Online Manual

The Street Boy manual: getting started, keyboard and Xbox controls, handcarts, Hope Bay, playing with friends and troubleshooting.

Getting Started

Street Boy is a story-driven third-person adventure set in Hope Bay, a seaside town on Jamaica's Portland coast. You play Arlinton, who spends his summer hustling with a wooden handcart to build a motorised cart for the big race. The prize money pays for school, helps Granny and gives him a summer with his friends. Along the way a gangster on the run hides in the community, and Arlinton works to expose him and the corrupt officials protecting him without ever snitching.

Start a story from the title menu, or play with friends (see Playing Online).

Controls

On foot

  • Move: keyboard W A S D; gamepad Left stick
  • Camera: keyboard Mouse; gamepad Right stick
  • Sprint (hold): keyboard Left Shift; gamepad A
  • Walk (hold): keyboard Caps Lock; gamepad –
  • Jump / vault: keyboard Space; gamepad X
  • Crouch / slide: keyboard C or Left Ctrl; gamepad B
  • Interact / get in: keyboard E; gamepad Y
  • Get in / out of a vehicle: keyboard F; gamepad Y
  • Cart menu: keyboard F (at your cart); gamepad Hold Y
  • Third Eye ring (hold, point, let go): keyboard Left Alt; gamepad L3
  • Third Eye ring (click open / close): keyboard F1; gamepad –
  • Hotbar slots: keyboard 1 – 6, mouse wheel; gamepad D-pad
  • Bag (inventory): keyboard Tab or I; gamepad RB
  • Map / waypoint: keyboard M; gamepad Hold D-pad down
  • Phone (texts, calls, jobs, map): keyboard Up arrow; gamepad Hold D-pad up
  • Journal: keyboard J; gamepad –
  • Emotes / animations: keyboard F5; gamepad Hold View
  • Wave / dance: keyboard G / T; gamepad –
  • Camera: 1st / 3rd person: keyboard V; gamepad View
  • Pause: keyboard Esc; gamepad Menu

Carts and vehicles

  • Accelerate: keyboard W; gamepad RT
  • Brake / reverse: keyboard S; gamepad LT
  • Steer: keyboard A / D; gamepad Left stick
  • Handbrake: keyboard Space; gamepad RB
  • Horn: keyboard E; gamepad L3
  • Lights: keyboard H or L; gamepad D-pad up
  • Engine on / off (motor carts): keyboard K; gamepad D-pad right
  • Parking brake: keyboard P; gamepad D-pad down
  • Nitro: keyboard N; gamepad D-pad left
  • Look behind (hold): keyboard C; gamepad R3
  • Recover / flip back: keyboard R; gamepad Hold R3
  • Load a package on the cart: keyboard U; gamepad –

Water guns, slingshot and self-defence

  • Fire / punch: keyboard Left mouse; gamepad RT
  • Aim / guard: keyboard Right mouse; gamepad LT
  • Heavy blow (from guard): keyboard Right + left mouse; gamepad LT + RT
  • Lock on (tap): keyboard Middle mouse or End; gamepad R3
  • Dodge / roll: keyboard Q; gamepad LB
  • Reload: keyboard R; gamepad Hold R3

Swimming, fishing and farming

  • Dive / rise: keyboard C / Space; gamepad B / X
  • Reel in (hold while fishing): keyboard Left mouse; gamepad RT
  • Pick a seed (at the garden): keyboard B; gamepad D-pad left / right
  • Hose spray pattern: keyboard Z; gamepad D-pad left / right
  • Drop the hose / call your animal: keyboard H; gamepad –
  • Row a boat: keyboard W to row, A / D to steer, E to get on or off; gamepad Left stick, Y
  • Ride a donkey or horse: keyboard E to mount, Shift to canter and gallop, F follow / stay; gamepad Y, A

At stations

At stations (shops, workbench, garage): tap E (Y) for the main action, hold E (Y) until the ring fills for the second action, R (X) for the third.

Your Handcart

Weight, momentum and cargo that slides on sharp turns. Build carts from blueprints and parts at the home garage; swap frames, wheels and steering; paint; upgrade drive, brakes, tyres and cargo rack. Turn it into a juice or soup stand or a sound-system stage. Motor carts, go-karts and bikes come later.

Garages

Garages: Home Garage (normal prices), Dwayne the mechanic (pricier, perfect repairs), Delroy's junkyard (cheap, repairs land between 80% and 100%).

Making Money

Deliveries, selling juice and soup, hauling scrap, odd jobs from the jobs board and the phone. Prices are in Jamaican dollars (J$). Respect earned from missions and good deeds raises what people pay you.

The Race

Save up, build a motorised handcart and enter the summer race. Learn to drive at Delroy's driving school (12 lessons: 8 handcart, 4 motor cart).

Hope Bay

The town, its people (Granny, Amoy, Biggs, Delroy, Gwen, Ras Tan and more), day and night, weather, the radio. After dark, watch out for duppy.

Caring for the Town

Cleaning beaches, recycling plastic and scrap, growing food with the water tank, hose and garden.

Collectibles

Reef fish, wildlife photos, landmarks, cash stashes, street murals, vinyl records, family photos, Granny's recipes, historical plaques.

Playing Online

This manual describes online play; it does not report dedicated-server availability.

Host

Host: title menu > PLAY WITH FRIENDS (STEAM) (Steam must be running).

Invite

Invite: pause menu > INVITE A FRIEND (STEAM).

Join

Join: accept the invite or right-click the host in your Steam friends list > Join Game.

Leave

Leave: pause menu > END / LEAVE CO-OP.

Play modes

Co-op, PvP races and Capture the Flag, and dedicated servers.

FAQ & Troubleshooting

System requirements

System requirements (Windows 10/11 64-bit, DirectX 12, 16 GB RAM, GTX 1060 6GB or better, 20 GB, SSD recommended);

Troubleshooting

update GPU drivers; verify game files in Steam; the game is in English; report bugs on the Steam discussions.

Steam discussions