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closed account (jyU4izwU)
How Do you make a game with arrow keys, please, i need help.

0 = The Player
and
# = The Walls

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#            #
#            #
#            #
#            #
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#            #
#            #
#     0      #
#            #
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dunnmifflsys (32)
Is this a text based game? If so, you're gonna want to use WASD.
admkrk (505)
Arrow keys are special case and don't work with normal char assignments. I tried doing the same a while back didn't think it worth the trouble of figuring out so did like dunnmifflsys said. Basically as simple as this:

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// get movement from user and map it on game board
cout << "Select a direction (w, a, s, d) or r to idle, q to quit.";
cin >> move;

if(move == 119)		// (w) up
{
	// move up
}
else if(move == 97)	// (a) left
{
	// move left
}
else if(move == 115)	// (s) down
{
	// move down 
}
else if(move == 100)	// (d) right
{
	// move right 
}
else if(move == 114)	// (r) stay in place
{
	// don't move but attack and/or get attacked
}
else if(move == 113)	// (q) quit
{
	return 0;
}


It would probably be easier to read if I had used the characters instead of the numbers and it could have been a case instead of if/else ifs, but that's basically all there is to it.
giblit (3750)
Yeah arrow keys are really two ascii values.
closed account (jyU4izwU)
Okay, thanks for the help. (WASD it is)
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