle

Calculator

A standard 4-function calculator, plus square root, percent, and memory keys.

No gamepad shortcuts beyond cursor navigation — the calculator pad is fully clickable.

An in-app numeric keyboard appears on touch and gamepad — number keys A–D map to 1, 2, 3, 4 on the pad when focused.

Debug

The same debug panel surfaced in-world (F3) is available here for players who prefer not to leave the phone UI. Includes load-character, respawn, time-of-day, network stats, wireframe toggle.

No gamepad shortcuts — debug operations are keyboard-driven by design.

TokyNodes (in-phone)

The phone client of the TokyNode Library. Browse and spawn nodes and families directly into the world without leaving first-person view.

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
Switch tab (Nodes / Families / Public)Q / ELB / RBL1 / R1
Spawn focused entryEnterACross
Edit metadataIYTriangle
Search/Y (open keyboard)Triangle

GoPeepGo

A simple endless-runner mini-game. Tap to flap a small Tokyube peep through scrolling pipes. Top scores save to your account and show on the high-score leaderboard.

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
FlapSpaceACross
PausePMenuOptions
Restart on game-overRACross

Cube Ninja

Slice flying voxel cubes mid-air. Combo multipliers, boss cubes, and timed power-ups. Personal bests sync to your profile.

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
Slicemouse dragRight Stick swipeRight Stick swipe
Activate combo power-upSpaceACross
PausePMenuOptions

TokyRoad

Hop a Tokyube character across a procedurally-generated road. Avoid traffic, surf logs, collect tokinz. Daily challenge mode rotates seeds.

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
Hop forward / back / left / rightarrow keys / WASDD-Pad / Left StickD-Pad / Left Stick
PausePMenuOptions
RestartRACross

Fish!

Cast a line into any in-world body of water from the phone. Catch matches the biome's loot table — jungle ponds yield different fish than the snow biome's lakes. Rare catches show up in your Gallery.

ActionKeyboardXboxPlayStation
Casthold + release Spacehold + release RThold + release R2
Reel intap Space rhythmicallytap Atap Cross
Switch lure14D-PadD-Pad