Gamepad

Overview

Turbo gamepad layouts are similar to a SNES controller. Gamepad controls for players 1 and 2 are automatically mapped to the keyboard:

Gamepad	Keyboard (P1)	Keyboard (P2)
Up	`W` or `UpArrow`	`I`
Down	`S` or `DownArrow`	`J`
Left	`A` or `LeftArrow`	`K`
Right	`D` or `RightArrow`	`L`
A	`Z`	`M`
B	`X`	`,`
X	`C`	`.`
Y	`V`	`/`
Start	`Space`	`[`
Select	`Enter`	`]`

API

`gamepad::get`

Gets the gamepad data for a player.

gamepad::get(gamepad_index: u32) -> Gamepad

Param	Type	Default	Description
`gamepad_index`	`u32`		The gamepad input for.

Usage

Basics

To retrieve the gamepad state of a player, use the gamepad function.

// Get the gamepad state for player 1
let p1_gamepad = gamepad::get(0);
 
// Get the gamepad state for player 2
let p2_gamepad = gamepad::get(1);

Button Methods

To check the button states for players, utilize the following methods after obtaining the gamepad state using the gamepad function:

let gp = gamepad::get(0);
 
if gp.a.just_pressed() {
    // Fired at the instant the button/touch goes down
}
if gp.a.pressed() {
    // True every frame the button is held down
}
if gp.a.just_released() {
    // Fired at the moment the button is released
}
if gp.a.released() {
    // True every frame the button is NOT held down
}