Game Maker

Keyboard

The Keyboard is the most commonly used form of player control because the end user (the person who plays your game) can't expected to have a gamepad. Most keyboard control revolves around either using WASD or the arrow keys for direction.

Mouse

The mouse is used for control mostly in addition to the keyboard. Input from the mouse includes local and global mouse clicks as well as the position of the mouse cursor.

Joystick / Gamepad

Game Maker handles Joysticks and game pads with the same set of functions.

• joystick_check_button() - checks to see if a button is pressed on a joystick or gamepad.
• joystick_direction() - returns the current direction of a joystick or gamepad.

Misc Player Control Functions

• io_clear()
• io_handle()

Related Pages

• Joystick
• Keyboard
• Mouse

GML Code

• 8-direction-control

Reference

Actions

• Check Mouse

GML

Functions

• io_clear()
• io_handle()
• joystick_check_button()
• joystick_direction()
• keyboard_check()
• keyboard_check_direct()
• keyboard_clear()
• mouse_check_button()
• ord()

Variables

• cursor_sprite
• keyboard_lastchar
• keyboard_lastkey
• keyboard_string

Backlinks

These pages link back to this one. You may find them helpful.

Links

• Player Control at Game Design Novice