diff --git a/dialogue.lisp b/dialogue.lisp
index c4c780c..3810492 100644
--- a/dialogue.lisp
+++ b/dialogue.lisp
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ Programming with nice tea! What a nice day this is. If you happen to be
 reading this, I hope your day is going well too!
 If not, have some tea on me: I’m paying. =w="
   (and (listen)
-       (eq (getf (⌨:normalize-char-plist (⌨:read-char-plist)) :char)
-           #\return)))
+       (let ((input (getf (⌨:read-gamefied-char-plist) :semantic)))
+         (or (eq input '⌨:🆗)
+             (eq input '⌨:❎)))))
 
 
 
@@ -138,9 +139,10 @@ data, using :SET and :TO of the DIALOGUE."
          (key (getf dialogue :set))
          (data (getf dialogue :to)))
     (when (and key data)
-      (format *error-output*  "[~A] ~A → ~A???~%" dialogue key data)
-      (setf (🌍:getf-entity-data map speaker key) data)
-      (format *error-output* "~A!!!!~%" (🌍:getf-entity-data map speaker :normal-face)))))
+      (setf (🌍:getf-entity-data map speaker key) data))))
+;;      (format *error-output*  "[~A] ~A → ~A???~%" dialogue key data)
+
+;;      (format *error-output* "~A!!!!~%" (🌍:getf-entity-data map speaker :normal-face)))))
 
 
 (defun progress-line-delivery (dialogue)
diff --git a/input.lisp b/input.lisp
index b3144da..fc766a4 100644
--- a/input.lisp
+++ b/input.lisp
@@ -19,25 +19,47 @@
 (defpackage :flora-search-aurora.input
   (:use :cl)
   (:nicknames :fsa.i :input :⌨)
-  (:export #:read-char-plist #:normalize-char-plist #:plist-char-p
+  (:export #:read-char-plist #:read-gamefied-char-plist
+           #:normalize-char-plist #:gameify-char-plist
+           #:plist-char-p
            :control :meta :shift
-           +qwerty-layout+ +dvorak-layout+))
+           +qwerty-layout+ +dvorak-layout+
+           +arrows-game-layout+ +wasd-game-layout+ +ijkl-game-layout+
+           :↑ :← :→ :↓ :🆗 :❎))
 
 (in-package :flora-search-aurora.input)
 
-
 ;; Yup, they're hardcoded like this. Horrid, ain't it? ^_^
 (defvar +qwerty-layout+
   '(#\q #\Q #\w #\W #\e #\E #\r #\R #\t #\T #\y #\Y #\u #\U #\i #\I #\o #\O #\p #\P #\[ #\{ #\] #\}
     #\a #\A #\s #\S #\d #\D #\f #\F #\g #\G #\h #\H #\j #\J #\k #\K #\l #\L #\; #\: #\' #\"
     #\z #\Z #\x #\X #\c #\C #\v #\V #\b #\B #\n #\N #\m #\M #\, #\< #\. #\> #\/ #\?))
 
+
 (defvar +dvorak-layout+
   '(#\' #\" #\, #\< #\. #\> #\p #\P #\y #\Y #\f #\F #\g #\G #\c #\C #\r #\R #\l #\L #\/ #\? #\= #\+
     #\a #\A #\o #\O #\e #\E #\u #\U #\i #\I #\d #\D #\h #\H #\t #\T #\n #\N #\s #\S #\- #\_
     #\; #\: #\q #\Q #\j #\J #\k #\K #\x #\X #\b #\B #\m #\M #\w #\W #\v #\V #\z #\Z))
 
 
+(defvar +arrows-game-layout+
+  '((#\↑ . ↑)(#\← . ←)(#\↓ . ↓)(#\→ . →)
+    (#\a . 🆗)(#\z . 🆗)(#\space . 🆗)(#\return . 🆗)
+    (#\s . ❎)(#\x . ❎)(#\Esc . ❎)))
+
+
+(defvar +wasd-game-layout+
+  '((#\w . ↑)(#\a . ←)(#\s . ↓)(#\d . →)
+    (#\j . 🆗)(#\← . 🆗)(#\space . 🆗)(#\return . 🆗)
+    (#\k . ❎)(#\↓ . ❎)(#\Esc . ❎)))
+
+
+(defvar +ijkl-game-layout+
+  '((#\i . ↑)(#\j . ←)(#\k . ↓)(#\l . →)
+    (#\a . 🆗)(#\z . 🆗)(#\← . 🆗)(#\space . 🆗)(#\return . 🆗)
+    (#\s . ❎)(#\x . ❎)(#\↓ . ❎)(#\Esc . ❎)))
+
+
 (defun read-char-plist (&optional (stream *standard-input*))
   "Reads a character directly from standard-input (sans buffering).
 Simple terminal escape codes (like arrow-keys) are translated into
@@ -65,7 +87,7 @@ docstring of #'escape-code-to-character for more info."
 
 
 (defun normalize-char-plist (char-plist &optional (layout +qwerty-layout+))
-  "Given a character input property list (as received from read-char-plist),
+  "Given a character input property list (as received from READ-CHAR-PLIST),
 massage the output into parsable, deescaped, QWERTY-according format."
   (let ((normalized (deescape-char-plist char-plist)))
     (setf (getf normalized :char)
@@ -81,6 +103,26 @@ Not at all comprehensive, but probably-mostly-just-good-enough. ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯"
       char))
 
 
+(defun read-gamefied-char-plist
+    (&optional (stream *standard-input*) (layout +qwerty-layout+) (game-layout +arrows-game-layout+))
+  "Read a character directly from standard-input, then translating its character into the QWERTY
+equivalent, then parsing that character into semantic meaning. Results in a plist like so:
+   (:char #\w :semantic ↑ :modifier nil :escaped nil)"
+  (gameify-char-plist (normalize-char-plist (read-char-plist stream) layout)
+                      game-layout))
+
+
+(defun gameify-char-plist (char-plist &optional (game-layout +arrows-game-layout+))
+  "Given a character input plist (as received by READ-CHAR-PLIST), return a
+char plist containing a :FUNCTION property, which contains one of several
+semantic symbols that match up for menus/gameplay: ↑, →, ←, ↓, 🆗, or ❎."
+  (let ((semantic-value (cdr (assoc (getf char-plist :char) game-layout))))
+    (if semantic-value
+        (append (list :semantic semantic-value) char-plist)
+        char-plist)))
+
+
+
 (defun deescape-char-plist (char-plist)
   "Translate escaped characters into somewhat-semantically-adjacent
 characters, like left arrow-key (escaped D) into ← (“LEFTWARDS ARROW”)."
diff --git a/overworld.lisp b/overworld.lisp
index 6e8a5bd..b4a1e61 100644
--- a/overworld.lisp
+++ b/overworld.lisp
@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@ Used primarily in moving between different maps in an overworld state."
   map-b)
 
 
-
-
-
 
 ;;; ———————————————————————————————————
 ;;; Overworld logic
@@ -216,10 +213,10 @@ Returns parameters to be used in the next invocation of OVERWORLD-STATE."
 (defun process-overworld-input (map)
   "Get and process any keyboard input, modifying the map or entities as necessary."
   (if (listen)
-      (let* ((input (⌨:normalize-char-plist (⌨:read-char-plist))))
-        (cond
+      (let* ((input (⌨:read-gamefied-char-plist)))
+        (case (getf input :semantic)
           ;; Interacting with nearby characters/entities
-          ((…:plist= input '(:modifier nil :char #\return))
+          ('⌨:🆗
            (let* ((player (getf-entity map 'player))
                   (interactee (car (entities-near-entity player (gethash :entities map))))
                   (interactee-id (car interactee))
@@ -230,15 +227,15 @@ Returns parameters to be used in the next invocation of OVERWORLD-STATE."
           ;; The pause-menu…
 ;;          ((plist = input '(:modifier nil :char #\Esc)))
           ;; Simple up-down-left-right movements
-          ((…:plist= input '(:modifier nil :char #\→))
+          ('⌨:→
            (move-player map :Δx 1))
-          ((…:plist= input '(:modifier nil :char #\←))
+          ('⌨:→
            (move-player map :Δx -1))
-          ((…:plist= input '(:modifier nil :char #\↑))
+          ('⌨:↑
            (move-player map :Δy -1))
-          ((…:plist= input '(:modifier nil :char #\↓))
+          ('⌨:↓
            (move-player map :Δy 1))
-          ('t
+          (otherwise
            (list :map map))))
       (list :map map)))
 
diff --git a/ui.lisp b/ui.lisp
index 0ad2252..8ed67df 100644
--- a/ui.lisp
+++ b/ui.lisp
@@ -200,17 +200,19 @@ That is, 0 for non-selected items and 100 for selected items."
 (defun process-menu-input (menu-alist)
   "Get and process any keyboard input, modifying the menu alist as necessary."
   (if (listen)
-      (let* ((input (⌨:normalize-char-plist (⌨:read-char-plist)))
+      (let* ((input (⌨:read-gamefied-char-plist))
              (selected-item (nth (selected-menu-item-position menu-alist)
                                  menu-alist))
              (func (cdr (assoc 'function selected-item)))
              (return-val (assoc 'return selected-item)))
-        (case (getf input :char)
-          (#\→ (progn (select-right-menu-item menu-alist)
-                      't))
-          (#\← (progn (select-left-menu-item menu-alist)
-                      't))
-          (#\return
+        (case (getf input :semantic)
+          ('⌨:→ (progn (select-right-menu-item menu-alist)
+                       't))
+          ('⌨:← (progn (select-left-menu-item menu-alist)
+                       't))
+          ('⌨:❎
+           nil)
+          ('⌨:🆗
            (cond ((and func return-val)
                   (apply func '())
                   (cdr return-val))