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Jonathan Carpenter
10,251 PointsGetting keyboard input without pause in Ruby.
I know the gets method exists, but this is for simple command line games. I want to be able to take keyboard inputs without interrupting the flow of my code. So you would press the down arrow and the character moves down. Is there a way to do this in Ruby?
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Abigail Glunn
10,068 PointsYw, good luck with your game! : )
Jonathan Carpenter
10,251 PointsThis looks like a great resource and should have all the answers to my questions. It will probably even have answers to questions I haven't yet thought to ask. Thank you!
Abigail Glunn
10,068 PointsAbigail Glunn
10,068 PointsHey! Not sure if there is an easier way but thought it was an interesting question and stumbled across this:
https://leanpub.com/developing-games-with-ruby/read (Moving Things With Keyboard Section)
Leverages a game library (Gosu).