MonoGame Mastery: Build a Multi-Platform 2D Game and Reusable Game Engine

© Jarred Capellman, Louis Salin 2020

J. Capellman, L. SalinMonoGame Masteryhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6309-9_6

6. Input

Jarred Capellman¹  and Louis Salin¹

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Cedar Park, TX, USA

 

It wouldn’t be a video game without the ability for players to manipulate the state of the game in some way. We are now ready to look into taking inputs from three different sources, namely, a keyboard, a mouse, or a gamepad, and mapping that input to actions that will change the state of the game, like moving the player around the screen and shooting bullets. When we are done with this chapter, you will have a game that looks like Figure 6-1. We promise the bullets look better when they move.

Figure 6-1

Final result

In this chapter, you will

• Implement a scrolling background ...